Buna Ziua Familia Mea!
Ce Faceti?
Ce Faceti?
Thank you for all your letters, prayers, and love. I can feel them everyday.
This week was a little crazy. We had 14 dropped lessons and an investigator who cancelled her baptismal date. It kills me to have that happen, but I have to remember that it is ultimately the agency of the individual to accept or reject the gospel. Our role as missionaries is to create an atmosphere in which the spirit can work through us so that the heart of the investigator will be touched. Much easier said than done because I just know how lucky we are to have the gospel in our lives that I want everyone to have the same happiness. The best part about having a harder week is that you find the tender mercies of the Lord throughout the day that build your testimony. We had the opportunity to talk to a lot of people and we have met some really amazing investigators this last week and the weather was so nice this week.
We don't get a lot of referrals from the members but we are trying to involve them more in the missionary work. The members are so important to the missionary process and it makes me realize I could have done so much more at home. With this new training program we get to study fundamentals everyday in companionship study. This last week we studied how to use the members. There was a story from a lady who had been baptized and her experience shortly following. She said that it was hard and sometimes lonely because she had just entered into a new way of life that was sometimes uncomfortable. It was when she was welcomed by the members, given a calling, and felt a part of the group is when it became easier. I forget how much of a culture the LDS way of life is and if we can get the members involved from the beginning of the conversion process they will have ties and relationships in the ward long after the missionaries leave.
President and Sora Hill came to Iasi this week. They are awesome. They want to help the church here in Romania grow so much, but they are focusing on building the church from the inside out. They are really having us work with the members and the less actives to make the branches stronger. They are both brilliant people. President Hill was the dean at the BYU Marriot School of Business and Sora Hill is a lawyer. They bring such a excitement and optimism for the future here in Romania. They have so much trust in all of the missionaries and they know the Lord has miracles in store for this country.
I am excited for the next week and to work hard.
Va Iubesc
Sora Remsberg
