What even happened this week I don't remember!!?
Seriously though, the weeks are starting to blur together so this letter might be... significantly shorter.
Anyways, last p-day we went to the Islamic Mosque in Ol' Centru and hiked to the top of the tower. It was so pretty!! And then I looked down... and I was a little
terrified. Apparently I have a fear of heights that has never bothered me before. So I sucked it up and we took pictures and had fun. Then the speaker next to us started to play the prayer... SOOOO LOUD!!! But super cool!! We were seriously up there at the perfect time!
We were in Bucharest again this week for an appointment and ended up getting lost with the office Elders for an hour and a half. So we stayed in Bucharest that night since we missed our last bus and I ended up meeting Sora Rauls and Sora Hebdon!! Who are super cool and leaving the mission soon so I probably won't meet them again.
The Sister Training leaders came to Constanta for exchanges. As this was my first exchange I didn't know what to expect. I was split with Sora Bastidas and Sora Ruiz was with Sora Stewart. The day was so fun!! But a couple of things that you should know if you are going on a mission and would like to know a little more about exchanges:
1. Know where the crap you are going so you don't get lost in a foreign city:)
2. The STLs will check your planners, so for a moment I felt like I was in 7th grade when the teacher has random planner checks and I failed every time. Except that this time I did write some stuff in my planner. Like what time I was having breakfast and stuff...
3. You are going to have a fun day and you will learn a ton!!
We went to the park and talked with 7 different people about the gospel and got to know them really well and I made a ton of people laugh at my comedy how of "Sora Long Tries to Speak Romanian" it was great:) The missionaries have a phrase here "Boboaca Foaca" That they made up. If you translate it, it won't mean anything.... But the new missionaries here are called "Boboaca" meaning small duck. and Boboaca Foaca they claim (Mostly Elder Degraw claims) through some grammatical means, this phrase can be interpreted as "Duck Fire." It is when someone feels so bad for your terrible Romanian that they will listen to whatever you have to say and accept lessons, and give you their phone number. And it is true!!
We had an activity after the STL left with contacting with the branch. Two of the best people here showed up and we stood by the Cazino and talked to random people and I used the Boboaca Foaca to my advantage. We got 4 phone numbers arranged one lesson and one lady told me her life story with how she is really sick and believes in God with all her heart. I ended up throwing my arms around her because she started crying. And for those of you who know me, hugging is not a thing of mine. She was just adorable! And I just felt so strongly that I was doing a good thing in bringing the gospel to her. I couldn't understand everything she said, but I understood what I needed to to testify of the Book of Mormon and she agreed to read it. :) Happy day for everyone!
The area below our apartment, a jelly fish, and a lightning bolt over the black sea.
Anyways, that was my week, I am having so much fun and after this we are headed to a nearby Bee farm for P-day today so don't worry dad I will take lots of pictures, eat some honey, and maybe have the experience of getting stung by a Romanian Beeeeeee:)
Love you all! Pa!
Heart,
Sora Long
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