Guess who is getting baptized?!!
No, not Roger the Turtle.... Our investigator!! Vlad!
We love this kid Vlad! He is so sweet and we have been teaching him and his mother since I got here in Romania. On Saturday we asked him if he wanted to be baptized and he said yes. He is so excited and so is his mother. The first baptism I will see in Romania will be in 2 weeks, and it will be with this little cutie right here. There were so many miracles that lead up to this point and many more to come I am sure. It is amazing to see the progression of people in the gospel and notice how it changes their lives.
This week has been non-stop awesome! We have been working so hard to get to know the members of the branch here in Constanta so we have been having lessons non-stop. There is also a lovely member of the branch here who got her mission call to the Birmingham, England mission speaking English so we have started having lessons with her to prep her for that.
From left to right Elena, Sora Ralls, Me(of course) and the future missionary Andreea. Are we not cute!? We have such a strong branch together! And these two girls have been so helpful to me with Romanian and tons of other stuff I will be sad to see Elena leave soon for school and Andreea leave soon for her mission.
This week as we were headed to a lesson a boy sort of yelled at us in English, "Are you here to save us?" And I literally looked over my shoulder to see who he was talking to, but of course it was the English speaking missionaries. Sora Ralls responded ,"I don't think God wants to destroy anyone." So we started talking to him about the gospel and came to find out he actually liked our church and had been introduced to the missionaries in Spain and even attended a few sacrament meetings. Sora Ralls handed him a pamphlet with our contact information on it. As we were talking to him our bus came up and I turned to Sora Ralls and said,"Our bus is here!" I then proceeded to hop on the bus. As I turned around I watched as the bus doors closed behind me and Sora Ralls was still on the street talking to this kid!!!! She turned to look at the bus just in time to see it drive away with me inside it. So I waved. It didn't take me long to get a little frightened. I looked at the people on the bus and ALL of them were staring at me. They know we go two by two. I started pacing a little bit because I couldn't remember what I was suppose to do in this situation. The bus came to a stop and I looked up to see we were at a red light. When I looked in the bus drivers rear view mirror he had a scowl on his face and I just looked up at him and pointed to the door. I could see him role his eyes as he pressed the eject button and I jumped out of the bus and ran to my companions side as fast as I could. She didn't notice me running up to her so I grabbed her arm very softly and freaked her out a little. She had been contacting the same kind for the full 60 seconds we were split apart. What a good missionary!!
I love you all so much!! I know school is starting about now-ish, so good luck! You are looking sharp in those polos. Happy Birthday to Baby Wesley this week and if I forgot anyone else's birthdays... sorry about that.
And just as a last fun picture, I found a cat with a mustache this week. Remember I have no access to photoshop, this is real life down here in Romania, a cat with a mustache!! I still am not sure why I was laughing so hard at it!! HAHA! I also probably should not have touched it... YOLO.
Love,
Sora Long
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