| Walking through the grave yard near an Orthodox Church. |
So as you all know this past week was Easter. But here in Romania they have 2 Easters. One for the Catholic church and one for the Orthodox church. Catholic was yesterday and Orthodox will be next week. This holiday here is as big as Christmas at home. Last Sunday was the Catholic Palm Sunday. Celebrating the day that Christ came into the town of Jerusalem on a donkey and the people greeted him and laid palm leaves on his path so he would not half to walk on the ground. The Catholics had a gigantic procession down the center of town that we watched from our apartment. The lead was a few men bearing a giant cross and holding torches. Then followed the priest who were saying prayers and singing over speakers. Then the people marched behind them and sang their responses to the priests. It was quite something.
I am super excited for this weekends Easter holiday. Hopefully we will get to attend a Orthodox service. I will tell you more about what they do for traditions next week.
We had one member, who I love to death!! Sora Dragomir introduced us to one of her long life time friends. Sora Dragomir was the first member in Bacau and it is amazing that she decided to introduce the missionaries to her friend. We got their for the lesson and it went really well. I am really excited to be teaching this new investigator:) There were not enough chairs to sit in her house so she sat on the floor which obviously caused her a lot of pain, so I offered to sit on the floor instead and as I started to squat she literally screamed, high pitched loud and long NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! :) Apparently sitting down on the floor at someone's house is a big no-no.
I have not been able to watch all of General Conference yet. Only the Relief Society and the Priesthood and the Saturday morning. The rest of it I watched either in Romanian or haven't seen it yet. We will probably finish that up tonight. But I feel like I have been watching conference for a day and a half straight!! I am so excited 3 new temples!!! WOOOTOTOOTOT!!!! It is also Dalan's Birthday this week!!! I love my little brother!! It is crazy to think I have been out on my mission so long I have officially missed being present at every one of my immediate families birthdays.... Almost a year out!! Love you Dal Bear!
-Sora Long
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