We had so many fun lessons this week. One was with a woman who has been attending the church for quite some time, since 2003 but has not been baptized. When we went to her house she offered us food which I refused, but she insisted and brought us each out frozen chunks of Cozagnac. It is a bread with chocolate and Turkish delight made for holidays. This was what was left over from Easter. We could not eat the bread because it was frozen so we stuffed most of it in our purses, leaving one small slice for us to chomp on. Then she brought us visignete which I had never heard of before but as she was explaining that she made it her self, I suspected alcohol so I asked her, she said, of course it doesn't have alcohol!!! She explained she wasn't even allowed to drink it because her doctor told her it was bad for her health. So I took the cup that she poured of her Cherry juice, (which she had canned in an old beer bottle) and took a sip. Defiantly alcoholic, like the most powerful I have ever tasted, it burned my whole mouth. (Later we discovered by talking with Andreea, that this stuff is like 50% alcohol) I turned to my companion to tell her not to drink it but it was to late, she had already swallowed a mouthful! The lady insisted that we drink it, and I said, no, it tastes like alcohol, it smells like alcohol, we can't drink it. By the time I explained that, she had already downed her share and had forgotten that she had even given us anything to drink.
We had some doctors come to the Bacau branch at the end of a humanitarian project. It was so weird to be talking to a bunch of Utah Mormons! One of them was so incredibly kind and when I told her that we were not able to find any of the famous Romanian painted eggs at all in Bacau, she went out to the van and came back with two beautifully painted eggs for my companion and I. They were so kind!! When they attended sacrament meeting we had another record showing of members at 31. It was amazing! The group of 3 doctors had tears in their eyes as they felt the spirit from our small little gathering of people. The church is the same everywhere.
I love you all!
-Sora Long
| Random small church by the local "Walmart" Kaufland |
| Elevator Selfie, happens a lot |
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