Well, we
haven't seen snow yet but other parts of the country have. It's
definitely not warm, though. The warmer days are like fall but it's
still pretty chilly most of the time. I'm guessing there will be snow
soon, I mean, since I never saw it last year I wouldn't mind snow at all
:)
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| The Arad Sisters and Elders |
Things with Maria
are going well, she wants to be baptized no matter what. This week
we're going to see her with Sora Smith to talk about when and the
details surrounding it. She may however wait until after seeing
her husband in prison, though, before deciding when. I hope I get to
see it but even if no, whenever the right time is for her is the right
time.
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| Sora Smith Senior's New Granddaughter |
Kinder
eggs aren't really a tradition, they're just chocolate with a toy
inside from Germany that are available year-round :) David Mayhew
brought some over once a long time ago, they don't sell them in America
though. I love them and I collect all my toys in a jar on my study desk.
The chocolate is good, too, but we all know the real reason we buy
them...
This
year for Skype we can really do anything. We're pretty flexible on this
end so I say find a time when the whole family can be there and we'll
schedule around that.
This
week went pretty well, I'm going to be completely honest though I don't
exactly remember everything we did this week but it went something
along the lines of the past 15 months of emails. We met with people, we
endured the piercing fog, ran into some wild dogs, you know. The usual
stuff.
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| I made some pancakes from scratch after church last week I didn't make quite enough though. |
We
have started to teach our convert the post baptism lessons and we are
involving Cristina. President has asked her to be a member
friend/guardian. I think it'll help the both of them.
We
also have been taking care of members who need financial help... a lot,
actually. Now that the leadership has been grabbing a handle of the
branch money problems, ropes are getting tightened and so that leaves us
with quite a bit of work to do :)
On
Thursday we went to Oradea for an exchange. I was with Sora Merrill
again and we met a guy on a bench who was so grateful for a gift of the
Book of Mormon. It's been a while since someone who I gave the book to
actually expressed sincere gratitude to receive such a precious thing.
We
also did carol contacting. I haven't been with anyone who's wanted to
sing for a while, lol my current district isn't too excited about
singing but it's the Christmas season so I'm going to force them out
anyway.
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| Here is our District Christmas Greetings Photo |
Saturday
we had zone conference, and it was a great one. It's got me all pumped
and ready to finish this last transfer with a bang. Christmas is going
to be great, too, and we have a lot of things planned but you'll just
have to wait to hear about those :)
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| Zone Conference |
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| President Ivory giving us a great message at Zone Conference |
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| Our Zone Conference Dinner |
Saturday
evening we had the Christmas program in Oradea. It was actually a lot
of fun and everyone did such a great job. It was fun learning the
different Romanian carols (and even a couple in Hungarian...) and a ton of people showed up so I'd say it was a huge success.
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| Singing my solo in the concert |
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| Singing in the choir at the concert |
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| We were even filmed by a local news station |
Anyway, we found out about transfers and the district is staying pretty much the same except our elders are getting a third missionary so that'll be different:)
Well, here is the start of my final transfer. I never thought I'd get to where I could say those words.
You know, it gets a little weird when you expire before the milk does...
Anyway,
have a great week and may the spirit keep you warm and happy! (Although
it sounds like in Utah you don't really need that) ;)
Sora Smith
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| Getting ready to take our Christmas photo |
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