Hey fam!
Man this week was a crazy and good one. Unfortunately I have zero time, but here is a list of some of the great things that happened this week.
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Lovin' the sun |
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the classic comp pic |
Exchange with Elder Krieger...
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Sorin, EK, and me |
my last one with him. We have had heaps of fun and have done so much good together. Elder Krieger has really come a long way since last year when he came into the country. It has been a huge blessing to serve around each other for almost 1.5 years- truly a friendship that will last forever! I am proud of him!!!
Exchange with Elder Stevenson...
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Elder Stevenson and me... a tall gang |
he came down from Cluj and had a very productive and great day. I was nervous the night before because none of my meetings that I had intended to have for the day were coming together. God had another thing planned for us that day and we were able to fulfill our missionary purpose in many ways. We spoke in Romanian all day and had some incredible conversations during our language study together... in Romanian. It is such a blessing to have had the opportunity to learn a new language and thus become so much more apart of the culture here. I will be forever grateful for that.
We visited Alin and Filip on Thursday...
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Alin si Filip |
what an experience!!!! Filip has nine siblings and I was reminded again how great it is to have many brothers and sisters... you truly do learn how to be selfless and do your part. We had an incredible meal made by Filip (supa de pui, un gratar de ceafa de porc si carnati, mamaliga, sos de ustroi facut de acasa, porumb fiert, si inghetata). We were able to teach them the Gospel of Jesus Christ with our great member Dani... it was amazing and truly a blessing to have a Romanian teach Romanians... this is the way to do it!!
The plate of crackers and salami...
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Finnish crackers and whatnot |
Elder Welling has a ton of these healthy finnish crackers, and we eat this every Friday evening with chocolate milk after sports night... a good tradition! Elder Welling is awesome as usual... we are brothers! I have really enjoyed my time with him and are having fun and working hard.
It was the branch president's wife's birthday, and they invited us to have a bbg with them to celebrate. Romanians know how to COOK. My oh my! Let the pictures do the talking! I will miss Romanian gratare, I hope to bring a little bit of knowledge back to the states and show you guys how to really bbq! The Doru family is amazing and I am really impressed by their love that they have as a family, as well as their commitment to the gospel and the church. They are cornerstones to the church here!
For preparation day we hit up Busteni... my favorite place in Romania! We had a killer hike and it was so great to bond with the elders from Bucuresti. Feeling blessed!
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Six Elders....representing four countries |
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Aussie Aussie Aussie! |
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Checkin' out the waterfall |
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Classic Elder Krieger |
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Enjoying the view |
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I am used to this... wow! |
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Elder Bowen and me |
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IUBESC ROMANIA!!! |
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Love these guys |
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Pretty lucky to know these guys... bros for life! |
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Elder Krylborn... amazing swede! |
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ME! |
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Unreal landscape... still can't get over it! |
Love you all! Have a killer week, I am sprinting till the finish!
Elder Ditto
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My long time friend... we have known each other for these two years! |
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View from the church... pretty communisty |