Miracle on Bd. Tineretului Nr. 5

Shalom!!

I have fifteen minutes to write a weeks worth of information... so here it goes. 

A beautiful Sunday evening spent proselyting

Fall is in the air!

Well, to start, today was one of the most successful weeks in terms of finding and teaching, and also one of the weeks where you look back and just think, DANG. The Lord was with us at every step of the way!! Of course, he is there whether we notice or not, but God truly did bless us with experiences this week where your jaw kind of just drops and you can't help but say a prayer of gratitude right next to a giant communist block because He just used you to bring the light of Christ to one of His precious children. 

Ciorba de perisoare... our first ciorba ever made. Took this giant pot to a members house to try it with him. We got a lotta weird looks!

The finished product

I'll share two awesome examples from this week.

Tuesday was looking to be a very empty one, in terms of appointments. We weren't too sure what to do. We felt like the best thing to do with our time was to go and look for a less-active in the branch. I had felt strongly about one who I had seen on the member list many times, as we had just created a google map with all of the member's addresses on there. We prayerfully decided to go to that one. 

The problem was that we only had a portion of the address and searching for an exact block in Bucharest without an exact address is practically impossible. As we exited the metro station, I said a prayer in my heart, asking God to help us find the block without issues. We then asked a man if he knew where Bd. Tineretului Nr. 5 was, and he pointed to the direction of it, but told us good luck finding which number is 5. We got to the desired area and decided to turn into the labyrinth of blocks where we saw a worker lady who cleans the floors outside, and we asked her if she knew an, "Avram Mircea." She said that in fact she did and that he lived in this very block! She let us in the block (another very big blessing) and told us to go to the 9th floor and to the door on the right. We thanked her and got into the communistic elevator. We knocked on the door to the right and a man opened the door...

"Cunoasteti pe Avram Mircea?" was our question. He responded, "Eu sunt!"

God had led us to Avram Mircea... without any issues. He guided our paths as we put our faith in him! 

Then Avram Mircea told us that it was a miracle that we even caught him because he is rarely home and was just about to leave! MIRACLE STREET!!!! 

Soseaua Mihai Bravu

We ended up having a great little lesson with Avram Mircea and learned a little bit more about his situation. His mother has Alzheimer's and he is caring for her 24/7. It was evident in his face that he was truly grateful for the visit, and that he was uplifted by the spirit. All three of us left Bloc 5 with a little more light. I knew that God needed us to visit Avram Mircea and he provided us a way to share with him His love.

That's when we said a gratitude prayer and went into the park where we met three people who were thirsting for the gospel. Wow. That was probably one of the coolest mornings of my whole life. 

A little corner store with a dacia parked in front... classic

A sweet Romanian military truck passing by as we wait for our tram... for like 30 min

Pday Sports Morning with all the missionaries in Buch!

Well, it has been eighteen minutes and I need to go, but these stories are ingrained in my heart and my journal, so you'll just have to ask me in ten months. 

I know that God is our LOVING Heavenly Father and that he cares about each one of us, and that he answers our prayers, and helps guide His children to truth for those who are seeking. 

A tree with bricks and cement... hum??

Just waiting for a tram

Made a friend a while back who turned out to be a tram driver. He pulled us in to the cockpit for our ride to the church!

Ping Pong with Atanasis

Life is good. God is good. I love the missionary life.

Have a rockin week!!!

Love,

Elder Ditto

The Verdeata Family... they are a hoot!

Elder Bontempo taking a photo break.