This week was full of adventures. Sister
Adams, my companion, had to go to the orthodontics office this week to get her
permanent retainer fixed.....WHICH MEANS WE GOT TO GO TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
Yep, folks. I got to leave the MTC. It was so weird....like I've already turned
into that awkward missionary who gets weirded out when there's music playing!
Nonetheless, it was so good to go beyond the gates of the MTC. The workers gave
us slurpees because we were sister missionaries and we got to talk to loads of
people about the gospel. I can't wait to get to Romania and do it every single
day! In other news, I SAW TWO MEN WITH BEARDS THIS WEEK. Two beautiful,
luscious, fantastic beards. It was so rad. One of them was a return missionary
from Romania who volunteered to be taught lessons from the Romanian
missionaries. I taught him about revelation through prayer and it ended up
being an awesome discussion. I feel like I was a little slow on my Romanian
speaking though, because I was distracted by his beautiful facial hair. The
other bearded man I saw at the temple on Sunday. It was from afar, but I
could tell it was a good one. The best adventure of my week was when I received
a package from my best friend, Liz. (Shoutout to Liz! I love you!!) It was full
of Dr. Pepper and peanut butter M&M's and lots of loving letters and
photos. What a treat! (Hint: I really, really love getting letters and
packages.) The language is still ridiculously hard, but I work hard at it every
day and I'm hoping that it gets easier as soon as I'm actually in Romania and
immersed in the language.
This week was so just great! My companion and
I came up with a new motto... #YOMO. You're only a missionary once! Hahaha.
We're ridiculous, I know. But we use it to remind ourselves that we only get
this opportunity once and we need to work hard for these short 18 months! This
week I started reading in Mosiah and it's probably my new favorite book in the
Book of Mormon... So my spiritual thought comes from Mosiah 4:16-21, but
focuses on verse 19 -- "For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all
depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for
both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches
which we have of every kind?" This verse is golden! It's so silly that we
judge others and think we're better or more entitled than ANYONE! Aren't we all
beggars of God? Doesn't he give us everything we possess? This verse is a good
reminder that all we have comes from God, and we need to thank him as such.
Well that's all I've got for you all this
week. I'm sure my life will get more exciting once I leave for Romania. Haha. I
love all of you! This is the true church of Jesus Christ on the Earth today!
PROFITE DE ZILE
-Sora Schwab
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| Slurpee at the Orthodontist |
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| Sister Adams with a slurpee at the Orthodontist |
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| Slurpees at the Orthodontist - Sister Schwab and Sister Adams |
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