9 februarie 2015 - NOUA ADRESA INCLUSE! (NEW ADDRESS INCLUDED!!!)

Before I get into it, the address for the mission office has changed! Don't send letters and things to the Sos. Pipera address anymore.... The NEW ADDRESS is--

Bulevardul Primaverii Nr 19-21, Etaj 1, #13

Sector 1 Bucharest

011972 Romania

So right now would be a really great time for you to send me things because now you have my new address.... CHOCOLATE CHIPS AND DR PEPPER ARE MUCH NEEDED. Hint hint.

Okay I don't have much time, but life is great! Highlights this week are:

-We started English classes for the transfer. Way fun! We're teaching Advanced and we have the coolest class!

-We had Missionary Leadership Conference for the Sister Training Leaders and Zone Leaders on Thursday. It was so cool! It's a full day of training from President Ivory, Sora Ivory, the Assistants and others. It's always such a refresher and I LOVE it! The main thing I took away from this one is the WHY. Why am I here? Why am I a missionary? Sometimes it's at the back of my mind and I just get caught up in the day-to-day parts of missionary work. But I'm here because of my love for Jesus Christ....that is WHY I'm here as a representative of Him. Awesome reminder!

-Sora Tanner and I went to Pitești for our STL exchange on Friday. I got to do an exchange with Sora Bynum, one of the companions that I served in Moldova with. It was so fun to be back with her! 

-We had a special event for the 25th Anniversity of when Romania and Moldova was dedicated for missionary work. Elder Russell M. Nelson came here and gave the dedicatory prayer 25 years ago and so we had a HUGE meeting with both Bucharest branches and all the Branch Presidents in Romania. SO COOL! The chapel was filled to the brim and it was so cool to see. It was like the last six months of my mission was in one place at once because it was a combined meeting with Mihai Bravu, a branch I served in before, and Panduri, the branch I am currently serving in. BEST PART OF MY WEEK!

-We got the COOLEST new investigator this week. Her name is Alexandra and she is SO prepared. I'll explain a little bit more about her next week. She's awesome!

Anyway, sorry it's rushed. But life is good! I love you allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.

PROFITE DE ZILE

Sora Schwab

 

This first photograph is of Sora Honey and I on our first day of English classes. We weren't in the same room when we picked out our outfits for the day, so we ended up matching. Hahah. Our students got a kick out of it.

 

This is of Sora Bynum and I on exchange. We found a merry-go-round....

This photograph is of some graffiti in Pitești. Does this look familiar, Mom and Dad?! Faith in Jesus Christ, Love, Obedience with exactness, Work with unwariness.  

These photographs are from the 25th Anniversity meeting. This one is of a bunch of missionaries with the Branch President from Cluj and his wife. Cluj was the city I was trained in and all of us have served there at some point. From left to right, back to front: Elder VanDyke, President Iepore, Elder Mayans, Elder Bushe, Elder Anderson, Sora Tanner, Sora Iepore, me and Sora Honey. IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE THEM!

This is of two of my favorite members from Chișinau who were able to attend the meeting, Sevge and Nina. IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE THEM TOO!