Sibiu

Hi Everyone!

Well, I made it through another transfer, and now I am in the beautiful city of Sibiu! With Elder C, my favourite redhead companion in the mission! I love this city already! I really feel at home here. Brasov was a pretty stunning city, but I think I prefer Sibiu. It's smaller, quieter, and beautiful throughout the whole city, not just in the center. I'm really glad to be here. There are no mountains right next to the city like in Brasov, but you can see them on the horizon.

We have a couple investigators, but one of them is about to stay with his family in another city for the summer. He studies dentistry here in Sibiu, and is such a cool guy! I'm glad I got to meet him before he leaves. We also have another investigator who I haven't met yet.

The branch is pretty interesting with lots of personality.  I know I will really grow to love them. I got my first introduction to the branch when we cleaned the villa on Thursday. I kind of like having a villa again instead of a chapel, interestingly enough. It feels more like home to me.

The branch isn't the biggest, but we actually had 21 people at church on Sunday, a varied mix of members, missionaries, investigators, and others. I also got called to be the second counselor in the branch presidency. Elder C and I bless the sacrament every week, and also do the branch finances after church. Our branch president is about 25, and a really cool guy. I can't wait to start to get to know him better.

In our missionary district, Elder D is the district leader, training Elder Ch. Elder D is in his last transfer and formerly an assistant to the president, so he is pretty experienced.

Our sisters are Sora H and Sora R. They are good committed missionaries, but also very funny, Sora R is from Saskatoon, so I won't be the only one celebrating Canada day this week! We have a fun district, but focused on the work too.

Also, President Ivory is here! We have a new mission president! This is going to be an exciting week. Mission leadership council is on Thursday, so I will be going down to Bucuresti and will meet him then. This is going to be an exciting week. The only thing we know about the meeting is that we were instructed to bring our running gear!

As a zone leader, I will also be going on an exchange to Cluj and one to Brasov this transfer! That will be so fun. Next week, (not this one), the plan is that I'll be going to Brasov to work with Elder B's trainee, Elder W.

This has been an exhausting week for me, but summer is here in Sibiu and Elder C is great. We are trying really hard to work hard and be good examples, and to grow in all aspects. I have already felt a lot of improvement. This is going to be  great transfer. It's going to be a lot of work, and I'm sure there will be plently of struggles, but the Lord always rewards faithful endurance. The scriptures testify of that principle a lot.

Thanks for reading all this! This mission is great! I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Elder Lybbert