Busy Week in Galati

Hi Everyone!

I'm doing well, and it was a good week. We had Mission Leadership Council on Tuesday, and I really enjoyed it. This one was unique since almost all of the meeting was presentations by the zone leaders and sister training leaders instead of the Ivorys. They just shared some closing thoughts at the end. Instead of bringing up a lot of new things, we had a better and more in depth discussion of the already existing focuses in the mission.

Then on Wednesday I had an exchange with Elder S (one of my MTC and previous companions) here in Galati! He came in from Bacau, where he is branch president. It was a really good exchange, even though we spent a lot of time wandering around in the wind and snow looking for an address of a less active member. The west side of the city is really hard to navigate in Galati, since it is just a giant maze of identical blocs. But we both really enjoyed the exchange.

And on Friday, I went on another exchange with Elder S (from my district). He is such a brilliant new missionary. He is already perfectly comfortable in Romanian, teaching lessons, making phone calls, and he is a pro at being the branch clerk here. We had a great day, visiting two less active members and having a lesson with his investigator.

Also, we had our first week of home teaching, and it is going well. Our assigned companion, is a new member of a few months, but we prepared a message together with him and visited a great family. This companion is learning very well, and is going to be an awesome teacher. He has the best attitude about everything, and is always ready to help out with anything.

So it was a good week, and now the weather has warmed up quite a bit. The snow is melting and there is water everywhere.

This coming week will be busy, since Elder F and I set a goal to have a lesson every day, and we are also doing two exchanges in Constanta this week, staying Wednesday and Thursday so that we can work with all four elders. It is going to be a lot of fun. And next week, I should have the transfer news.

For Sunday school this week, Elder D L and S did an introductory lesson about the new testament, but I missed a lot of it since I was helping President S with Tithing settlement. We got a little behind. But then for priesthood I taught the first lesson from the Ezra Taft Benson manual. I had to print out the lesson since we haven't received our new manuals yet in Galati. I hope they get here soon.

Thanks for reading!

Elder Lybbert