Busy Week and Big Plans

Hi Everyone!

It's been a crazy week, but we are doing great. Buc is a fun place. And we are putting all that we have into the work, and especially into turning English classes around. We have been advertising hard, and we are going to have a big turnout. If things go as planned, we will start teaching two tracks of classes, so some students would sign up for Tuesdays and Saturdays, and others for a Wednesday and later Saturday class.

So that was one of our focuses, but we had four different things we were taking care of last week. We had English advertising, Zone training, preparing for a big concert project that we are taking on, as well as our normal members and investigators to meet with.

Zone training was great too. We were in charge of the morning part, on the topic of baptism, and it went well. And then the sister training leaders did a session after lunch on being a real person and how to share your personal conversion story. Truth is, people don't trust institutions like governments or churches in this world, and in Romania this is even more obvious. So we can't go around talking about how we represent the church and explain what the church believes and expect people to not be suspicious. People trust their friends. We need to be real friends to people, then share our personal experiences and beliefs with them. I really want to apply this for the rest of my mission and I think it will make a big difference. 

We also did a music/english contacting activity after the conference with the zone, and it was really successful. I handed out a whole stack of english cards, and also met a really cool guy from India who has lived here for eight years and has a Romanian wife and 4-year-old daughter. He came to church on Sunday too. He is awesome, we are excited to develop the friendship. I can't wait to meet his family.

Also, the 8-year-old got baptized on Saturday, and it was a great service. It was so fun helping him prepare. Teaching kids is the best. And since he was so excited about Elder C's guitar, he got a guitar for his birthday and is learning how to play.

It's going to be a great week!

Elder Lybbert