So on Wednesday afternoon we took a 3 hour train from Bucharest. Haha I was officially the last one out of my MTC group to ride a train out here. It was everything I've ever imagined. We got in kind of late, took a taxi to my new apartment, and then we got ready. We've been walking a lot. There's really no reasonable form of public transportation out here in Craiova, especially compared to Buc, wherein you couldn't get anywhere without it. Yesterday we walked like 3-5 miles out to a lesson, only to find out that the person we were going to meet with lived in a completely different town. But we ended up having a lesson with a different family anyway! It was cool.
Oh. And Craiova has some... interesting... people. Haha on my first day I
met like four crazy people. So yeah, about that title. So they do the whole,
double cheek kiss thing over here. Women do it a lot, and men and women will do
it as well. Men will do it to other men if they are like the best friends in the
world. Well anyway, yeah! We were trying to contact but this one semi-crazy guy
was following us trying to talk to us. We finally got rid of him, but not before
he "pooped" both of us (a pupa means to kiss, they'll say te pup a lot, which
basically means "kisses!"). Blagghsshsashglakhglkaalgdjgla. I can still feel the
stubble on my cheek... I keep blocking this encounter out of my brain, but it
keeps coming back. But yeah. That's as bad as I've got out here, so far!
Probably the weirdest thing (for me, anyway) that I've noticed about
Craiova, is the branch... So, the branch president is an American who works for
Ford out here. So there's him and his wife there. And yesterday at church, want
to take a guess how many Romanian members there were there?
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1.
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Yeah. There was one native member there. Mind you, there was also one
"eternal investigator," as well as a great potential, but that was it! Haha the
church is really small here in Craiova. We meet in a little villa which shares
space with another organization. Haha. It was... interesting. But the Spooners
(the branch president and his wife) are really cool. They made lunch for after
church, and that included chocolate chip cookies!!
I had way too many. They were so good.
But yeah, not too much else to report! Pretty city, we're going to baptize
someone, I can feel it! Elder H is one away from his mission goal of
10, and this is his last transfer! We're going to make it happen. This is the
calm before the storm. Missionary work is going to explode soon. We'll make it
so.
Love you all, and Oh! Family! I have put all of the pictures that I've
taken on a google drive, I'll send dad the information so you can see them all.
So dad just the pictures that I send in this email will be the ones for the
blog, unless you find others you like too which is fine.
Yeah. So that's all for now!
Much iubire! Now for some pictures!
Yeah! Love you!
-Elder DeGraw
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| View from my new apartment in Craiova |
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| Train ride to Craiova - Just like in the movies |
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| I thought this looked cool |
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| We call him "Uncle Rico" |
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Some flash mob type thing in centru. "I don't want to be a
merchandise/property."
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