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So Zone conference happened this week!

It was pretty normal. I conducted the meeting, and me and Elder B had a musical number. I played the guitar and sang, Elder B sang harmonies and played the harmonica, and we played a child's prayer. It was awesome.

The time we actually performed it wasn't the best time we played it, but it still went well. The rest of Zone conference was pretty average. Lot's of trying to pump us all up.

We did get some cool journals with the mission symbol on them! So that was cool. We also had a lesson with Alex, one of the coolest guys I know. He's a prime example of how being friends with people is great missionary work. We are just super good friends with him and help him with English, and teach him about the gospel when we can.

And he's brought at least 3 different people to us. He tells like everyone he knows about us, for anyone who wants to learn English. His brother just moved here and he brought him to a lesson and he seems just about as cool as Alex! We're pretty sad though because he got a job in the Czech Republic, and he's moving in few weeks. And he will get back the day before I go home! But when I come back to Romania, and I will be coming back to Romania, he's like one of the first people I will call. He's just super cool.

We also had a lot of people at church last Sunday! We had 50 people at church! That's the most this branch has been in quite a while! We're one of the biggest branches but we've been hovering in the thirties for a while. So last week was awesome in that regard!

Yesterday, we also got to meet with the first people who were baptized in Ploiesti. And Ploiesti was the second city in Romania opened for missionaries. So they've been members for about 22-23 years.

And they're one of the few of those original members who are still super active. The husband has health problems so sometimes it's hard to come to church, and they're not making too much money right now, so that's also hard, but they come as much as they can.

They lived in America for like 8 years too! In Salt Lake City for 5 and Minneapolis for the rest. They have kids and grandkids who almost all live in Utah and all are active members and they're all sealed.

They're the coolest people and I'm so happy that their family is able to be all sealed and happy. They are a prime example of how one or two peoples' decisions can change the lives of many others, for the better! That's how the church grows right there!

So yup. That's about it.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Love,

Elder DeGraw

 

Here's a cool picture I took the other day: