This is our district, two other sets of missionaries.
This is me on one of the seven sets of stairs that we climbed to see the waterfalls.
My dearest family,
My dearest family,
First off – HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY!
We had a fun time celebrating that here in Romania. We got together and made some good American food – chili cheese hot dogs with a vegetable platter with Ranch dressing and home-made root beer. If you didn't know, Ranch doesn't exist in this country (we made it from Ranch packets that people's moms had sent from home) and neither does root beer (you make it from root beer extract, add it to mineral water and then add sugar and you're good to go) and they definitely don't make hot dogs the same way we do. But we invited the branch to celebrate with us and a bunch of people actually came up and we had 3-legged races, wheelbarrow races, water mellon eating contests and seed spitting contests, duck-duck goose, musical chairs, and twister. So much fun!
Earlier that day we had our English class, and before the spiritual thought that we invite everyone to join each time, this crazy lady that is a beginning student had everyone stand up and sang us “La Multi Ani” or their happy birthday song, to America, and then presented us (the missionaries) with refreshment and wine. Funny! I don't know what happened to the wine because we considered lighting it on fire for our fireworks, but that of course didn't happen, but it was a good laugh!
Second – Happy Wedding Aunt Maudie! I hope that it was beautiful weather and lots of fun and good times, I missed you all and thought of you and I know it was just great.
Third – Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! I love you both and miss you lots, but hope that you were able to have a fun anniversary together, and that you actually got to do something since the past couple tries haven't really worked out too well lol! But I hope it was a great day.
Ok, now for me. The 7 stairs place that we went last week was really fun – it was quite a hike, and it was gorgeous right in the hearts of the greenest forests I've ever seen. It's so easy to see how the fairy tales were created when you look at these landscapes. But I'll try to send pictures of that if the computer here at internet is cooperative ;}
Today for fun we are going up to the ruins in Rasnov and to the castle in Bran. The castle is only open on Wednesdays so we won't be able to go inside, but this past week we ran into 2 Australian boys who were touring Eastern Europe for “holiday” and went up to Bran Castle (they were lost at the bus stop so we helped them to find their way) and we ran into them again after they came back and in their own words “It was nothing but a bunch of rooms filled with uninspiring wooden furniture” so apparently we're not missing much by just looking at it from the outside, but it will still be fun.
As for the work, it is going slow and steady and hard, but it is going, and I am enjoying so much my time with Sora Jones. We are learning a lot and working hard and I wouldn't have it any other way right now. Even when big things aren't happening, you can still see the hand of the Lord in your life and in this work, and we can know that He loves us so much, and that is what gives us the motivation to keep going: love. Love from God for us, for His children that we're talking to every day, our love for this people, and our love for the Lord. It truly is a blessing to see the relationship that you can have with God when you try to do all that you can in what He has asked of you. It is so wonderful.
But I love you all so so very much! I hope that you're having fun and taking care of yourselves. I pray for all of you always, and I'll talk to you next week! Love you!Always, --Sora Karina
P.S. Don't forget that this Wednesday is Zack's Birthday, and this Sunday is Elder Pardus' Birthday.
Psps – Sora Thompson: Stiu ca nu mai sunt in Arad, dar ma distrez foarte mult cu Sora Jones, si mie dor de tine. Sper ca vara merge foarte bine si ca esti fericita cu tot. Te iubesc! --Sora Karina
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