Still really cold
there? Because the weather is surprisingly nice here!
So the 18th of
January was this past week, and on that day I realized, "...I've been on
my mission for SIX months..." 1/4 of my mission FLEW by just like that,
but somehow it still feels like I left home to start my new life only two weeks
ago. Also, that Ion kid who I taught twice on an exchange in Orhei got baptized
this past Saturday too! A lot of exciting things happening.
This week had a lot
of cool experiences. One in particular was going back to visit that guy
(Vitalli) who basically is a pastor of his own church. He couldn't meet during
the week, so we decided to go back yesterday (Sunday). We knocked on the door,
his wife answered, and the first thing I could hear was him and his
"church" praying, so we thought that maybe we were interrupting his service...
But we weren't! So we went in, sat down, and he introduced us to everyone. It
was him, his two brothers, his wife, and some random drunk guy. Oh yeah! Just
so everyone knows, basically every first lesson we give, the people here always
ask us if we want coffee or tea. And our answer is always, "No thanks, we
don't drink coffee or tea." And their answer is always, "Really?
Why?" It's always a perfect opportunity to teach the Word of Wisdom, and
by some miracle, I had my Doctrine and Covenants with me! So I showed them
D&C 89, and they pretty much agreed with everything it said. It was really
cool. Anyway, he gave us his life story about how he found God. He was in
prison when he was young, and one day he looked up to the sky, and asked, "God,
if you exist, I want to die." And he said that God responded with,
"Are you ready?" This hit him hard. He knew from that time on that if
he wanted to be ready, he had to get baptized. So ever since then he promised
God that he'd read the Bible, and get baptized. He went around to a lot of
churches, asked them about how they do baptism, but he still hasn't been
baptized. Right after he told us that, he asked Elder Monroe and I what he had
to do in order to get baptized into our church. We gave him the answer, and
then I told him that even though there are many churches, baptism is only
possible if we have that authority from God to perform that sacred ordinance.
But the lesson went great, and we'll see them again this week!
We also met with
Aba (the guy from Nigeria). He is legit. He's a part of a humanitarian group,
and he will be in Moldova for around a year. But President Hill told me that if
he gets baptized, he'll have a lot of member support in Nigeria! But he told us
that he really wants to rededicate himself to going to church every Sunday, and
he has an unbelievable faith in Christ. His mother made him go to church when
he was young, but he said he's very grateful for it because it's helped him
understand the importance of going to church.
Let's see, what
else... We said goodbye to one of the sisters, we had a ton of people show up
to English, and I gave cake with milk to them and they thought it was tasty! I
thought you'd be proud of me for doing that Dad ;) Elder Monroe and I get to
teach at zone conference tomorrow, and we hope our lesson will help the
missionaries here in Moldova in some way. Коля is our progressing investigator
(I don't think I've mentioned his name yet), but he said he was going to come
to church yesterday... But he didn't show up again... So we made it a goal this
week to have a member present on EVERY lesson with him. He still has that wall
to get over, but when he gets over that wall it will be smooth sailing from
there.
Thanks for
forwarding Steven's emails, it's great to read the experiences he's having.
Almost forgot about the new Romanian missionaries we got up here!? They are
HILARIOUS. I love these guys to death already. We even have a nickname for
them: Bromanians. They are going to help a lot with the work, and I'm excited
to see what they can bring to the table. I think that's it for this week. Hope
life in Utah is going well, and that all of you had a good week.
Я люблю тебя!
-Elder Farnworth
P.S. Picture
descriptions: basically, most of them are pictures of the second oldest
trainstation in Europe, and then there's one of me at the church with my
companion and the sister that left last week.
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