Deva district - Elder Samoila, Elder Hyatt, me, and Elder Nelson
Craiova district - Elder Kopsa, Elder Rasmussen, Elder Lee, me
In front of an amphitheater in Parcul Romanescu.
Entrance to Parcul Romanescu
A painted picture of a girl on a street in Craiova. ( This picture is so cool!)
September 13th street (how cool! It's my birthday! Kirstin)
A view from the apartment in Craiova.
another view
A giant university in Craiova.
The backside of parcul Romanesca at night.
Hey Everyone!
It's been another beautiful week in Romania! And cold! Last night we hit a low of -4 C according to our phone's weather forecast. Crazy.
Craiova's a great city! It's huge! It has over 300,000 people! That's over 5 times the size of Deva! Cool things about Craiova: It has a massive Ford factory/establishment/something, and the branch president here is an American who works for Ford. It's also the home toParcul Romanescu, the 3rd largest park in Europe (behind one in Germany and one in Paris). Also the branch here was formed in July, making it the youngest branch in the Romania Moldova Mission.
It's pretty cool here, but it's been a kind of weird week. I said goodbye to Deva last Tuesday and headed to Bucharest on an overnight train. After 7 hours at the train station I left for Craiova with Elder Lee, the other new elder in Craiova. When we arrived we found out that one of the companionships in Craiova lost their apartment a few weeks ago, so all 4 missionaries are living in one apartment. The Panduri Bucharest District held its District conference (in Bucharest) this week, and the missionaries didn't go, so it was us 4 missionaries and a visitor who showed up randomly at church. We had an opening hymn and prayer, a sacrament hymn, the sacrament, a closing hymn, and a closing prayer. It's kind of weird because I haven't met a single member yet.
Elder Kopsa's my new companion and he's pretty cool. He's from northern Idaho and he's been in the mission for about a year and a half. He has about 6 months left in his mission. He's really tall (really really tall) and he's my district leader as well as senior companion!
Last week we met with a cool family. This is a serious miracle story. Familia Montiana is made up of a father, mother, 3 kids, and one on the way. Brother Montiana is a jeweler who moved to America to go to jeweling school. His work took him to Utah, where he met (surprise) Mormons. He was converted, received the priesthood, and went to the temple before moving back to Romania. While in the US, he kept contact with his family and let them know that he had found the true church of God. He sent them copies of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Gospel Principles, True to the Faith, and had them look it up online. When he arrived back home to Slatina, Romania a few months ago he found out the nearest LDS meetinghouse was in Craiova. He came to church and brought his family, and all of them became "investigators". They told the missionaries they already knew everything about the church, that the Book of Mormon was true, and that they needed to be baptized. Their two older kids Cristina (13) and Adi (9) were baptized last week, and SoraMontiana is being baptized in November! On Friday Elder Kopsa and I took a train to Slatina and visited them, and they are super cool! It was a cool thing to arrive in Craiova to that, and I'll let you know when Sora Montiana finalizes her baptismal date.
This has been a great week and I hope all of you are doing awesome!
Pa! Elder Michael Abbott
It's been another beautiful week in Romania! And cold! Last night we hit a low of -4 C according to our phone's weather forecast. Crazy.
Craiova's a great city! It's huge! It has over 300,000 people! That's over 5 times the size of Deva! Cool things about Craiova: It has a massive Ford factory/establishment/something, and the branch president here is an American who works for Ford. It's also the home toParcul Romanescu, the 3rd largest park in Europe (behind one in Germany and one in Paris). Also the branch here was formed in July, making it the youngest branch in the Romania Moldova Mission.
It's pretty cool here, but it's been a kind of weird week. I said goodbye to Deva last Tuesday and headed to Bucharest on an overnight train. After 7 hours at the train station I left for Craiova with Elder Lee, the other new elder in Craiova. When we arrived we found out that one of the companionships in Craiova lost their apartment a few weeks ago, so all 4 missionaries are living in one apartment. The Panduri Bucharest District held its District conference (in Bucharest) this week, and the missionaries didn't go, so it was us 4 missionaries and a visitor who showed up randomly at church. We had an opening hymn and prayer, a sacrament hymn, the sacrament, a closing hymn, and a closing prayer. It's kind of weird because I haven't met a single member yet.
Elder Kopsa's my new companion and he's pretty cool. He's from northern Idaho and he's been in the mission for about a year and a half. He has about 6 months left in his mission. He's really tall (really really tall) and he's my district leader as well as senior companion!
Last week we met with a cool family. This is a serious miracle story. Familia Montiana is made up of a father, mother, 3 kids, and one on the way. Brother Montiana is a jeweler who moved to America to go to jeweling school. His work took him to Utah, where he met (surprise) Mormons. He was converted, received the priesthood, and went to the temple before moving back to Romania. While in the US, he kept contact with his family and let them know that he had found the true church of God. He sent them copies of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Gospel Principles, True to the Faith, and had them look it up online. When he arrived back home to Slatina, Romania a few months ago he found out the nearest LDS meetinghouse was in Craiova. He came to church and brought his family, and all of them became "investigators". They told the missionaries they already knew everything about the church, that the Book of Mormon was true, and that they needed to be baptized. Their two older kids Cristina (13) and Adi (9) were baptized last week, and SoraMontiana is being baptized in November! On Friday Elder Kopsa and I took a train to Slatina and visited them, and they are super cool! It was a cool thing to arrive in Craiova to that, and I'll let you know when Sora Montiana finalizes her baptismal date.
This has been a great week and I hope all of you are doing awesome!
Pa! Elder Michael Abbott
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