Monday, March 31, 2014

Dear Family!!!

Hello!!! So I found what is happening with this coming  transfer... and I'm staying here in Iasi with Elder French!!!!! WAAHOO!!!! I'm really excited because I didn't really want to have much of anything changing. So yeah I'm staying another one here in Iasi!! Well I guess that's like the major news that I really have for this week. We have still been meeting with Kevin. I actually really love the branch here. There are a lot of great members here. The weather is getting better here!!! That's really great because now I actually want to go outside and walk around. I just got to take advantage of the weather before it gets burning hot!! Yeah sorry for the lack of pictures.... I just never think of taking pictures.  I'm pretty sure that I have forgotten all the articles of faith by memory... I mean it's been quite a long time momma since you used to tuck me in at night and help me out with them!! ha ha I'm definitely looking forward to watch general conference. I'm not really sure when I will be watching it but oh well... just think though, the next general conference I'm going to be at home with all of you!! WAAHOO!!! Well this coming week basically it's only going to be French and I here in Iasi because the other missionaries are going to be in Buch for meetings and stuff. Anyway, we will see how things go this week!! ... 

Monday, March 24, 2014
Dear Family!!! 

Hello there family!!!! This week was pretty good. Just a typical week here in the mission. We are still meeting with Kevin every so often. This past week we have been teaching him about the Plan of Salvation!! It's been good. I'm glad you liked the pictures I sent. And yeah I was wearing my glasses because whenever I have to go somewhere else for a couple days I just wear my glasses. It's easier that way! Things between French and I are going great! This week we find out what is happening with transfers, and we are both hoping to stay together for another transfer. So yeah we do get our hands on the conference talks, but a little while after conference. But we get to use internet every week so I will be able to read it and watch it when conference comes around. Anywho, I'm glad you all are super proud of me!! I definitely miss you all so so much!!! And as for something inspiring.... Jesus Christ is our savior and redeemer!! There's nothing more inspiring than that! 

Monday, March 17, 2014
Dear Family!!

Hello again everyone!!! So yeah this past week I was in Chisinau again!! It was a lot of fun to be back in Chisinau for a couple of days. The zone training meeting was pretty good. Just a typical meeting where President Hill, Sora Hill, and the AP's get up and talk about some stuff. When we were in Chisinau we got to stay the night at a hotel!!! It was pretty fun!! The hotel wasn't as nice as they are in America (obviously). I'll send you a picture or two with us in the hotel. I also bought some cool stuff when I was there. I'll have to show you all when I get back. Well with those winter boots, I have already gotten rid of them. I think I just left it at an apartment that I was in. It was too big to put in my suitcases!!  Geez from hearing about all these changes back at home, I'm sure that St. George is completely different from what I will remember about it!! I guess we will see when I get back home! 

I love you all so so much!! 

here's a couple of pics from me and my moldova trip! The first picture is (from left to right) Libbert, Van Dyke, French, Rose, and Me! 

The other picture is French and I in our hotel room! 

Monday, March 10, 2014

Well here are a couple of pictures for you! Two of them are of me and then the other one that isn't me is my companion Elder French! 

Elder Barney

Elder French

Elder Barney

Monday, March 10, 2014

Dear Family!!

I guess you can say that I'm doing a "mini Spring Break" this coming week. We have a zone conference that is going to be in Chisinau! So I'm going to go back to Moldova for a couple of days for a meeting, plus to look around Moldova to see if there is any other things that I want to get from there. It will be pretty fun. It's just amusing to me that I have to go to a completely different country just for a meeting. Sounds like a partay to me!! This week has been pretty good. We have met up with Kevin a couple of times this past week. He is still doing good and wants to learn. That's always good. English classes have been going good too. We haven't had anyone who wants to meet up and talk about the gospel yet, but we will see what happens in the next little while. And momma, I'm pretty sure I have told you in the past, but Dryers basically don't exist here. All the apartments I have had have all had washers and then a drying rack for drying the clothes. We don't share our apartment with any other missionaries. For some reason, our mission tries to avoid pairing up companionships into the same apartment. It would probably just be too much fun for us!!! I'm pretty sure that this past week was the first week in AGES where the sun was out!!! WAAHOO!!!! I'm hoping that the sun is just going to stay and that winter will just be gone completely!! Yup I definitely love that Chunky Monkey Ben n' Jerry's!!! Yummy! 

Monday, March 3, 2014
Dear Family!!!! 

Things are going pretty well here in Iasi. Sorry momma, but I still haven't taken many pictures. I'll try to work on that!! The only thing I have heard is that Ukraine is having some riots, but I didn't know that they have started moving the missionaries out of Ukraine. That's some pretty crazy stuff!!! It's weird that it is so close too. Well this new convert is named Danuti. He is about 19 or so. Well for last p-day we went bowling. We were thinking of doing the same this week but we might just end up going to the church and play some games. We'll see. The weather is terrible. It's not snowing anymore, but everyday is just cloudy, and gloomy skies. It's really taking it's toll on me too. I miss the sun. I haven't really seen it for a month or two. It's funny that the weather can have such an effect on me!!! 

Anyways, this week I would say that the main things that have happened are that we had zone training meeting. Pretty typical zone training meeting. It was fun seeing a lot of other missionaries though. My whole galati district is still in this zone, so I was able to see everyone that was in Galati. That was fun. The other main thing this week is that we have been meeting with this kid named Keyvun (Kevin). Keyvun isn't his real name. It's his "rapper" name. Keyvun wants to be a rapper someday. He is pretty determined too. He is learning english so that he can learn how to rap in english. He knows english pretty well so we usually talk with each other in english. We have met with him a couple of times. Usually when we meet with him he just wants to talk about music and english, but this past time we talked with him he said that he actually wanted to talk about the gospel!! French and I weren't expecting it at all, but we were able to pull together a pretty good lesson. It was really cool!!! 

I'm still working hard to find people to teach. It's been great though here in Iasi. I feel like there are more and more opportunities here. It's been good. 

I LOVE YOU ALL SO SO MUCH!!!