this is it. my 1 1/2 years has come to an end. and it has come so fast! i am overwhelmed with the love and support and the things that i have been able to experience here in the great land of Romania! this mission has changed me to become a different person and i have learned so many things that i couldn't have done just at home going to school or working. i feel so blessed to have been chosen as a worthy servant of my heavenly father to serve in Romania and to learn this language, and to speak to Gods children here, and to learn to love them for who they are. Romanians are wonderful people, especially the members here. the most humble people, and majority of them are converts to the church, theres not a lot of second generation members yet. but i have faith that one day there will be stakes and a temple here, and i was apart of building the kindgom of God here! I would not replace these days that i spent here for anything in the world. its like the famous missionary quote that says "you serve for 18 months to serve a mission and then the rest of your life to reflect on your mission." im heading into the reflecting part, as my mission ends this week. i am for ever grateful for my mission! hooray for Israel! this week we made a lot of memories! including going to visit my fav member! monika! she was the lady that was baptized last oct. and i was in another city and president let me go to brasov to see her get baptized, her husband made so much food for us and wow it was good but man! i forgot that romanian members just feed you and feed you! and romanians eat so fast! wow there was a lot of "lasts" this week -last slujba (church) -last visits with some of our friends and members -last time singing romanians hymns -last time eating some foods -last time grocery shopping like a European -last time sending out this group email -last time getting transfer boards (the thing that tells us where missionaries are going) -last time/first time group contacting with my district -last seara de jocuri (games night) and now it will be a start of a lot of firsts! and ill tell you all about my life in person next week! signing off for the last time sora lowther la revedere ne vedem va iubesc fetele mele monika! fetele familiei sandu!!! pozein mijlocul nicaieri planul salvarii until it started raining yeahhhhhhh brasov members
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Thanks for supporting Whitney for the past 18 months. We are excited to welcome her home and we would love to have you join us at her homecoming on July 21st. The details are below. Thanks for following along on Sora Lowther's journey In the Hungary/Romania Mission. Whitney's parents, Kyle and Kathryn Lowther la multi ani america!!!!!!!! we had an exchange this week with the lovely sora wallace my comp from the mtc and we gave out 5 books of mormon in one day! and even in the first 30 minutes of our proselyting time we gave out 2! yeahhhhh were flooding brasov with carti ale lui mormon! and the weather changed so fast while we were studying out in the park, and then bam, all of a sudden wind and dust and rain came! and we didnt have umbrellas! so that was a fun wet walk to our appointment that we had! for the fourth of july we had a cute little dinner with all the sisters and we had like real american food! it was so legit and the most legit thing was rootbeer, sora wallaces mom sent her a rootbeer packet and i about died! i haven't drunken that stuff in such a long time! wow! this country in so beautiful, and these people are so amazing! i love members and everyone that i have been able to every talk to in every city, every day and in every way possible! the lord is amazing! sora lowther sorry for the poza overload! hehehe the most beautiful bloc lol din nou imi cer scuzethe sisters treated us as queens! biserica neagra opa nu ma ucidetithe smallest street in romania! zippy lemonade gata va promitalexandra! my cute comps!
this week we had zone conference and we woke up at 4:00 to get ready and to head to the train station, woahoooo! our zone conf was really good, it was very inspiring. as stls we talked about baptism and the role of the spirit in our lives. we had a presentation, and we gave everyone a little coin (banut) and then that was representing the spirit. and then we started and i was the narrator as we all went back in time thinking about our own baptisms and then we talked about what we want to be here and baptize others to help them come unto Christ. and then the coin, like i said represented the spirit. and then sora collins just asked everyone ”does anyone happen to have a banut” and everyone was like ”yeah... i kind of forgot about that” and that's what we wanted. sometimes as members and as for us right now we have the spirit with us all the time, but sometimes we just don't feel it. were numb to the feeling and sometimes we complain and think that we don't have the lord guiding us, but in reality and just like the coin that we gave all the missionaries, we have the spirit all the time and its always guiding us. and we need to recognize this. we are always guided and loved by the spirit! we are Gods children and he wants to help us, especially as his servants! i love this mission, i love the great things that are happening! i love serving the lord and i love changing into a better person everyday. also satan is so rude and one of the girls that got baptized this past week broke her arm! i don't have a pic but so sad! but also its a blessing, that means that they might stay in romania for longer. they plan to go to germany but not today satan!!!!! ha! enjoy the rășnov fortress pictures! picswe saw a returned missionary this week and he gave us Swedish candy! tacosssss! the coolest hungarian member! she lives far away so we talk to her on the internet! i dropped the rest of our chips in the grass and picked them up! hehe my cute comps!
sora collins and sora thompson ramona! girls activity tiberia and cosmina! we walked home in the rain!!!! so fun! pics2all the kids that came! the tippetts family! dalia is the girl on the left and cosmina is the girl on the right the one closest to me pics3the assistance traveling in style! lol there the elders in my group! megan! she is from america and she is staying here nanning
si got a lot of pictures, so get ready for that! this past monday we went to draculas castle (bran castle) and it was super fun, a little rainy and it was fun to be with other sister. i was able to go to bran castle last year with the sisters that i was serving with and then this time, i had dejavu! wowowowowowow this week we had a baptism. it was dalia and cosmina! they were found by other sisters and the mom actually approached the sisters and then we were privileged to teach them! they accepted everything so easy and they were very teachable, they were so willing to learn and to change. im so grateful to be apart of this life changing event. it was pouring rain before the baptism and we didn't have umbrellas, we are never prepared for the weather when we should be.... but we were close to the church, like 2 min walk. and while running it would be faster, right? asa that's how i thought. then we ran and man we got baptized before the two girls did!!! hahaha we were so soaked and still soaked when the baptism service was over. the light of Christ entered more into their eyes when they got out of the water, they were so happy and giddy! the spirit was so sweet, it was such a simple ceremony.
the confirmation was so special, they didn't come until we started the sacrament, but they got here and they were able to be confirmed and that was so special, they were promised beautiful blessings! and then they were welcomed into the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints!!!!! every day this past weekend we had a activity! thursday: games night, a big huge turn out!!! friday: young girls night at the senior couples house and it was so fun and also a big turn out saturday: baptism!!!! and sunday: confirmation!!!!! and a good lessons at the sandus house to start there new convert lessons! what a great life it is to be a missionary! enjoy the pics! this week was a crazy all over the place, we did a lot of different missionary work. we were gone in Bucharest for mlc and we were gone all day, we left at 5:00 am and then we got home at 8:30 pm. what a great day filled of great inspiration. i was able to receive a lot of revelation. i am going to start reading the Book of Mormon in romanian again. i read the whole book and i finished it on my one year mark. and i am now i am going to start it again. i am so grateful that i can speak this language and understand it more and more everyday. i am so grateful for the leaders in this mission and that i can be apart of this leadership. THIS MISSION IS THE BEST MISSION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH! i know that the savior is real. and that he lives. i know that you can never deny spiritual impressions. spiritual impressions is the thing that started to get me on my mission, and what has lead me while i've been out here and also the thing that will help me for the rest of my life! im so grateful for this opportunity to be a missionary and for the fact that i get to serve the lord and help others become converted unto Christ! i love you all! dalia! shes so cute! she is getting baptized this weekend! a real romanian train! i've started to say goodbye to some missionary buds! and sora dayton, my comp from ploiesti! we have been sweating tot timpul in our apartment, its hotter in our apartment than it is in outside. but we bought fans and we put it together. as you can see sora collins doing a good job. and wow it felt so good! but still hot! lol sora lowther pics
what a weeeeeK! so we started the week just like a normal one then one Wednesday, super early like 4:30 early we went to the train station to take a train to bucuresti to go with sora james and then come back with our new comp to add to our trio, sora thompson!!!! we then headed back to brasov, then we spent the rest of the day getting phones and getting it all figured out! wwowowowo technology i forgot what that stuff is! then we had planned for a normal Thursday, yah know weekly planning then we went outside for a good run, then we started to study, i moved my stuff to where out old comp that just went home, sora james, studied. then i saw that she left her passport, so we got ready as fast as possible and took the next train to bucuresti! 3 hours there and back! it was an adventure but dont you worry we taught the girl we were next to the plan of salvation, she didnt believe in God and she had way a lot of questions! but we just invited her to pray and to ask God if he really exists! the trio life is so good! i feel like im in the same trio that i was in when i served in brasov last time! wowowowowowowwo things have changed, i have changed, and i have become more how i dreamed of being at the end of my mission. its not over yet i still got a few weeks left to keep changing and changing the lives of others! keep the sandu family in your prayers, we are hoping that the girls will be baptized this upcoming saturday! walking/playing soccer on the way to the bus stop! tarlungeni
this week was a good one. every week i realized more and more how the lords hand is in this work. we were exactly where we needed to be this week! we were able to see people on the street that we havent been able to contact for a couple of weeks, and a cool story!!!!! before i left brasov the first time i was able to meet this wonderful lady from bulgaria named daisy and she was so amazed when we taught her the restoration and then when i got back to brasov i asked the sisters what happened to her. and she stop responding! and so i was a little sad, but then on the street at the bus stop i was able to see her!!!!! and we switched numbers and hopefully we will meet up this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this week we met with our missionary leader and he is such a humble man and he is willing to help us in this work! and this work is working! we have 5 baptismal dates now! and we are so excited for the salvation on souls that will be happening here in brasov! miracles happen every where! i am so blessed to be a missionary in this city and right now in this time in my life, hands down the best decision i have ever made in my whole life! yahhhhhh missionary work! familia sandu! classic selfie! oh man i love this family!
keep them in your prayers! sora lowther this week was a good one in my title i wrote tiny miracles. we had a lot of them, everyday actually. i cant even remember all of them but one of the bigger ones was how we started talking to this lady on the bus that wanted to come to church and she wanted us to come visit her at her home! also this week the family sandus son accepted to be baptized this week! he was super happy too! the spirit was there and that was what taught him, i actually felt that everything i was saying was just not perfect enough to say but then i realized that it doesn't even matter what i say as long as the spirit is there its totally okay! the spirit was evidently there! another one: on Facebook (im a Facebook missionary for the Romanian page) a lady just straight up said "i want to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, how do i do that"! great! we got a font all filled up with water! just kidding, we will actually do our job and teach her but wow! prepared people left and right! this week we met with a returning member that lives out of brasov, and we went to his home and we went to teach the restoration. he hasn't had contact with the church but the spirit was so strong in his home, the rest of his family were super excited to hear about the restoration of the church of Jesus Christ rock and rollll duuuude! more picssora lowther
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