a surprise baptism

Thanks to all who sent me a picture in response to last week's email:) glad to hear that everyone is doing well.

I hope last week you were able to look for and find the joy in everyday, here are just a few moments from my week.

-country-wide conference: all the missionaries in Romania gathered together in Bucharest for a conference and it was quite the time 

- our sweet old member Sora Savu talked our ear off at her house for about 2 hours and towards the end of our visit whipped out a cute little box to show us all the kidney stones she has ever had and told us the story behind each one!  (she must have forgotten that she already showed me her kidney stones a couple weeks ago at church!) I couldn't help but smile 

- we made Cafe Rio style chicken burritos the other night and they were maybe the best meal I have had all year.

- a reel I made on Instagram is still getting 4 or 5 likes a day and I am able to start conversations with every single one of those people! 

- we have been planning for "light the world" these past couple of weeks and I am excited for it to be December so we can start rolling out some of these new projects 

And to end, the cutest story you will ever hear:

Eni is from Albania (where my dear brother Jackson served) and always saw the missionaries on the street of the city where he was living there, but never had a chance to talk with them/ wasn't really interested. Eni then moved to Romania, where he started going to college and met Maria. Maria and Eni started dating and Maria randomly met the sister missionaries in her area on fb after sets of missionaries Maria started taking the lessons officially and decided she wanted to get baptized. Eni (who used to be an atheist) also started taking the discussions with Maria and started to know of the truthfulness of the restored Gospel. After some time Eni also decided he wanted to get baptized, but wanted it to be a surprise for Maria. They were married officially on Friday and Maria's baptismal day was Saturday! After Maria was done changing into her baptismal clothes and taking some pictures ENI WALKS OUT DRESSED IN WHITE ALSO AND MARIA IS SO SUPRISED. she started crying. it was probably one of the sweetest moments I have seen on my mission so far :,) and I will send you the video so that you can see for yourself!!

GOD is GOOD

Sora Tobler

 

men are that they might have joy

long time no talk:)) 

still in romania. But can you believe it?!?!! I'll be coming home in 4 weeks:,) 

These past couple of weeks have been so good and I have been able to feel so much Joy. 

I love being missionary and I love seeing how much Joy the gospel brings my life and the lives of others. 

"25 Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." 

God wants us to have JOY. 

I find Joy in my Savior, the beauties of the earth, my friends here in Romania and at home, my family, music, the scriptures, good food, smiles, and the list goes on and on...

Life is joyful if we make it so.

Try to look for the Joy this week;)

Love you all and see you soon

Sora Tobler 

(PS if you still read my emails 17 months later, send me a picture of something you did this week) ;)