how much wood could a woodchuck chuck?

many miracles and good things these past 2 weeks:)))

-baptism in brasov!!! A cute little girl in sora taylor's old area got baptized and we were able to go!

-I am in a trio now! The trio life has been quite an adjustment, but I am learning a lot and we are getting along.

-the miracle of the lost laptop! We lost our laptop on the train and it was MIRACOUSLY WAITING FOR US at the train station an hour after we left it. 

-baptism in pitesti! There was a baptism in my old area pitesti, and it was the cutest!  Alexandra had the sweetest testimony and the spirt was so strong there! 

-delegation! As the media leaders, we have LOTS to do and with our new trio situation we absorbed a whole new area, and now we are even more busy. Which is amazing, but we are struggling to stay on top of it all, so we came up with a nice delegation plan of media to help ourselves out a bit and give other missionaries some responsibilities! 

-wood chopping! I'd call my self a lumberjack now. We had a district activity where we were able to help a member out by chopping A LOT of wood at his house to help him prepare for winter.

-our new friend Andreea! We actually just had a lesson with her today, and she is GOLDEN and the sweetest! She is a mom with three kids and we are so excited to keep teaching her!

-it is sunny and the weather has been quite perfect this past week! 

I have been thinking a lot lately about this quote from Brad Wilcox's talk from this most recent conference, "God loves us as we are, but He also loves us too much to leave us this way."

Life is about change. This gospel is about change. Repentance is about change. I am so grateful for the changes I have experienced in my time so far as a missionary. I am grateful for the love God has for me, that he helps me through experiences and challenges to change and become more like Him. I am excited keep growing and progressing and changing for the rest of my life. 

What is one thing you can change this week?

Sora Tobler:)

a bbq without a BBQ

still in sibiu:)))).... but I am headed on a train to buchurest this afternoon to meet with my little new trainee and we'll be headed out to pitesti. 

I'm slightly nervous about whitewashing a new area with a newbie, but it'll definitely be a good learning experience.

But let's get down to what happened in my last week in the prettiest city in Romania-

-last time meeting with our 14 year old member maria and making pizza and crepes with her. We talked to her about kicking up her instagram a bit, she has been reposting good uplifting content ever since we talked with her about it. Let's use our platforms to spread light!!

-did another service project at a 200 year old house. We are helping with the renovations and still have a loooonng way to go. One of our members came to help us out and it was fun to get to talk to her for a bit.

-Alexandra is praying about a baptism date!!! I'm sad that I wont be here, to finish up the rest of lessons with her, but I'm so excited to see how she progresses from afar. 

-had a ward BBQ (kind of). We planned a ward get together earlier this week and our branch president bought us all the Romanian bbq essentials (meat, a loaf of bread, chips, and pepsi) and then told us that he and his wife actually wouldn't be able to make. The elders (who were going to grill the meat at the bbq) got put into quarantine right before the event, so we were left without anyone to actually bbq at the bbq. I'm sure we would have done a stellar job, but sora sorensen and I made the executive decision to forgo that aspect. 2 people ended up showing up and it was a decently good time as we ate the bread and chips that we had. 

GOD LOVES US AND ALWAYS WILL LOVE US. we come as we are, but we shouldn't expect to leave as we are. He is proud of us and all that we have accomplished thus far in our lives, but he is not satisfied yet. We still have lots of work to do!! Let's keep refining and changing ourselves everyday to be more like our savior Jesus Christ. 

What's something small that you can change this week?:)

Talk to you next week!

Sora Tobler 

two simple girls who love god

Yay for a good week! Wow time flies. 

I've just been living up my last 2 weeks in sibiu. (My new trainee has to quarantine in hungary for these next 2 weeks, so I wont be leaving sora Sorensen and sibiu until she gets here).

We had a major snow storm earlier this week and ngl I was kinda done with the weather, but the real answer to my prayers was that all the snow basically ended up melting the next day.

Friends update: 

Finally met with Cosmina face to face at the church. We gave her a church tour which went pretty well. She offered to give us a tour of her church down the street after we finished (we didn't even know she was going to another church, so that was kind of a surprise). 

Alexandra is still the cutest and we have 2-3 lessons with her every week. She is progressing so well!! The only problem is she lives about 3 hours outside of sibiu, and we are the closest branch to her (our area is kind of massive) we're just going to cross that bridge when we come to it.

DENISA. GOLDEN. literally already a member with the strongest testimony. She also lives with her husband and 2 daughters a little outside of town, and it is sometimes hard for them to get to church, but I played the "I got transferred and am leaving soon card" to make sure they came to church this week. I was kinda disappointed when they didn't show up until the last 2 minutes when they rolled in! Yay we talked for about an hour afterwards. 

We also had a service project this week which was way fun. Us and the Elders worked in this 200 year old abandoned house, that they are working to renovate and make a museum. We shoveled a caved-in floor and scraped off paint from the walls, and it was overall a good time. 

One of my favorite talks at conference this past week was presidents Nelson's talk about faith. He talked about some members in the Pacific Islands who were preparing for a large event outside, and the weather was horrible and wouldn't stop raining. Members fasted and prayed so that the rain would stop and in some of the islands It did, they had to have faith that the rain would stop. One of the islands the rain did not stop. They had to have faith to endure the rain even when it wasnt stopping. Sometimes we dont also get what we want and have to have faith to endure our trials until the blessings come.

Have faith and hope you have a great week! 

Sora Tobler

 

the easter bunny came

happy Easter and conference weekend:)

Romania actually doesn't celebrate Easter until May, but it just means that I'll be able to celebrate it twice. 

We got transfer calls this week, and I am sad to say that I am leaving Sibiu this next transfer:(  I'm going to be opening up a brand new area for sisters and training a newbie! not gonna lie, I'm kind of stressed about it, but it should be an adventure. Luckily I still have 2 final weeks left in Sibiu, because the new missionaries need to quarantine for 2 weeks in Hungary before arriving in Romania. 

Our girls cosmin and alexandra are THRIVING. we had great lessons with both of them this week and they are both praying about baptism. I'm kind of sad that I won't be here for the baptisms, but it's all good. 

General Conference was SO GOOD. after talking to lots of people this week about conference and our prophet and hearing a bunch of different opinions, I am just so thankful for a living prophet and apostles that speak to us!!

Love you all:)

Sora Tobler

 

happyyy:)

 helloo!! hope everyone had a good week:)

This week was so good! Just feeling really grateful and happy this week.

We had zone conference this week which was way fun. Sora Bauco and I performed a musical number that which went pretty well. I always feel so ready to get to work after zone conference haha it's kind of fun for me to look at things that are working or not working and then try to figure out how we can do things better! Yay for improvement.

We also had some amazing miracles this week. Our friend Gabi texted us out of the blue the other and asked when she could get baptized!?! Crazy I know. We were able to establish a date with her and I am seriously so excited for her.

Two of our other friends, Alexandra and Mila, were able to watch president Nelson's message and said they were so touched by it and felt so good while watching it. 

We were able to testify about the power of the Holy Ghost and President Nelson as a living prophet on the earth today.

Speaking of President Nelson's special message... can we talk about seriously how good it was??!!?! If you haven't watched it yet, PLEASE DO. Oh man am I thankful for a Prophet that leads and guides us today. With the time difference we watched it at the end of a long day and it was seriously just what I needed to hear! Gratitude is the cure for anything. We can't be grateful and not be happy!!! 

I have so much to be grateful for! I would start telling you all the things, but then this email would be never ending...

What are your grateful for??

Sora Tobler :) 

 

romance

Was a fast, long, hard, fun, normal, exciting week.

I had 3 exchanges this week which was kind of alot, but I love Sister Wilcock and it was fun to spend time with her this week!! 

We had our last meeting at church yesterday since church is closing down indefinitely again, but it was a fun excuse to get pictures with all our members and friends while we were there. We also wore some traditional Romanian dresses and all of our older members were so excited and very happy that we looked like Romanian girls and it was so sweet and fun haha.

We have zone conference this week which should be fun, and I am looking forward to that! 

A short scripture that I like lots for your week:

22 Nevertheless—whosoever putteth his trust in Him the same shall be lifted up at the last day. Yea, and thus it was with this people. (Mosiah 23.22)

Such a simple comforting verse that brings me lots of peace. 

Trust in God. He will catch you.

Have a great week:)

Sora Tobler