To be honest, not too much happened this week. Time is flying faster and faster- we hopefully get our flight plans tonight!! Ahh we are so sad to leave all our teachers and friends in a week, but also so incredibly excited to meet the people of Romania and get to work! Our teachers tell us everyday how amazing Romania is, so I'm so ready to go and finally eat delicious food! (I will miss the brownies here though).
One major update on the MTC though is that they are hosting open houses! Right now it's just for BYU and MTC employees and their friends and families, but right after I leave the public one opens up. Basically it's thousands of people each afternoon and evening walking past our classroom and watching us learn as they tour the campus. Our classroom is made of beautiful windows, so we make jokes about "Please, do not tap on glass. It startles the missionaries." Or, "Please, do not feed the missionaries." Haha but it's so fun to see all these cute families come through and the new campus is so beautiful, I'm so glad they get to see it!
No one knows, why, but this week they have had us move classrooms twice. So some mornings we come to class and there's a notice to move all of our stuff out of our desks and hike to the other side of the building until we are told to move again. Super weird and unusual, but quite the adventure.
My teacher Brother Brundage told us about Romanian history this past week! One day he was talking about the revolution. Literally Romania had a revolution only like 25 years ago, and everyone there fought in the revolution or at least totally remembers it. Guys this is not just a minor upset. Like 25 years ago people were being dragged into the streets and killed, or hiding in bathtubs from the fighting! Crazy stuff. Most people think the government now is better than communism was, though it's still super corrupt. But don't worry!! Romania is super safe now and I'm so excited to talk to all the people that remember what it was like under communism and what it was like to overthrow the government! Super cool!
Also, you guys should all look up the Romanian anthem with English subtitles, it's super funny. It makes the Romanians seem like war hungry barbarians or something. (Which they aren't, I promise).
Guys I'm so sorry but I don't have pictures again!! Honestly, I don't know what I could take pictures of in the MTC that is all that interesting, and I never have my camera on me. But I promise, once I am in Europe in a week and a half I will take so many beautiful pictures of all the awesome buildings and parks and people and food and everything!!
I love you all, and I miss you tons! Life is so good here, I love it. I know that I am doing God's work and that He is helping me- I feel His love every day! I hope you all are well; you are in my prayers!
Cu drag multe,
Sora Ebert
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