I have made it safe and sound to the mission and am serving in Chisinau, Moldova (pronounced keesh-i-now) with my amazing trainer Sora Dusenberry! Love her!! I was not expecting to be sent to Moldova first I'll be honest but I'm so happy to be here. Moldova is kind of like one part western Europe, one part third world country (cause it is one) and one part Russia.
So far I have tried quail eggs, sarmale (soooo good), Russian Snickers bars, and many other Ukrainian or Russian foods. Also they have the best sandwiches on the best best best bread for less than one dollar here. Awesome. Also my personal groceries here cost less that 10 dollars per week, which is great. :)
The language is coming along, we have sticky notes all over the apartment with vocab right now and I am starting a big notebook for new words. The problem is though, people here speak with a huge Moldovan accent and then throw in a bunch of random Russian words. To be honest, half the time I can't even tell what language they are speaking haha. But I'm definitely grateful for the Gift of Tongues! Maybe I'll be able to speak a little Russian by Christmas!
Church is kind of funny. The electricity goes off every ten minutes or so, so that in the middle of sacrament meeting the lights go off and a loud beeping noise starts. But you get used to it. Also we are assigned to the Russian speaking branch (we actually attend both Romanian and Russian services) and all of Russian sunday school is spent by these old Russian ladies standing up and yelling at each other over something about the devil. Idk I don't speak Russian.
Guys the work is on fire here in Moldova! Everyone is talking about how something is happening, the church is growing, and we are seeing miracles! We have set some pretty high goals for this next transfer but with hard work, faith and God's help I know that He will help us achieve them!!
I love you all! I wish I could explain everything about Moldova, but it wouldn't do it justice. This kind of feels like it's the most insane thing I've ever done but it's also the most fun I've every had. Every day is a blast. I love Moldova, I love the cute old ladies, I love our investigators, I love love love my awesome trainer and I love everything I am doing here!
Cu drag,
Sora Ebert
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