April 29, 2008

PASTE FERICIT!!!
...that means HAPPY EASTER!!! this past Sunday was Easter here in
Romania. it's been really crazy around here lately. i told you guys that
Elder Christofferson was here last week, & my companion & I made him
DINNER!!! we were so nervous...they invited us to stay & eat with them,
but the office elders were waiting to take us out to eat at the new
Burger King that just opened. we made Hawaiian Haystacks. i've never
heard of them, & i grew up in HAWAII!!! it's just rice, with chicken &
gravy...& alot of vegetables on top! they seemed like they liked
it...Sora Ashby told us later that Elder Christofferson said that it was
the BEST GRAVY HE'S EVER HAD!!! lol. he was probably just trying to make
us feel better...but oh well!
later that week, we ran into a man on the street who swore at us & said
some really bad things in english. this kind of thing happens kind of
often, but this time i just couldn't ignore it. so i turned around &
walked back to say something to him. i got all up in his face, & i
wanted to hit him so bad. but something just told me to walk away. so i
did. i kept walking & realized that my companion wasn't with me. i
turned around & SHE was up in his face too!!! we both just started to
walk off. we were on our way to the elder's apartment for lunch. after
lunch we came back with the elders to our apartment, & when we got there
the lock on our door was jammed. some one tried to break in!!! i knew
from that moment that it was the man from the street. then, i realized
that he's one of the 6 men that get drunk outside in front of our
building. then, i realized that this is the same man that offered my
companion a dead flower 2 weeks ago on the street. i cannot tell you how
mad i was! the elders didn't dare say anything to me...i was THAT mad!
we called our landlady, & that was no help. we called a couple other
people, & worked it out for us to stay at one of the elders apartments,
& the four of them would stay together. so we started to walk out to the
street again...& we ran into the same man, except he was with one of his
friends. the both of them were drunk. we decided to walk right up to
them, & neither of them said anything. until we passed, & he stuck his
middle finger out at my companion when she turned around. right when he
did that i went back to hit him. our district leader came right behind
me ready to hit some one too. when we got up to them, the man's friend
came up to us & said in Romanian to keep going, that they didn't want
trouble. we wanted to beat them up so bad, but the elders said it would
be better if we just left, so we did. we had plans that night with our
zone for easter, so we went. the whole night we got calls from president
& every other leader of ours if we were okay. so since then, we've been
packing because president doesn't want us living there anymore. the
elders walk us home most nights. & since he's seen them with us, he
walks away when he sees us. i'm not going to lie, it did shake me up a
little bit. but i'm okay now. what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger
right??!! i don't mean to make you guys worry. i'm really okay. i just
wanted to share a little bit of the experiences that really strengthen
my testimony. i'm here on the lord's errand, & i know that he will take
care of me. i'm running out of time, but know that i love & miss you so
much!!!
write me!!!
love,
sora betham
p.s. i get to call home in 2 weeks!!!