HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!better late than never right??!! well, im glad the holidays are finally over. now we can get back to work. doing service is nice...but i feel like such a lazy missionary when im not teaching or getting kicked out of the blocs. we visited a less active in the infectious hospital & she kissed us both on the cheek. the next day i got a pimple in the exact spot where she kissed me!!! hope i don't have hepatitus!!! it's sad that i won't get to see vasile before i leave. he's still out of town for the holidays & won't be back til the end of the week!!!here are a few pics from my last winter in Romania. Hope you like 'em. we got transfer calls, & found out that i'm transferred again. this will be my fifth area, which means ill probably end my mission there. a little excited, a little scared...but that's how it is i guess.i love you all...HAVE A BLESSED WEEK!!!-sasster betham

December 28, 2008

LA MULTI ANI!!!It's been awhile since I last wrote...I'm Sorry!!!! It was so good to hear from all of you guys last week. I miss you guys soooooo much!!!! Betty sent me the link to all the Christmas pictures in Utah...HILARIOUS!!! I like Drew & Mom's matching haircuts too!!!! lol. I was kind of confused with the balloons in the nylons??!! Lemme know what that game was, maybe we'll play it at our next Branch activity. All the kids are so grown!!! I almost didn't even recognize Baby Jimmy!!! It looks like you all had a lot of fun.As far as the work, things are going really slow. Our investigators left out of town for the holidays, so we've just been doing service for the members & the community. I went & chopped wood for the first time 2 weeks ago, & it was so much fun!!! We also went caroling all last week to in-actives & investigators. Oh yeah, & we went caroling to this old folks home, & it reminded me of the time Betty made all those little Bears & took them to the Old Folks home in Hawaii & they all ripped the eyes & the ears off!!!! LOL!!!! It was fun.I'm attatching a link to our Jingle Bells skit we did for our Zone Christmas party...HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY!!!!!http://s108.photobucket.com/albums/n8/betham72/?action=view&current=JingleMovie.flv-Sasster Sora.

December 17, 2008

which translates: fa'afetai to the bestest mom 'eva!!!!!i just checked my account, & was so happy to see my account full again!!! merry christmas me!!!! you really don't have to send a package. it would just be nice to get something in the mail...but you really don't have to. i don't need much from home. everything i need i've been able to find here. so, maybe just money in the bank!!! hahaha. i need to find some new boots, because my old ones have holes in them...& i was thinking about luggage, because both of mine don't roll anymore!!!! i was thinking about sending a package home, but i'm coming home in 3 months, so i'll just bring it then. if there's something in particular you want from here, lemme know.as far as my call home for c'mas...im thinking ill call home around 8 o'clock c'mas eve. if that doesn't work for you guys let me know. im planning to call you guys for about an hour & then the utah clan for an hour. so if you could get them to do something all together on c'mas eve it would be easier for me to talk to all of them at once.the work is going well. the church was on tv this past sunday. the missionaries in buc were able to talk about the doctrines of the church. eventhough they had an orthodox priest commenting on everything including baptism for the dead & polygamy, a lot of people are beginning to hear about the church & are becoming interested. the lord is blessing his children here in romania & im grateful to be a part of it.send my love to everyone. i miss you alot & can't wait to talk to you next week.cu drag,sora betham