Sora Sami Schofield Romania Bucharest Mission: mission conf‼️🥳☀️

Hey friends, I hope you had a fabulous week, I sure did! Let me know all about your great weeks since you get to read mine

Anyways this week started off pretty normal! We had some normal start of the week things, met 2 super cute people on Tuesday and then got on a train to București to go to mission conference! This train was luckily only 6 hours so not horrible. We got to buc at like 10:30 pm and then finally got some sleep around 11:30-midnight yayay

Wednesday was a blast! We had mission conference and I got to see all my cute mission friends! Elder and Sister Alliaud from our area presidency came! We talked a lot about faith and baptism and helping people come unto Jesus Christ, it was pretty awesome. We also had some SML meetings wahoooo but the day was super fun and I loved seeing all my old comps and all my friends!

Thursday we had MLC with the Alliauds and it was awesome. We learned a lot and I really enjoyed it. We also saw one of members who was visiting buc and more sml things wahoooo

Friday was PACKED! Since we were gone for 2.5 days we had a lot packed into a few days! We met up with an inactive member and taught her about the temple and she wants to works towards going! We had a lesson with a cute older lady în a park. A big sml meeting, and met such a cute lady in the park that night! It was kind of a blessing because the conversation before was kinda crazy and a little mean and bashy so she was so nice.

Saturday was awesome too! Met with our friend Victoria and she was so excited to get a Book of Mormon! Then we taught this new friend, Georgiana, she was so cute! We went to her house and talked and she was also so excited to read the BoM since we told her it's our favorite book. She invited us back again to read together, she was so cute and it was a great lesson. We also had games night where one of our friends neighbors came and she happened to be taught by missionaries in the past! She came to church the next day and had a wild story! I'll make it short : basically she said she has the hardest time waking up on time but really wanted to come to church since she loved what my comp was explaining Saturday night, she prayed to get up on time to come to church and so did we, she ended coming and loved it! The lesson in 2nd hour was about temples which is the crazier part, she had a dream where she saw a temple and knew she had to go inside and had questions about it. She knew that since this is the 2nd time she met missionaries with our church she had to listen and it was a sign from God. We ended up talking for a while after church with a member and we are meeting up again this week. I'm so excited for her. She knows God is telling her something.

The rest of Sunday was chill. Our mission president challenged our whole mission to find 101 friends (4 friends per companionship) on saturday and sunday and we saw some amazing miracles! We ended up finding 5 people and it was awesome to be guided and feel the power and miracles pouring out! You could definitely feel it. It was so awesome to see how we found 103 friends in 2 days and see all the miracles and faith in the mission. Big things are in store for romania.

I found out today that I have 100 days left of being a missionary. My mission has been my biggest blessing and my favorite thing. These are some of my favorite scriptures that hit home.

"Therefore, let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever....Now if this is boasting, even so will I boast; for this is my life and my light, my joy and my salvation, and my redemption from everlasting wo. Yea, blessed is the name of my God, who has been mindful of this people, who are a branch of the tree of Israel, and has been lost from its body in a strange land; yea, I say, blessed be the name of my God, who has been mindful of us, wanderers in a strange land."

My joy is full in serving Christ. I know it is all thanks to God. He's been mindful of me while wandering in a strange land and He is my light and joy. Serving God is the most joyful work and thing we could do. I'm excited for these last 100 days to work hard, love harder and serve here in Romania.

Love you all!

Sami