People are So Great!

 

 

 

We are entering the final week of Sora Modzelewska’s mission. Weird. I’m sure if she knew what I was writing right now she’d say something like, “You have no idea.”

 

We had another good week. We were able to meet with D. I just can’t get over how great she is. We’ve had to move her baptismal date just so we can have a chance to give her all the lessons, and there’ve been a couple of conflicts as she’s going through a divorce right now, but she still really wants to be baptized. She’s still reading the scriptures and coming to church. She’s such a pleasure to be around. We didn’t give her the lesson we had planned on when we met with her because it was clear that we needed to cover some of her other concerns. The lesson ended very sweetly with Elder Boyd giving her a blessing. It was a sweet experience, and the spirit was definitely there.

 

We were able to meet with a couple of our English students one on one. I feel like I’ve been surrounded by such loving and caring people lately. These two women we were able to visit are so loving. They told us they look at us as if we were their own children. They just want to serve us and they are so appreciative and they just try so hard to learn English! I hope that we will continue to be able to meet with them. I think they really appreciate the support and our kindness. I’m just so grateful for them and for the opportunity we have to serve them.

 

We were able to have our Romanian barbecue! That was such an amazing evening. Again, I’m just so grateful for all the wonderful people we’ve been associating with. So we had dinner with our landlord, his wife and baby girl, and his in-laws who live with them. They are such a happy family! It is so clear that there is great love in that home. They were very welcoming. The food was great and we talked for a long time. They’ve been to church before, but they haven’t come recently because of the baby. It was a complicated pregnancy, and now that the baby is born they want to wait for her to grow up a little bit before they try coming to church again. I hope they will.

 

Basically what this week comes down to is gratitude for all the wonderful people here. In our branch as well I can feel the love and support of members. I feel appreciated by them even though I don’t always feel like I manage to do a whole lot. At the same time, I’ve been finding joy in little acts of service. On Sunday, our branch started a full blown primary meeting complete with singing and sharing time, which they haven’t been able to do before. They asked me to come play piano for them. Even though my skills aren’t the best, I could play well enough for the job, and it just filled me with so much joy to be able to help them in such a simple way and to feel of their appreciation. Truly there is great love and joy that comes through service!

 

As a final thought, I’ve been reading in the Old Testament lately, specifically the story of Moses. This morning, I read the bit about the parting of the Red Sea. As Pharaoh was coming after the Israelites and they were afraid for their lives, this is what Moses said to them:

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will ^ashew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

The Lord shall ^afight for you, and ye shall hold your ^bpeace.

After this, the Red Sea is parted, and the Israelites are brought to safety. His words just struck me. As we learn to rely on the Lord, we can face the future and life without fear. He will be our strength. He will fight our battles. Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.

 

Have a great week!

 

Love,

Sora Adams

 

 

Oh my brother Josh and his fiancé, Heather, got married this weekend.  My "flat Danielle" was there in my place so I didn't miss all the fun. =)  Congratulations Josh and Heather.  Love you. 

 

 

Weekly Adventures in Romania

 

 

We had some good little adventures this week. Last Monday, we went to meet with a less active sister. I believe I mentioned her before. She's the one who's inactive for health reasons, but she's super sweet. She'd expressed with us how she wished her family would accept the gospel, her daughter in particular. Her daughter lives with her during the week because she has work in town and then goes back home for the weekends to be with her husband and kids. Usually she steers clear of the missionaries. That day, someone came to the door that her mother had to talk with. The daughter came and talked to us for a little bit. Even though we didn't get into a religious discussion (it was brought up briefly before the subject was changed), I felt really good about the whole situation. She'd taken a moment to come and talk with us, and I think that's important. We want to serve people. We want to help them. We realize that not everyone is at the same point in their lives as everyone else, but I know that even those smallest of "touches" are important to lift the spirit, to bring people to Christ, or just to make someone's day a little brighter. I'm truly learning the importance of little things. By small and simple things are great things brought to pass.

We had interviews with President and Sister Hill this week. I just love those too. I just immediately felt joy and love just being in their presence. It just radiates off of them! I have no doubt that they care for us and they remind us that we are doing good work and help us figure out ways to improve. I'm so grateful for them.
 

You know who else I'm grateful for? Our landlord. Recently his been coming by a lot to help us fix up things in our apartment (like replacing our faucet that was spewing water everywhere). He's a really great guy, and we've been meeting different members of his family. He is a former investigator, but he and his wife told us that they'd like to come to church again, but they want to wait until their little baby is a little bit older. I hope they start coming again! Also, they were super impressed with how well Sora Modzelewska and I cleaned up the place. They said it's the cleanest they've seen it in the past 10ish years. It's crazy to think missionaries have been using it for that long. Anyway, it just made me think how even the simplest of things can make a big impression. They also said we could have barbecue with them as a reward. Hopefully that works out. Let that be a lesson to all of you. Clean space equals barbecue.
 

We had a great lesson with D this week. It was unexpected, but we were very glad to go and see her. We talked to her a bit about prophets and how they lead us and the importance of following them. We then taught her about the word of wisdom. We were anticipating some issue with this doctrine, but there wasn't a single one. She understood it and basically said she wouldn't have trouble keeping the word of wisdom as she doesn't drink, smoke, or do any of the other things listed there either. We were so happy. She is just so wonderful, and she's been such a joy to work with. Will be meeting with her again tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it!

 

 

Friday we had exchanges. Sora Gerhartz and Sora Stapley came to see us. They are both awesome. I'm glad we were able to spend that time with them. We did some contacting, and I actually felt pretty good about it. I think it may be the best I've ever been at contacting. We met this wonderful woman who is from Cluj, but we talked to her for awhile and she wants to read the Book of Mormon. We left her one, of course :)

 

On Saturday, the branch had a talent show. That was so fun! There was a lot of singing, playing of piano, impromptu break dancing by Elder Barclay. It was a good time. I wasn't planning on sharing a talent, but I ended up singing, which I think went well. I rather enjoy singing.

I'm so grateful for this my Heavenly Father, for my Savior, and for this gospel. I'm grateful to be here in Romania, a place I never thought I'd ever be, but I know that this is where I'm meant to be at this time. I'm so grateful for all of you as well, and I hope you are all doing well!

Cu drag,

Sora Adams

These are some pictures from our other "adventures". We went to the salt mines, yes there are salt mines, and around the city.  Enjoy!! =)

 

 

 

 

Whom the Lord calls he qualifies

I cannot believe it's already August. What's up with that? Tomorrow marks six months since I reported to the MTC. I've decided it must be celebrated somehow. I'm not entirely sure how yet. Maybe ice cream or some other sort of delicious edible substance? Only time will tell. 

We had some really good lessons this week. We met a couple of times with  the woman with a baptismal date. She is just the sweetest thing. I always feel the spirit when we meet with her. Plus there is an  amazing couple , The Boyds,that have come with us every time we visit her. They just have such love and such a sweet spirit that radiates from them. Seriously, senior couples are the best. We sang "Have I Done Any Good in the World Today," and she seemed really touched by that. She wasn't able to come to church yesterday because she had to work, but we'll definitely be setting up a time to meet with her again.

We've also started meeting with Ann. We met with her the first Saturday I was here, and I'll be honest, I didn't think it was going to go anywhere. She's had a lot of trials in her life and she was convinced that she has absolutely nothing to be grateful for. She was very skeptical of our message, and I just thought she wasn't interested. We called her anyway, and she agreed to meet with us again. We met with the member who had referred her to us, and it was a very good lesson. While we were walking with her to the church she mentioned that we should call her every night and ask her what she's grateful for. So that's what we've started doing! Especially when we have trials in life, I know that it's hard to find things to be grateful for, but they are there, and I can testify that every single one of us are children of a loving Heavenly Father and He sent His son to atone for us. Through our Savior, we can have everlasting happiness as we act upon His atonement and strive to do the best we can. Anyway, so we are helping Angelica to see that she does indeed have things to be grateful for. Her biggest trial at the moment is that she's been out of work for 2 years. We have someone in the branch though who is going to help her find a job. She came to church yesterday for the first hour. We'll continue to meet with her.

Zone training was also this week. Week went to the beautiful Sibiu where I just came from. That was exciting. One of the things that stuck out to me from the meeting is that two people can do anything as long as one of those people is the Lord. We also had our own little miracle. On the way to Sibiu, Sora Modzelewska left her journal on the maxi taxi by mistake. I don't know about you, but that would be one of the worst things that could happen if it were me. I would be so heartbroken. At the same time, she felt a sense of peace, like she would get it back. Sora Lund said a prayer for her, and her prayer was answered! When we were trying to figure out arrangments to get back to Cluj, the driver from that morning came up from behind us out of nowhere, and he had Sora Modzelewska's journal! I tell you, if something is important to you, it's important to Heavenly Father.

Okay , last but not least, I've been thinking this week about how the Lord qualifies us for the work. I don't just mean missionary work. I mean anything He may require of us. So often we may feel like we aren't capable of facing something or serving Him in some capacity, but I know that He wouldn't call us to do something if He didn't know we could do it with His help. He doesn't set us up for failure. One of my favorite examples is the story of Moses. This is what we read in chapter four of Exodus:

 10 ¶And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but Iam slow of ^aspeech, and of a ^bslow tongue.

 11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who ^amaketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy ^amouth, and ^bteach thee what thou shalt ^csay.

And we can definitely see that Moses was strengthened and guided to lead the children of Israel from Egypt. Though he felt inadequate, Moses was qualified by the Lord.

I have also found another story I love which illustrates this concept as well, and that is the story of Enoch. The stories are similar in that Enoch feels inadequate. He can't even speak well. How can he call people to repentance? Here's his exchange with the Lord as found in Moses 6:

 31 And when Enoch had heard these words, he ^abowed himself to the earth, before the Lord, and spake before the Lord, saying:^bWhy is it that I have found favor in thy sight, and am but a lad, and all the people ^chate me; for I am ^dslow of speech; wherefore am I thy servant?

 32 And the Lord said unto Enoch: Go forth and do as I have commanded thee, and no man shall pierce thee. Open thy ^amouth, and it shall be filled, and I will give thee utterance, for all flesh is in my hands, and I will do as seemeth me good.

One of my thoughts when I read this was, "Gosh, I sure hope people don't hate me because I'm slow of speech!" I know they don't though, so we're all good there. What I love most is seeing the transformation of Enoch which we see in the very next chapter:

 13 And so great was the ^afaith of Enoch that he led the people of God, and their enemies came to battle against them; and he ^bspakethe word of the Lord, and the earth trembled, and the ^cmountains fled, even according to his command; and the ^drivers of water were turned out of their course; and the roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness; and all nations feared greatly, so ^epowerful was the word of Enoch, and so great was the power of the language which God had given him.

Just like Heavenly Father gave these two men strength to perform His will, He will do the same for us. Sometimes it may seem so much easier to go along with the crowd rather than stand up for what we know to be right, but hard as it may seem in the moment, how much better it will be for us to take a stand. We will look back at that time and be grateful that we did what was right rather than what was popular, and Heavenly Father will give us the strength to overcome such temptations. Even after we've served in a calling for a while, we may still not feel like we are qualified, but the Lord will shape you. If you go forward, trying to act according to His will, you will have success, and you are probably doing better than you think you are. In fact, I can pretty much guarentee it. Again, Heavenly Father doesn't set us up for failure. If we want to know if we are doing what we should, if he's happy with our efforts and actions, all you have to do is ask. Go to Him in prayer, and He will guide you.

I hope you are all doing great. As always, thanks for your support and strength!

Cu drag,

Sora Adams

This is a view from our "patio" deck area. It gets really hot so we spend a lot of time out here.  This is a straight down shot that we can see.  You can see my tanned tootsies.  The heat has been a lot for me to handle.  A couple of weeks ago I had to elevate my feet and soak them in cold water because they were so swollen it concerned my companion and the older missionaries.  They are doing well now!

New Week, New City!

 

So I may have forgotten to mention something last week. I got transferred. Surprise! I'm now in the beautiful city of Cluj-Napoca. I can honestly say I didn't expect that to happen. I was pretty sure I was going to be in Sibiu for another transfer. Nevertheless, I'm happy to go where the Lord needs me. Plus my new companion, Sora Modzelewska, is great. She's hard working and has a strong testimony. She's from Poland so she asks me to help her with her English. Last night, she read a talk out loud so I could help her with pronunciation and help her with new words and things. It's probably strange how much fun I had with that...

 

Transfers were the biggest event aside from one other thing. Sora Modzelewska had some lessons already set up for us on Saturday. She was really excited to tell me about this woman, Delia, who they've been meeting with. We met with her that afternoon at the Boyd's home (oh yeah! I'm serving with a senior couple again! Have I ever mentioned how much I love the senior couples? They are just the most amazing, loving people. Just being in their presence makes you feel loved! So, yeah, senior couples are the best!). We had lunch together and then we had a lesson about the Plan of Salvation. Beautiful testimonies were shared, and we could all feel the spirit. We invited Delia to be baptized and she said yes! She truly is a wonderful woman. I only just met her, but she's very kind hearted, and I'm excited for her.

 

The branch here is great as well. Yesterday was my first Sunday with them, and I could just feel of their strength.

 

I'd say we're having a pretty good start to the transfer. There's not a whole lot more to report as of now, but fear not. More will be coming. I would like to part with some (hopefully) words of wisdom. Very often in life there are times where it is much to easy for us to be hard on ourselves. We may compare ourselves with others, or maybe we just compare ourselves with the image of who we want to be and realize that we're not there yet. Sometimes we may wonder if we are doing all that Heavenly Father wants of us. We become discouraged. This discouragement makes it nearly impossible to move forward or to set goals to move you in the direction you want to go. My suggestion in such cases is to first, turn to your Heavenly Father. If you are really concerned that you aren't doing all you should or whether or not He's aware of you, ask. I can guarantee that He will answer. Also, look for things to be grateful for. Write them down if you have to. I'm a big fan of lists! I'm also a big fan of coming up with three things you're thankful for at the end of each day.

 

We met with this woman the other day who told us she had absolutely nothing to be grateful for. We mentioned that she had a daughter, and that is something she can be grateful for. Her response was, "What if I didn't have her?" Still she was focused on how "she didn't have anything to be grateful for." Even when times are hard, I know that you CAN find something to be grateful for. Let that be your focus. Finally, find opportunities to serve. It's amazing how when you turn outward instead of focusing so much on yourself how much better you will feel. If you need to make changes, do it (and we all have things we can work on), but know that you don't have to do it alone. Heavenly Father is with you every step of the way. He is our father. Things will be hard at times, but He will never leave us to wander the path alone.

 

I hope you are all doing well! You are all so amazing. I appreciate all of your support.

 

Cu drag,

Sora Adams

God is in the details.

This week I just have such a testimony that God is in the details. He knows each one of us personally. He knows where we are in life, what we need, how to direct and comfort us--He truly is our loving Heavenly Father.

Mostly, I want to focus on the events of Thursday. Here's what happened:

There's an inactive member of the branch that we've been trying to get a hold of since the beginning of the transfer, but we haven't had any success in that regard. We met with another member on Tuesday who told us that she'd learned where this inactive member works. We thought we'd stop on by and see if we could find her and say hello. On Thursday morning, we headed to her place of work. When we arrived, she was taking her break outside. She recognized us (more specifically she recognized Sora Lund as this was the first time I'd met her), and she seemed happy to see us. We talked for a little bit, and then she had to get back to work. Hopefully, things will continue to work with her.

We started on our way, and as we were passing by a church, a woman stopped us. She asked us if we were from the church on Strada Dealului. We told her that we were. She tried to explain something to us, but we weren't quite getting it. She told us she would take us to someone who knew English, so we followed her through the church cemetery and into a room where a body was laid for viewing. We were then approached by two women who spoke English and are the daughters of the deceased. They explained that their mother was the owner of the villa that we use for church and that she had passed away a few days earlier. We offered our condolences. They said we could come to the funeral service later, but that it wasn't really necessary as we were there that at the moment and had spoken with them.

Again we headed on our way. We went to our favorite park where we were going to do some contacting, but we didn't realize how much time had passed. We needed to head back to the church where we were having district meeting. As we exited the park, we saw someone who we've run into a couple of times. She came to English classes in the past, but hasn't this transfer. We stopped and talked with her a moment and she said that it was crazy that she had run into us. This is why. She had just passed by our church and thought to herself, "I should probably get in contact with them again." She said that she told God that if she saw us she would stop and talk to us. And then, there we were! She didn't have our number anymore because of something with her phone, so we gave her our number again. After talking with her, we set out again for the church.

Later that day, we were helping the members clean the church. We ended up staying there longer than we planned which cut into time we'd planned on for contacting. When it came down to it, we decided we could squeeze in even just 30 minutes of contacting around the church. I felt really good about this especially because I hadn't felt good about not doing it. We went down a few streets and met a lovely woman. She told us that she had read about the Mormons. We braced ourselves, assuming that we knew what was coming next. What she said surprised us. She'd liked what she read! We talked with her a little more, she took a Book of Mormon, and she let us take down her number. We tried to talk to a few other people, but they weren't interested. As we made our way back to the church I felt really good. I just felt happy. It didn't matter that we'd only talked with one person. Just like every effort counts, every person counts. I'm grateful that we made the decision to fit in that contacting. It would have been really easy to come up with something else to do.

Basically, what it comes down to is that it would be really easy to play that all up as coincidence. I don't believe that for one second. Heavenly Father is in the details. They were simple things maybe, but they were miracles to me. I hope that you can look around you and see the miracles in your life, no matter how small. We are blessed and so loved.

Have a great week!

With love,

Sora Adams

PS:  I am transferring to  Cluj this week. My companion will be Sora Modselewska who is from Poland. This will be her last transfer so everyone keeps saying I'm killing her. Weird....

(Mom found these pictures of Cluj on the internet)

Follow the Plan

Goodness. I never know how to start! There you go. I've started.

All in all, I'm pleased with how this week has gone. First of all, my companion is awesome and is helping me reach my goals of being more confident and talking more. So I've started saying more things in lessons, and I've started to approach people more. I feel like I still want to improve, but I'm just happy to recognize that I've already started to improve. Also, I just am so grateful to know that Heavenly Father is also aware of my goals and helps me everyday. I'm pretty confident that He helps me more than I even realize.

I had grapes thrown at me this week, but that was by a five year old  who was having trouble focusing during our English lesson. Man, did they have a lot of energy this week! I did mention that we're teaching English, right? They are the two daughters of  a woman who we are helping to quit smoking. They're a lot of fun, and they've really enjoyed the activities we've had for them so far (head, shoulders, knees, and toes for example).

We had exchanges this week. I was with Sora Gerhartz, and we contacted some people in a park, which then turned into probably the most hostile contact I've had so far. We were talking to this older man and woman, who I'm pretty sure were Orthodox. As we were talking to them, the woman asked, "If I were to come with you, what would I have to do?" Like what would we require of them. The man started talking with Sora Gerhartz, which distracted me for a moment because I wasn't sure if he was talking to both of us. The woman got mad and said to me, "Why didn't you answer my question? He can talk to her, and you can talk to me." I tried my best to answer her question despite the fact that I was intimidated by the entire situation. I told her that if she came to church with us, she would sing with us and learn about Christ and the scriptures. She asked if that was it. I explained that if she wanted to learn more after that, she could have lessons with us. I found myself testifying, which I didn't even realize until after the fact. I told her that we are here because we know this church and the Book of Mormon are true and of God. We want to share that, and we encourage everyone to find out for themselves. She said she understood. I asked if she had anymore questions and she said no. Soon after that, someone joined the group. I believe it was someone they'd been waiting for since the woman had been talking on the phone asking someone where they were. Anyway, he came right up to us and looked at the Book of Mormon. Sora Gerhartz asked him if he'd heard of the book. He said he knew all about it and that it was the pathway to Hell, that the only true church is the Orthodox church. He was very intense, and thankfully he got a phone call which then made it easier for us to wish them well and head on our way. At first, I felt really bad. I soothed myself with the help of the spirit. I knew that we hadn't done anything wrong, and that not everyone will want to hear our message. It was only then that I realized I had testified to that woman. As I thought about it, I felt like there had been power behind my words. I really meant it, and I still do. I continued to think about it that night. Anyone could easily say that was an unsuccessful contact, but I don't really think it was. I felt that we did everything that was expected of us, that we testified just as we are here to do. They weren't ready for the message. That doesn't mean we were bad missionaries in that moment.

We had some other interesting contacting experiences this week as well. We talked to this guy around our age for at least 40 minutes about how the Book of Mormon and the Bible go hand in hand. He clearly knew the Bible very well, and he was a little skeptical, but he accepted a Book of Mormon anyway. We went chalk contacting a couple of times this week as well. We drew the plan of salvation and met some really nice people. There was a woman who stopped and talked with us for a moment. She was from Hong Kong and she recognized the Book of Mormon. She told us that she knew it was the word of God, and she was just so happy to meet "Christians like herself." I'm coming to realize that there are many times where it would be easy to say we aren't successful. Maybe you go out to contact and only one person will even talk to you, but that doesn't mean you fail. Every effort counts. Every person you talk to matters. We are all children of a loving Heavenly Father.

I hope you are all doing well! Keep the faith!

Love,

Sora Adams

Life is a Zoo! =)

How to describe this week? Awesome? Yeah. We'll go with that. Here's what happened:

On Monday, we went to the zoo. I was very pleased to see tigers. I think they are one of the most beautiful creatures. Sora Lund touched a camel, which probably isn't allowed. Instead of saying it was probably not allowed, I may have said, "Do it!" while whipping out my camera to take a picture. 

This week was American week at a store called Lidel. We were so excited to go home with arms full of ranch, cheesecake mix, peanut butter, rice krispies, marshmallows, and a few other things. It seemed so fitting as we were totally in "We love America" mode all week. We may have listened to devotionals about America and a bunch of patriotic music (thank you Sora Lund's family). We also may have convinced our branch president to let us have a branch activity on the 4th. Yep. That really happened.

The day started like any other accept for the first thing I heard when I woke up was "Happy 4th of July!" I'm pretty sure we then were like "Oh my gosh. America is so great!" Our first method of celebration was eating cold pizza for breakfast. In the evening, we went to the church and made pancakes for the branch. We made syrup as well. Other foods we or the elders brought: rice krispy treats, apple pie, cheese cake, peach cobbler, I think that's it. Our branch president brought some sarmale and salami de biscuits. It was very delicious, and very fattening. This reminds me, we were also told recently that pancakes aren't food. They're dessert.  We said that they were in fact a breakfast food. I'm not sure if they believed us... They were also talking to a person who's eaten pie for breakfast, so maybe I'm not the best judge. I think it was good for the branch to celebrate with us. Our branch president mentioned how the missionaries usually did their own thing on the 4th and didn't usually invite the branch to do something. He seemed very excited to celebrate with us. Our opening hymn was "The Star Spangled Banner," and we were thinking of just singing the first verse, but he insisted we sing all three. So we did. 

We visited a less active member this week. She and her family are actually on their way back into activity. Since I've been in the area, they've been at church every Sunday and come to a couple of branch activities. While we were visiting with her, she told me that I need to talk more because that's the only way I'll progress, and I need to progress because for all I know Sora Lund will be gone next transfer and I'll have to train someone. So she pretty much told Sora Lund to talk less and me to talk more. She had a good point, so we took that into consideration when we taught this week. 

We had a couple of lessons with her. The first time was not planned. The second time, we planned it out so I would be teaching more of the lesson. The lesson went well, and I'm just so thankful for everyone's patience! I still have a long way to go as far as language is concerned, but even if all I can do is say simple phrases, that's okay. For one thing, I have a capable companion who can fill in holes. Also, the language of the spirit is much more important. Also, they all seem to understand what I'm trying to say, so I'm probably at least a little bit better than I think I am. I hope so. Anyway, we taught her about the Plan of Salvation, and I felt the spirit in our lesson. That's what I try to look for. I figure that's a good sign of a successful lesson.

A few other thoughts before I close:

-Goals are great things that help us move towards not only things we want to do but people we want to become. We should take our goals to Heavenly Father and allow Him to help us achieve them even if they aren't something we might think as spiritual. If it's important to you, it's important to Him.

-I thought I had another thought, but I'm not sure what that was ha ha

-Here's a thought taken from a movie that has been encouraging me to be a little braver...as in actually talking to people or sharing my testimony at church yesterday. "You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it." For any of you who don't know, that's from the movie "We Bought a Zoo."

Keep the faith! You are all amazing!

Cu drag!

Sora Adams