Monday, May 24, 2010

Which Language to Use? Romanian or Russian?

The Holy Ghost speaks in Romanian AND Russian at the same time to members in the Chisinau branch! It is amazing. Sacrament prayer over bread is in one language and over the water it is spoken in the other. The talks alternate languages within the same talk...actually within the same sentence sometimes! The women's Relief Society is conducted in one with the lesson spoken in the other. The singing is wonderful as well-there are hymn books in both languages, the song #s are both posted, and we're perfectly comfortable belting out a hymn in English at the same time! Really fun. You probably can't see it in the photo but the name of the church is posted in each language on either side of the door. The natives here understand both languages and sometimes some English too. Most of the members speak one very well and avoid the other. There are 8 teaching missionaries here with 4 speaking and teaching in Russian and 4 teaching and speaking in Romanian. It's all crazy. Sometimes the sunday school discussions sound like people are angry or arguing because of the hard sounds of the Russian but the spirit speaks so strongly to everyone here. It really is an amazing experience.



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