The Work in Moldova

The work is moving forward in Moldova. As all returned missionaries know English lessons are a great tool for getting investigators for the missionaries to teach the gospel to. In most of our cities, the missionaries will make up about 5,000 to 10,000 flyers advertising up-coming English classes, with a date for the interested applicants to come and register. Once people have registered we start the classes and hold them on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. They run for eight weeks. Each class starts with prayer and at the end of the class we give a gospel thought. If people are interested in learning about the church the missionaries stay longer, answer their questions and teach them.
Two weeks ago our Moldovan missionaries made up 2400 flyers to advertise English lessons. They were hoping to get enough people to hold a few classes. There were two sign-up nights. The first night was chaotic....by the time it was finished the missionaries had 701 people signed up for classes! WOW! They were so excited but still had one more day of sign-ups. They really didn't expect that many more people because they had only made 2400 flyers and were excited to even get a few more registrants. Their hands were going to be full the way it was! Well, the second night came. An hour before sign-ups they had over a 50 people in line waiting for the doors to open. You guessed it....by the end of the sign-up period they had approximately another 1000 people signed up for classes! Yes, we are excited and yes, they are going to be super busy! Elder Reed (one of the senior couples in Moldova) noted that most of the registrants were in the 18-25 year age group and several were families. Sister Lofgreen said they had a meeting last week to determine how they were going to handle the added respondents. By using the baptismal font room, an additional class would be accommodated for a total of 7 concurrent classes. They are planning on teaching every day of the week plus all day on Saturday. As you know, almost 1700 responses to 2400 flyers is without precedent. The hand of Providence is present in so very many ways there. Classes started on Saturday, the 17th.
These photos are of the sisters (Durfee and Trujillo) passing out flyers; the gates at the chapel open for sign-ups and, people registering for the classes.