When we received our call to Romania, the first thing we did was rush out to the Rossetta Stone kiosk at the mall. Unfortunately, Romanian is not one of the 31 language courses they have. Our next stop was a bookstore where we found a book with two CD's that is for tourists who want to say hello/goodbye, catch a bus and buy a cup of tea. We have found it helpful but were concerned that it doesn't have phrases that might help us teach the gospel. Once again we received welcome information from the couple we will be replacing in Bucharest. Thanks so much for all your help Elder and Sora Dummar! They suggested that we contact the MTC about learning the language. We did and just received several books and study guides with CD's. There is even a Romanian hymnal. They will now have us talk to a tutor so maybe we can actually communicate a little bit when we get there.
And I expect a post mission photo of those books: A before,(smooth, flat, unruffled) and an after, ( completely dog-eared). I had a friend who went to Brazil (at 60) and the MTC had Portugese lessons for her on the phone before she went.
ReplyDeleteI think I would go with that app that translates for you.