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Hello! I hope someone can help me out. I am looking for the Christmas message/email from Pres. Orton. I would like to purchase my ticket to come for the reunion and General Conference in March. Does anyone have the email from Pres. Orton? Are there any details for the reunion? Any help would be greatly appreciated! THANKS! :)
rebeccakayolson@yahoo.com
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The romanian movie "The Tube with a Hat" (Lampa cu caciula) is the winner of the Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking at the most recent Sundance Film Festival which was in Park City - Utah, January 18 - 28.
You can watch it for free on the Festival's official site (rated R for the language).
http://festival.sundance.org/2007/watch/film.aspx?which=824&category=SF
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i enjoyed watching that video. made me feel a little proud...
:P
A.
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"Simon said:"
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To tag along to Michelle's messege re: Romanian movies-
You might have a hard time finding this movie, but a great movie with Romanian is actually an Egyptian movie called Amrika Shika Bikka (America Abracadabra). It was filmed in Romania and has some great scenes of Bucharest and especially of Brasov.
It is about a group of Egyptians that are trying to get from Egypt to the U.S. who think it best to go through Romania.
Its very much a Middle Eastern film, meaning song and dance, but has some great Romanian themes in it as well. I recommend it to anybody that can find it.
Simon Reid
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I thought you gonna say about Borat which was filmed in Romania too. I was curious why so many americans are delighted about this movie. I wasted my time watching it and I was dissapointed.
If you want to see some gipsies from Dambovita speaking romanian, you can watch it, but it's not worthy - rated R.
On the other hand, if you want to watch a good movie filmed in Romania, try Cold Mountain. You can see there some beautiful landscapes from the county where I live.
In case you want a romanian comedy instead, rent a DVD from a local library with Nea Marin Miliardar (you might not understand everything they say because they use an oltenian accent).
And if you can't imagine the world without Romania, watch this video: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1242648772401109800&hl=en
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Okay, after the two postings about Romanian movies, I just can't resist any longer. You know how a smell can take you back to a place and time? Well, I have found a Romanian one. Softsoap Pomegranate & Mango smells EXACTLY like a bottle of Frutti Fresh. You can almost hear the baptismal service and taste the great Romanian prejituri when you use it.
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To tag along to Michelle's messege re: Romanian movies-
You might have a hard time finding this movie, but a great movie with Romanian is actually an Egyptian movie called Amrika Shika Bikka (America Abracadabra). It was filmed in Romania and has some great scenes of Bucharest and especially of Brasov.
It is about a group of Egyptians that are trying to get from Egypt to the U.S. who think it best to go through Romania.
Its very much a Middle Eastern film, meaning song and dance, but has some great Romanian themes in it as well. I recommend it to anybody that can find it.
Simon Reid
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I've had the pleasure in the last few days of hearing Romanian spoken in two different movies. I haven't been in Romania for over ten years and have had few opportunities to interact with Romanians since then, so it was a real pleasure to be able to hear Romanian spoken by native speakers again. The first film is one that's gotten some publicity after appearing at independent film festivals ( I heard about it from a review on NPR) and is called The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea Domnului Lazarescu). I rented it from Blockbuster Online, and I imagine it's also available from Netflix and many local video shops. A few days after watching that one, I went to the movie theatre and saw The Children of Men, an apocalyptic action drama about a world in the near future in which all humans have become infertile. A character appears toward the end of the movie who speaks only in Romanian. Her lines are not subtitled, so I felt very special being able to understand them, while to probably everyone else in the theatre it was just gibberish. That movie is currently in theatres, and is rated R for violence and brief, non-sexual nudity. I enjoyed both movies for their dramatic qualities, but I really, really enjoyed hearing the language again, and proving to myself that I can still understand it!
Cu drag, Michelle
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A message forwarded to me from Heidi Kupiec
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Today's announcement to the congregation on New Year's Eve that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was officially recognized by the nation of Moldova drew inbound breaths and brief applause. The President then repeated the announcement in Russian. Today, we had a single Sacrament meeting, as most units did last week on Christmas Eve - and no one wanted to go home afterward..
Yesterday, Saturday, the Minister of Cults (Churches) summoned the Branch President to his office - and presented him the papers officially recognizing the Church as a religion. This is the same Minister who had two missionaries arrested. The other 10 missionaries were immediately withdrawn by the Church. The two missionaries were held in jail for a week and then placed under house arrest for 30 days, during which time local members saw that they had food. They were released and expelled after paying a small fine.
Yesterday, the Minister expressed appreciation for the patience of the Church in this process and the belief that President Ashby and Elder Hafen, who met with him recently, were men of good faith. He said that they also did not want to risk monetary penalties imposed by the European Union and the adverse publicity that went with it.
In September, the Moldovan Supreme Court ordered the Minister to recognize the Church as a result of a lawsuit the Church filed requesting recognition. They did not immediately respond, so Sen Reid, the incoming Senate Majority Leader and four other Senators wrote a letter to the President of Moldova about three weeks ago advising that the Moldovan government was violating civil rights. Specifically, the right of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to be recognized as directed by the Moldovan Supreme Court. Advising that if the government persisted in this action, a lawsuit would be filed with the European Union requesting sanctions and monetary penalties for violating the civil rights of its people.
The best part of the story is that there are presently 17 missionaries in the MTC destined for the Romania mission in 11 weeks. This is more than twice the normal complement for replacement - and more than half of them are Russian speaking. Moldova is the only location in the Mission that can use that many Russian speakers. There is no doubt here as to who is directing this work.
Our love to all!!
The Moldovan Missionaries
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I am trying to send some letters to Romania but am not sure how to proceed. I seem to remember that we're not supposed to send them through the pouch, but I also remember letters from the US being stolen. Does anyone have good advice on how best to send letters and know they will reach their intended destination? On that note, I am also looking for addresses for a few people; Familia Mogos (Arad), Familia Epure (Arad), Aramescu Elizabeta (Sec. 3) and Familia Verdeata (Sec. 3). Any help?
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Does anyone know Mandric Valentine's (Pitesti) and Mircea Crisian's addresses and phone numbers? I have lost their contact information and I would love to contact them. Please write me back if you have there information.
Thanks,
RHETT HEPPLER
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