Beauty and the Thief

We went to Oradea and Cluj this week. Oradea is one of my favorite cities in this entire mission. It has a lot of Hungarian influence and it is cleaner and just different than the rest of the country. My other favorite is Chisinau.

My companion and I were hit on by another OLD guy. A middle-aged taxi driver.

TAXI DRIVER

Where are you from?

SORAS

We are Americans...missionaries for our Church.

TAXI DRIVER

Blah blah blah ... (something about churches) ...What state are you from.

SORAS

I'm from Washington. I'm from Utah.

TAXI DRIVER

Utah? There are a lot of Mormons there. They have a lot of wives.

SORAS

Well, we are Mormon and that isn't true.

TAXI DRIVER

Of course it is! Heck ... yes it is! I saw it on the TV.

SORAS

You have two Mormons sitting here telling you that you cannot be a member of our church if you have more than one wife.

TAXI DRIVER

But they are there, right?

SORAS

Yes, but they are not members of our church.

TAXI DRIVER

Ok. Who would you say you look more alike? Your father or your mother?

SORA HEIM

My mother, I guess.

TAXI DRIVER

How old is she?

SORA HEIM

Nearly sixty.

TAXI DRIVER

Oh, that's too old. If she was closer to forty ... blahblahblah.

SORAS

Oh...great. Hehe. Awkward Pause.

TAXI DRIVER

You are very beautiful.

SORA HEIM

Thanks.

TAXI DRIVER

Your father is a thief. ...  Do you know why?

SORA HEIM

No.

TAXI DRIVER

Because, he stole all the stars in the sky and put them in your eyes.

SORA HEIM

Wow, that's interesting. Good thing we are almost to the train station. Thank you very much for the ride. You should go to this site and watch this video. It will show you more about what we actually believe.

There were some more exchanges, but that is the gist of it. It was funny.