What's Up Everybody!
Okay so this week was just hard. For sure one of the
toughest here in Ukraine. So far. haha.
Monday 11th:
P-Day was a good one. Pretty normal. We had FHE at the
Bontsov family's house and I ate probably the best food I've had on my mission.
She is such a good cook! We had chicken and potatoes and then this SUPER good
homemade cake with bananas and peaches inside. Dang it was so good. They showed
me pictures and videos of the hurricanes in the US. I had no idea about them. I
hope everyone is keeping those who are affected in their prayers.
Tuesday 12th:
Tuesdays always go buy super fast. We have meetings, Skype
calls, and English practice all in one day so it always flies bye. English
practice is going super well though, we hand out English cards like crazy. It's
always so funny to try to give people a card and they're just so automatic
about saying no but then they walk past and they're like "Wait what? Free
English practice?"...and inside you're just like "yuppp that's right. Not what you thought. You walk back here and take this card." hahah so
good. We're getting a lot of people showing up. I teach the beginner class
which is always super fun. There are just simply some sounds Ukrainians can't
make. Just like me in Ukrainian...makes sense.
Wednesday 13th:
We had surprise cleaning checks. We were NOT ready. We
hopped on a bus and booked it very slowly to Epicenter (Ukrainian Ikea) and
bought a bunch of cleaning stuff and things that were missing from our
apartment. We looked kinda funny holding a mop and broom coming back from the
store. We got more funny looks than usual! And just so everyone knows, we did pass our
cleaning check. I had to teach elder Lukach the importance of sweeping before
mopping...yeah that was a mess. We made it though. I know my mom is super proud.
We slammed that night too...it's hard to explain, but I'll take pic this week. It's
so tasty. Always respect the slam.
Thursday 14th:
Exchanges! I was with elder Galafent on Thursday. We hit the
ground running that day and put in work!! Mormonchik (touchy guy at the park) got pushed over and we were
pretty sure he broke his hip. He grabbed the wrong lady and got his fair share. It drew a ton of attention and was actually kinda sad. We were happy to see him right back to work the next day though. Mormonchik is just a beast - Literally an Ivano Frankivsk LEGEND.
Friday 15th:
Friday was pretty normal. Yeah this is starting to get
weird. We've got to find a way to spice up the Fridays. Sports night was good as
always and I'm starting to get used to the streetball life. I'll have to show
you all how terrible this court is next week.
Saturday 16th:
THE hardest day of my mission. Literally every single thing
on our schedule fell through completely. We walked around contacting EVERYONE
for about 8 hours that day. It was the first time I can truly say that NO ONE
wanted to talk to us. It was our second exchange and I was with Elder Sanders. That Elder is a beast. Never stops and we used every second that day. We both kept
saying how everything was just a trial of our faith, and boy did I feel that. But we just kept going no matter what. We met a really neat guy at the VERY end of
the day. Andri. He was super interested and was the first person that I've
contacted 100% by myself. We were walking past him and then we stopped at a
crosswalk. It's always kind of awkward trying to talk to people but I'm getting
over it. I handed him a free English card, and thought that was it. He read the card and then came up and asked me about it.
We kept walking and talking and then waited at his bus stop with him. We ended up
teaching him about the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He even missed his
bus so he could keep talking with us. We're excited to start teaching him. The Lord truly provides after we do as much as possible.
Sunday:
Sunday was also a toughie. We planned on having a baptism, but since Wednesday we haven't heard anything from Roman. We
interviewed him on Tuesday and he was so ready and excited and happy to be
baptized. Since Wednesday we called several times but his phone is off, and he wasn't home when we tried to visit Sunday morning. So, we had no baptism that day, and
we're really worried about him. Please keep him in your prayers.
Tough weeks are good for the soul! Everything is truly just
a trial of our faith.
Sorry for no pics this week. I'll make up for it this week.
Godspeed!!
Elder Stott
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