This week absolutely FLEW by. We were bouncing around all
over the city throughout the whole week. It was one of the busiest and most
stressful weeks on the mission for me. But I kind of like it like that because
it keeps me on my toes and helps me learn and grow the most.
About the subject line. So all along my mission, there is
one thing I've been able to completely avoid. And that is calling a taxi. Yes, I'm fully capable of calling them and telling them all the needed information
(with plenty of mistakes) but I would survive. I was always just terrified of
it for some reason. BUT a couple of weeks ago, the time had finally come after 6 months that I had to
call a taxi. When I did, I was (trying to) explain where we were. I told them
our address and them proceeded to tell them to drive to the Перший
Єдність. The First Unity. They paused for a second, and said
"...what?" and I said it again. I meant to say entrance which is
Підїсть. But they sound kind of similar. I said the address again and she
hung up the phone very quickly. I had no idea why. No one said anything about
it until this week. So my comp
told me that we have "First Unity" and I was super confused. He
explained what I had said on the phone. We laughed for 10 minutes straight. Turns
out the driver had no clue what I was talking about - she didn't exactly know what or where First Unity was!! Now every time
that we think or say the same thing we always say FIRST UNITY in Ukrainian and
it's so funny. Strive to find this Pershee Yednist with the people you're
surrounded with. If you can follow that story, you're ahead of us here at the Stott house :)
We were able to go around the whole city and visit a ton of
people in the branch who are less active or inactive. We visited some of the
most sketchy-soviet apartment buildings that I swear were haunted. We had some
cool experiences and great conversations and lessons. It was a miracle that we
found any of the buildings because we didn't have a map and we only knew
general areas. We asked 1000 people on the street where these buildings were.
BUT we found everyone we needed to and got home safely without getting robbed
or jumped. That's a successful day if you ask me.
We passed by a lake and I asked if we could go skip some
rocks really quick. We went down and the whole lake was frozen.
The ducks we thought were floating were actually walking. I had my rocks picked
out and I was super bummed. So I threw one. It was literally the coolest thing I've ever
seen. The rocks make these little bird chirp sounds each time they hit the ice. We
stayed there for about 10 minutes and I was just grinning from ear to ear. I
encourage everyone to try it out.
That's about it for this week! We have TONS of work to be
doing. Lots of fun activities coming up too.
I hope everyone is #Lighting the World in their own small
ways. Christmas thought: Think about how a strand of lights on your christmas tree isn't made up
of big bright light bulbs, but lots of tiny lights. They're small. One by one, they join together to make a brighter light that can light up the entire room. Keep that in mind. Small
things make the bigger differences, and we can ALL make a difference.
Have a great week.
Elder Stott
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| The view from our apartment |
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| These cool cathedrals are everywhere |
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| Preach My Gospel |
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| Got us some Christmas lights!! Yes, that is a pole in our apartment...and no, don't ask anymore questions. |
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