I literally cannot believe that I wrote you guys a whole
week ago.. geez.
This week was AWESOME. We got to meet with a ton of people
and we were SO busy and it was just so good. Elder Mangum and I are working
super super hard down here in Uzhgorod and seeing the blessings. We're looking
hard for them! God has answered so many of our prayers.
We have 3 new investigators from this week!! 2 of them are
referrals which is just amazing. 2 of the 3 new investigators are millionaires
too hahah. It's so weird. They're some of the dopest people I've met.
The first one is Ivan. The 6 foot 3 bodybuilder millionaire.
We met him on the Easter finding activity and we just decided to randomly call
him this week to see how he was doing and if he could meet. He was so stoked to
talk with us and said "WHEN ARE WE MEETING?" So the next day he met
us at the bridge in center and was like "alright let's go"! And we were super
confused cause we thought we would just go to the church but the he took us the
other way! Then he takes out his keys and beeps at his
Range Rover and drives us to this SUPER NICE cafe and just orders everything
for us and has us just dying the whole time. He was so awesome. He met with
missionaries 10 years ago in a different city and he recognized us on Easter.
We talked about the gospel and just about everything over one of the nicest
lunches I've had in a longgg time. And then he said he'd buy it all for us! He
then proceeded to take the fattest wad of cash, I've ever seen, out of his pocket
all rubber banded up and just threw some on the table and we left. He said that
he would read and pray about the Book of Mormon and the Restoration!! I'll have
to take a picture with him. He had a lot of funny stories and was super just
real.
The NEXT millionaire investigator was the owner of a lake
resort down in Khust where the Peretz's live. We had a really good lesson with
him too. I have a couple pics of the place that he owned. He invited his son
and an employee of his. It was really really good and powerful. He said that he
would also read and pray about the Book of Mormon. Everything kinda just made
sense to him!!
Our last new investigator is actually an exchange student in
SLC right now who is from Uzhgorod and has committed to baptism already!! The
exchange program doesn't allow them to be baptized into any church during their
time in America, so yesterday we had the opportunity to have a skype lesson
with her and the sister missionaries. She comes into Uzh on the 26th of May.
We're going to meet with her and her parents right off the bat to hit the
ground running and keep the fire burning in her!!! It was an awesome
experience. Her name is Katya and she is 16 and SOOO ready for baptism. She
fears the traditional transition, and standing out in her family and friends,
but she KNOWS that it's what she needs to do! The Holy Ghost works in such
amazing ways.
It was a super super good week. I'm just loving life. It's
super freaking hot down here in Uzh but we're still putting in that work!!!
Have a great week everybody!!
--
Elder Dillon Stott
Ukraine L'viv Mission
Akademika Sakharova 43 str. #311
L'viv 79026 Ukraine
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