October 29, 2018
This week was completely a blur. I've been in 4 different
cities since last Monday..
We went to Kyiv on Tuesday and had a training there on
Wednesday, that went really well.
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| My Zone |
It was so good to be there in Kyiv with the whole entire
mission, and the train ride there was the funnest that I've had on my
entire mission. Our L'viv zone took up a whole wagon and it was just a party
for the whole 5 hour trip there. I was with some of the elders from our zone
and we legit just played a bunch of card games for the whole time. I had some
of the biggest and best laughs of my entire mission. We only played about 5 or
so different games, but they were legit just the best, hahaha.
We got to Kyiv, went right to KFC, and then we had the
chance to go to the temple! I haven't been in over a year. What an amazing experience it was. I just know for
a fact, without a doubt in my mind that the temple really is the House of the Lord
here on the earth!! God has a strict set of rules and commandments that we need
to live by, and sometimes it can relatively be a big price that we have to pay
in this life, to stay worthy to be able to enter in, but I just know that it is
always 110% worth whatever the cost is. I hope that those of you who are
blessed to live relatively close to a temple take that opportunity and go as often as you possibly can!! I know that as soon as I have the opportunity
to go when I'm home, I'll be going as often as I can. The separation that we can experience from the worries of this world and the peace we can feel there is
simply unmatched, no matter where else you could possibly be.
We also had the opportunity to hear from Elder Cook and his
wife. I got to shake his hand as we all entered the chapel to listen to his
instruction to us. Of course, the entire time he talked, we were all scrambling
to write down and record as much as we possibly could. But when he began to
testify of Christ, the reality of Him, His life, His death, His Atonement, and
the fact that He is resurrected and lives today, the Spirit just hit me like a
TRAIN. It was so strong and I know that we all felt it, and we can't deny the
feelings that we get when we testify of Christ and His life, death, and resurrection. I know that whenever I'm having a hard time feeling the Spirit, I
can always testify of Christ, and right away, that Spirit comes pouring back
in.
Back home, we've had some good lessons and seen some good progress in
the people that we are teaching. Katya and Vlad, our 2 most recent
investigators said that they would continue to read the Book of Mormon and ask
Heavenly Father if it's true! I can't wait for them to receive their personal
witness from the Holy Ghost about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. It's
soooo important to have that personal testimony, because we can always come
back to it whenever doubts or questions or struggles come
creeping into our lives as temptations to draw us away from the goodness of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. It really is the keystone of our religion.
I got to give a talk yesterday in church that I found out
about on Saturday evening, and it ended up turning into a 20 or so minute talk
on gratitude. It's definitely one of my new favorite topics to
study and talk about!!! We can ALWAYS be grateful for the things that we DO
have in our lives. It's super cliche, and I wish it wasn't, but if we take 2
steps back and really "count our blessings", it will always surprise
us how much bigger that list gets every time we try to number the countless
number (ha ha) of blessings that we have!!
Love you all!!!
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| Said goodbye to Elder Mangum - he leaves for home in 3 weeks |
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| Planes, trains and taxi buses |
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Elder Dillon
Stott
Vul. Yabluneva
1
S. Sofiivska
Borshahivka
Kyivska oblast
08131
Ukraine
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