November 12, 2018
Hey Guys.
Not a ton for this week. We had exchanges here in K-town and
the Elders from Chernivtsi came up and stayed with us for a day and a half.
Even though they ate all my food, that I had been saving up, it was still a
blast to have them here, haha. I got super humbled in the evening when one of the Ukrainian Elders and I were playing a card game called Castle - I lost maybe 15 times in a row. I haven't lost an ounce of my competitiveness since
before the mission, and I wouldn't let him leave until I beat him. Being the
great sportsman-like player that I am, as soon as I won, it was bedtime :)
We have seen some great progress in a couple of our
investigators, and we should have, by the end of this week, 3 baptismal dates
that will be coming up before the end of the transfer. I have a feeling that
this is my last transfer in the city, so, although it's not of the
upmost/utmost importance, it would be pretty cool to see some of the fruits of
my own personal labors here. Most important is that they keep progressing
towards taking part in that covenant with their Heavenly Father!!! I know that
their future is bright in the Gospel.
We went to Ternopil on Saturday, and it got sucked up with a
lot of English practice work and this lady who wants us to come present
something at a university blah blah...some program or another and she wants
us to be there in Ternopil 3 times a week for 2 weeks and I was like - ha uhhh
LADY, LISTEN UP. (changes that we can all see in ourselves from the mish) and I
was just like, I'm really sorry, but we're not gonna do that unless we can also do what we're really here to do. (insert gospel message here). We will, of course, be happy to help her out there though. I hope that some investigators comes out of it though! I feel like 18
months ago I would have just rolled over and done what I would think of
as "being nice", but people need to know about the gospel more than
anything else, and one of the best feelings that I've constantly felt in my
mission is the "at least I tried" feeling. It's one that's always
worth going out of your own way to let anyone and everyone know about the
gospel.
Church was interesting. There were more non-members than
members, and the Branch President got up and spoke on baptism and covenants and
all that good stuff and I think everyone got a good push from the Spirit from
his talk.
Other than that, not a whole lot else!! No pictures this
week. Sorry!
I love you all!! Read the Book of Mormon!! Moroni's promise
is not only true the first time that you read through it. Your testimony truly
can get REinforced and REinstituted and REjuvinated through prayer and repeated
confirmations from the Holy Ghost that it's true and that it is God's word that
testifies of His Son, Jesus Christ! I love that book with all my heart, and love this
Gospel and all that I've been blessed with because of it.
Have a powerful week!!! Physically, AND Spiritually.
--
Elder Dillon
Stott
Vul. Yabluneva
1
S. Sofiivska
Borshahivka
Kyivska oblast
08131
Ukraine
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