This week went really well. I will go back in time and give an overview of what happened. Yesterday we ate dinner with the other elders, and Elder Biesinger found all the pictures my mom sent me. They all enjoyed commenting on how when I was 15 I looked like an 11 year old. I dont blame them, it is true. Elder Bates and I made them pancakes and maple syrup, and o boy am I satisfied. During the meal we watched a copy of the general womens conference that is for some reason in our apartment, I teard up a little bit, it wasnt fair, they design those videos to make you cry(Thats why they have tissues in all the Relief society rooms(thankyou for that life lesson adam edmunds))
Nothing huge happened on Saturday, except we found 2 awesome new investigators, they are a sweet old couple, and they took a book of mormon. She is going to read it to him becasue he is going blind. They are somewhat golden. On Friday we had district meeting, and ping pong. We have one new investigator from ping pong, his name is Slava, and he is awesome, he said he might come to church but then he didnt, we will for sure see him on tuesday or Friday again. Thursday is when the funniest thing happened. His name:Serge, his game:Car dealership, his state of mind:Drunk. He walks up to us, using a cane that is taped together, so its just so he can look like he has a cane. His wife is following in step(she is sober(maybe)). He starts talking to us, and Elder Bates and I are just not having it, because it is dinner time, but we cant just say "get out of our way, we are hungry" we give him a book of mormon, he acts quite grateful and insists on giving us a gift in return. He pulls garlic out of his pocket, and gives each of us a clove. He proceeds to do a little dance, and is babbling in drunkenese. From what elder Bates and I gatherd(the few people around us were laughing at him), it was either a fertility ceremony, or we are protected from vampires. We asked sister Bantsova about it at district meeting, she was just as clueless as we were, so It is not a Ukrainian thing. Wednesday was good, not much happened, Tuesday we had english, after the lesson we had another Lesson with walter. He explained to us that he wouldnt get baptized until he read the whole book of mormon, and that he wouldnt read the whole book of Mormon by himself until Elder Bates and I are gone(He likes us giving him reading assignments, the only problem is he doesnt act on what the scriptures say to do) So we arent going to meeet with him anymore because we are only in the way, he needs to read the book. He said he even knows its true, he just wont get baptized until he has read it. Monday was the Best we went and took a ton of pictures, and learned how to make Borscht and Vareniki, which will now be present at any family party I am invited to, because they are soooooo good. That was our week, I love you all!
Hey buddy,
I really can't believe how fast time has gone by! I love it!
I got the BEST surprise ever on Tuesday when I got an email with 4 amazing pictures sent by your Sister... It was fun that the pictures matched the story you wrote about so perfectly! I had given up all hope that I would ever get pictures from the members there, so I was so excited. So were the other moms! I sent her a thank you email...but please tell her thank you so much and that it just totally made our week! So appreciated!
Grandma and Grandpa are really starting to prepare. They move traci to a new apartment this week and then move out of the South Jordan house at the end of the month. Dakkon has all his paperwork done and had his appointment with the Bishop today. He will meet with the Stake President and then they will get sent off! Dad and I are SOOOO excited for him. He seems more committed now than ever. Goes to mission prep every week and is doing really well. I am really proud of him.
Josh is still struggling and could really use your prayers! I could use prayers on how to help/live with him as well. He finished Driver's Ed this week and has 2 more drives to complete.
EXCITING NEWS.....Trevor got his mission call this week! He is headed to the Philippines speaking Tagalog leaving July 6. He is super excited!!! I got his email for you just in case you wanted to send him a congrats. tjtdog@gmail.com
Jacob and Jordy are doing good. Jordy had a good parent teacher conf this week. He also went to the Klondike this week. Me and the little kids went to the cabin yesterday. It was nice. The snow is melting fast on the trails...but they still have like 4 feet of frozen solid snow on the driveway.
I found some new cleaners a few months ago...fyi. And they are seriously a dream. They do such a good job and so fast. I can use the dspd for them too which is awesome! It's really lightened my load and the kids as well.
It's warming up nicely. The kids are able to play out back again and play a lot of basketball. All the snow has melted too. We had so much this year!!
All the missionary moms in our Facebook group are planning a lunch at the end of March. One of the moms from out east will be in town too. We are excited to meet everyone. We have fun chatting about what you guys are doing and swapping stories.
Your package should be there today...it says delivered on my thing. There are some things for sister sullivan, the ziplock and cinnamon. I think I packed 4 boxes of ziplock so if you want to keep one box you should. You'll find the voice recorder thing too...I hope you can get it to work!!! Also the most important thing, the insoles. I hope your feet are a little better. I'm worried about you. I pray for you constantly, including your feet!
Thanks for being such a great missionary. It has been a joy to watch you grow and change through this experience. It is amazing to me how well you are doing and I love it. I am very proud of you! Thanks for always being positive and happy. You are just like daddy Jake. It is a great example to me and I am trying to be better at this always. You have always been one of my biggest teachers and examples in my life. I am so glad you are my son. I love you so much!
Questions-
1-How are your feet?
2-How are you feeling? Health, weight, feet, acne, food, spirits etc?
3-Are you still happy and positive? (I will ask this every week...even if the answer is always the same;)
4-Anything specific we can do for you? prayers, packages etc?
5-How long do you have to email usually?
6-Are my emails too long, or do you wish they were longer? I'm always worried about how long it will take to read.
7-I'd like to send more church talks and quotes...but again worry about email time. Should I mail that kind of thing instead?
8-Do you feel like you get enough mail? I do at least 1 letter a week, but don't know how long they take to get there. Do you want more mail?
9-Do you have any questions for me?
10-Are you excited about transfers this week?
11-What is your favorite thing to cook?
12-The Sharma from last week...describe what it was? Also someone said that you aren't allowed to eat at those food shops on the street for 2 months or something..is that true? Was that your first Sharma experience?
13-How has your testimony grown.
14-Are you glad you served a mission right away, and would you recommend it?
Well, I just love you more than I will ever be able to tell you! I hope you happy and having a great time, while learning amazing things and having the experience of a lifetime! I love you!
Mom
My feet are feeling progressively better now that i have the shoe inserts, I got them on wednesday, and they have definitely helped. I am feeling healthy, and happy. We are pretty much good. I get an 1:30 of email time. Yeah you could email them now, if they are general conference talks, I am allowed to download them onto a flashdrive. I feel like I get enough, and elder bates feels like i get too much. He thinks your a little crazy and that is contagious, because his mom is starting to act more and more like you( going to disney land, and sending what he deems to be "too much" mail) but I love it. I dont have any questions. I am excited for transfers. The package was perfect, just what I needed. My favorite thing to cook is probably stir fry or pancakes. We are not allowed to eat street food for our first month in country just because we wouldnt be used to ukrainian food yet and it would make us a little sick, and would be harder to digest, but we dont usually eat on the street anyway we cook almost all of our food. Sharma is like a Burrito, but on the inside it is onions, pickles, lettuce(or cabbage), chicken, Potatoe wedges, Mayo, Mustard, and some sort of declicious red sauce, all rapped up in lavash(a tortilla). It was my 3rd or 4rh sharma. My testimony has grown in a lot of ways, and the best way to put it is that it has grown up with me. I am glad I served right away, and yes I would recommend it. I love you too Mom, I am going to send the group email again, and just so you know, they are starting to cut down on "Chatting" So we cant do conversations anymore:/
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