This week went well, had a new investigator, went to Kharkiv for zone training, went on Exchanges, and did other typical missionary activities. We got transfer calls on Saturday, and guess what! I am staying in Sumy with Elder Biesinger! I am so happy! Me and Him get along pretty well. So that new investigator is kind of a funny story.
We wanted to be extra diligent this week, and we got tired. SO I said Elder, I need a bench. We found a bench and proceeded to sit thereon. During this time a young man, who had clearly had more than one beer, began talking to us. He asked if he could tell us something about science. A second man walked up and listened in on it. He continued to cite "The Oxford University of America" (I didnt have the heart to tell him oxford wasnt in America) We let him finish his shpeel on photons and electrons and heat exchange...... We really showed our diligence by not falling asleep, then I asked "Cool, can we explain something spiritual to you?" He and the other Man both sat on the bench. We taught quite simply the principle of Repentence and a little bit about the atonement of Jesus Christ. Then they started arguing about why we were there. I piped up "Can we tell you why we are here?" They responded yes, please do! We taught the restoration, and gave each of them a book of mormon. THe older man (Not the science from oxford university of america one) started talking with us more, and he asked about church, and said he would attend. That was a good night.
Besides that we had an Exchange with Elder Montgomery, He is our district leader, and it went well. He showed us that he loved us and that is what my definition of a good district leader is, so I trust him.
We tried the balloon thing again, and it went pretty well. We got a referral from church Headquarters today from Mormon.org, which we wrote on the balloons, so I hope that we made an impact with them.
I love you all! I know the church is true, I am going to tell everyone about it! But maybe right now just the people in Sumy.
I am super excited to hear about transfers. I really hope NOTHING has changed for you! Area or Comp. I am hoping maybe they sent a couple more missionaries your way.
Well, Grandma and Grandpa are officially missionaries!!! We went up to the cabin today for the Stake presidency to set them apart. It was really nice. They go to the MTC tomorrow morning. They will be there for 1 week and then the next week they will spend up in Salt Lake for the nurse training. They fly out to Fiji on July 23. I am really excited for them. I think Jacob will struggle the most out of our kids. I think Cam and Kaes are going to assume that everyone just goes on missions all the time at this point!
We had a big birthday party yesterday for Cam, Kaes, and Zach. It was a BBQ and swimming party. I sent pictures of that. Kaestli is super excited to be 5 now! She is 5 going on 15 at this point. Thanks for the birthday wishes for her and Cam.
Dad and I have officially been married over 10 years now. We are heading on a anniversary trip on tuesday. We are flying in to Portland and renting a car. We will drive down the coast and enjoy a bunch of different sites and then fly home from Oakland CA. We are really excited and definitely in need of some quality time away from all the kids.
We are all enjoying summer. It has been strange to have everyone home all together. Mikey has been working Josh out every morning at 6:15 am. He is really starting to look good, and is growing tall. The Tboys have been coming around a lot which has been great. Ethan brought 3 girls home on the 4th and then the same girl home last night. I think it's an official girlfriend at this point. He went to dinner at her house tonight. She seems nice and is the daughter of the bishop. We had Jordy chaperoning them last night...haha.
Everything else is pretty much the same. I'm hoping things slow down a bit. I'm not ready for summer to be over and it seems to be flying by.
How is everything going with you? I want all the details of this new transfer if there are changes...again...hoping for no change. It has been funny to be Facebook friends with Vika. She is so cute and seems really excited to be getting married. Dad was teasing that you are upset because you were hoping to bring her home since she is so pretty. When is she moving?
Alright...questions-
1-Transfer info
2-are you getting any mail at all? The package is on it's way...it's your birthday package and your hump day package.
3-Did Lena come to church today? Is she on target for baptism? I have been praying for her.
4-Have you heard about the new law about missionary work in Russia? / Do you think it will affect your mission?
5-What is your favorite part of Sumy?
6-What do you do on Pday?
7-Can you go see any sites?
8-Now that you are in Sumy would you want us to come pick you up? Is it safer/prettier?
9-Are you guys doing ok up there alone?
10-Do you have much contact with the Sullivans?
11-When will you travel back down for a meeting?
12-Is there anything I can do for you?
13-Are you healthy? Any problems with feet legs etc?
14-message for me;)
Well, I miss you like crazy. I realized the other day you are now older than I was when I married Dad. How is that possible??? It blows my mind. It will be our 20 year anniversary on the 26th which just seems impossible. It's also sad that we were only married for 7 1/2 of those years. I miss him a lot. I love your voice recordings so much. You sound a lot like dad. The stories this last week were awesome! I loved hearing E.B in the background laughing at you. Keep sending those! It is awesome. Also I need more pictures:)
I love you so much! Keep being awesome and crushing it out there! I am so proud of you! You're the best!
Love you,
Mom
Same stuff. Yes I got 3 letters at zone training on Friday. EVERYONE is way jealous of it. The Sister Training Leaders actually asked if they could read it and pretend it was from their moms, it was really funny. Everyone really thinks it is ridiculous, until they dont get a letter. Lena did come to church, and she will get baptized next Saturday hopefully, she has learned all the stuff she just needs to finish quiting smoking. Yeah I heard about the church thing, and no, it wont affect us unless Ukraine does the same thing. Probably the people and how clean it is. I really like Sumy. WE study, email, shop, and then we try to find stuff to send to our families, it is hard. There are a few places, but they are too far away from everything else. Yeah if we could go to Sumy, Dnepr just isnt the ideal "I want my family here" vacation spot. IT is safer and prettier. Yeah, it is funny, we feel so isolated sometimes. Yeah president Sullivan gives us a call everyonce in a while, and Sister sullivan always cares, we call her "Mom". I dont know when we will travel back down, if we need something I guess we could always do exchanges. Nope I am good. Yes I am healthy and no problems with feet or legs. I love you mom! I got permission from Elder Mccleary to write letters after Planning, so I am going to send a lot more now. I probably owe you somewhere around 200 letters.
Dear Jax,
I love you so much! Thank you for being nice to me before you go on your mission. Jax, and thank you for playing mine craft with me.
Love Cam and our family
Your welcome I love you!
Dear Jax,
I hope you have a good summer. It's my birthday today...so Happy Birthday to me. I'm opening my presents, so I hope you have a good summer with me.
I love you too so much. I love you so much!!!
Love, Kaes
Your welcome sis I love you!
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