From the subject you probably think that we found someone while tracting... nope.
But we did find many people by working with our area books(We have 2 because Sumy used to have 2 companionships before our mission). So we can safely change that phrase to Dial, and ye shall be answered.
Besides that we had a good week of Zone training in Kharkov which went really well. We made a goal as a zone to get up at 6:30 and work out for 30 minutes. Not to difficult of a goal for some people to keep, extremely difficult for others.
Anna, the one interested in Family History from last week came to church yesterday, and she loved it! She said "I still have lots of doubts and concerns, but I am 100% sure of one thing, you are good, very good, I will never get tired of people like you" She told me to tell my mom she should be proud of me, and considering that I am doing exactly what 70,000 other young men and women are doing around the world, there should be many proud mothers this day.
Everything is going well for us here. We had Exchanges this week with Elder Snow(Brand new to the mission) and Elder Jeffery, I went with Elder Snow and it went well, he said he learned something from me and that was good.
Love you all!
Hey buddy!
I hope and pray that Tamara was able to get baptized yesterday!!! I am so glad she was able to stop drinking the black tea. Can you imagine if our schools served that?!? Crazy! I really hope you have pictures of it too!!!
You know I always put up Christmas early, but this year might be a record. We cleaned out and organized the toy room yesterday and did the Storage room last week (aren't you glad you missed that;). So then we started thinking about the rest of the month and I realized that there is a BYU home game every saturday for the next 3 weeks. We decided to just get the Christmas stuff up and done so we don't have to worry about it.
Josh has been quite the social butterfly this week. He went out on a date on Halloween with a girl to a party. He dressed up as Danny and she was Sandy from Grease. He was so excited about it. The girl actually asked him to go to the party with her. He came home from school and was on cloud nine. He started unloading the dishwasher as he was telling me all about it, and then when he finished, he said, "wait, did you ask me to unload?". Nope...but I wasn't going to stop you!! They had fun, and then a couple days later he brought the same girl to the house after school for a little bit. Then he asked a different girl to go on a double date with him and his friend, but then the friend backed out and the girl still wanted to go so he took her to a movie and ice cream last night. On Friday I went to dinner with Merideth Sorenson, (madeline's mom). We saw them in a restaurant a few weeks ago and Josh was able to talk with her. So Merideth mentioned that Madeline would love to go on a date with Josh. But she warned me that Madeline was a Hillary supporter. You should have seen Josh's face when I told him that!!! So he ended up texting her and they had a really long discussion/debate about politics that is honestly one of the funniest things I have ever read. He has met his match for sure with her!!!! They ended up planning a date for next week.
We had tons of Dr. and Dentist appt. this week and now Jordy has a massive sore in his mouth. He chewed on it while it was numb (not the first time this has happened) and it is just horrible. Adding to the problem now is his braces and his allergy to the metal from the braces. So it is just awful.
Curtis had a big presentation at work this week that went really good.
Jordy changed schools on Monday. The bus picks him up at 7:10 and drops him off at 3:10. The change is going to be really good I think. His teachers are awesome, and he loves them. She texts me almost every night. They seem to really like him and are trying to figure out how to best help him. He tells all his friends that he changed schools because his mom wants him to get a better education. Cute...but true:).
We are feeding the sister missionaries today:) I'm super excited for that.
So I absolutely LOVED your letter last week!!!! I pray constantly that I will be able to help you in your missionary work. But, honestly I am half way around the world so what can I do??? Well, your letter last week was an answer to prayer. I have had such a pull to work on the family search site. I have spent hours adding pictures, memories, and documents to our family tree. To read that you were able to show that website to your investigators and that they were super impressed with all the pics and information really showed me that Heavenly Father had answered my prayers. I was able in a very small way to contribute to your missionary efforts.
I am praying like crazy that if it is God's will, he will let you get a new companion this next transfer! I know it is good for you to have hard comps, because it will help you in your life and in your mission and in your marriage. But I hate that you can't really get a break from him. I feel like if you were with a couple other missionaries at least you would get to do splits occasionally. I hope things are getting better. I am proud of you for trying to serve him through the problems. You said it perfectly though when you said, "I'm happy and he is not, it's his problem". I agree completely. Just stay being your self and doing your best.
So Questions....
1- EV--Do you know if other comps have had problems with him as well? Does President Sullivan know what a problem he is for his companions? Have you talked with PS about the problems you are having with him? Are things getting any better with him, or still the same?
1.2-Has EV russian improved at all? Does he try? How is his back?
2-I almost have your package finished for Christmas. I don't really have anything for your comp...whoever that may be though. Should I get something for them? and what if so? I also want to confirm you DO NOT want hand warmers?
3-Predictions for next week? Hopes for next week transfers? Is it possible that you and EV get transferred out of Sumi or would he leave at least one of you up there?
4-Are you still happy and positive?
5-When having issues with comps are you still able to work effectively?
6-Are you trying to teach Andre the gym guy?
7-How are the english classes going?
8-Family Search, were you able to get those people set up on it? I think you should get Lena's mom on there so she can put all her records on there so they don't get lost.
9-Special message for me
10-recordings
11-Pictures!!!!!
12-Are you still growing? How tall are you now, what do you weigh?
I love you so much. I am super proud of you. I know it can be hard to deal with difficult personalities. I'm glad you can handle it better than most people. You are just like Daddy Jake was. Jacob and you have his same personality. Just happy all the time and laid back. IT is a blessing and is a very rare type of personality! I love seeing how much you look and sound like Daddy Jake now. I feel like when you get off that plane you will be daddy Jake's adult twin. It is going to be so crazy!!! I seriously can't wait for you to get home!
Ethan Glaittli got home this week...so next is Johnny and Jake Harper and then Conner in January! It's the same group you went out with kind of. You all left...and now you will all start coming home. I think Sarah is extending a month so you guys will probable get home the same time.
Love you tons! Stay strong and faithful. Work hard, pray even harder. Stay positive! I love you and support you fully. I am proud to be your mom. I hope you have a great week and get a new companion next week;)
Love you
Mom
Yes nearly all of them have. Yes I emailed president about it, and It is all OK. HE has gotten better since about Tuesday. Do you remember those off and ons that Josh had, It is like that. Sometimes he is nice and helpful, sometimes he is just the opposite. He is getting a little better every week. His back is ok. No hand warmers, we dont need them, every apartment has tons of left over handwarmers from previous missionaries. Just get something small for my companion whoever it may be. My prediction is that We will get another companionship up here, and I will be the district leader for the Sumy District. I think we will probably both stay, but it wouldnt surprise me if I got transferred to another area. Yes I am happy and positive. Usually yes we can still work well. We are dropping him, becasue he is not progressing. English classes are continuing to go well. Not yet, but we are planning to. Lenas mom has plans on indexing over 120000 names... she is way on top of family history. I am 6 feet tall and 1/16 of an inch. I weigh about 150 pounds. I cant believe Ethan is already home! That is crazy tell him hi for me! Does he seem different now?I cant believe how fast their missions flew by, but I only have 9 months and 19 days left. Each month seems to fly by faster and faster. Before we know it I will be sending home all of my Winter stuff! This winter will basically be half of the rest of my mission, I will probably send all of my stuff home in March or April. Only 1 month until we get to skype, I love you so much! We need to come up with a plan for this skype call, so that we can use it effectively. What do you want to talk about?
Youre the best.
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