Good Week

Week 92

This week was good, we had a plethora of things to do and good things happening. 

WE: 

1Got new English invitations that look super sleek and professional.

2Our New investigator Vadeem is doing super well.

    -He is reading the New Testament as of last week and is already almost finished with the Gospels.

    -Came to church and enjoyed it and has questions.

    -Played a pickup game of basket ball with some "potential Investigators" (Teenagers we hope will turn out like Vadeem) and unknowingly made my day by saying I play like I breathe.(I hope he didnt mean hard and loud)

    -Sees us as spiritual Guides and is starting to think about whether or not God exists because of our influence.

3WE played Ultimate Frisbee behind the Walls, which was really fun and good. We made a couple new friends who will one day in the future take missionary lessons, get baptized and go to the temple.

4 A talent night that was really fun. We had quite a few members and some investigators perform, it was good.  I am basically talentless(when it comes to something you can do on a stage in front of someone) so I just read one of my "poems".

5 I had a dream that My family and me were packing to go to lake powell(for like the 10th time on my mission) while they were in Lake powell, the mystical legendary place I tell everyone in Ukraine about.

6 Elder Bates made cookies, I ate cookies.

7We gave Annya a blessing last monday because she will be going to the hospital soon.  Basically she and her mom love and trust us and it is only a matter of time until they get baptized, she is thinking about it.

Love you all!

Hey buddy,

This may be short, we just got home and unpacked from Powell and it's super late.  

We had a great week in Lake Powell.  The beginning week we had my friend Melinda come with her 4 kids.  They were a blast.  Her kids were super fun and all the ages of our kids.  They got along so well...kind of shockingly well.  It was so fun.

The second half of the week we had Adela, Trent, and their girls.  They were fun...but not as fun as the first group;)  We had a great time with everyone.  

The kids are all getting really good at all the different things.  Jacob finally overcame his fear of jumping off cliffs.  Cam is getting really good at boarding and surfing.  Kaestli is getting up on the wake board but doesn't last very long.  Ethan, and Kalten love surfing and are getting better at boarding.  Ollie surfs well, but can't board.  This year we found a compromise of him using the surf board with the wake boarding rope and he and jordy doubled.  It was fun, and he was so happy to do something like that.  I was able to spoil the spoiler so yay me;).  

We found an awesome cove that no one could even see us in.  We had a bunch of areas to explore to ourselves and even some private cliffs to jump.  It was a blast.  Probably my favorite spot we have ever had.  It was in Last Chance canyon.

Kalten had a little romance with Adela's daughter...which annoyed most people on the boat.  I think this is where the term "kissing cousins" came from...

There were tons of tube wars and everyone talking about how next May Jax and Dakkon will be with us again...but Ethan will be gone.  Ethan stepped into the oldest brother shoes quite well.  He was super helpful this week.  Really all the kids were, and everyone was really good.  We have it down to a science at this point, which makes is so much more fun.

I was super excited to get an email with your flight itinerary!!!  YAY!!!  I will be seeing you August 29, at 8:59 pm...and not a minute later!  I can't wait to get my hug!  I miss you so much.  I am so happy that it is summer and you will be home this summer!  On the way to Powell last week your branch friend posted a video of you on Facebook.  I had been missing you so bad.  When I saw your face I thought, "I wish he would just say something to me" and then you looked right at me and said, "Hi Mom".  It totally melted me and made my week!!!  It was an answer to prayer for sure.  So thanks...and you can do that again as often as you want!!

1-Transfers are next week, right?  What are you thinking?

2-Did you get your travel info?  What are you thinking about everything?

3-How are things with the girl crushing you?  I like that you said you are 300% sure she isn't your wife, haha;)

4-What was the best thing this week?

5-How are Viktor and Nastya?  I am so excited they set a wedding date!

6-Give me the details of your branch, numbers, members, primary, who does callings, what do you do etc.

7-Are you excited or sad you have less than 3 months?  Only 2 more transfers!!!

8-pics

9-recordings

10-Still no letters?  I have been sending them at least every other week...if not every week.  

11-Are you happy and positive?

12-Special message for me

I miss you and love you!  I can't wait to get you back!  Be safe, work hard, keep up the faith and the good work.  I am so proud of you and so pleased with you.  You're my best friend and I am so grateful to have you!  Thanks for being you:) Love you so much.

Love you

Mom

1 I still dont know, part of me thinks that I will stay in Kremenchuk and the other part says its time to leave the area for me.  I would love to stay with Elder Jarman.

2No I did not, you get it a bit before me, but I got called about it this week, they needed info about my Passport.

3 she flirts at me a lot apparently, but hey I would crush on me too ;)

4 Vadeem being really interested.

5 She is sick right now, but they are doing well.

6 We had a high of 46 people at church when President Sullivan came, but usually we have around 25.  There are like 3 crazy people, but thats about it for them.  Almost everyone else has a calling.  Sister Velichko just got called as Relief society president, she is doing well, her husband is not a member, she has two daughters. One daughter is baptized, she is 16, the other is 8 and is not baptized yet, but she wants to be, she just needs her dads permission.  Primary has like 4-6 kids in it usually, Sister Maidan is the mother of two of them and is in charge there.

7I am kind of sad, but really excited, and I am ready to work until the end.

8Not today, we are in Dnepr at an internet club, and if I plug my stuff in I will get viruses.

9 Same

10 none at all, I was at the office today and there was none there in our box, I wonder where they all went.

11Yes.

12 I dont really know what to say, you are the best!  I miss you so bad and I cant wait to see you again.  Thanks so much for everything.  I am in Dnepr today, if I see any cool souveniers I will get some.