This week was good, The first half of it was spent in Dnepr for zone conference and Exchanges with the assistants to the president. And then just on saturday we got transfer calls and Elder Jarman and I are happy to hear we are staying together again.
We had a really good branch picnic on Saturday we had 3 investigators there, two young woman and one not young man. They enjoyed it and we had really good conversations with all of them. Grampa I tell you what, youd have died of laughter if youd seen these Ukrainians try to use a baseball bat. We brought tennis balls and a baseball bat thinking itd be fun. But part of a baseball game entails being able to hit the ball, so most of the time we spent on that activity was just teaching how to hit. We will move on to rules next time and then we might just have a baseball team here in kremenchuk.
Other than that we had a pretty normal week. None of our investigators that we are working with came to church. But Mashas sister came.
We are about out of time here, but I want you all to know that I know the Church is true and I have never been so sure of anything in my life. I love the Lords work and I cherish the opportunity to be a part of it.
Hey Jax,
I sure miss you! I went to Elder Walker's homecoming today! I drove with Elder Besieger's mom and Elder Montgomery's mom. It was fun, he lives far away in Ogden, over the mountain. The area was beautiful though. It was also Cami Browns homecoming today. This is my take away from both. Elder Walker told only a couple experiences, and focused on his topic...but didn't really mention much of his mission, didn't speak any russian either. Cami on the other hand shared lots of stories and lessons she learned on her mission but made it all work well with her topic. It was a lot more interesting, emotional, touching, and inspiring. That is the route you need to take.
Our week consisted of me realizing I have grossly over scheduled our summer! I haven't done this in years...I must have forgotten or something. But with Josh working and going to Boys State all week...I am going to be very busy. Here is our weekly schedule...notice the overlap of times and the fact that it's all located across town.
Monday-Cam and Kaes in Tennis 5-6 Jacob Basketball 5-7
Tues.-Cam scouts 4:30-5:30, Jacob Jordy track meets from 5-10/ also YM7- Kaestli tumbling 7-8 (the track meets will have to be the priority for 4 weeks...but still:)
Wed.-Cam Kaes tennis 5-6/ Kaes Cheer 4-6:30 (she will have to miss tennis)
Thurs. Jordy JacobTrack 5:30-6:30/Kaestli tumbling 6:30-7:30
Friday Jacob jordy track 5:30-6:30/ Kaestli Cheer 4-6:30/ Jacob basketball 3:30-5
...seriously what was I thinking. It certainly wasn't planned, and I didn't know cheer would start in May I though it was for Sept. But I'll be fine and figure it out. It's only for the month of June too.
Kaestli had her dance recital this week. She was in 3 dances and did great. She rocked her back walkover as the feature in her Jazz dance. It was awesome, I was really proud of her.
Jacob was in the Championship game and it was a heartbreaking loss by 2 points at the end, with a controversy of them calling a foul that resulted in them taking away the points of the winning score. It was crazy. They will start right back up again though.
Cam begged to do tennis...but I didn't factor in that it's outside in the summer. So he got very over heated and dehydrated and super fatigued. So after this season I think we will accept swimming as his sport and stay with that.
Jacob and Jord are enjoying the track. Jacob won the 2000 m the entire team ran last week and has a 6.42 mile...so I think he could really have potential. Jordy said the girl coaches are super nice to him...so he loves it too.
Curtis hurt his foot really bad in lake powell and has struggled to walk and get around this week. They aren't sure what happened to it. It seems a little better today though, so hopefully it's on the mend.
Friday night I came home to a white convertible beetle in the driveway that Curtis surprised me with! I was totally surprised. He asked me a couple months ago what my dream car would be and I said a pink and white convertible beetle. I didn't think he would really get me one though! He has an appt. to get a pink wrap done on it too. The reason of thinking is that the van now sits never being used. Even when we have all the kids we have almost 5 teenage drivers so they want to drive separately anyway. My car is hard on gas and a lot of the time I am alone or just with 1 or 2 kids running around. So if I have a small fun car then it will save on gas and on the miles we put on the navigator so it will last us longer with the boat. So we traded the 15 passenger van for a convertible beetle...great trade for me!!! I know you will have to grieve the loss of the van though;)
So discussions for this week...
1-Seriously still no mail?!? I am going to keep sending them. I know that one of your letters took 4 months and one took 2 weeks...so I don't get the system over there. Let me know when and if they start showing up again...but I promise I am sending them!!
2-TRANSFERS!!!! I am dying to know what happened! I want full details if there is a change-new area, comp, leadership, responsibilities etc.
3-How are you feeling about transfers or the lack of a transfer?
4-Are you happy and positive still?
5-What goals do you have for your last 2 transfers?
6-What will you miss most about Ukraine?
7-How do you feel about serving in Ukraine?
8-How has your mission changed you spiritually, view on family, and individually, view on the world.
9-Who was your favorite comp? I know who your least favorite was;)
10-What is the biggest lesson you have learned from the Sullivans?
11-Should I send you 1 more package for your birthday? I don't want you having extra stuff you don't need to bring home. Do you need more proactive though?
12-Do you hear from Vika ever? It looks like she is dating a return missionary.
13-Any update on the girl situation? It looks like the dark haired girl is in a relationship with Elder Ustin...she has posted a lot of things with him saying he is her man...and sunshine...what is up with that??
14-pics -
ps...I did get some great pics of the activity you guys did on Facebook! I love when they do that!
15-recordings...I loved the video by the way!
16-special message for me;)
Well, I love and miss you like crazy! Keep working hard and play till the whistle blows. You are the best, and I am so happy to have you! Thanks for serving a mission!!! 2 transfers left!
Have a great week!
Love you,
Mom
1Yeah still none, I got wedding invite this week from a Sister I served around in Left Bank. But that is the only mail I have gotten in a long time.
2 We are still together, in Kremenchuk!
3Happy and content
4Yes
5To baptize: Vadim, Nastya, Annya, Nastya2, Irina and hopefully a few others.
6 I probably wont know until I get home, its hard to tell while I am here, I will definitely miss all of the silliness that Ukrainians think is fact. "If you drink Hot tea and Borsht in the summer you will feel better outside because your stomach is hotter than the air." Yeah sure okay.
7 Super good, it is a very different mission than any other in the world, It is like a strange hybrid between serving in Russia and serving in South America(At least how I imagine it is to serve in those places)
8 A ton, I cant really put a finger on it, it just took all of my attributes and amplified them, and gave me a few new ones, like President said, you wont recognize me when I get home.
9 Its a close call between Jarman, Biesinger and Schweighardt and Larsen, and Bunker and even Elder Bates now.
10 To always look for Personal Revelation and to always work on Personal Development.
11No I dont think you need to send more, I am good on proactiv. It is working pretty well, somedays are better than others.
12Yes, I email her every now and then, I got presidents permission.
13No updates really, the girl that likes me is leaving on Thursday. Yeah, the darkhaired girl, Vladlena, well, lets just says she is playing solitaire with Elder Ustin. As in, he does nothing because Solitaire is a one player game. I dont know if he actually likes her, he doesnt really act like it, but she says he does, and she is like in love with him so... Yeah, I am happy I will probably not be on the mish when that falls apart. She will be in a bad mood until the end of the millenium.
16 I love you so much and I cant wait to see you all again. I am so happy when I get pictures and emails from you and I cant wait to be home with you there, I only have 11 more weeks so I am going to work super hard, but i am scared that the times gonna go super fast. Love you!
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