Living The Dream

Sweet family of mine! (bom bom bom)

Another great week here in the MTC, but a lot of the same old same old. Oh I can't wait to get in the field so I will have new exciting stories to tell you every week! I am getting actually really trunky here... like I LOVE the MTC and all, but boy I'm so ready to get out there and bring the great news to the people of the Ukraine! It's really hard being here for longer than everyone else, because you are always seeing missionaries that got here way after you leave way before you, I get so jealous! But it's okay, because the time has already gone so fast (this literally has been the fastest month of my life!) I know that I will get there in no time!

The most exciting thing that happened this week is that Сестра Монтгомери (Sister Montgomery) in our district got the flu. She is now in quarantine and our whole district has to take tamiflu. Poor girl, but it was a little nice to have something new and exciting happen to us.. But if you could keep her in your prayers that would be great!

Okay that is not the most exciting thing that happened. I really do have something really exciting to share... ready for it......
 
Caша has said that he would be baptized!!!!! We have been teaching him for just a few weeks and has just been really hesitant about a few things. But we had such an awesome lesson with him last night, oh the spirit was so strong! We had this lesson planned and totally went a different way with it according to his needs, at the end of the lesson I was prompted to ask him to get baptized. The spirit was strong, so naturally I was crying, and if you think it is hard to understand me in English while I'm crying you should listen to me cry and speak Russian at the same time! But he understood me and he said, if we helped him every step of the way he would be baptized! Oh the joy this news brought me! I love  Саша and I know that his Heavenly Father loves him too, every time I speak to him I feel His love for Саша and it is such a neat experience! I love that I can tell people of their Father in Heaven who loves them so much! It is my favorite thing about being a missionary!

Testimony written for investigator

 

We got a new investigator this week (because we got a new teacher) her name is Мария (Maria) and she is so sweet! We've only had one lesson with her so far but I'm so excited to meet with her more.

So last week as you may recall I did have a little bit of a hard time, one of the reasons being that one of my teachers was leaving us. He randomly decided to go to Africa for like a month so we were losing him as a teacher. It was so hard for me, because he has said things to me that I know have completely changed the type of missionary I will be and he has taught me so many great lessons that I needed to learn, to have him leave just seemed unfair. But he did and we went on with life here at the MTC. Yesterday as Sister Robertson and I walked into class a little early the whole class was empty but one chair and in the chair was... yep you guessed it Врат Хофман (Brother Hofman)! What the?!? It totally freaked me out! He just laughed at the look on my face and told me that things didn't work out, I continued to say sorry but in my heart I was really happy, because I think the Lord kept him here for me. I know that there are more lessons that I need to learn from him and I'm so grateful that he is still going to be with us. But due to Врат Хофман's fake out we also got a new teacher Сестра джаксон (Sister Jackson) and she is awesome! So it turned out to be a win win situation for me! The Lord is really looking out for me, I know that to be true, and I'm so grateful that he is, because I know I couldn't do it without his help. He's helping me with everything, especially the language! Speaking of the language..

the District

I sleep talk in Russian, that's super exciting right?! Yesterday morning while I was getting ready my room mate was totally teasing me and I couldn't figure it out but then she finally told me I have been sleep talking по русски it made me so happy! I'm really learning this language now and loving it more and more everyday. :) I cannot wait until I'm just speaking like a native! I guess I already do in my sleep so that's cool!

Friends and family I am doing so well! Better than I ever thought I could be! Thank you for keeping me in your prayers I know that it makes a huge difference, in the outcome of my every day activities. I'm so grateful to finally be living the dream! We were walking back from the temple the other day and a cute little girl said "Mom, look at those pretty Sister missionaries!" She looked at us with such excitement as though when she grew up she wanted to be just like us! What a heart warming feeling.

I feel my Savior's love, in all the world around me <3

Я очен люблю вас!

Love,

Сестра Ли