Greetings from Ukraine!
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| my temple :) |
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| my new cute companion and I :) |
I know that everything thus far on my mission has come to pass due to complete inspiration from our Heavenly Father. I was so worried about the trainer I would have, I just wanted someone who would be willing to work very hard with me, willing to push me, but also very patient with me. Sister Wease is perfect! I could not have hand picked a better trainer really truly! I will kill her at the end of this transfer (which means this is her very last transfer of her mission) and though I am so sad that I only have one transfer with her I am also really excited. When missionaries realize they only have one transfer left they either just moze on through their last transfer or they really kick it into gear. She is kicking it into gear and we are going to get work done together! I know that she wants to work so hard to bring people unto Christ and so do I. I know that this is her last leg of the race and I want her to end strong, sprinting to the finish line, totally giving it her all, and I'll be right there beside her! We have set many high goals and we are really trying hard to reach them.
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| my new home 5th floor :) |
So far everything in Kharkivsky is going great! Who knew I would love riding the Metro and Marshubka so much?! They really are the best, always such an adventure! So, my favorite thing in the world is making these people smile! And not to brag or anything but, I'm really good at it! Oh my goodness I love it haha! When I talk to people, it is always my goal to get them to smile, brighten their day at least a little bit, whether they want to hear my message or not. Sometimes it can be challenging but I always try to find a way to make it work, and for the most part I do. Whether it be because they enjoy what I'm saying, the fact that I really do care for them and love them, or when they just make fun of me for my awful, awful Russian. Don't worry it doesn't offend me, I know I'm bad so when people laugh at me, it doesn't hurt my feelings. I enjoy it because I know that I brought a smile to their face. My bad Russian does come in handy, people are so interested as to why I would be here learning this language, perfect way to start off a discussion about the church!
Speaking of church, our ward (yes ward!) here is unbelievable! So strong! And really the nicest people you will ever meet. I didn't always understand everything they were saying but I always felt so welcomed and loved. All of the sisters hugged me and kissed me and were so grateful to have me there. This Sunday was fast and testimony meeting so I had the opportunity to feast on all of their words as they got up bearing testimony that this is the true church. What a feast it was! Their spirits and testimonies are so strong, such a strength to me and all of the members of the ward. I couldn't not get up and bear my testimony and let them know how excited I was to be here and learn from them. We meet in a beautiful church building, and we actually have church in Ukrainian so hopefully I can learn some of that pretty soon.. but the spirit is the same no matter what language and many of the members speak Russian, it just depends. Shout out to Bpat Mansfield! Guess who is in my ward!! The Voshinko family! Yay! I'm having your experience I love it!
For the most part it is pretty challenging to find people who have time to talk, when we meet people on the street or in the metro they are always in a hurry trying to get to wherever they are going, but the few gold nuggets we do find who have time to talk to us are always such a treat. We get to hear their stories and understand why they feel the way they do, and why they believe what they do, and then we get to testify that Christ is their Savior, that we have a living prophet on the earth today to lead and guide us, that God truly is our loving Heavenly Father, that through prayer we can communicate with Him, that the Book of Mormon is the word of God, that through the Book of Mormon we can find answers to even our most simple of questions. I have the best life ever! This is what I'm doing! I am telling people the way that they can find happiness. Real life people, with real life problems. I am helping them come unto Christ, their Savior. I am helping them realize that even in their darkest of days they are not alone. How lucky am I?!
I would like to thank all of you for your love, support, prayers, everything! They are SO appreciated . I could not do this without you or my Savior, and I want you all to know that. I want you to know that I have a testimony of this gospel. I know that this church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is Christ's church on the earth today. I know that Christ is our Savior, that he is our brother and that he is our friend. He wants nothing more than the very best for us and he wants to help us be that best. Let him help you! I am so grateful for the humbling experiences that I have had thus far where I have had to completely rely on him, my relationship with my Savior is so strong and I love it. I know that my life will be forever blessed because of this relationship and I challenge you all to create a relationship with your Savior or strengthen the one that you already have. You will notice blessings all around you as you do this. I know that the Book of Mormon is scripture that we are so lucky to have! Read your Book of Mormon! It is such a blessing! Through it you will feel the love of our Heavenly Father and our Savior as well. I know that Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to be happy, so be happy would you!? :)
I love you all so much! And as much as I do miss you, I am so happy to be here! I never want to come home!.. sorry.. Yesterday at church one of the members of the ward asked me "Sister Lee, have you looked in the mirror lately?" I thought "Oh no! I have a booger in my nose, or my hair is completely ridiculous (we walked to church in the rain :)) or I have something in my teeth" Expecting the worst I replied timidly "No, why?" Then he said "You are glowing." I immediatly thought of you mom and our phrase "I AM SO HAPPY I'M BURSTING WITH JOY!" I am so happy, you can even see my joy.
Keep praying for me, keep doing all you are doing. You are all great. :)
Love,
Your sister, Sister Lee
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| the trio :) p.s. Sister Ford and Sister Hunt are seriously in a tri-panionship with out me!!!! HOW LAME!?!?!?! |
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| we made it!!!! |
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