To whom it may concern,
It was so hard to say goodbye to my sweet Sister Wease this week.
When I first met her I never thought that we would have became as good of friends as we did. But now I do consider her as one of my very best friends. I know that she was an answer to many of my prayers, and how grateful I am that she chose to extend her mission. And I had the opportunity to spend her last transfer with her. I do believe that I had the best trainer in the world and I know for the rest of my mission I will be saying "One time Sister Wease and I.." or "Sister Wease used to do this..." or "Sister Wease said that..." I already find myself doing it plenty of times a day. I was very lucky to learn from sweet Sister Wease all that I did. I remember one of the very first things she said to me was "By the end of this transfer you are going to be ready to train." At the time it was such a funny joke! But now..
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| I miss my best friend! |
Well, it's happening, this sister is training and let me just say man, am I grateful that I love humbling experiences! Because I do believe that I am having probably the most humbling experience I will ever have in my life. Training is the hardest thing that I have ever had to do. I have this new missionary, fresh out of the MTC ready to start her mission off perfectly and it's up to me, to make sure that she is not let down! It is up to me to make all the phone calls, set up all the appointments, lead the area, all in RUSSIAN and boy is it scary! But training is such an exciting adventure, I know that it is
preparing me for things that will help me not only throughout the rest of my mission but also through out the rest of my life. So I really am trying to take complete advantage of this opportunity and learn all that I can from it!
preparing me for things that will help me not only throughout the rest of my mission but also through out the rest of my life. So I really am trying to take complete advantage of this opportunity and learn all that I can from it!
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| Sister Parish and I ready to start our new adventure! |
I love that I have this opportunity to be so completely vulnerable.
Where I truly have to rely on the Lord completely 100%. I have seen
that as I do this I am blessed. I am blessed with a sense of peace and understanding. I can understand people that I never have before, and I am speaking much better than I was even just last week. I know that the Lord is giving me strength and power to do these things because this is His work and it must go on. He will not let the fact that I have only been in the country for a few weeks slow His work. I know that His work is hastening. Oh how I have such a powerful testimony of that! There is no way that I would be able to do the things that I am doing but through Him. I know that to be true.
I was blessed with a wonderful companion again! Sister Parish is such a sweet girl who has been so patient and understanding of my faults and shortcomings. I have made many mistakes already in just the few days that we have been together but she has been so sweet about everything. She has a great attitude of "Wow this is such an adventure!" Everyday she says that! Haha I love it! She wants to work hard and really be the best missionary she can be, you know I love that! I was so scared I would get a lazy companion, but she's great!
Friends and family at the end of this letter I would like to bear a short testimony of the atonement. I know that Jesus Christ is our
Savior and I know that he atoned for us. I have such a real sweet testimony of that. How grateful I am for the experiences I have had on my mission to help me gain that. I feel as though I am always apologizing to him and Heavenly Father for messing up. I mess up a lot out here, whether it be I say something completely wrong, or maybe I chicken out and don't say anything at all, I mess up a lot. But how grateful I am for the atonement and the knowledge that I have of it. I don't have to keep my mistakes! They have already been paid for, all I have to do is give them up to the Lord! How wonderful is this knowledge! I know that I would not be able to do this work without this knowledge. Every time I mess up as quickly as I can I repent and continue on with my day and it makes missionary work so much easier!
Heavenly Father loves us so much that He sent His son Jesus Christ to atone for our sins and our mistakes! USE THE ATONEMENT! Your testimony of our Savior and the love of our Heavenly Father will magnify beyond compare. Use this beautiful gift that we are so blessed to have!
I love you all so very much. Thank you again for the support and
prayers and letters and everything!
The church is true I know it! If you don't know that yet, please ask! Heavenly Father will let you know! I promise!
All of my love,
Your sister, Sister Lee
Where I truly have to rely on the Lord completely 100%. I have seen
that as I do this I am blessed. I am blessed with a sense of peace and understanding. I can understand people that I never have before, and I am speaking much better than I was even just last week. I know that the Lord is giving me strength and power to do these things because this is His work and it must go on. He will not let the fact that I have only been in the country for a few weeks slow His work. I know that His work is hastening. Oh how I have such a powerful testimony of that! There is no way that I would be able to do the things that I am doing but through Him. I know that to be true.
I was blessed with a wonderful companion again! Sister Parish is such a sweet girl who has been so patient and understanding of my faults and shortcomings. I have made many mistakes already in just the few days that we have been together but she has been so sweet about everything. She has a great attitude of "Wow this is such an adventure!" Everyday she says that! Haha I love it! She wants to work hard and really be the best missionary she can be, you know I love that! I was so scared I would get a lazy companion, but she's great!
Friends and family at the end of this letter I would like to bear a short testimony of the atonement. I know that Jesus Christ is our
Savior and I know that he atoned for us. I have such a real sweet testimony of that. How grateful I am for the experiences I have had on my mission to help me gain that. I feel as though I am always apologizing to him and Heavenly Father for messing up. I mess up a lot out here, whether it be I say something completely wrong, or maybe I chicken out and don't say anything at all, I mess up a lot. But how grateful I am for the atonement and the knowledge that I have of it. I don't have to keep my mistakes! They have already been paid for, all I have to do is give them up to the Lord! How wonderful is this knowledge! I know that I would not be able to do this work without this knowledge. Every time I mess up as quickly as I can I repent and continue on with my day and it makes missionary work so much easier!
Heavenly Father loves us so much that He sent His son Jesus Christ to atone for our sins and our mistakes! USE THE ATONEMENT! Your testimony of our Savior and the love of our Heavenly Father will magnify beyond compare. Use this beautiful gift that we are so blessed to have!
I love you all so very much. Thank you again for the support and
prayers and letters and everything!
The church is true I know it! If you don't know that yet, please ask! Heavenly Father will let you know! I promise!
All of my love,
Your sister, Sister Lee
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| Okay so we had this portrait done like my second week here.. haha so funny! It looks nothing like us! does it?? |
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| My beautiful Kyiv temple! It was so good to be around it for a few days! |
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