We spent most of this week trying to get ready to go into L'viv. L'viv
was such an amazing experience and the hardest thing I think that I have
ever done! It was incredible though, oh my goodness!
So
we went into L'viv on Saturday, it was us and the Elders. The train
ride into L'viv was about 5 hours for us, that was fun. Pretty much
spent most of it talking and laughing. Elder Asay was super sad to be
leaving his first area. I felt so bad for him, it is so hard! The
trainride went really fast though and we had a lot of funning laughing. I
was trying to get caught up in my journal as well, I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO
behind it is kind of ridiculous.
Saturday in L'viv I got to go
to TexMex, best place in Ukraine. It is a guy from American who opened a
mexican food restaurant that is pretty good for Ukraine. You have to
give it to him. I loved it! I had been there once before, but that was a
while ago. The best part of the entire place is that they have some
great mexican food (my favorite) and they have country music going on in
the backround. Sister Petersen and I were almost in tears the entire
time out of pure happiness. Her and I got to be on exchanges for a
little bit that day, which was a blessing. I literally miss that girl so
freaking much already! She and I got to meet Olya in L'viv, which was
so great! I just love Olya, she is still just the best and I am so
excited to see her in L'viv as always. I got to introduce her to Sister
Petersen, since Sister Petersen will be in L'viv now working with her.
That was so good for the both of them.
Saturday just kind of flew
by, we had to get food and all other things because we would be in L'viv
for so long (until Monday night).
Sunday...
let me just talk about Sunday, pretty much was the best day ever. L'viv
had a mission conference. Like a full on stake conference, except we
are not a stake, so it is a mission conference. But still, it was
amazing! Members from EVERY city, every city! Do you know what that
ment?! I got to see ALL my friends from the other cities that I have
served. It was the best thing ever, I was SO happy! I got to see
everyone from Uzh and from Lutsk that I love so much! It was the best
thing ever, it was so crazy, there were so many people in that church,
it was incredible! We had President Lawrence from the 2nd qurom of the
70 come and speak with us. It was incredible! They had a little boy that
I love from Lutsk speak as well, and Olya got to speak at the
conference too. It was all just so amazing! The spirit was just so
strong as all these people gathered and listened to the talks.
The people here in Ukraine
are just so special. There is a spirit among the saints here that is
just unmatched. I love it. I sat in the back with Yeva and before the
conference was over I had all the kids from Lutsk sitting around me and
coloring on my journals and on pretty much every other notebook that I
could find in my bag. It was a little cramped, but I loved it so much!
It truely is just such a blessing to be among these people. As we sang
the hymns in Ukrainian I was just overwhelmed by the love that I have
for these people. I really wish that all of you could just come and feel
of the spirit that is with them. I love them so much, it truely is the
biggest blessing in my life to have the opportunity to be part of the
work here in Ukraine.
On Monday we had the amazing
opportunity to have a great joint Zone Conference with President and
Sister Lawrence. It was absolutely amazing! Just so you know, we are
kind of the coolest people in the entire world! Sister Lawrence talked
about the 12 tribes of Israel and what it all means and all this other
stuff that totally blew my mind and has completely revelutionized my
scripture study. President Lawrence said that he wanted all of us to
know where we come from, he believes that by understanding that we can
better explain our message and it would increase our urgency. All I can
say is, I think that it worked. The things that were said were just
incredible. I literally had my mind blown and I still just can't wrap my
head around how cool it is to know what are lineage is from the tribes
of Israel. It was incredible!!! I have only had 2 days of study since,
but it really changed my view on everything! As I read through Preach My
Gospel on "God is our Loving Heavenly Father" my view point on it all
was altered and I was just in awe about how much our Father in Heaven
loves us! It is truely an amazing and perfect love that He has for us.
WOW! How lucky are we to know who we are and what potential we have?!
After the conference on
Monday we had personal interviews with President Lawrence, just quick
couple minutes, asking us like 2 questions and so on, but it was still
really special experience. Our train left quickly after the interviews
started, we were some of the first interviewed so that we could get out
of there. I had to say good bye to Elder Asay and Sister Petersen;
hardest thing I have ever done in my life. I literally cried as I hugged
Sister Petersen, she cried too (that is saying something, she never
cries) it was so hard, I love that girl so much, my long lost twin, for
real! We will all see each other again, but it is really amazing to see
the comradery that you have on missions.
We got back into K-town late on Monday night, got bags to the right
apartments, we hope and then crashed! We were SO tired, L'viv wears you
out! Yesterday we had cleaning and some weekly planning, setting goals
and everything, wanting to implement EVERTHING that we learned from the
conference. K-town is just starting to grow and it is looking so bright!
I love this little place!
I hope that you all had a wonderful week! Happy Birthday to Dason and Mark as well!
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