Привет всем!!
I can't believe I've already been here for a month! I had a pretty solid week here in Ukraine. On Tuesday, we had exchanges, which means we got to work with a new companion for one day. The missionaries in Sumy came down to Poltava, which was way cool. We ate at this awesome Georgian restaurant, and all four of us ordered a giant pizza-looking thing that was super good. Exchanges were super fun and a good opportunity to get a new perspective on missionary work.
We also had zone conference on Friday over zoom. Zone conference is a big training meeting for missionaries that happens every six weeks. The theme of the conference was focusing on centering our message on Jesus Christ, and all the missionaries got to share their favorite verse about Him. Sister Cheban, President Cheban's wife, also organized food deliveries to all the missionaries' apartments so we could eat "together" which was super nice!
On Saturday, we had a lesson with our friend Женя, and we also had help from one of the church members here, sister Tatiana. Женя is a super cool guy, and he has read a lot from the Book of Mormon. At the beginning of our meeting with him, sister Tatiana asked him if he believed the Book of Mormon was true. He said yes, and then she immediately brought up baptism! Elder Knight and I were so surprised (it was our first time meeting with him). We taught him about God's plan for us, relying heavily on the Book of Mormon because it speaks better Russian than us. We ended up inviting him to be baptized and he accepted! We are super excited for him, and super grateful that sister Tatiana was there to help us.
Yesterday we had an interesting lesson... We were at a church member's house teaching two people, and one of them was very drunk and was super talkative, so it was pretty hard to have a productive discussion. He did have some interesting things to say though. We ended up just doing our best and I think it turned out okay.
One of the most important messages we try to share as missionaries is that God loves us. I really like the verse from the Book of Mormon, Alma 5:33, which says, "Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms of mercy are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will receive you."
I hope you all had an amazing week!
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1. Our zone conference lunch
2. A cool burger... also apparently they wear gloves to eat burgers here?
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