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We received this email from Elder Olivier on February 14. 

Hey everyone!

Happy Valentine's day. Hope you had a great start to the month of February. It's been fun learning how to do missionary work in the states. One thing I didn't get to do in Ukraine is jam out to the church youth album in the car because we didn't drive cars there. A 10- year old girl got baptized yesterday, and almost the whole congregation showed up! Our friend Markquis was able to attend. He's looking forward to his baptism which with hopefully happen on March 6th.

Also transfers is happening, so one of my companions, Elder Turcsanski will be leaving us and become a Zone Leader! We'll be picking up a new companion though so we'll still be a trio.

Believe in Jesus, repent, and have a great week!

Elder Olivier

Dinner with Ukrainian Sister

Mission Barbecue

Baptism

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We received this email from Elder Olivier on January 31.

Hey everyone!!

A lot has happened since my last email. After a month of living in the same building as 50 other missionaries, we received the news that all non- Ukrainian missionaries serving in Ukraine were to be evacuated from the country and reassigned to a new mission. So last Sunday our mission president announced from the pulpit all our reassignments and it was quite the experience. Most us got assigned to somewhere in Germany or Europe and will probably have to learn to learn new language. Another group of us got assigned to somewhere in the US or Canada. Me and three other missionaries got sent to Chicago!

Our plane ride was long and quite adventurous. We encountered a few Russian speakers and even helped translate for a couple of them who didn't know English super well. When we arrived in the US, one of the security officials at customs asked us if we'd be willing to be interviewed so they could gather information about the situation in Ukraine. We weren't able to help much, but it was kind of cool none the less.

28 hours after waking up Wednesday morning, we arrived in Chicago and met the mission president, President Shumway. He's a really cool guy and served part of his mission my hometown, Kennett Square, PA!

Now I'm serving in an area called Gurnee, north of Chicago in a trio. My companions are Elders Turcsanski and Hilton. Missionary work in the states is way different than missionary work in Ukraine. We have a car, most people speak English, and I had my first dinner appointment yesterday!

Have a good week and God loves you!

Elder Olivier

Kharkiv Zone

Kharkiv Zone

Last Days in Kiev

Entire Ukraine Dnipro Mission

Flight to Chicago

Illinois Chicago Mission

Elder Olivier with President and Sister Shumway

Ukraine Dnipro Elders with President and Sister Shumway

Zone Conference

New Companions

Очень Короткое Письмо

We received this email from Elder Olivier on January 18.

Привет всем!

I don't have much time to write because of the invasion... 

Just kidding we just played tons of basketball so I don't have much time. Highlights of the week- going to the temple, visiting the biggest mall in Europe?? Giving a talk in church, and Elder Silvenoinnen's birthday. We also had a really cool lesson with a guy on Facebook yesterday who was interested in reading the Book of Mormon! So that was way cool and we're just moving forward with the work here in Kiev. 

Всего хорошего вам!

Elder Olivier