Happy
Monday! I am literally in shock that it is already Monday again...
especially when I look at this week, or the next 9 days.... 9 days! Is
that real?!?! This week is going to go by super fast too. We have a
couple exchanges, a 3 zone conference, a million members to say goodbye
to, and then the last few days! I'm so glad that I am still here on my
mission, enjoying these last few days and these last few special
moments! I don't know exactly what is all in store for this week, but I
am sure that it will be special :)
This
last week was really good! We had exchanges this week and I was with
Sister Grandy! It was super fun, We got to meet with all my favorite
people in Voskresensky that I have been with before on exchanges. One
funny moment was when we asked an old lady to read a scripture and she
pulled out her magnifying glass and read at snail's pace. Sister Grandy
and I were dying! :)
What
else this week?? Oh yeah, one of the members in our ward collects
wigs...so we had a wig party. I decided that my natural hair is the best
;) We did service for her and got to weed her gardens. All our weeding
for a wig party, not a bad deal!!
Which one do you like the most?!?!? haha :)
We
worked a lot with Sergey this week, even taking him with us to a Family
Home Evening. He fasted yesterday to know what he should do. I don't
think he will be ready for baptism on Saturday, so my next goal is
shooting for the 25th of October. Birthday gift maybe?!?? We also
focused a lot on Joseph Smith. It was super good and I got the chance to
strengthen my testimony of Joseph Smith. I'm so grateful that God and
Jesus Christ appeared to him in answer to his prayer and restored the
gospel through him. I'm grateful for prophets, from Joseph Smith up to
our modern day Prophets and Apostles. I'm grateful that they speak God's
words to us! Like at general conference!
Already saying goodbye to members :(
Babyshka on exchanges :)
Speaking of General Conference...
I
think that the highlight of my week was the little bit of conference
that we got to watch. We watched the Saturday Afternoon session and all
of it was super good! But, my favorite part (of course) was watching
PRESIDENT (now Elder) KLEBINGAT SPEAK! oh my, it was so good to hear him
and see him! His talk was so good! If you want to know what he taught
us in conferences, just watch that talk! The things that he mentioned
are all things that I learned from him! Oh, it was so good! We watched
it with the elders and we were all just freaking out about how cool it
was. That's my mission president everyone!!!! He is the best! :)
I'm
so glad that the rest of the world gets to "meet" President Klebingat
and that they get a little chance to see how great he is and learn from
him too! That is really what he is like, bold, smart, encouraging,
obsessed with exercise and determined to help us become better so that
we can be comfortable returning to live with God again! So cool! :)
I
love being a missionary! I love doing this work and having the
opportunity to put on my special black nametag everyday, the nametag
with both my name and the name of Jesus Christ! I'm grateful to
represent Him here in Ukraine and to invite people to come unto Him and
accept His Atonement! I'm grateful for the power of the Atonement, not
just the power to be cleansed from sin, but also the power and strength
to do more than our natural strength! I know that power is real, and
have seen it in my life. At times when there is so much physical pain,
or emotional trials or anything else, God gives us the strength to keep
going! I love my Savior!
Wish my luck as we explore KYIV and enjoy our last day of adventure here :)
I love all of you :)
Love,
Sister Kati Ford
PS-
pancakes with our disctrict... We invited a bunch of other people, but
no one else came... sad :( Everyone else was too busy to watch
conference and eat pancakes...they missed out!
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