so. today was spectacular! It was four of our cectpas and four of our elders first time through the temple today...amzaing! I was Cec. Kukhta's escort... haha...me trying to tell her what clothes to put on all in russian...very funny. But the spirit was there. I realized how amazing and far reaching missionary work really is. These wonderful sisters, most of whom are the only members in there family, come and do the same thing for other people that their missionaries did for them. I love Lehi's Dream when he talks about trying to bring his family to him. He says repeatedly, i beckoned them to come the the tree "by which I stood" and to "come unto me". He said with a loud voice, pleading his family to come. As a missionary there is only so much we can do. We have what will bring anyone happiness, rest, purpose...100%...but we don't leave "the tree" so to speak and drag them up to it. We stay next to the gospel, and search and preach with ALL WE HAVE...and then the steps people make towards the savior are on their own. Just as I was cec. kukhta's escort today, thats what I will be for the next 18 months...escorting people, so to speak, to salvation...and just as we parted at one point so she could go on her own, so it will be in the mission. I am just an escort. This is their life! i dunno, this makes me work harde...I stole my little tag and put it with my recommend to remind me of it...i stole from the temple. great.
Seeing those cectpas come into the celstial was incredible. I told myself and God that this was my goal for the people that we bring unto him...celstial kingdom, nyet tolka kreshenya (not only baptism). Oh and I'm going to baptize, don't you even worry. The Lord has prepared THOUSANDS in Dnepr to receive this gospel and I will find them...mos def.
So the missions hard...only two people that I can think of actually told me that before I left (lizzie and heidi m.) It's joyous and building and spiritual, but ridiculously hard...and it's not jsut the language. Satan puts all these thoughts in our heads and are straight up stooopid...stupid satan...cec. kukhta today couldn't stop laughing at satan...i like her attitude :) But when i do everything that I absolutely can, than the Lord will pick up my slack...in all reality, he's there throughout the entire journey...his arm is always outstreched to us (thats a MASSIVE theme in the scriptures...its incredible...i think in the isaiah chapters and my fav. is D&C 123:17) So no matter what...no matter who is supporting and who isn't, no matter how tough my companion is, no matter how much my life has and is changing from 2 months ago...my father in Heaven is aware of all it. He's my source of strength, assurance, friendship, understanding. Prayer saves me every day!
Some random stuff that I know you love...we're on sto percent pa-rusky! 100% russian all the time...it's ridiculous...its great how saying "i will see you at the time time we eat food in the morning" counts for breakfast when you can't remember the word
i'm not gaining any weight...i'm probably loosing it...i'm never really hungry and the food is funny looking...but i love it! i make good food statues
umm...oh i found out that I'll be leaving in the middle of the mission to renew my visa somewhere...probably czech republic...woohoo!
uhm...andrea you are amazing...i'm going to go eat summer right now! thankyou!
brat pearce gets back tomorrow! he's been gone a week and a half...elder ku said he's like our mama bear and we're his little cubs....elder ku says weird things
love you alllll!!!!!
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