jakemcgrathmission: Long email with bad grammar but дуже хороший тиждень (Week чотири)

Wednesday: P-day, who doesn't like those days?? haha my day was real nice, got so much done. In the morning I was able to do my laundry, eat some food, go to the store, and write some nice emails haha. Again, thanks for all the nice emails, love you all. The highlight of my day was going to the temple. We did another endowment session today and we had the chance to go through with some of the names that we did initiatories for last week. I love the temple and am so grateful that I can go every week. The spirit is so strong there and the peace that I can feel when I enter the building is like no other. Anyhow, we had a class with Brother Huth where we continued talking about grammar and introduced cases. We also talked about the importance of plans in helping us learn languages. The language is not easy but I know I can get it down, through the gifts of the spirit and our Heavenly Father anything is possible. I'm so grateful to be a missionary, and can't wait for tomorrow.

Thursday: Oh, who doesn't love the MTC? haha today was another good day. Just one of those normal ones though where we have two classes, one in the morning and one in the evening. This morning, Brother Huth was our teacher and we studied more grammar. We're learning about cases and they're kinda confusing but hopefully I'll get them down soon, I've got faith in that haha. Anyhow, after our first class we had lunch and exercise time where I played basketball like usual. Then we had PCL (Personal, Comp, and language study.) Went real well, prepared for a few lessons, one of them being another TRCtonight. I love TRC's, they're so much fun. It's pretty much home teaching so half the time is the lesson but the other half is just getting to know the member. We taught about the power of the Book of Mormon tonight using President Monson's latest conference talk. I thought it went real well and can tell my Ukrainian is coming along a bit haha. Anyhow, the rest of my day was good, tonight during class with Sister Grey we learned how to write in cursive, pretty wacko but I'll get used to it. Just another day at the MTC, loving itttttt

Friday: Oh, what a day, the MTC life is nice. This morning we had another lesson with Katya and we taught more into depth about the plan of salvation. I thought the lesson went great and at the end we invited her to be baptized again. And this time, instead of saying I don't know, she said she needs to talk to her dad before she can because she wants her father to support her in her decision. That made me so happy when she said that and I'll tell you guys right now why so. So when so talks to her father, he might get interested or at least want to hear about the gospel, that'd be AMAZING!!!! haha We'd have two investigators, and one that we found on our own. I just love to teach the gospel. The joy that we get from repenting daily, knowing of the plan of salvation, and having a purpose is something that I'm so excited to spread with the people of Ukraine. I invite all you guys to spread the joy that we feel and bring people closer to our Heavenly Father because that's what it's all about. Anyhow, the rest of my day was good, tonight we had another lesson with Brother Huth where we focused more on grammar and planning for the week. So grateful for this opportunity to serve a mission, my testimony has grown so much over these past few weeks. Can't wait to see what the future holds!

Saturday: Never a real bad at the MTC. Today though was quite a humbling one haha. So this morning in our first lesson with Brother Huth, we found out that we were going to be teaching a lesson tonight. We were going to be teaching the sisters as a group lesson and they were going to be teaching God is our loving Heavenly Father and how important prayer truly is. We felt good about it so we prepared and practiced the lesson. But as we were practicing, I started to think that we got this and I didn't focus on the lesson as much as I should've. So when we went into our lesson thinking that it would go very well and they'd take our invitations and run with them. haha Anyway, the lesson didn't go as well as it should've. The questions that the sisters asked we weren't able to answer clearly and with authority. All in all, the lesson wasn't bad but the lesson could have easily been taught much better if me and my comps had humbled ourselves and focused more on the prep part of the process. Anyway, the MTC is a great place to learn things like this and I'm so grateful for this opportunity. As I learn these things, I make sure to write them down and pray, and work towards improving them because as I do this, I know that I can be a better person. The Lord wants to help us, help us come unto Christ, but we have to do our part, humbly come before the Lord with a sincere heart and real intent, and if we do this, I know the Lord will bless us beyond our wildest dreams. I'm so grateful to have such a loving and caring Heavenly Father. Anyhow, the rest of my day was good, we covered a lot of grammar in class today and talked about conversion. That was very interesting, conversion is an amazing process!!! A real nice day, full of learning and improving!! Can't wait for Sunday!!

Sunday: Nothing better than a good old Sunday. In the morning we had another good sacrament meeting, district meeting, and priesthood. The big topic today was on the plan of salvation. So grateful for the plan and joy that we can get from it when we take advantage of the atonement and repent every day. I'm so grateful for all that Christ did for us, through him, our guilt can become peace, we can have clean slates and start again. There is no such thing as the end. Anyway, I got some good news for you guys, today I was called to be the district leader of my good old district F. So grateful for this opportunity and I hope that I can serve my district with all my heart and strength and help make our the district the best haha. Tonight we had a devotional where Chad Lewis spoke. If you don't know who that is, and I didn't either haha, he was a professional football player where he played for BYU then the Eagles. He was so awesome, bore such a powerful testimony, and is a great example of hard work and serving the Lord with all we have. Anyhow, the film we watched tonightwas by Elder Bednar, entitled, "Recognizing the Spirit." The talk was so nice and I encourage you guys to try and watch it. The spirit will always be with us and will help us all the time if we are worthy of it. Anyway, great day today, can't wait for a new week!!

Monday: Ok, got such a great experience to share with you guys today. This morning, we taught Katya again and we decided that instead of teaching her new content, we would see where she is testimony wise, and what her desire was. As we did this we found out that she wants to learn more and she feels good about what we have taught her. After that, we decided to show her the Mormon message, "Prince of Peace," in Ukrainian. That video is so powerful, you all should watch it, it's only like two and a half minutes but the spirit is so strong in it. Anyway, after the video we asked how she felt about it and I bet some of you guys can't guess what she said. She said, "I want to be baptized," but she said it in Ukrainian haha. I was sososososoosososo happy when she said that, over the moon, out of this world. We didn't have to ask her if she would commit to be baptized, like when we asked her before, she had the desire to be. Which is the most important thing in an investigator, desire is the key for conversion, without it, nobody will read and pray and progress. So grateful for Katya and her desire to serve. Even if she isn't a real investigator, this feels like it is and I'm so happy for Katya and her choice. Anyhow, the rest of my day was good, I had two classes, one with each teacher. In the morning, we went on a mural walk with Sister Grey and pondered and discussed them. The murals are the best and I'm so glad that I get to see them almost every day. My class tonight with Brother Huth was also super nice, we focused a lot more on the language and grammar. It got pretty confusing tonight haha. Anyway, such a good day, love the mission.

Tuesday: Good day, good day. In the morning, we had another lesson with Katya, the first one post committing her to baptism. We decided to teach her about the Word of Wisdom and how important it is. The best part of the lesson was when she said that drinking tea was not as important as following the Lord and doing as He says. So she said that she would live by the Word of Wisdom. I love progressive investigators. haha Anyway, the rest of my day was real good too. We had class in the morning with Sister Grey where we went over more grammar. Then tonight we had a devotional where a member of the presidency of the seventy spoke, Patrick Kearon. He spoke on choice and our missions. It was an amazing talk, and the discussion we had as a district was even more amazing. Just love my district so very much haha. We have a choice in everything, we need to choose to be happy, diligent, faithful, and many more things. Choosing these things will bring blessing into your life, I know that to be true. This was a great week, love you all!!

Старійшина McGrath

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