Well, another good week has come and gone. This week, not too much happened, but the biggest thing was transfers! If you've never served a mission before, transfers are a BIG thing. It determines where you go and who you'll serve with. And at least in our mission, everyone talks about it the week before and my people create transfer boards for our zone out here in the west. Soooo, the big news is that I'm leaving Rivne. I'm going to a new city in South-West Ukraine named Chernivtsi!! There, I'll white-wash train (again) and I'll actually have the opportunity to be the district leader there!! Should be quite the party. Apparently, my new greenie's name is Elder Tuttle and I'm picking him up from Kyiv on Wednesday, super excited!! After nearly ten months in Rivne, I'm excited to have a change of scenery and visit another city and get to know other, new members. Plus, I've only heard good things about Chernivtsi, everyone says it's a beautiful city and the most clean in Western Ukraine. It has the nickname, "little Vienna." I'll make sure to send some good pictures next week, but it should be quite the exciting few transfers!!
Another big thing that happened this past week, was that I got sick. Really the first time on my mission that it's happened to me. Let me tell you, being sick, especially on your mission is super boring. I just layed on my bed at one point and just looked out the window because I just wanted to go outside and do some missionary work, but I just felt super bad. One funny thing that happened, was that our recent convert, Vika, found out that I was sick and she actually brought us some fruit and sweets. We met her outside and she gave us a full bag of food to help cheer us up and just to serve us, she's just the best. On Sunday, at Church, she even thanked me for the opportunity she had to serve because she was able to light the world! She told me that she was able to help a sick person from another country haha. Eventually though, I got over the sickness and the week moved on.
A few other things that happened. Our investigator Katya is still doing super well! We had a wonderful lesson with her about the sabbath day and the importance of that and she also made it to church again on Sunday. She's really turning into a golden investigator, she's reading, praying, and coming to church consistently now. Other than that, Church this past week was pretty sad. I had to say goodbye to some of my favorite members and some of my favorite people in Ukraine. I had the opportunity to speak in my final week and I gave a good talk about enduring to the end and how we can do that. It was super sad to say goodbye to everyone, they all seemed sad and bummed to see me go, it was cool to see that I was able to influence a lot of people here in Rivne. Having people thank you for your service and telling you how you special you are as a missionary is a wonderful and humbling experience. I guess after you serve in a city for seven transfers, people start to notice you haha. I'm for sure going to come back to my favorite city of Rivne. Anyway. the rest of the week was full of contacting, lessons with other people, and all the other missionary things that we should be doing. Hope this letter was interesting and have a good week everyone!!
Старійшина McGrath
Alma 17:11 Read and ponder these words. We can be an instrument in the hands of the Lord, how?
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| Snow has fallen in Rivne |
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| A street here in Rivne! |
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| Last English Practice here |
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| With other great members here! |
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| With one of my favorite families here, the Polischuk family |
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| Saying goodbye to our investigator, Tina. The granddaughter of Bika, the other member in the picture |
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