Sister Larson and I decided that we wanted to run this week so Tuesday morning we went out and 10 minutes into it, Sister Larson started to feel a little sick so we turned around and headed back to our apartment. Then she started to feel really sick and we sat on a bench. She got super pale, almost passed out and was in a lot of pain. She couldn't move and we had no idea what to do (on top of it we didn't bring our phone which I know, is like the dumbest mistake). Long story short, I ran back to the apartment to get the phone to call the elders (and somehow found my way back to Sister Larson amid all the apartment buildings and streets that all the look same and usually don't have the best signage. Definitely felt someone else helping me there because I am terrible with directions), the elders came, they called president and by that time Sister Larson was starting to feel better and after she talked to our mission doctor, he told her that it wasn't apendicitis (thank goodness! That would SO not be fun here, the health care system is a little different :) and we helped her get home. President told her not to leave the apartment that day haha which was so hard for Sister Larson because she is the best missionary. She's all good now and apparently it was some "spasm" but it was crazy she was in so much pain! But anyway, the rest of our week was not as exciting as that but still good.
We contacted a lot and tracted with the elders in some apartments (you just call a random apartment on the doma phone until someone lets you in:), had some interesting conversations with athiests and visited some of the members homes. We have the best members here it's awesome.
We're continuing to teach Zeena and she is just having the roughest time! She can not catch a break. She found a job but after one day they told her they found someone else, and she is possibly getting kicked out of her apartment. But she is progressing so well its incredible. We were walking with her the other day and when we asked her about her Book of Mormon reading (she's finished 1 Nephi), she said it was going good, but she has "some questions that only God can answer" like what happens between death and judgement (YES such a good question!) and she didn't think the whole Adam and Eve thing makes sense in the way that most churches see it. Sister Larson and I were so happy and Zeena was a little confused as to why her questions made us smile so big haha. We opened the Book of Mormon and answered both of her questions with it--it was so cool. She loved it! It was such a testimony to me of how the Book of Mormon is so important. It literally does answer the questions that most people think before reading it that only God can answer (and they are right, but He has answered them in the form of the Book of Mormon!). It is such a revelatory book. Read it every day! Please!!
Olga is also progressing really well. She's kind of been an "eternal invesigator" for a while but she told us this week that she knows the Book of Mormon is true and she's started to read the Doctrine and Covenants. She is so awesome. She has the driest sarcasm and I appreciate that haha. After coming with us to church yesterday she says that she didn't think that people like the people in our branch existed in the world because they are so good and kind. We told her she would fit right in with them. That made her happy.
Thank you for all your emails and prayers, the work is moving along here in Odessa Ukraine, definitely have daily ups and downs but I have the greatest companion and a stinkin awesome branch and the people here are definitely not as mean as they look haha. I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!
Love,
Sister Kropelnicki
Eating at a restaurant by our apartment (we had SO MUCH FOOD an it was like $7.00 a person! It's crazy! And it was delicious!)
Sister Larson and Olga
Our church building (during choir practice)
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