We are currently teaching three Tanya's and we had lessons with all three of them this week and they all went really well. One of the Tanya's that we are teaching has twin 11-year-old daughters and she brought them to the lesson and they loved it (one of them prayed at the end of the lesson and thanked Heavenly Father for The Book of Mormon :) ! We taught them the Restoration lesson and Tanya had a bunch of really good questions. When we talked about baptism towards the end she asked if her son, who is disabled, needs to be baptised because all the other churches that she's been to told her that he needs it especially. Sister Bevziuk told her that he doesn't because he is like a child and doesn't know right from wrong, and he is pure and clean already through the atonement of Jesus Christ. Wow the spirit was so strong and Tanya was SO happy--her face lit up. It was a really awesome moment and was a tender mercy for me to be able to be there and feel how good and right it felt when we were talking about it.
We also met with Tatiana who has trouble seeing and taught her about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and also helped her download the Russian audio of The Book of Mormon and also read with her a few times. She really loves The Book of Mormon and she says that she likes everything about our church. Our big thing now with her is helping her get to church!
We also met with Dasha a few times this week and both times were really awesome lessons. It is SO cool to see how much she has changed in the two weeks we've known her. In one of our lessons we were talking about the plan of salvation and at the beginning she talked about how she thinks that God was bored one day and decided to put us on earth to see what would happen (haha, typical Dasha thought) but once we went through it all and when we bore our testimonies that God has a plan for each of us and loves us enough to give us His son, she started to cry happy tears! And if you know Dasha then you know she is not a crier. But it was such a sweet moment. And when we asked her if she wanted to be baptized she said yes! She's so awesome (the only problem is that her mom is a little anti but we're trying to find a way to meet her and help her see we are just normal people)!
Saturday was probably one of my favorite days ever! We helped the members in the morning with the food for the picnic and then helped Nastia get ready. She was literally counting down the minutes haha. It was a wonderful baptism and the spirit was so strong. Afterwards she told me that when she came out of the water she felt completely clean and all warm inside. During the picnic we played games with the kids and ate this really yummy rice dish they make here called plove and also had pigs in a blanket things too. Our branch really knows how to do picnics. It was perfect! And it was such a great opportunity for our investigators to meet our members and see that they are just good people.
On Sunday Nastia was confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and that was another super spiritual moment. And Nastia had the biggest smile on her face afterwards!
Some extra stuff:
-Theres a guy in our english club whose parents are from Poland and my last name is Polish and so he says we are related haha (maybe?) and feels like it is his duty to culture me in all things Polish and Ukrainian and he brought me this huge thing of sala (pig fat) in a gorcery bag haha and told me how to prepare it. Thanks Yuri.
-We always joke that we don't need security cameras in our apartment because we have babushku who are always watching our apartment for us haha. They just kind of hang out in their balconies and watch us in our kitchen. I always wonder what they think when we super kontik with our faces in bowls of milk...?
-Our washer is fixed! Woohoo! Two weeks without it was rough. I know that sounds really spoiled...
-For a present for Nastia's baptism, Sister Bevziuk painted the "Jesus at the Door" painting (Nastia's favorite) and it turned out amazing! She is so talented (on top of being a literal angel) and Nastia absolutely loved it. It was so sweet.
-My old Banch president in Odessa's wife Nadia also got baptized on Satuday and I heard it was really special. Everyone cried afterwards and Nadia was so so happy! Ah Saturday was just the best.
That is all for this week, I hope you all have a wonderful Monday and a wonderful week. I love you all!
Love,
Sister Kropelnicki
Sister Bevziuk and me with Nastia at her baptism
With our investigator Dasha and the elders
A great turnout from the branch!
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