On Tuesday we went to the opera with our district for our "cultural activity" and it was so fun! Elder McCoard liked it but Elder Paine was SO bored, but he brought cookies to keep him happy and was a really good sport ;) Direct quote, "I'm glad I went to my first opera in Ukraine so that I never need to see one again." Haha, elders.
We also met with Niki, one of our recent converts who is getting ready to submit her mission papers and we talked about missions with her and ate lunch together and it was really good. She's worried about how her family's going to be while she's gone because a lot of her earnings go towards helping her family and without it it's going to be harder for them, but we talked about how we're promised that while we're on our missions, our families will be taken care of. She is going to be the bestest missionary!!
We also met with Ira and read Mosiah 4 with her and talked about what a great blessing it is that we have the knowledge that we have, but it's worthless unless we act! It can seem like there's a lot that we have to do in the church, but I think it's because we know that action is so important to our personal growth. You can learn anything, but actually doing it is the harder part! It was a great meeting and she is so solid!
On Thursday we also met with sister Loubov (Любовь) outside the city in her cute little home and talked to her about her family and how if everyone read the Book of Mormon every morning, everything would be so much better! Couldn't agree more. She also let me wear her giant fur vest so I wouldn't get sick because I didn't have a coat ;) That was definitely a highlight.
Thursday morning, a small panic session started when Maxim, Nastia's brother, told us that they were both going to Poland for 3 months and they would be leaving on Sunday!! :( It was disappointing, but we talked to Nastia and she said that she still wants to be baptized, it'll just be later. So we met with her on Saturday and finished talking about the word of wisdom and tithing and it was a great lesson. She is so amazing! She blows me away every lesson. When we talked about the fact that we don't drink green or black tea she was in shock a little but once we talked about it a little more she was like, ok yeah that makes sense, and boom all was well! Crazy. We'll miss her, but I really hope I'll still be here when she comes back. We also called her mom, who wants to get baptized with her and we told her that Nastia is getting baptized on December 28th now and her mom, Zoia, told us that she wants to be baptized with her on that date! So that was some great news!
We also met with Peter and Danna (Zhanna wasn't able to come) and we talked about prophets and the Holy Ghost and as always, he came with the deepest questions ever! Haha, for example, what is truth? But it was a pretty good lesson. Still are a little stuck with them, but it'll work out.
On Sunday our Relief Society president brought her son's friend's mom to church and it was awesome! She's from Turkey and just speaks a little bit of Russian, and she is so sweet! We sat by her and talked about church and we exchanged numbers and invited her to family night tonight, so hopefully she will come!
That is about all for this week! Sister Egbert and I are having a ball of a time together, it's like the chillest companionship I've ever been in, she's the best! And it doesn't hurt that we're serving in the best area of our mission ;) Seriously though, Kharkiv is the bestest and I am so grateful to be here.
Слава Украине!
С любовью,
Сестра Кропельники
Random angelic babushka we met on the street
Visiting Sister Loubov
Nastia and Maxim
At Sister Loubov's house in the slippers and fur vest she had me wear so I wouldn't get sick
Opera!
We met an American couple from Oregon at church! We ate lunch with them the next day.
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