Hello everyone and happy Monday!! This will be a little shorter because it's been just a few days since my last Pday! But our days were so good and busy because we were trying to cram in as much as possible into Sister Egbert's last days in Ukraine!
We visited lots of members this week which was so fun! And sad, they were all so sad to see Sister Egbert go (yeah I am too). We met with Sister Tamara and she fed us the most delicious food, as always, and we talked about gratitude. Vitya, her grandson who is my favorite also joined in on the lesson and it was just so good in their warm little apartment, drinking lemon tea and talking about what we've learned about gratitude and what we are grateful for. I love that family!
We also got a call last week from a women named Sheera in Moscow that said that she was coming into Kharkiv and she is a returning member and she was baptized in our branch like 20 years ago! It was crazy and awesome and she told us that she wanted to meet with us! So on Friday before English practice we met with her in our branch building and it was a really great meeting. She talked about how she joined the church and how she felt and how she really wants to go to the temple in Kiev. She also came the next day to a Relief Society conference for the Kharkiv area and to church the next day! And she brought us cute little necklaces! She is really cool and hopefully she'll be in Kharkiv this week so we can meet with her again!
We also had interviews with President Wirthlin on Saturday and those minutes with him are always some of the fastest and most spiritual on my mission! I am so grateful for him!
On Saturday morning we also had transfer calls! I knew I was going to get a call since Sister Egbert is going home (sad) and I found out I'll be serving with Sister Chen!! Which I was so excited about because we knew each other in the MTC! She's one transfer ahead of me and she is so nice and I can't wait to serve with her!!
Sunday was so good and so sad! President and Sister Wirthlin came to our branch and the Shepherds were with them and the Shepherds said goodbye testimonies and Sister Egbert did too and then we sang "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" and it was so sad but it was like we were a big ol' family. I love our branch.
After church we contacted for the last time together and we were blessed with some really great conversations with some really nice people. I will so miss serving with Sister Egbert! She is someone special and she has taught me so much about dedication and hard work. I can't wait to see where she goes in life! I'll treasure the time we had together, but I am so excited to serve with Sister Chen!
We also were able to meet with our favorite member Louda! And her sweet Mom, Tatiana. I love them to death and it was a great meeting. We were fasting and we weren't really planning on ending our fast with them but her Mom really wanted us to try her famous holodets (infamous meat jelly) and so we broke our fast with our favorite food! Joking, it's one of the few foods that I can't really handle. But it was a fun way to end Sister Egbert's last day! We also talked about how we can be grateful for things before we are forced to be grateful for them (like if we lose electricity that's usually when we realize how lucky we are to have it), but it's even better if we already are grateful! Before we left Sister Tanya was so sweet and told us how much they love and admire the missionaries and how grateful they are for us. She called us her lights and said that they consider us one of them! I will take that compliment any day! And then when we were walking back it started to snow! Good day.
And then today Sister Egbert left for Dnepr! So weird and so bitter sweet. But I'm excited for this next chapter in my life. I think it'll be a good one.
I love you all so much! Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Sister Kropelnicki
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