Hello, everyone!
Well, it seems weird to write you when I just talked to you a few days ago. Life in Ukraine hasn't changed much since then, except for the weather. It's a roller coaster here. Yesterday it was really cold after the terribly hot day it was on Saturday. All of the decorations are still up here for Victory Day. It kind of caused a depression when we realized it was our one and only Victory Day in Ukraine. Right now, it looks like our release date is April 30, 2013.
So I realized today that I didn't tell you a funny story that I wanted to. To preface this one you should know that in Ukraine there are only like 15 names for women so everyone has the same names. Well, a few weeks ago we received a referral from one of our branch presidents. It was a lady named Natasha. We got her phone number and called her, she never answered. (This is extremely frustrating because cell phones in Ukraine don't have answering machines, you just wait until someone picks up.) So the next week we asked our branch president if we had the right number for the referral, Natasha. He looked at what we had and said "no". Then he gave us another number, and we finally got ahold of her. We called and set up an appointment and were super excited. We found a member to go with us, the branch president's sister-in-law Marina and we were all ready to go! So we call her back because we are very polite missionaries to ask her if it was okay to bring a member of the church with us to help us share our message. Then Natasha said "I'm already a member, I've accepted the restored gospel!" We were really confused. Then we found out that we had called and set up a meeting with Natasha, the branch president's wife! Not Natasha the referral! Needless to say we have one Natasha who thinks that we're crazy and one Natasha who still won't answer her phone.
The work here is going great, we're always running around trying to see everyone. Our investigator who is getting baptized is getting over smoking. She asked for a priesthood blessing! It was really cool to see her show her faith in the priesthood. This is one thing about which my testimony has grown immensely. There is no question in my mind that this is the restored Church of Jesus Christ, and that it is lead by prophets and apostles who possess the Priesthood power of God.
Don't have a lot of time left. I love you. Zach the address makes sense in Ukraine. Put my name on stuff. I like that everybody else is getting my address right except for my immediate family. I hope I didn't scare John away from coming to Ukraine at the end of my mission. Until next week!
Love,
Sister Daniel
PS I'm now in 2 Ne 31
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