Hello!
What a great blessing it is to be companions with Sister Ebeling. I've decided I'm going to be the best person ever after this transfer. Right now, we are making goals for the rest of our missions. Like mom so graciously pointed out we're down to 15 weeks. There's a lot of work to in 15 weeks. So right now I'm making a goal to write in my journal every single day until the end of mission and take a picture every day.
So we're still working with our investigators, new ones keep popping up. Like Tanya, here's the story:
Sister Ebeling and I had plans to meet with the new Relief Society President in Svyatoshinsky Ward. We wanted to touch base with her and see if she needed anything, if she knew of anyone in her ward who needed the sister missionaries and also to report on our work with the less-active sisters in the ward. (we take care of three wards in this area) We set up a meeting and she ended up being about an hour late and said she'd meet us at the ward activity that was to start that next hour. So we spent the hour out on the streets talking to whomever we could, contacting. We called the elders to see what the activity was, and we were told that they didn't know there was an activity. It turns out that the elders didn't know about it because it was a Relief Society activity. They were making palmeni and vereniki! (you'll quickly find out what this is when you come to Ukraine) We decided to stick around and wait until the Relief Society President had time to talk and in the meantime get to know the sisters in the ward. Shortly an older woman walked in with her 16 year old, nonmember granddaughter. One of the members quickly invited the granddaughter, Tanya to have a lesson with us, which we did. It was amazing, she was so prepared for the gospel. She accepted a soft baptismal commitment and we set up a meeting for the next day. We don't know what will happen with her, but it was a testimony to us that these activities are definitely something to be around for, we had a similar experience in Borshahivsky (the other ward) the next day! Our members want to invite their friends and family to learn about the gospel, but most of the time don't know how to do it. It very often happens that they will bring their friends and loved ones to fun ward activities, and the missionaries never know that this person came.
So I invite you to invite other people to any ward activities coming up, and tell the missionaries that they're coming! Do this!
Something I've heard a lot on my mission is that this is the Lord's work. He has a plan for everyone to receive the gospel, the only choice is whether or not we will have a part in their story. Whenever you're feeling scared to invite someone to learn more about the gospel, just remember that the Lord is giving you that opportunity to be a part of someone's conversion. I know that the joy we will receive from our friends and family coming to the gospel far outweighs the awkwardness we might experience at the beginning of the exchange.
Love you all! Don't forget to do missionary work!
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Sister Daniel
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