Doctrine and Covenants 4:4

For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving here was great!  In the morning Elder Hilton and I headed to the center of the city and played some American football with our district.  I out scored the other team with my touchdowns alone!  Anyways football was fun. At noon we went to Brother and Sister Gregory's, they are the senior missionary couple and started our Thanksgiving feast with the rest of the zone. We had mash potatoes, chicken, bread, stuffing, pies. I made a vanilla Oreo cream pie; it seemed to be a hit. We also played board games for a few hours. It was a really good day and a great day to remember everything that I have been given and have been blessed with.

 

I Love My Mother

Spirt of Ukraine

Look there is a grandma with her goat on the hill I think that this pictures captures the spirit of Ukraine                         

 

 The black sea is in the background

She is looking out over the Black Sea

Christmas Has Arrived In Ukraine!!!

Or at least the package we sent Elder Larimore has!!   The last package we sent took over two months to make it from the mission home to his apartment in Odessa.  This package made it from our home to his in about 3 weeks!!! 

I Am Thankful

I am so blessed. We are all so blessed. The Lord has given us so much. He is always there prompting and guiding us in the right path. The miracle that we have seen with Dad is amazing. I am grateful for that. I am extremely grateful. I am grateful for every single member of our family, for our friends, for nature, for animals, for everything. The Lord really has given us everything and everything testifies of his existence. I am so grateful for the opportunities that the Lord has given me in my life. To serve, to live, to laugh, to cry, to grow. I am grateful for my body. It is amazing that right now I am typing this email with my fingers. I could go on and on about all that I am thankful for but I know that we show and express the depths of our gratitude by the goodness and measures of our lives. I want to do just that. I want to show the Lord I am thankful by the way I live. I love Luke 17:11 - 19. Let’s be like the leper that came back and thanked Jesus. I love this Gospel and I know that it is true. With every passing day of my mission I grow more aware of the role the Savior plays in my everyday life. I hope that you all have a great Thanksgiving and take a moment and thank the Lord for all that we have.

Service

We are tearing out the ground in a members house. Let me just tell you our foundations in American homes are a lot better!

Their cat kept  getting in the wheelbarrow where we put all of the foundation after we tore it up.

Missionary Work In Ukraine

Elder Hilton and I set up a book table in front of our church

The Black Sea

We went tracking near the Black Sea

This cat followed us for a long time.

Sister Lilia

This grandma loves me she calls me her missionary!  Her name is Sister Lilia, we are her home teachers.