Yo, waddup братишки
I hope everything порядке with yall! Big stuff be happening here in the outskirts of Ukraine! Let me shed some свет (light).
First things first, our sink still isn't working.
Our landlord isn't too keen on finding someone to fix it, and it has already been a week, so we took matters into our own hands and found someone within a day!! Funny enough, it's even someone we are teaching! He should be coming by to fix it. Woo! I really realized how much I took having sinks for granted until this point lol. We had to wash the even more old-fashioned way lol. Bless up fellas.
Although, our bathroom water also came out as the equivalence of pretty much dirt this week, too lol. Luckily, I checked the water before I actually jumped in the shower though. It was literally browner then I have ever seen. Took a good 20 min or so to drain that out.
It has, also, been getting way hot here. This week was between mid 80's and 90's and pretty dang humid, so I be dripping in sweat recently. It only took us a couple days to realize that we had a huge air conditioner in the corner of the room!! Although one end spits out hot air and the other cool air, and the hot air will gradually take over the cool air. Not really sure who came up with such a design... the heat has helped me get the extra sweat in though when I do my workouts, so I'll take that plus from it 😁😂.
Also, Elder Olsen and I talked a fat burger. Was way good.
Some more, even bigger news! We have someone on baptism date! His name is Владислав (Vladislav)! I have never once met him in person, nor seen his face, cuz 1. He is living in the countryside right now, far from Sumy. And 2. He only has a super old phone so we can't do video calls with him, just voice. It has been SO awesome meeting with him though. We have been debating on presenting the invitation to baptism for a while now, and it's been scary because I have never done it before. I have heard companions do it, but I had never said the words myself. However, the moment came, and the Spirit was prompting towards the question, so I led with a soft invitation, which at first wasn't understood lol. Then I was like in my head, "Nope! We're full sending," and gave him the straight up invitation with the date and everything, AND HE SAID YES!! AHHHH!! It's seriously such a blessing and miracle. He doesn't even have a Book of Mormon in his hands yet!! (We have been trying to send him one, but it has been difficult trying to figure out where to send it in his circumstances, but we're about to get one off to him.) We have had him join our branch (ward) church services through Zoom, (one of us turns on Zoom, and the other has him on speaker through the other phone), and he has loved it. He feels good when he attends and he feels good when he prays. We explained he feels that way because it's the Spirit testifying of truth to him. His prayers with us are beautiful, and it's clear that he is sincerely searching for the truth. We ask that you keep Владислав in your prayers especially at this time!!
The work moves forward everyone!
Старейшина Вайлд (Elder Wilde)
Pics of the Week
Zoom Video Call to Family and Friends - Thursday, June 11, 2020
Elder Wilde gave a wonderful heart-felt message to about 20 family members staying at his parent's home in Danville, California, as well as other family members and friends in many different areas through Zoom. Also, on the call were grandparents in Salt Lake City, Utah, grandparents in Richland, Washington, and his cousin, Sister Copeland in Frisco, Texas, who is leaving within the week for her mission to Idaho Pocatello Mission.
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