Oh yeah, we went to stop by a less active girl on Monday night named Galya. We met a girl named Natasha who said she's been living there about six months and she thinks that Galya moved to Kiev. We talked with her for a little bit invited her to hear more about the message of the Restoration and we set up to meet her on Tuesday. She didn't show up on Tuesday and the phone number she gave us didn't work so we went over to see what happened. She said she was busy and she'd call us when she could meet. Then the next day we were talking to the Branch President Megega and he asked what she looked like. We looked at some Branch pictures and it turns our "Natasha" is actually Galya. She's the member. Kinda lame when people lie to us like that. I wish they'd just be honest. Funny story though.
In this area we have to do a lot of exchange because it's one of the most spread out zones and the Zone Leaders are the only other companionship in the District. They need to go out and do exchanges with the other District Leaders every transfer (6 weeks) so they split with us so that one person from each companionship is always in the city. Tonight I'll be taking a several hour bus ride to Zhytomer with one of the Zone Leaders and I'll come back Thursday morning. Next transfer I'll probably go to 2 other cities that are even farther. It's cool because Russian-speaking missionaries hardly ever goto one of them. I'll probably get to go to Lviv for a Zone Conference while I'm in this city too which is sweet because no Russian-speaking missionaries serve there. It's way out west.
We only had one new investigator this week. A couple week ago Elder Hafen was talking to some kids and he gave them all Family Proclamations. About a week later one of them came up to him on the street and said he read it and he likes our emphasis on families. He said he'd like to know more. We had a great meeting with him. His name's Vitalik. He's 15. Great, clean-cut young man. At the end of the lesson he prayed in Ukrainian and thanked God that he was able to find out the truth. We asked him if he thought he'd be able to make it to play soccer with us, he said he didn't think so, he knew so. We ended up playing basketball instead because the soccer court was busy. That reminds me though, we played soccer last Tuesday. I'm not a big time soccer player that's for sure, but there was this soccer trainer there with his trainee and we asked them to play with us. After like 15 minutes I went into nets which I don't usually do and it was kinda fun. That trainer was freakin' big. He's like 6'3" and he could seriously kick that ball. Kinda stings sometimes. He played international soccer before. Makes sense. Good times.
We actually should have had 2 more investigators this week, but the other companionship kinda stole them. It's kinda a challenge with 4 missionaries in one area because it's debatable who should teach who sometimes especially with so many exchanges. We were doing a book table in the park and 2 girls came up and said they were interested. They committed to come to Church and they did. Pretty awesome. We had 16 people at Church yesterday. I'm excited to keep upping that number. It's a privilege to be here while the Church is still so young.
I'm still excited about the first Stake in Russia being organized in a couple weeks. That is so awesome! I hope they come out with the new translation of the Russian Book of Mormon soon after that. I heard it might be December. I think it will help the work here. It will be more powerful.
I like this city. It's beautiful, very green right now. The people seem happier, cleaner, and a little healthier here than they did in my last area. I'm excited to be here. I love our District, probably the coolest in the mission. I also love my companion Elder Hafen. We're getting along great and we're just happy together. It's awesome. It's super nice to have a fridge. I've been eating a lot of eggs recently. It's nice for a change.
I know this is God's work. I am a representative of Jesus Christ. Everybody who can serve a mission should. God lives. Thomas S. Monson is a prophet.
Thanks for the love and support.
Love,
Elder Jonathan D.C. Mahoney
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