I'm pretty sure I told you all that I'm staying in Khmelnitskiy and nothing has changed in our District. The one thing that did change is that they got rid of our zone meaning that we're now in the Carpathian Zone and our Zone Leaders are in Lviv. We had a great lesson with Dennis this past week. He really hadn't been reading much and he didn't have a really good excuse for not coming to church last week, but we were able to talk very openly and honestly and he basically taught himself. He's studying at university, so he complains about not having time to read. I felt prompted to suggest that he should pray and read at least a page of the Book of Mormon everyday before studying and I promised him in the name of the Lord that everything would be easier and his life would be better if he did it. It feels so awesome to be guided by the Spirit. When I talked to him yesterday he said he's been doing it and things have been better. The gospel is amazing.
On Saturday morning us 4 Elders took a taxi to Lviv for branch leadership training since we all have callings in the branch. It was over 4 hours in the taxi. It was really cool to see Branch leaders from all over western Ukraine and meet some people that I'd heard about before. President Klebingat taught in Russian and I interpreted for the whole thing, about 3 hours, for a senior couple. It's fun to interpret. I like it. Our mission president is amazing. I learn a lot from him. That night we took the same taxi back.
On Sunday morning we had some pretty good Church meetings. 4 of our members had been to the temple last week so they bore awesome testimonies of the work there. It's awesome to see the light in their eyes after being at the temple. I love the temple and miss it. I want to go a lot more often, but it doesn't really work out for us nowadays. After Church we ate and got in another taxi to... Lviv... Yep, back to Lviv. We stayed the night there and had Zone Conference yesterday. It was really good. I feel like I had a lot of weight just dropped on my shoulders though. I feel like I need to repent and try harder to become a better missionary. The standards were really raised in our mission. I know that I can't do all of this on my own, so I really need to pray and seek the help of the Lord to succeed. I don't feel a lot of peace in my soul right now, so I'm praying. I want to be better. I want to truly be an instrument in the Lord's hand. I want to set a good example for my companion to get his mission off to a good start. I definitely need help from on high. Any prayers on our behalf are greatly appreciated.
Yesterday night we came back in a taxi too, so that why we're having p-day on Tuesday. I know that I'm supposed to be here. I know that God lives and loves me. I humbled to wear Christ's name on my chest each day. I know He is my Savior and Redeemer. I love Him. Thanks to all for the support.
Love,
Elder Jonathan Mahoney
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