Press Forward Saints

It's been a great week. Actually 8 days this time... Preparation day was bumped ahead due to a mission conference yesterday. President Rasband of the Presidency of the Seventy and President Lawrence of the Europe East Area Presidency were here with their wives. It was really neat to see the whole mission together. It seems like it happens more rarely than it used to. There are a lot of missionaries I don't really know since the ones I knew before have gone home and new ones have come in. It's a pretty big mission and we're up to almost 100 missionaries spread out all over it speaking 2 different languages. It was a nice meeting. I was able to interpret into Russian for a couple missionaries who don't know English as well. The Spirit was certainly felt.

The work goes on here. We're working everyday to try and build the Kingdom here. We're trying to establish Zion, first in our own lives, then in the branch here.

The weather's been quite hot recently, especially in a suit on a small bus to Kiev for 2 hours.

I don't have all too much to say right now. I was just reading this on LDS.org: "Elder Oaks taught that if members have the faith to pay their tithing they will be blessed to work themselves out of poverty. He explained that 90 percent of their income accompanied by the blessings of the Lord was better than 100 percent of their income without the blessings associated with being a full tithe payer." What a powerful though. I know that when we pay a full tithe we are blessed.

I know that this is Christ's restored Church. I feel the Spirit bear witness to me just about everyday if not everyday. I love my Savior I yearn to get to know him better. I appreciate all the love and support. Press forward Saints.

Love,

Elder J. Mahoney

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