May 19, 2009

Hey family!

Things are amazing here!  The day was perfect!  

I have to type extremely fast, so please don't be too critical of my mistakes.  

I love you and I appreciate the mail.  I haven't gotten much.  One week the seminary class sent me letters.  Pretty awesome.  My district was bitter!  I still need to reply back though. 

Today we went to our typical temple day but we stayed longer to do sealings.  I love our Russian and Ukrainian missionaries.  They have the sweetest spirits and the most amazing testimonies.  Most of them have never been to the temple before so it was a special day for us all!  They get to go to the temple 2x a week but this was the first, and probably the last that they get to do sealings until after their missions!  One sister even had names!  Can you imagine most of them live days away from a temple.  Most of them are converts and many of them even received their patriarchal blessings last week.  I love them all.  Two sisters and I have become very close.  She has the sweetest spirit.  So, last week we heard from Elder Nelson.  That's good becuase I got Elder M. Russell Ballard confused with Elder Russell M Nelson and told many people I had heard from Elder Nelson.  So, Heavenly Father gave me the privilege of hearing from them both.  The most awesome news; July will be full of Apostles.  Our District is getting fired up.  We only have 2 months left and we've been pretty lazy.  I want to work hard- every second is the Lord's and I'm trying to do my best.  Well, I don't have much else to say.  I've decided to use the mornings to try to speak 100%.   Nextt week we have to teach the entire first lesson, The Restoration, in Ukrainian...AHHH! Tomorrow night we contact for 15 minutes and teach them how to pray.  We have a lot of work to do today.  The Older Russian group and the Natives are all leaving on Monday and it will leave the small group I came with and one other district of about 9 left.  There is another branch though.  We'll only have about a week until we become the old group though.  Wow, life goes fast here.  Ask any missionaries you know about language planning.  It's so tough to learn everything I need to know and I want to be able to speak it.  I need advice!  This keyboard is tough and I'm writing as fast as I can.  We didn't have much time today.  The sealings after our endowment session with the Native Russians and Ukrainians were nice, but LONG.  Did you do the names I sent you already?

I've veen very busy, trying to be a disciple of Christ and using His time wisely.

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

CECTPA MURPHY

p.s.  Crazy Brother Taylor - bishopric!  I'm really impressed with both of you and the obedice and dillegence you both have!