Amy's latest letter

A short email to her sister followed by the longer one to everyone:

The Lord will heal us in our infirmities!

So, I like what you said, it's even more June now.  Indeed.  I love it
This is just my first e-mail today.  We are going to divide it.  So let me tell you first.  I'm am going to use the Lord's time wisely.  We have four weeks left (I'll get into that into my next e-mail) and Have a lot more work to do.  We have a new group of 80 missionaries all learning Russian and we'll be getting Native Ukrainians who will be trained in 4 weeks (since they already know the language).  So, we will all leave about the same time but, all of us will be on different flights since we'll be going to different places.  You should find some of the prophecies about this mission!  Crazy stuff!  This is really where we will Gather Israel.  By the way, I've heard that they moved the temple dedication back.  Do you think that if I am the best I can be and really learn the language, I can speed the process along?  Or is there more at stake than missionary work?  

So, this is the hardest thing I've ever done!  I'm doing ok.  I could be much better though.  It's hard to work w/ 2 other companions.  We all have different strengths, different ideas of work, of plans, and of what we need to do.  And one of us isn't even learning Ukrainian.  I will not be successful if I don't love them and see the necessity of change.
So, I'm only going to write one big e-mail.  I'm going to be bold too.  Good!

Sisters leave a lot of stuff, so I'm going to send you some crazy stuff I found but, it'll be fun!

Also, I found a German MTC workbook.  Some of it has been used but, wouldn't you like to look at it?  What do you think?  Also I found some Spanish dictionaries and another spanish MTC book.  Does  you or Will want that?  I love the give away box.  We have a nice collection of shampoo, conditioner, soap, and BUBBLES!  (R HE ZHAU)  (I don't the english version of the cyricllic alphabet.  It doesn't quite work.)  Well, you asked when we get mail.  2 x a day: Lunch & Dinner (ObID i  BECHIPR).  I'll save the more exciting stuff for the other letter.  

Love you strongly (I'll explain more of this later!)

CECTPA  M.

This is the longer email she referred to above:

DObPE DENb!   Moi  CHEDOVY CIM'R

I wish I could write to you all today ALe (but,)  I didn't use my time productively today.  SO, I'm going to type as fast as I can. Please (BUDLACKA)  excuse (VUBAhaTU)  my random thoughts and my attempt to write amazing Ukrainian words (CLOBO) using the English alphabet.  I would write to you all in Ukrainian, but that would take me15 months and, I've still got a lot (bAHATO) to learn. 
Um...weeks are like roller coasters.  You love every minute except for the minutes you want to get off.  BUT, Missions are way better than roller coasters...
This week my companion got sick.  She developed bronchitis, but it wasn't the swine flu!  YAY!  Seriously crazy infulenza.  The MTC was crazy this past week.  It was so packed, but missionaries are finally leaving and I'm so excited for all the good they will be doing.  

Oh, my companion, so of course we all had symptoms (it's all psychological.) But, she woke up Saturday and just felt terrible so, we had to go to the BYU health clinic  (MTC's hc is closed on Sat.) and she received three perscriptions and sleep orders.  So, that's what we did.  I absolutely love my companion and I really did enjoy the opportunity to serve her.  NO LIE!  PLUS, I actually got to get organized and review this crazy wonderful language while she slept.  Our teacher made her promise that she would courageously brave her illness and be in class on Monday.  Of course we were.  Our other poor elders (remeber Job?) - Elder Behunnan has had a rough recovery from his surgery and also missed class on Tues - Saturday.  That pulled out a companion - (stay together right).  Needless to say this little Ukrainian District has got to do a lot of work the next four weeks.  FOUR WEEKS.  Can you believe it?  July 6 is when we leave.  I know to you that seems like a long time.  BUT it isn't.  These weeks fly by so fast I'm going crazy thinking about being in Ukraine.  

The good news:
We received about 90 new missionaries last week.  They are wonderful.  Sacrament meeting was just fabulous!  Bad news: they are all learning Russian.  THE GOOD NEWS:  one of them is also from Arkansas!  He's great!  THE BETTER NEWS:  Late last night we had two sisters arrive into our room.  They are from Russia and spend the next 4 weeks with us.  They are beautiful sisters!  They get to go to the temple for their first time Thurs. and have amazing experiences here!!  THE BEST NEWS: we get 3 sisters from Ukraine tomorrow (their plane got delayed in Kyiv) and two elders!!!  Fabulous.  The sisters are going to be my best friends!  (next to my current companions.)  As a trio we are finally getting a long great.  I had a little breakdown earlier this week.  But, I learned something: It's great to work hard and serve the Lord.  That's why I am here.  But, I also need to be Christlike.  I had to learn that being Christlike might take me away from working as hard as I want but that's what Christ did.  He gave us all our agency and he served others and His whole entire life...
I'd say more but, I have 25 seconds
I LOVE YOU!!
BE THE BEST!!
I'll do my best!