Week 5

This picture was taken when she was in Lviv for a few days while her companion was renewing her Visa.

Dear Sister!

You are so wonderful and I love hearing from you.  I want to see pictures!  I absolutely love that part in the book of the Chronicles of Narnia too!  I used it a lot in lessons and I'm pretty sure I made you read it before.  I love CS Lewis too.  My companion has Chronicles of Narnia in Russian (the movie) and we've shown the scene of Aslan's sacrafice to families to explain the atonement.  So many people don't understand the Atonement and why we need it. Repentance is also difficult to understand.  We cannot do anything by ourselves.  Christ is the only one who can really free us.  I just love the analogy!  

TREMENDOUS THANKS FOR THE PICTURES YOU SENT and an ENORMOUS thanks for the awesome package.  I cannot believe it was $40.  NEVER SEND ME ANYTHING AGAIN, unless it's a little note that costs only $1, which is what postage is probably now anyway.  Ridiculous.  So thanks.  We'll put the brownies into some good use for our members.  They will be our blessing brownies.  You rock, your husband rocks!   

Remember there isn't any perfect way to do missionary work.  Christ was rejected and many people misunderstood Him too.


This pictures is me with two pink elephants in my hands!  They are Italian elephants, one named Buon and the other named CompLeanno.   Their Italian names mean:  GOOD BIRTHDAY!!  So, I hope both you and Will are having a good birthday!

OH, by the way.  I also sent you a crazy package.  It wasn't going to be crazy except I didn't understand a word and my companion wanted me to "grow."  So, I sent you a little package, what she took from me.  Unfortunatley she didn't understand that I had other things I wanted to put in there and I didn't realize I had to explain that I had more stuff to send.  SO, I'm sorry.  But, I hope you like it.  I also didn't get to send you a note.  So, next time.  It cost 111 gruven.  Which probably is about 18 dollars so really not that expensive for Americans.  Although, here that's still a lot of money.  (We are supposed to budget for 300 a week).  Crazy experience it was.  Well I love you.  It's the week of our DEN HePOZEHHR!  Happy Birthday to us all!

Love CECTPA MURPHY!