Thank you for rambling! I loved it. I thank Heavenly Father for you every day and Will too! What a fun adventure in Yellowstone! How neat! Maybe President Obama will come to Ukraine for some foreign affairs stuff. I know they are getting ready for an election here. There are these tents set up all over Kiev with kids handing out these articles about one man. We walk by them all the time and of course they want us to take them. I always feel bad. We hand out "FREE ENGLISH" flyers and I get frustrated at people who won't take them. It's free and it's something they might be interested in, or know someone...and well...that's a whole other tanget. So, I'm sure they think the same things when I walk by. Except, I'm an American and cannot vote in their elections, and I'm a missionary trying to be absolutely unbiased and refrain from all political debates as a representative of the Church.
So, I don't think I'll have time to send pictures this week. But, next week I'll dedicate more time. Good?
Somehow the Lord blessed me, I had enough $ all week!
Sister Morton, she has been here for 12 weeks already, has twin brothers who married twin sisters and they both had children who are only three months apart...twice!
I'm glad your birthday was fun!! I'm glad you got to eat at Applebee's. On our preparation day (Monday before our birthday) We went to TGIF's. It was okay and of course expensive. But, it was fun.
Um,the candy, at least try some of it and let know what you think. It would be nice if you can send it to g-ma, dad and others. My favorite is the lobster one that says Pachku, which means on all fours...??? weird! It has a chocolate center!
Last week's e-mail was a dissaster. I had a ridiculously long e-mail about our ward "potluck." It was an amazing experience!
I am happy. I hope this has been the most difficult transfer because if that is true, I'm super excited for the rest! But, yes, it has been difficult. Odnak (HOWEVER) Life was not easy for our Savior, Jesus Christ, and that gives me hope. I'm trying to be happy -always. That is my mission goal. Look above the challenges and have hope AND BE POSITIVE. Yes, it's frustrating, sitting through a lesson in Russian and maybe understanding 10% then listening to people speak Ukrainian and also only understanding 20%. But, I have been blessed so much. I will be patient with my abilities and trust that it is enough for now.
My mind has been enlighted on missionary work...so on that note...ah, note, I miss the clarinet! I love you!
Love your sister!!
CECTPA MURPHY!
I'm glad your birthday was fun!! I'm glad you got to eat at Applebee's. On our preparation day (Monday before our birthday) We went to TGIF's. It was okay and of course expensive. But, it was fun.
Um,the candy, at least try some of it and let know what you think. It would be nice if you can send it to g-ma, dad and others. My favorite is the lobster one that says Pachku, which means on all fours...??? weird! It has a chocolate center!
Last week's e-mail was a dissaster. I had a ridiculously long e-mail about our ward "potluck." It was an amazing experience!
I am happy. I hope this has been the most difficult transfer because if that is true, I'm super excited for the rest! But, yes, it has been difficult. Odnak (HOWEVER) Life was not easy for our Savior, Jesus Christ, and that gives me hope. I'm trying to be happy -always. That is my mission goal. Look above the challenges and have hope AND BE POSITIVE. Yes, it's frustrating, sitting through a lesson in Russian and maybe understanding 10% then listening to people speak Ukrainian and also only understanding 20%. But, I have been blessed so much. I will be patient with my abilities and trust that it is enough for now.
My mind has been enlighted on missionary work...so on that note...ah, note, I miss the clarinet! I love you!
Love your sister!!
CECTPA MURPHY!
Grandma Grandpa!!!
Alright, new missionary in the ward!!! I have lots of advice for you and the ward to make his life easier!
I love you lots! Life is good. My birthday was a missionary birthday: complete with 3 cancelled appointments (we by no means wanted them cancelled!), 3 stop-bys - all wrong addressess from the ward-roster, and a not so happily ending contact in the park. But, I had cake and ice-cream on my companion's birthday, plenty!! We also bought a nice ice-cream treat in the middle of the day. My spirits were up. I enjoyed the experiences!
Food, well, we had one member invite us over. She has been inactive for awhile, and recently returned. We visited her and helped her have courage to bear her testimony in church. She made us noodles and a "salad" and some meat I think it was chicken cooked in egg. It was good. When we visit, we normally have a cup of "tea" - herbal stuff, that's tasty, and sometimes Pechevo (Cookies but, not like chocolate chip cookies they are tea cookies and not like scones either. They are purchased - not made)
Alright, new missionary in the ward!!! I have lots of advice for you and the ward to make his life easier!
I love you lots! Life is good. My birthday was a missionary birthday: complete with 3 cancelled appointments (we by no means wanted them cancelled!), 3 stop-bys - all wrong addressess from the ward-roster, and a not so happily ending contact in the park. But, I had cake and ice-cream on my companion's birthday, plenty!! We also bought a nice ice-cream treat in the middle of the day. My spirits were up. I enjoyed the experiences!
Food, well, we had one member invite us over. She has been inactive for awhile, and recently returned. We visited her and helped her have courage to bear her testimony in church. She made us noodles and a "salad" and some meat I think it was chicken cooked in egg. It was good. When we visit, we normally have a cup of "tea" - herbal stuff, that's tasty, and sometimes Pechevo (Cookies but, not like chocolate chip cookies they are tea cookies and not like scones either. They are purchased - not made)
Everything is pretty good here. I'm not supposed to eat fish and that's sad. It's fruit season right now! Yes, we do cook and fortunately my companion is practically Italian. Her mom can also send packages on a bus (Really cheap from Itally) with Italian noodles and NUTELLA!! (THIS AMAZING Hazelnut chocolate spread) and Amazing Italian cheese. So, we have been eating a lot of pasta salads and noodles. She enjoys cooking. I would rather eat something fast but sacrifice for the sake of having a good relationship and the fact that I'm still young, I'll learn from her for now!
My favorite food is Vareneky. It is, well imagine raviolli noodles almost but, instead of sauce and meat inside it's mashed potatoes! It's genious! They actually have all kinds of vareneky- chicken, pork, whatever. But I'm not eating much meat here. Borsh is also really good. It's a great soup. They have a great cream here it's called smetana. They put it in almost everything. I don't know how to describe it. It's like a thick cream, like sour cream but sweeter or maybe milkier. So, they put that in borsh and on vareneky and on bread and in desserts. It's crazy! Speaking of dessert, ice cream is great here! And they have a cherry vareneky that is just great with smetana and sugar! I also love this sweet cheese thing with raisins also with a spoonfull of smitana! Well, other than that, we've eaten a lot of fried eggplant and cheese and bread.
This week is the end of the transfer so our Russian speaking missionaries come! I think there are 7 and one is from Fayetteville. I met him in the MTC. I'm excited, people here have never met anyone from Arkansas! I probably won't see him much since he is Russian speaking- but we plan to represent!
Congratulations on the quilts! A lady in the ward here is an excellent seamstress. I tried and with some help from my companion, I suggested that we have a sewing night and make a quilt. She said she'd see what she can get together. I'm excited about working with the ward and gaining the trust of the members. I do love them. I never want to leave. But, I'll go where the Lord wants me to go and love more Ukrainians!
Love,
Cectpa Murphy!
My favorite food is Vareneky. It is, well imagine raviolli noodles almost but, instead of sauce and meat inside it's mashed potatoes! It's genious! They actually have all kinds of vareneky- chicken, pork, whatever. But I'm not eating much meat here. Borsh is also really good. It's a great soup. They have a great cream here it's called smetana. They put it in almost everything. I don't know how to describe it. It's like a thick cream, like sour cream but sweeter or maybe milkier. So, they put that in borsh and on vareneky and on bread and in desserts. It's crazy! Speaking of dessert, ice cream is great here! And they have a cherry vareneky that is just great with smetana and sugar! I also love this sweet cheese thing with raisins also with a spoonfull of smitana! Well, other than that, we've eaten a lot of fried eggplant and cheese and bread.
This week is the end of the transfer so our Russian speaking missionaries come! I think there are 7 and one is from Fayetteville. I met him in the MTC. I'm excited, people here have never met anyone from Arkansas! I probably won't see him much since he is Russian speaking- but we plan to represent!
Congratulations on the quilts! A lady in the ward here is an excellent seamstress. I tried and with some help from my companion, I suggested that we have a sewing night and make a quilt. She said she'd see what she can get together. I'm excited about working with the ward and gaining the trust of the members. I do love them. I never want to leave. But, I'll go where the Lord wants me to go and love more Ukrainians!
Love,
Cectpa Murphy!
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