Dear family,
haha, So i found out a lot this past week about areas and what not. Well our past district leader was didn't really care if we had investigators that lived in their area and so he said that if we met them and what not then to just teach them. Well when my companion went up to the mission office before going to Bulgaria he asked if we could continue teaching Viktor and then we got an e-mail and President Abraham said not to. So that's how it happened, but it's all good. Everything is working out. We went on splits to meet with our investigators and explain to them that they will be meeting with the other elders. I was really happy, because when we talked with Viktor last week he expressed that he was said he couldn't meet with us anymore, but he just said "slava boga"--which pretty much means what got wants...litterally it means glory of God, but here i think the thought is kind of like inshalla in Jerusalem which is God willing. So i'm really glad that Viktor still has the strong desire to meet because he wants to learn more about the Church and i am grateful for the opportunity i had to meet with him and help him out where i could.Also, i was able to take the Book of Mormon in Chinese to our Chinese investigator and he was so excited to receive it! He just kept reading it and reading it and i'm really excited to see where he goes.
To find people....Well lately we have just been striving to find people whenever and where ever we can, but yesterday we were able to go Sign Boarding! And we got three contacts that way. I'm really excited to meet with one in particular. I talked with him only about the Book of Mormon and he expressed interest and we exchanged numbers and the best part is that he lives in our Area!
Sorry i don't know how that last e-mail sounded, but i know that the Lord blesses us upon our obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel. Often times we wish we could do it a different way, but i know that if we do it the Lord's way that everything works out best for everyone because the Lord's ways are higher than our ways just like it talks about in Isaiah 55:8-9.
Oh, you asked about the Church here.....This is a great question to ask Corey, i'm sorry sure could go on forever about the Church here in Ukraine. Yes i have learned quite a bit about it. Pretty much there is one main Church here called the Provaslovni church. Sorry i don't know how to write it in English. And pretty much everybody that is a part of it just says that they are Provaslovni because their parents were even if they don't go to Church. Some are very strong and devout members, but many Just tell us that they are Provaslovni and walk away from us. I don't have much time to go into the detail about the Church.
WEll everything is going great here, remember to be happy and smile!
"Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man." John 15:11
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my aways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9
Love Elder Ostler
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