Качок -- (Ducks)

Hey everyone! This is officially my record for the earliest email I have ever written. I am currently sitting in my apartment and it is 7:19 AM here. I am very proud of my efforts, to say the least. We had an awesome week! We have been getting to know the members in our ward, and it's so cool to see their missionary mentality. They are so stoked to have us here, and they are constantly trying to help us out! We love it! Влад (Vlad) and Оксана (Oksana) are both progressing well still. They came to church and they both loved it! After church, we realized that I had double booked lessons, and so we had to teach Влад and Сергій (Serhii) at the same time haha. That was kind of wild, but now Влад understands the Word of Wisdom and Сергій thinks it means reading Psalms. Just one example of how helpful it is to listen when people talk to you haha! We also got to go to the temple on Friday! It was incredible. I hadn't been in more than a year, and that day was definitely one of the highlights of my mission. My friend Настія (Nastia) from Lviv also got baptized this weekend! Our mission president gave us permission to go and attend (even though Lviv is 7 hours from us [thank you President Stratov you're the man]). We didn't tell her I was coming, and she was so excited and happy to see me there! It was so cool, and her baptism was amazing! It was one of the very best baptismal services I've ever been to on my mission. She bore an incredible testimony after, and I am so grateful I got to play a little part in her journey to baptism! That's pretty much all I've got for you this week. The work of the Lord moves on! We have zone conference this week, so we are going to be traveling all over. I'll make sure to take good pictures! God is in the details, and Jesus walks with us every day. If you look a little closer, you will see His tender mercies throughout the day. I like to think of those as God saying "I love you". Look for His "I love you's", and don't forget to let Him know that you love Him too! It's officially Christmas time even though I've been listening to Christmas music since Halloween. Merry Christmas - Старійшина Хорслі

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