Elder Calder Horsley

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 ...

Hey y'all! It was a crazy week, that's for sure. Last week I had no time because I got transferred, and now I'm in the city of Kyiv! And I'm serving in a ward, so that's pretty beast mode. Also, the temple and our church building are right next door to each other. I hadn't even been on temple grounds since the 26th of September in 2020 (if I remember right), and now I'm there almost every day. It's been sweet! I will miss Lviv, but I'll be back there eventually, no worries. We're whitewashing our area, and we've got a lot of work to do. However, our one friend Влад has accepted a baptismal date, and I'm super excited for him! He's got cool tattoos, so it's fun to ask him about them haha. My new companion is named Elder Walbruch, and he and I were in the same MTC district. It's been pretty fun catching up with him! I'm excited for this new transfer. It's going to be full of challenges, but it'll build character that...

I have no time today, but I want to say I love you ❤️ Have a great week! Calder was transfered from Lviv to Kyiv and spent his p-day waking up at 3am and traveling eight hours on a train. It was hard to leave Lviv but he's excited about the adventure ahead in Kyiv. Hopefully we will get more information next week. - Catherine

Howdy y'all! We have had another sweet week here in L'viv. I love you all a ton, and I hope you had a great one too! I really don't have a ton of time today, but I'll send one of these anyways. Hopefully the pictures give a glimpse into my week. Just know that the Lord is doing his work out here in Ukraine! - Старійшина Хорслі

Heyo! I saw a racoon today. I hope your day was super awesome! I myself had a great pday today. We went to this huge old cemetery in Lviv and then to a crazy children's zoo. We had a super good time! I don't have a ton of time though, so I will just hit you with the highlights of the week! - Настія (Nastia) texted us out of the blue on Sunday and said "I want to be baptized" and it was SWEET! Now she's on baptismal date! - Василь (Vasil) will hopefully be getting baptized this week! Please keep him in your prayers! - Street Contacting is so much fun - It is getting dark at like 5 here - But we just had daylight savings time happen so I got to sleep for an extra hour one night so that was cool. - Another Василь (Vasil) is absolutely loving the Book of Mormon. - Артем (Artem) is praying about baptism - I love you! - Don't you dare forget it! Have the best week ever, and don't forget that Jesus Christ is always there for you! Draw near unto Him and He wi...

Howdy y'all Guess who bowled a turkey (3 strikes in a row) today while listening to "Let's Get It Started" by the Black Eyed Peas. Twas I. Thank you random Ukrainian bowling alley for playing "Let's Get It Started". Thank you will.i.am for producing quality content. As I'm sure it is obvious, I have much to be grateful for. I hope you had an awesome week! I know that we did out here in the promised land. We saw tons of miracles! I'll just hit the highlights: - Олег (Oleh) was ordained to the Aaronic priesthood yesterday, and it was awesome! He also got a calling, which is super hype! I love that guy! - Василь (Vasil) is all set for his baptism this weekend, it's going to be awesome! - Настія (Nastia) is reading the Book of Mormon every day and she loves it! We're hoping to set a baptismal date with her soon. - Артем (Artem) came to church, which was sweet! His work schedule is kind of сміття, so he can't come very often. Bu...

Heyo! There is not a Ukrainian equivalent to "heyo". It is kind of sad, but I will get over it eventually. We had a great week this week! I'll share some of the miracles we saw really quick: - Our man Андріан is on baptismal date now! We're so excited for him! - Василь has a new baptismal date, and we got permission to go all the way to him in the city Дрогобич to get this done! He's super excited, and we are super grateful to our mission president for him allowing us to do this. - We invited our friend Артем to be baptized, and he's praying about the decision right now. I will keep you tuned! - We found a new friend named Настія this week, and she is super cool! She just reached out to me on Facebook one day and was like "hey I want to learn about the Church of Jesus Christ!" She messaged the right guys haha. - Олег is preparing to receive the Aaronic priesthood pretty darn soon here, and we're super stoked for him! Please keep all these peo...