I have a
lot of things that I love in this world...
But being
sick is far from one of those things.....
Hey Family
and Friends!
So, this
week was an interesting enough one. I have a pretty hefty
immune system -- he can handle a lot of abuse. I eat things
that I shouldn't, I play sports in the rain, I even sometimes sleep
with a draft because it's too toasty. I have never gotten
sick on my mission... before this week that is.
One thing
about Ukrainian culture is that everyone has a HUGE fear of getting
sick. It stems from some historical reasons relating back to
the U.S.S.R. Me, being who I am, and having native
companion, makes this an interesting subject of conversation between
us.
"Elder
LeBaron, cover your head. The rain is bad."
"What?
A little rain never hurt any one."
"The
rain is different in Ukraine. Nuclear Energy Plants."
"That's
not a real thing *eye roll*"
"I
will not be going at your funeral!"
Two days
later -- coughing, moaning, sniffling, running a fever, wrapped up in
a blanket... and confined to working in the area book.
I still
wouldn't mark myself as one of the believers of this mystical nuclear
rain.... but whatever. I don't want to get sick anymore.
It doesn't
help when your companion gets the same bug from you a day later, and
glares at you grudgingly, muttering over and over "If you just
were to be listening to me... I would not have this sick...."
Well, we're
all better now. It just basically took us off of the streets
for 2 days. Nothing huge. We still got a lot of good
things done.
We got
ahold of 2 former investigators finally from the area book, and got
them to agree to come to church and meet with us! We even had a
luncheon for the branch set up, and two members were opening mision
calls in front of the branch!
But...
those 2 decided to skip out on us. [Insert loving comment here
about peoples moral agency.] BUT HEY! 51 people at sacrament
meeting! Su-WEET!
Our
investigator Serhiy is at his mom's birthday party today, so we won't
be meeting with him either. It's been a few weeks since he's
been able to meet with us at all, but he said that he's been "Little
by little" reading the Book of Mormon. Woooo!
OH!
One of the young men from the branch here in Ivano-Frankivsk is going
to be serving in Kiev next month, and the other is going to Londn
England in January. Pretty cool! The funny part is that
they both are going to have to learn english! HA!
We're going
to L'viv again this thursday for a special training for all of the
Mission Leadership... Wooooo! One more time! I
swear, they don't leave us in our area for more than 2 weeks in a
row! It's okay though, because I have a lot of questions and
concerns for the whole finding new investigators and adapting to
local circumstances. You know, with winter coming, and us not
being allowed to tract, I'm a little bit concerned there...
We'll just
have to wait and see!
I would
send you all wonderful pictures of our adventures, but alas, the USB
adapter at every internet club in this city seems to be broken....
The search
continues -- yet I fear it shall be in vain. I wouldn't
get super excited for any of those bad boys [aka- pictures] for
another transfer here... we will see.
I've heard
rumors that this next transfer, due to the fact that we are losing
LOTS of missionries, almost EVERYONE in the mission will be getting
moved around. Elder Rubiuk may on go halfway through training
with me! Oh buddy! Fingers crossed that we get left alone
:)
Love you
all very much!
I hope that
you have a great week.
Keep
praying, reading, and spending time with your family, and I'm sure
that your week will be great by default :)
Elder
LeBaron
No comments:
Post a Comment