President Monson said he loves big celebrations with the youth. It creates memories for them that will strengthed their anchor when things get rough for them. We just have felt the spirit so strong in this part of the world. We have no wards or stakes yet, but a Temple 1 hr flight away in the Ukraine. We will be able to attend it on our Visa trip when we have to leave Russia for a day and then return. We are very excited.
This week we will say good by to our friends the Rees's. We have grown to love them in the month that we have been here. He is the area doctor and shared a sweet testimony of how the Lord helped him to help missionareis who were 100s of miles away. But they are very excited to see their grandchildren. They are from Salem Utah.
Our friend and neighbor Kent Rust showed up at the dedication at our branch today. That was so exciting. A familar face from the ward back in West Jordan. He and his wife Janet have been here for 10 yrs for his work. so it was wonderful to see him.
I am still trying to master cookies here. But with the ingredients they have it is very hard. Raw brown sugar, brown eggs, powdered vanilla, no shortening and the list goes on. But I will figure it out some how.
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| The beautiful Kyiv Temple |
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This is the television we watched the dedication on in the Relief Society room.
Cute elders in our branch..Elder Demchenko, Elder Paige, Elder Cordoza and Elder Lex. Elder Demchencko goes home next week. We will miss him so much..
This is powdered vanilla
Cookies that just do not turn out like home...
But Gene will eat them anyway!!!
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1 comment:
Gene,
This is Larry Arnett. As you know, we spent six years in Russia. I recognize, I believe, the Zelonagrad building. Been there many times. Say Hi to Kent and Janet. We came to Russia the same month that Janet & kids came to stay. Good luck and savor your Russian experience.
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