I am sooo happy to hear that Kirk and Heather were sealed in the temple!!! You all have no idea how much joy i feel right now, knowing that such a choice son and his wife and daughter were sealed together for time and all eternity. I'm so proud of them for pressing through such trials and reaching that ultimate goal of being sealed in the temple. They are such a great example to us all, those who have been sealed and those who havent. I dont know what it is exactly when i heard the great news but it honestly brings so much joy to my heart. This is something we want for every person we talk with on the street and it gets me a little emotional to think that someone in the world made it!! it is honestly kinda hard to explain these great principles but then have them treated as naught each day, things that are so close to the heart. I have been trying to work charity lately, not letting these occurences when people refuse these blessings harden my heart towards them. Your heart just aches when people just shrug it off or even get a little hostile about it. Just the other day we were sign-boarding and i stopped a young lady who was walking with her two little girls. I handed her a brochure that has the picture of Christ with all of the kids and also the family proc. and testimony of apostles. She stopped and paused, looking thoughtfully at it. I began to explain our belief in families living together forever. She said she believed in God and Jesus Christ. She was very kind, smiling and thanking me for the brochure and said she would read. But, as she said goodbye and started to walk away, another women came from behind her taking one glance at us and then at her daughter who was holding one of our brochures. She exploded in anger, snatching it from her daughter's grasp, to which her daughter snatched it back, actually fighting for what she must have felt in her heart was something special. The mother finally won the little battle and stomping over to me handing me the crumpled brochure to me apologizing, probably realizing what she had just done and how immature it was and stomped off again with her daughter in tow. The daughter slowly turned and gave me smile as if to say 'sorry' and left. It was very sad to me to see this happen. It seems that someone actually wanting an eternal life with their family here is rare and not an every day occurence. Families have not yet been recognized such a vital thing to the development of people here. I hope that someday she will see missionaries on the street again, remember what had happened and what she felt and want to know more. Anyways here are some pictures from this last little while. My time is running out so i'll try to hurry and upload them.
Love,
Daniel
Me on one of our member's motorcycles. (Don't worry, I didn't actually drive it, it was just to make Josh jealous of my vehicle. :)
Making home made sharma's with some of the Youth in the Branch on P-day.
Done with conference and off to McDonalds!
Investigator from makevka at district conference.
Factory in our town! yay polution!
Provislavnic Temple
Tank Monument
Ukranian Countryside
