Hey Family!!!
That made me way excited when i heard about Dad's missionary experience. I find that more and more in the work here. That when we are out serving and working our hardest or just being the best examples we can be, the Lord places people in our paths when we least expect it. They almost seem really random sometimes, just as it must have been for Dad in the middle of that meeting. That is so great and i hope all goes well with that new investigator. This week we have seen many blessings once again seemingly come out of the wood-works. This week we worked constantly, trying to do our best to always open our mouths on the streets and wherever we were. We didnt recieve any new investigators but the Lord blessed us and helped us find two investigators that hadnt been contacted for 9 years both in one night. They both seem to have changed and have great potential. We are excited for them. We also, for the first time, got into the home of our past, inactive branch president. He was thrilled to have us there and it was great for his family. Missionaries havent been able to get into them for a long time so this was certainly a blessing. We also just happened to stumble upon a less active babushka(grandma) we've been looking for this whole transfer and finally found her sweeping outside a bus we just happened to be getting out of. I know the Lord is blessing us for our efforts! We also had our young investigator girl Dasha come to church with her grandmother and she had a great time. She is doing great and will be baptized as soon as she gets her parents permission which has been holding her back. I had the chance to go play in the primary after gospel principles which was so great! its so much fun to go and play and listen to them sing. They were learning the song "What child is This", a favorite here in ukraine. It was really funny because when we had finished and i got up to leave, a teacher knew that i had recieved a transfer call and will be leaving this thursday and said that they would remember me when they all sing in the upcoming months. That was very nice of here to say and i thanked for it and then turned to the children to hear one of the sons of the old branch president say that he was sad because I was his best friend. To this all of the other children that i've met with started to protest saying, "im his best friend!" the primary was in an uproar and it was really cute. Needless to say i got out of there pretty quick!:) It was really touching to here them all say that and it taught me a good lesson about how children show their love is a good example of how we can show ours. They are so honest and innocent and you know they mean it by the way they say it. Though its far down the road, it made me just that much more excited to be back with all of you and then on to starting my own family. I really enjoyed the conference talk either is this last conference or the one before about being as children. Their is alot of truth to that and i'm thankful for so many that are examples to us all. Well, thats it for now. I recieved a transfer call which means i will be leaving my area this thursday so next time i write i will be in a new place. Its always exciting but a little nerve racking so please include me in your prayers!:) Love you all! Have a great week!!
With Love,
Elder Ostler
That made me way excited when i heard about Dad's missionary experience. I find that more and more in the work here. That when we are out serving and working our hardest or just being the best examples we can be, the Lord places people in our paths when we least expect it. They almost seem really random sometimes, just as it must have been for Dad in the middle of that meeting. That is so great and i hope all goes well with that new investigator. This week we have seen many blessings once again seemingly come out of the wood-works. This week we worked constantly, trying to do our best to always open our mouths on the streets and wherever we were. We didnt recieve any new investigators but the Lord blessed us and helped us find two investigators that hadnt been contacted for 9 years both in one night. They both seem to have changed and have great potential. We are excited for them. We also, for the first time, got into the home of our past, inactive branch president. He was thrilled to have us there and it was great for his family. Missionaries havent been able to get into them for a long time so this was certainly a blessing. We also just happened to stumble upon a less active babushka(grandma) we've been looking for this whole transfer and finally found her sweeping outside a bus we just happened to be getting out of. I know the Lord is blessing us for our efforts! We also had our young investigator girl Dasha come to church with her grandmother and she had a great time. She is doing great and will be baptized as soon as she gets her parents permission which has been holding her back. I had the chance to go play in the primary after gospel principles which was so great! its so much fun to go and play and listen to them sing. They were learning the song "What child is This", a favorite here in ukraine. It was really funny because when we had finished and i got up to leave, a teacher knew that i had recieved a transfer call and will be leaving this thursday and said that they would remember me when they all sing in the upcoming months. That was very nice of here to say and i thanked for it and then turned to the children to hear one of the sons of the old branch president say that he was sad because I was his best friend. To this all of the other children that i've met with started to protest saying, "im his best friend!" the primary was in an uproar and it was really cute. Needless to say i got out of there pretty quick!:) It was really touching to here them all say that and it taught me a good lesson about how children show their love is a good example of how we can show ours. They are so honest and innocent and you know they mean it by the way they say it. Though its far down the road, it made me just that much more excited to be back with all of you and then on to starting my own family. I really enjoyed the conference talk either is this last conference or the one before about being as children. Their is alot of truth to that and i'm thankful for so many that are examples to us all. Well, thats it for now. I recieved a transfer call which means i will be leaving my area this thursday so next time i write i will be in a new place. Its always exciting but a little nerve racking so please include me in your prayers!:) Love you all! Have a great week!!
With Love,
Elder Ostler
