Zone Conference and an exciting weekend

The District

Had an awesome week! Spent the beginning of it in L'viv for Zone Conference, which was super fun. We had interviews with the mission president as soon as we got there. My interview was awesome. I got some hints on what will be happening next transfer but nothing is guaranteed so I won't say anything yet.

Zone Conference was lit!

Spent the first day in L'viv just walking around because it was snowy and just a super good day! Zone Conference itself was awesome. President Kumferman is amazing. He shared some super cool stuff about the Book of Mormon that I have never realized before. The spirit was strong of course and everyone shared coll experiences. I love having conferences especially because we get to talk to all the other missionaries. The missionaries in this mission are outstanding people. The senior couples also put on a thanksgiving dinner for us. Made us feel at home for sure!!

Saturday night we had an elders quorum activity. It started out with what was supposed to be a spiritual THOUGHT but turned into an hour long lesson. But that's OK because everyone liked it and we had a good discussion. After, we watched Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration. Always love watching that movie and I've seen it enough that I actually understand most of it in Ukrainian. One of the members made a bunch of taco meat for the food after. Elder McGrath and I woke up early that morning and made 40 tortillas! Doesn't sound like a lot but it's a lot of work. We are pretty much professional tortilla makers now.

Enjoying dinner at Arsenal Ribs

Yesterday was an amazing sabbath day. The main reason is because one of our investigators came! She said she came just because she wanted to be polite. By the end of church, she stayed for all three hours (LESSS GO!). She kept thanking us for inviting her so many times because she loved it so much. And thank goodness for Vika because she was a super good friend to her and now they are even better friends. So it was a cool experience to have her there yesterday.

But I wanted to finish with a thought kind of related to that. She kept thanking us because we were so persistent. Which made me realize that we should never be afraid to share the gospel with someone multiple times, even when we are turned down the first time. That's a huge thing for missionaries of course but it can be a challenge for everyone! Especially in this Christmas season. Share your love, and more importantly, the Savior's love as much as possible.

I love you all and have an amazing week!

з Любов'ю,
Старійшина Матуа

This is what 40 tortillas looks like

Elders Quorum activity