Xристос воскрес

Long overdue apartment cleaning 

Not a whole lot happened this week but it was of course a good one. Elder Petersen and I are having a lot of fun and getting a lot done. The only bad thing is I don't have a lot to write about and I didn't take any pictures sooooooo sorry mom!

We had exchanges this week with Khmelnytskiy. I got to spend another day with Elder Swasey, which is always fun. We had a good time and got to talk about a lot. He doesn't have much time left on his mission so he is working super, super hard to finish strong and it was cool to watch. We met with a guy from Egypt named Eyad (don't worry I don't know how to say that either). It was a really good lesson. He is young but very attentive and so interested in learning more. He is pretty strict to his Muslim background but he loved what we had to share and he agreed with all of our thoughts and added his own.

We have had some AMAZING weather here in Chernivtsi. It was like 70's. So nice. The only bad thing is the rain that keeps coming out of nowhere. We will be walking outside without a cloud in the sky, go inside for 10 minutes and then walk out and it is pouring rain. But I'm not complaining because without it, I sweat way too much. We just couldn't believe we are wearing short sleeve shorts again.

My ghetto desk in the apartment LOL!

Everyone here celebrated Easter on the 28th of April, well technically it's like from the 26th to the 30th, I don't even know because Ukrainians celebrate anything and everything. Everyone at church was in good spirits though because it was a big holiday for them. One of the biggest here in Ukraine.

Every time we talked with someone today they said "Xристос воскрес" which means "Christ is risen", and then you are supposed to respond with " воістину воскрес" which means "For the truth has risen". I thought that was so cool! So I'll leave you with that today.


Love you all,
Elder Kenyon Matua