6 MONTHS BABYYYY
This week I hit my 6-month mark! Wow the time has flown by so fast and it just makes me realize how short a time we have on the mission and we have to use it to its fullest!
In other news, transfer calls came and IM LEAVING PECHERSKY! I'm going to Nova Darnitsya which is still in Kyiv but about an hour and a half away from where I am now. And I'm going to be in a TRIO! I'll be serving with Sister Flake who I was in the MTC with and Sister Pixton who is also from Utah. It will be a very fun Christmas! It is so hard to leave Pechersky though and all of the amazing people but I'm excited for a new adventure!
This week we had some fun experiences. We went to a members house, Sestra Vika, and showed her how to make Americanski Pachenki (American cookies). She loved it and ended up writing recipes for all kinds of American treats from my recipe book from home. That night we went to a babushka's house who is just the sweetest angel ever but is very old and frail. We brought her banana bread but she forgot what it was and assumed it was butter and so she brought us out bread, a knife, and tea to enjoy with our home-churned butter. Let's just say banana bread is good on top of wheat bread.
On Saturday we went to Percherska Lavra (the big cathedral/tourist attraction here) with the Relief Society and Luda and Timo! It was a long two-hour tour in the freezing cold in a language we don't understand but Timo kept us entertained. We went down into catacombs and had to cover our heads and carried candles and saw ancient dead people's hands! It was pretty crazy. It was totally nilzya (not allowed) to take photos but our favorite recent convert Mariana didn't care at all and snapped some bomb sneaky photos for us hahah. It's not breaking the rules if she does it for us, right?
Sunday I got to bear a quick testimony and enjoy the adorable Primary program. That's all that is new over here in Ukraine! Love you all and have a great week!
Love,
Cectpa Daines
Pictures:
1. Vika! The cutest 18-year-old recent convert ever.
2. LUDA AND TIMO!!!
3. Zoloti Vorota (Golden gates, but not like the bridge haha)
4. Baking cookies with sister Vika
5. District escape room
6. We got to go to the temple this week! We are so lucky to have a temple in our mission!
7. Across the Dnieper River is where my next area will be!