We missed our bus but the Book of Mormon is still true.

This very old church right across the street from where our church is located. It's very beautiful and very cool. The fountain lights up at night.

This has been one crazy week! We got transfer texts and I'll be staying here for another transfer. I'm really excited about that. We're also going to have 4 elders in this city now! Me and my companion will be with missionaries new to the area, so they're splitting our companionship.

Me and Elder Pincock cooking one of the greatest meals that a missionary could eat - rice, beans, and chicken.

A random picture Elder Pincock got of me as I brush my teeth - this thing I am holding is buckwheat milk. He thinks it's terrible, but I like it. Basically like almond milk, just very different, and very Ukrainian.

It'll be great to have more missionaries here so that we can do more work. The Lord is gathering Israel and we're so lucky to be a part of this wonderful work!

There's this kind of cool, old bridge around where we live. People around there are kind of grumpy when you contact them though.

Something that was really hard but was a great lesson to learn happened on Thursday. We were trying to go out into the country to visit some less-active member's on their dacha (basically their little farming summer-home). We got to the bus stop and we waited and we waited and the bus never came by. The bus only comes around once an hour, so we were very concerned that maybe we had missed it for some strange reason. We decided that if we caught the next one we would still be fine and all would work out. The safest bet, we decided, would be to hurry off to the bus depot where we could catch the next one right from the start. Right before we got there, we saw the bus we needed leaving. We chased after it and tried to do everything we could but nothing worked. It left without us. Pretty sad. We were both extremely disappointed. To make matters worse, the lesson we had scheduled later in the day then called us and informed us that he had to cancel too. We just went from a day full of things to do to nothing. We were a pretty sad bunch. It was a great opportunity to learn to be happy through everything and helped us realize that the Lord has a plan for us. Random things happened through the day that allowed us to accomplish a lot of work and to have a very productive day. It was a great learning experience (even if I would be glad to never need to go through it again.)

Me just standing on some really strange, very sketchy sidewalk. 

Lots of contacting, lots of working, lots of things to do! I am so grateful to be in the service of our God.

One of the large parks here in Chernigov with a very old church in the background.

It's so comforting to read the Book of Mormon. At times when the mission is hard and I need some extra motivation, I know that I can always look towards the Book of Mormon for help. It has so much power. The cute little primary song "Scripture Power" is a real thing! I promise. And if you want that same sort of power in your own life, just open the Book of Mormon and allow it to strengthen you.

I love you all so much.