Our Perfect Missionaries

Last Tuesday our 6 district missionaries were rewarded for their 3 weeks of observance and love for the guidelines of the mission with a culture night. They are super missionaries but for 3 weeks they were "perfect". They chose the opening night of the Bolshoi opera.  Through the efforts of a wonderful friend in the area office, tickets were obtained at a nominal cost.  We hosted them at a Russian restaurant and the evening was memorable.  Beautiful warm Moscow night. The opera, "The Queen of Spades" by Tchaikovsky,  was beyond beautiful.  Of course very few opera plots make a whole lot of sense but the sets were creative and sumptuous, the music was glorious, and these wonderful missionaries were, as always, inspiring with their goodness and joy.  We had to say goodbye to 2 of them that night as they were transferred on Thursday.  We love these precious representatives of the Lord.

We experience daily the sustaining power of the spirit in doing what we can to help this beautiful gospel to come into the hearts and minds of the young people in East Europe.  Our focus is to help them come to Christ and we are united with dedicated missionaries, leaders, and coordinators who love and serve the youth.  We are spending more time at our desks than we anticipated but we know this is where we can serve best now.  Our missionaries all over this wide expanse are doing admirable work.  We try hard to encourage them, hold their  hands, come up with ideas, counsel when needed and applaud a lot.  

We are finding that we wiser, more knowledgeable and insightful than we really are .  We know this isn't really us, we are only tools for the Lord to bless others.  Our "tender mercy" list is updated daily, sometimes hourly. We are given what we need for that moment.

 There are no coincidences.  We are blessed and are more grateful than we can ever express.  I'm attaching a picture of a conference with the coordinators from 13 different countries.  What faithful, talented, loving priesthood holders. All wise beyond their years. The church in East Europe is in great

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We are well, happy and grateful.