Thurs.
Today was Valentine’s Day. We had a lovely surprise. Larissa, they lady that we baptized in Zaporozhe, sent us an email, via the missionaries, to wish us a Happy Valentine’s Day and tell us how much the people there miss us and love us. She also wrote about how she often thinks about the things we taught her and the spirit she felt when she was with us. That is what keeps her strong in the gospel now. It was such a thrill to hear from her and it really made our day. We love Larissa and her family and it is good to know that she has not forgotten us. It made us realize that the work we did was important and so worth the effort we made to be there.
It rained hard today, most of the day. We are not complaining, it helped to cool things off a little. It has been so muggy the last couple of days. I had a feeling a big storm was coming. We were supposed to go with the missionaries from the central district today to check the MQ’s in that area. It was raining so hard that I decided to stay home and let Alan go with them. Only they never showed up. It’s sad when you get stood up by the missionaries! They could have at least called and told us that they weren’t going to make it. Elders!!!~
I used the time to make some banana bars. We have a High Priest party tomorrow night and we are supposed to take a dessert. I don’t know if it was the humidity or the fact that we are cooking at sea level, but they didn’t raise like they should. They tasted good, just the same, so they will have to do. I frosted them with cream cheese frosting, so that should make them tasty.
To finish off the day we went to the temple. We still haven’t been able to buy our own temple clothes but the shipment has arrived from America. We are just waiting for them to get everything unpacked and set out so we can see what is available.
