KYLE IS DONE!!! YEAA!!! I know he's been dying to get out haha. He'll do great up at school. It sounds like everyone has been having a great time. My birthday was pretty awesome. President Rasband spoke to us and it was our mission conference! I walked in and everyone sang happy birthday to me...it was way cool. I got a phone call from one of the girls from my area who was in the PMG class and who is now on a mission, at 6:31 am and she (with the other sisters) sang happy birthday to me and its was super funny. Ukrainians are all tone deaf so it was pretty terrible to listen to especially at 6:30 in the morning, but the thought was nice. I haven't had a chance to make my cake yet b/c we've been busy but I will make it and it will taste SO GOOD! I've been living in a 4some right now due to some interesting problems that have happened in my apt...I won't get into detail but everyone is safe and the Lord loves his servants :) Its been fun but I feel like I haven't just had a "normal" companionship where everything is fine...in DAYS! I think you will all be interested to know that I leave to Armenia tomorrow!! for 4 days! Its pretty crazy too, b/c my visa expires on Friday...if I would have left any later...I would have been deported, BUT I'm sure things will all work out. Right now in Donetsk is the Euro Cup 2012 and its been so awesome to see all the people here! today we are going to the stadium where Ukraine will play England tonight and we hope to find some people from England b/c we're so ENGLISH TRUNKY! I go through spurts of being OVER Russian haha. I got to hear from my best friend from BYU today, Aaron, that was so cool. He just finished his time serving and is now getting on with his life. He's been a huge example for me during my mission. I'm so glad our family is close. It makes me sad to see people here that aren't close with their family. Its the coolest thing to see married couples holding hands on the streets! I never see that anymore so when I do, it makes me happy. I've been going through a ton of refiners fire this past week. Its been super hard but very rewarding. its interesting to me that when you give yourself to the Lord, you truly gain everything (especially "humble pie"). I'm so grateful for all of your examples, and testimonies. It honestly helps me so much. I was having a really hard day today to the point of getting teary eyed just before coming to Internet (which hasn't happened on my mission until today). I just feel so inadequate. I feel like nothing ever just works out with me. But after reading emails from everyone and hearing how everyone is doing and hearing your testimonies, I felt your love and felt a ton much better, so thank you for writing me. I look up to you all so much, and I am so proud to call you my family. Anyways, last thing....we had a CRAZY storm roll through. It was by far the most insane storm I have ever seen! We were caught in the rain waiting for a train trolley bus thing on tracks (I don't know what its called in English) and we were soaked. Then one came up, and we started going then the bus thing stopped and the Storm got CRAAAAAAZZZZYYYY!!!! No one knew why everything stopped but we could see anything it was raining so hard and the wind was insane!! we decided to get out and walk home after the rain chilled out. Well, turns out the reason why everything stopped was b/c the storm ripped trees down to the ground. Like electrical wires were owned b/c trees fell on them (big trees) and the roads flooded and everything was covered in branches from trees and things that had been blown off of the roofs, including cement roof tiles...I have never seen anything like it but had we been walking in the middle of it, we honestly would have gotten super hurt. The sky was dark green and it look like something from harry potter with all the lighting and thunder. It was SO COOL! Anyways, thanks again for everything, I love you all so much. I'll try and send some pictures
have a great week!
- Sean
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