Dear family and friends, It's finally starting to feel like the time is going too fast. I can't believe we're finished with March and starting into April. That means it's been just about four months since we left home. March was a great month for us, very busy with lots of adventures. But that's just what we do here - have one adventure after another. We are adjusting to this life and we love what we are doing. Even through the tough times we feel so blessed to be working with the missionaries and serving in our humanitarian role. I'm attaching our monthly activity report with a few pictures so you can read and see some of the things we did during the month. We have been reading and learning more and more about the gathering of the lost ten tribes and continue to be amazed that it's happening right here, right now! Last month we had a Patriarch come from Salt Lake to give blessings and again he confirmed that the majority of the people he gave blessings to come from one of the lost ten tribes. For me it's always been something that was going to happen some day, but now that day is here. We're in the middle of it and it's really happening. These new converts are the pioneers who are establishing the Church here in this country and slowly, but surely, it continues to grow. These are very exciting times here. I hope you ALL are preparing your selves to serve a mission one day. It is the most amazing experience and worth all the effort of preparation and sacrifice. The blessings continue to pour in for us and our family and we are so thankful. We love you and pray for each of you every day. Have a wonderful week! Love, The Frosts MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT – MARCH 2011 Elder and Sister Frost – Voronezh HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES Our mission continues to be one big adventure after another, the best part of which is meeting so many wonderful new people. Our first big adventure was going to Kyiv for our first Visa trip. We combined that trip with Employment Training and were blessed to meet the Pincocks from Armenia and the Burrs from Kharkov, Ukraine. We spent five days in Kyiv learning all about the Employment Program and quickly caught on to the enthusiasm and excitement that they have for this program. We invited all of the Senior Couples from the Kyiv Mission, along with President Steinagel, and spent an entire day training with them. We served them lunch, they served us dinner, and we had a wonderful time. During our stay we were so fortunate to attend the Temple there and meet President and Sister Galbraith. What a thrill it was to be in that beautiful Temple and listen to a session in both Russian and English. That was a first for us. We enjoyed seeing some of the historical sites of the city and then flew back to Moscow. Because this was our first Visa trip we weren’t exactly sure of the procedure of switching passports, so we used the wrong one at the wrong time and had a little “hold-up” but we got through. We then stayed in Moscow for another four days and were finally able to meet the Pattersons. What a fun couple they are and doing a great job with this new “very big” job. We trained with them and Dima and spent a day visiting two wheelchair manufacturing companies hoping to find one that will be able to produce enough wheelchairs that we can get some Major Initiative Wheelchair Projects going in Russia. Lucky for us that Dima was there to translate and get first-hand information because he took that back to Salt Lake with him for approval. It was a long but extremely informative and exciting 10 days. Just as a little side note: We thought we did everything we needed to get registered in Moscow but after we returned home to Voronezh we were told that we weren’t registered and had to go back to Kyiv and then re-enter the country again. So we just got home from another two day trip where an ATM machine ate up our personal credit card and we had to have our taxi driver pay our bills for us. We gave him Rubles in exchange for Grivens (not sure about that spelling). Then on our flight home from Moscow, Elder Frost got bumped up to business class so while he sat in the front row and had dinner served to him, I sat in the back and had water. Oh, adventure, adventure! ECCLESIASTICAL This month was full of comings and goings with our missionaries. First we had a darling Sister from our Branch who, after waiting for over 6 months, was finally able to get her Visa and leave to serve her mission at Temple Square. It is so wonderful to see the strength and dedication of these members in our Branch. We love them! We lost one of our missionaries who needed to return home, so his companion – our favorite District Leader- was snatched up by President Woolley to be an office Elder. Then we had transfers and lost another of our Elders but we’re getting three new Elders to join our two Sisters and we will learn to love them quickly and just as much as the others. It’s pretty emotional getting attached to these missionaries and then having them leave every 6 weeks. We love them and we miss them, but if they can do it, so can we! During our training in Moscow we were able to attend a Zone Conference with many of our Districts and President and Sister Woolley. Those are so inspirational and rejuvenating and get us all excited and ready to come back and jump right back into the work. Our Sisters had their first baptism this month and what a thrill to see the smiles on their faces as their investigator was baptized and confirmed. We love this missionary work. We love our missionaries, we love our Branch members and we love working with our new investigators. We are so thankful to be a part of the literal gathering of these lost 10 tribes.