Baptism & Opera

Ira is a lady that is such a sweet lady. She is Jan's age and not married. Her birthday is Aug. 21, 1966. We feel a kinship to her because of this. We were so happy for her. She was baptized last Sat. night. Elder Swiss is the one that baptized her. We even had the font water warm for her. Elder Williams talked them, (those filling it) and asked them to heat it, and amazingly enough they were able to do it. I can't figure out why they don't always do it.
Some gave her flowers, we gave her a card and wrote on it. The sister on the left is the Mother to Lena the one on a mini-mission. She and Ira and the lady in flowered jacket went with us to the Opera Sat. night to celebrate the day. Svitlana Malonos is the one in pink, she is the wife (mother of 4) of Pres. Malonos, a counselor in the Mission Presidency.
Nastya Gnatyshyn is the girl that went with us to the orphanage to translate for us. She is 25 years old, has served a mission here in Ukraine. She spent time here in Lviv while on her mission, she was born in Sumy, in Eastern Ukraine and now is a nanny for some people from England and lives in Kiev. I found out that her and Candice has some of the same questions about life. She is a very strong member of the church.