They have ARRIVED!!!!!

Dear Brother and Sister Johnson,

Sister Steinagel and I were pleased to welcome your son Elder Roger William Johnson, to the best mission in the world, the Ukraine Kyiv Mission. He is well and happy and we are impressed with his enthusiasm and preparation. After he arrived, we took the new missionaries for a brief visit to downtown Kyiv, including a visit to the Prince Volodymyr Statue along the Dnipro River, which is the site where Elder Boyd K. Packer dedicated the land of Ukraine to the preaching of the gospel on September 12, 1991. The missionaries were then taken to dinner and given a good night’s rest. Elder Johnson and I also had a brief interview, I gave him a priesthood blessing, and the assistants gave him a brief orientation to the mission.

This morning Elder Johnson attended a transfer meeting where he met his new companion, Elder Johnson (this is not a type-o!). This afternoon they departed to their new area, which is in Zhytomyr. Trainers are chosen for their competence and dedication, and you can have confidence that your son is in good hands. We have enclosed a photograph of them and myself taken from this morning.

Please know what a privilege it is to work with your son. They’ve now joined the family of missionaries serving here with us, all of whom are committed to build Zion here by helping as many souls as possible to come unto Christ through baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost. It is my prayer that the Lord will sustain Elder Johnson in this new assignment.

You might be interested to know that our missionaries have preparation day on Mondays. On that day they have time to write home and will email you. Please keep in mind that we are nine hours ahead of Utah time.

We welcomed your Elder last evening to Kyiv, Ukraine.  What a fine young man.  Here is some fun information.  Enjoy! 

Sister Park

Ukraine Kyiv Mission Office

Thank you again for sending us your precious missionary.

Sincerely,

President Lane O. Steinagel and Sister Jennefer Steinagel

Ukraine Kyiv Mission (2009)

Year created: February 3, 1992

Number of members: approximately 5000 (10,500 in all of Ukraine)

Number of missionaries: currently 98 younger missionaries, plus eight missionary couple serving

Number of missionary zones: 5

Number of cities where missionaries are serving: 17

Number of wards and branches: 32

Number of stakes: 1 (the Kyiv Stake includes 8 wards, three branches)

Number of member districts: 1 (The Odessa District includes 6 branches)

Number of mission branches: 15

Number of temples: 1

Number of missionary languages: 2

Missionaries are native to 6 countries