6 September 2004
"Another day of everything falling through. We ran all over the city today, and all of our appointments fell through. We really ran everywhere. It was definitely a weird day. Hopefully tomorrow we can get some more done.
Things are getting better and better here, so that is a good thing. The Lord has helped me so much. I need to rely on him more - my faith is not as great as it needs to be. I must rely on him more and hope that I will be blessed. I already have been blessed tons. The Lord is my strength!!"
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Alcohol and Candy
5 September 2004
"Once again an itneresting day turned out for us. We had sacrament this morning, and that was awesome. Presidnet Давыдик was there, and he bore his testimony and taught the lesson for the second half. It was awesome. After the meeting, we had several meeting. An interesting one as always was with Лена.
She had some candies (chocolates), and I was eating them. Well, no one had told me that some Russian candy has alcohol, and so I had a nice surprise - actually it was disgusting! I lived so that was nice. It was good to do missionary work again. It makes life a lot better, and time really moves. The work is fun too!"
-- I still remember this experience very vividly. The candy was disgusting and I thought that the candy was rotten at first. Elder Jensen explained to me later when I asked him. I even ate another candy, but broke it open and poured the alcohol out on my plate before eating it, just to be courteous.
"Once again an itneresting day turned out for us. We had sacrament this morning, and that was awesome. Presidnet Давыдик was there, and he bore his testimony and taught the lesson for the second half. It was awesome. After the meeting, we had several meeting. An interesting one as always was with Лена.
She had some candies (chocolates), and I was eating them. Well, no one had told me that some Russian candy has alcohol, and so I had a nice surprise - actually it was disgusting! I lived so that was nice. It was good to do missionary work again. It makes life a lot better, and time really moves. The work is fun too!"
-- I still remember this experience very vividly. The candy was disgusting and I thought that the candy was rotten at first. Elder Jensen explained to me later when I asked him. I even ate another candy, but broke it open and poured the alcohol out on my plate before eating it, just to be courteous.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Conference
4 September 2004
"It was a good conference...We got a lot of good advice, and things to work on. I hope that I can focus more on these things that he talked about. I will work hard on it. As for the rest of the day, here is a quick run down.
We started off by leaving at 5 to go to Kazan. We went by taxi and it was a 5 hour ride. We got there and we started the conference. After the conference, we got interviewed by the President, and then we went to McDonalds. It was good as always. After that, Elder Jensen and I took some pictures in the city, and then went to wait for the train. We were on the train 7 hours, and arrived in Ижевск at 1:30 in the morning. Tomorrow the President will be in Church!"
"It was a good conference...We got a lot of good advice, and things to work on. I hope that I can focus more on these things that he talked about. I will work hard on it. As for the rest of the day, here is a quick run down.
We started off by leaving at 5 to go to Kazan. We went by taxi and it was a 5 hour ride. We got there and we started the conference. After the conference, we got interviewed by the President, and then we went to McDonalds. It was good as always. After that, Elder Jensen and I took some pictures in the city, and then went to wait for the train. We were on the train 7 hours, and arrived in Ижевск at 1:30 in the morning. Tomorrow the President will be in Church!"
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
No More Tags
3 September 2004
"Well, it was another good one today. We really just stopped by to see how people were, and invite them to come on Sunday. English lesson went well, and it was a lot of fun. My eyes are really red, so I think i have an allergy to something.
The other big thing today was we found out that we are not to wear name tags. There has been a lot of terrorism as of late, and they want to just be safe. Just need to pray and the Lord will bless us. Off to Kazan tomorrow for zone conference!!"
"Well, it was another good one today. We really just stopped by to see how people were, and invite them to come on Sunday. English lesson went well, and it was a lot of fun. My eyes are really red, so I think i have an allergy to something.
The other big thing today was we found out that we are not to wear name tags. There has been a lot of terrorism as of late, and they want to just be safe. Just need to pray and the Lord will bless us. Off to Kazan tomorrow for zone conference!!"
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Terrorists
2 September 2004
"Talk about a hard and good day all in one. The Lord knew I needed some humbling today, and so he gave it to me. I had a hard time understanding anything. It just means I need to work harder, and be more humble. Anyhow, it was a good day because Юри committed to baptism today. He really wanted it and so that was awesome. Hopefully all will go well, and he will be baptized as planned.
Other then that, not much happened. We met some good people on the street that will hopefully come to the meetings. We heard a lot about a problem in Moscow - a school taken with terrorists. Talk about insane. Hopefully all will turn out all right for everyone."
"Talk about a hard and good day all in one. The Lord knew I needed some humbling today, and so he gave it to me. I had a hard time understanding anything. It just means I need to work harder, and be more humble. Anyhow, it was a good day because Юри committed to baptism today. He really wanted it and so that was awesome. Hopefully all will go well, and he will be baptized as planned.
Other then that, not much happened. We met some good people on the street that will hopefully come to the meetings. We heard a lot about a problem in Moscow - a school taken with terrorists. Talk about insane. Hopefully all will turn out all right for everyone."
Monday, September 1, 2008
School
1 September 2004
"An interesting day it was today. We had a couple interesting things happen today. We started off by writing home. Once again I didn't get a letter from Meagan. I really hope all is well that way. I will see next week. Also, we wrote to others and relaxed a bit too. Then we began working tonight as we usually do.
We stopped by to a contact, and he wasn't home, but his wife was. Well, after a few minutes, she was offering us wine, and like forcing us to drink. Luckily we didn't have to, and we got out of the situation w/o much of a problem. The other thing was we played uno tonight with Ольга и Аня. Well, it was fun until 4 other girls showed up. It was really awkward to play with them (I am a missionary).
Anyhow, other then that, all is well here. The language is coming and I'm having a good time. The work is awesome. До завтра! Oh yeah, I forgot that it was a big holiday today to go back to school."
"An interesting day it was today. We had a couple interesting things happen today. We started off by writing home. Once again I didn't get a letter from Meagan. I really hope all is well that way. I will see next week. Also, we wrote to others and relaxed a bit too. Then we began working tonight as we usually do.
We stopped by to a contact, and he wasn't home, but his wife was. Well, after a few minutes, she was offering us wine, and like forcing us to drink. Luckily we didn't have to, and we got out of the situation w/o much of a problem. The other thing was we played uno tonight with Ольга и Аня. Well, it was fun until 4 other girls showed up. It was really awkward to play with them (I am a missionary).
Anyhow, other then that, all is well here. The language is coming and I'm having a good time. The work is awesome. До завтра! Oh yeah, I forgot that it was a big holiday today to go back to school."
Sunday, August 31, 2008
31 August 2004
"We had another good one and did a lot. We began the day by making a few quick stop bys to people, but with little success. After lunch, we stopped by to Слава and had a little chat with him. After that, we stopped by to a man here who received a BofM 12 years ago in America. He read the whole thing, but it was a while back. Hopefully all will work out well with him.
We had two good meeting to end the night. We met with Сестра Лидия и Ангелина, and also Марина. Марина starts school tomorrow, and we had the opportunity to give a blessing. It was an awesome thing as always. We then met with Наташа, Моша, и Юлия. They are doing well, and Юлия returned from Самара, so she had lots of fun stories to tell. It was a good meeting. The work is awesome here!! I love the people, they are awesome!"
"We had another good one and did a lot. We began the day by making a few quick stop bys to people, but with little success. After lunch, we stopped by to Слава and had a little chat with him. After that, we stopped by to a man here who received a BofM 12 years ago in America. He read the whole thing, but it was a while back. Hopefully all will work out well with him.
We had two good meeting to end the night. We met with Сестра Лидия и Ангелина, and also Марина. Марина starts school tomorrow, and we had the opportunity to give a blessing. It was an awesome thing as always. We then met with Наташа, Моша, и Юлия. They are doing well, and Юлия returned from Самара, so she had lots of fun stories to tell. It was a good meeting. The work is awesome here!! I love the people, they are awesome!"
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