Saturday, October 4, 2008

Eating

4 October 2004
"Well, it was a pretty exciting day. Well, at least we ate good today. We had a district meeting, and Watts showed us how to prepare real food. We ate better! Later, we stopped by to Надежда и Настя - they live far away. That was a pretty good meeting. We then stopped by to Ольга quickly and set up an appointment for tomorrow.

We learned that we better eat better because we will work better as missionaries. It just takes a little more time to prepare, but it is worth it! I'm excited to eat better."

-- This is funny because this didn't really happen. Maybe a couple of days, but not overall.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Upended

3 October 2004
"We thought we were headed to Норья for the second week in a row, but it didn't happen. That meant we had nothing planned. We of course had a good meeting, but that was about all. We ate and then tried to stop by to people. No one was home, so we ended up finally just going to Ольга и Настя and giving them a short thought. When we came home, I made tortillas, and they were all right.

I realized what a convenience it is to have conference right there in front of us. Here we don't have the luxury. luckily, we will get to watch it next week - in Russian of course. All is well, I am excited to see some of it. I love hearing from the prophet. What an opportunity!"

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Working Hard

2 October 2004


"A hard working day over with. We were at Парк Кирова this morning and that was fun, but tiring. We cleaned up garbage, and we had like 100 bags of garbage after 2 hours. I picked up more beer bottles than I ever saw in America - that's no lie either. Well, after that we tried to stop by to Слава но его не было. Anyhow, we came home and ate quickly, and then went to вокзал to help Галина. She wasn't there so we ran home for a meeting with Ольга.

Talk about frustrating. Its that субботный день again. She doesn't understand. It's so hard I need the Lord's help with this, so I will do that for sure. He will help her and overcome our frustrations about this."

--Lots of Russian here:
но его не было - no evo ne byila - but he wasn't there/home
вокзал - vokzal - the bus/train station
субботный день - subotni den - sabbath day (seventh day adventist belief that Saturday is the day we should meet).

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The Spirit

1 October 2004
"It was sure a quick one today. We don't have much time at all it seems to me! We had only one meeting today, but that's all we really had time for. Лариса was our one meeting today, and it was a 2nd D. For some reason we couldn't get the spirit there, and so she didn't commit to baptism. After that we had English class, and that went fairly well. We then ended the night by chatting.

I realized what the spirit means in a d. It is the most important thing ever. Wow - the spirit is an awesome tool. We need to work harder to have his influence."

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Sick

30 September 2004
"Elder Kirk didn't feel well at all today...We did have one appointment with Ольга, Настя, и Моша and so that was nice. We had a good time visiting and sharing a short message.

I hope that I won't be sick. It's not fun. Also, I want to always...serve the Lord with all my heart, might, mind, and strength. This is the Lord's work - and it depends on us - 19 and 20 year olds. What a responsibility!"

Monday, September 29, 2008

Family

29 September 2004
"I finally got to write home today, so that was nice. The family is doing well. Meagan didn't write again, but hopefully she will next week. We will hope for it. Also today, we were on the рынок. It was crazy busy. We also ate at our restaurant like always.

Tonight we had a visit with Ольга и Аня и Катя. It was a good one to get to know them much better. We also talked about family, and it made me realize that I love my family tons, and I loved doing scripture study with them. What a great strength they are to me! I am grateful to them for all that they do! I love them so much!"

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Busy

28 September 2004
"Time is not enough here. We had 3 meetings with people today and wanted to have another. We met with Галина - deaf woman this morning, and that was crazy. I don't know any sign language, so it was plenty hard, but good to meet with her. After lunch we met with Лариса for a short time. She is doing well, but was unable to read with work. We will return and give a good lesson to her on Friday.

We then had a short meeting with Elder Jensen as it was his b-day. We ended the night with a short lesson with Лидия, Ангелина, и Марина. It was good to be with them as is always the case. I love the people here They are absolutely awesome. Also, the weather has turned gloomy. Its always dark outside. It is crazy. I like it, but it is also making me tired. All is well. I love the work and I love life here."