Good One

8 November 2004
"Well, it was a good day. We had our district meeting this morning, and then we came home and ate. After that, we went to see Галина and she is doing well! Later we went to see Ольга. Se actually listened very closely to what we had to say, and accepted it. Well, things are going well with her, so that makes things better here. Oh yea, tomorrow will be p-day and then Wednesday we will be in Толияты to hear from President Peterson. We just found out about that today, but yeah! We'll see how everything goes!"

Testimonies

7 November 2004
"What an awesome testimony meeting we had today. It was way cool to hear and understand. Моша Михайлова bore her testimony about when she was baptized a year ago. She told that she knows that this church is true. I actually started to cry, but luckily not too bad."

Quiet Day

6 November 2004
"Well, we had a fairly quiet day. We stopped by to people most the day. We met with Слава for a couple minutes, and then also we met with Ангелина, Лидия, и Марина and watched Наследие.

I actually felt better today...I am always tired. No fun! Oh well, what to do? Work!"

Bush

5 November 2004
"What a mood I am in today. I honestly don't know what it is, I just don't feel all that great. I have been tired most the day. We didn't do much, but we did have english lesson. We played American music for them, and it was awesome. It made me think a lot about all my music, and made me miss it, but it was fun to explain to them! Also today, we were in the internet club to plan our lesson, and we found out that Bush won for President. It was way close, but yeah - he'll still be President when I return home. It's crazy how things are here too. It gets dark at 4 or 5 and we have to work. Sometimes it's hard, but the Lord will bless us as we do so! I guess that's all for now, but of course I'll write again tomorrow like always."

Working

4 November 2004
"We went out to Металург to find no one home before coming back for lunch. We met with Ольга and things went well. No arguments like usual, and she seemed to accept what we had to say about pre-earth life. We then went to our meeting with Ольга и Настя. It went fairly well, and the spirit was way strong. We gave Настя a blessing so that she would know what to do. Elder Kirk and I both think that she should not marry the guy, but its not our decision. This is the Lord's work! I love it!"

Australians

3 November 2004
"What an awesome day! We had normal day - p-day, and also we slept well also. We went to Кафе Позэнь - like always that is. Tonight we didn't know what we were going to do, and so we decided we'd call a girl that we met in the internet place - Катя. Well, we met with her and her friend from Australia and some other friends. It was way awesome. We talked all on English, and talked about the Church. Everyone spoke way awesome, and all enjoyed themselves. It was a good night to get to know some new people.

Today I wrote a letter explaining about my mission to future missionaries! Wow, what an awesome feeling. I am really a missionary! It is such an awesome opportunity. I never thought it would come! I love it here!"

Problems

2 November 2004
"Elder Jensen and I were together today. We saw Слава after more then a month of not seeing him. We ate and then we met with Евгения Петровна. She believes that Joseph Smith saw God and Jesus Christ, but can't believe that she should be baptized a 3rd time. Talk about craziness. We had a meeting with Генади и Тамара. They are awesome and we watched conference. Pretty good day!

Also, we found out that Настия had problems. Well, her boyfriend invited her to get married, but he doesn't believe in God. Wow, the problems in Russia. They just need some good guys here, but they can't seem to find them. Well, I hope that all will work out for her! Бог благословит ее!"