Preparing

30 December 2005
"The holiday spirit is kicking in and it is making it hard to work. I had a hard time keeping us focused on work, but it was alright. The hardest part was that there was basically nothing to do. No one could meet with us as they are all getting ready for the New Year, and people didn't want to talk with us a ton, but we managed to work. We had planning this morning, and that went fairly well. We then contacted and stopped by to a few stores. We went to see Afina but she wasn't home. We need to talk with her to tell here we need to postpone the baptism. Well, we then went to the branch where we had a cool concert/play. It was the branch new year party, and they did a good job organizing it. They had the Russian Santa Clause (Дед Мороз) and a big program. We sang a couple of songs there and kind of relaxed. It was fun and really funny.

After the concert, I found out how crazy things are, and that girls have insane emotions. I have noticed how a couple of girls - Маша и Аня always are going for the missionaries attention. Other members notice this, and it is really bothering them. They wish that we would not focus all of our attention on them and we would talk with everyone, and have a good time. I don't know how to talk with our missionaries about it, and get them excited for it. I hope that they will understand where I am coming form, and that they will want to change. Tomorrow we are going to have a lazy day and get ready for New Year's!"