31 October 2005
"I am really training my replacement. It is sure a weird feeling. I don’t know how much I like it, but I guess that is part of my job. We got in a great deal of studying this morning and I learned a bit about the gifts of the spirits. I wish I could have studied a little more, but I will find some more time later. We had time to then get out and contact that went well. I was with Elder Pantone, and we walked around and had a good time chatting with everyone.
Once we got to the office, things went well. I showed Elder Nava what I do and we got all the statistics typed in. He got it done after a while, but it was a bit of a slow process. We then had собрание округа and that was way cool. I love to be with the district, and it is always a lot of fun. We did a lot of practice and all in all it went well. We finished and then we went back to work. We started to get things ready for the departing missionaries and that took a while. We grabbed a quick bite to eat and then we worked some more. By about 6 we were gone and we walked for a while and just talked. That went well, and then we decided to knock. Elder Nava was scared a bit, but in all, we had a good time. We then walked home, and now we are home. Elder Nava will do great here. I am excited for him, and glad that he is here on my place!"
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Great Missionary
30 October 2005
"It was sure an interesting day. We have my replacement here – Elder Nava. He is a great guy. What a great missionary he is. He will do awesome here. We went early this morning to дом учения where we had conference. It was awesome, and we had a really good time listening to President Peiper again and he is such an awesome guy. He has such a wonderful spirit, and he always is ready to help. We sang in the choir, and that went way awesome. We sang great, and the spirit was super strong. I loved to sing and that was good.
After the conference, we sat around for a bit and that went really well. I talked with people, and then we finally left after waiting for a long time. We had a good time at the office, sitting, eating, and chatting. All in all it went good, and then we got out of there. I was with Elder Nava and we attempted to contact a bit, but that didn’t go too well. We went to see Вячеслав and he is doing well, and having a real good time with him. I realized what a good missionary Elder Nava is and I am shocked at his ability to teach. I wish that I could be as good of a missionary as he is. He is such a great guy. I hope that I can become a lot better missionary. Right now is hard, but I think it will be better. I hope at least…"
"It was sure an interesting day. We have my replacement here – Elder Nava. He is a great guy. What a great missionary he is. He will do awesome here. We went early this morning to дом учения where we had conference. It was awesome, and we had a really good time listening to President Peiper again and he is such an awesome guy. He has such a wonderful spirit, and he always is ready to help. We sang in the choir, and that went way awesome. We sang great, and the spirit was super strong. I loved to sing and that was good.
After the conference, we sat around for a bit and that went really well. I talked with people, and then we finally left after waiting for a long time. We had a good time at the office, sitting, eating, and chatting. All in all it went good, and then we got out of there. I was with Elder Nava and we attempted to contact a bit, but that didn’t go too well. We went to see Вячеслав and he is doing well, and having a real good time with him. I realized what a good missionary Elder Nava is and I am shocked at his ability to teach. I wish that I could be as good of a missionary as he is. He is such a great guy. I hope that I can become a lot better missionary. Right now is hard, but I think it will be better. I hope at least…"
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Another Conference
29 October 2005
"I am ready to leave but I am not. One of the hardest things for me is to get the desire to work as I know that I will be leaving. Today we didn't have a lot of work as it was preparation day. We wrote home first things this morning, and that went well. The family is doing well, and there is not a ton going on at home. It was nice to write home before we went to the Lunt’s house and had a nice meal with them, and I love them a ton. They are such wonderful and nice people. We then went out to Книжный Рынок and bought a couple DVDs and that was cool. We quickly came home, gathered all our stuff and then went out to the branch building in order to meet for choir. Well, that wasn’t too great, and then we had district conference, which was awesome. President Peiper is a great guy and he speaks so well. He talked about love and sacrifice and how it relates to faith. He talked about how we need to be ready always to help others. After conference we stopped by to the store and bought our stuff for the week."
"I am ready to leave but I am not. One of the hardest things for me is to get the desire to work as I know that I will be leaving. Today we didn't have a lot of work as it was preparation day. We wrote home first things this morning, and that went well. The family is doing well, and there is not a ton going on at home. It was nice to write home before we went to the Lunt’s house and had a nice meal with them, and I love them a ton. They are such wonderful and nice people. We then went out to Книжный Рынок and bought a couple DVDs and that was cool. We quickly came home, gathered all our stuff and then went out to the branch building in order to meet for choir. Well, that wasn’t too great, and then we had district conference, which was awesome. President Peiper is a great guy and he speaks so well. He talked about love and sacrifice and how it relates to faith. He talked about how we need to be ready always to help others. After conference we stopped by to the store and bought our stuff for the week."
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Conference - President Peiper
28 October 2005
"Today was way awesome. We had a ton of success, and President Peiper made it in for his conference with us today. We left early through the snow this morning and went to the church. Well, we thought that conference was suppose to start at 10 but there had been a last minute change and we didn't start until 11. Well, we had a way awesome conference, and we found out how well President Peiper really does speak. He talked to us a ton about our role in the plan of salvation and how we learned the things we are learning now before this life. We know the people that we are meeting now before this life, and we prepared for this! It was crazy to thing about and it was a way awesome conference. We got flu shots after the conference and that was good. We then chilled there for a bit and had a good time chatting with all the missionaries. We then had english lesson and that was pretty cool. I was chatting with Sister Чалимова and Фамичева and they wanted me to do english. Well, I taught the beginning group, and at was with Elder Nance and Lamber and we stopped by to Надежда, Ваня, и Вася. That went really good, and they said that they would read and pray. Well, they told us that Elder Umina was lost and so we had to go to the APs and then we came home when we found out that he had been found. Its bed time now thought."
"Today was way awesome. We had a ton of success, and President Peiper made it in for his conference with us today. We left early through the snow this morning and went to the church. Well, we thought that conference was suppose to start at 10 but there had been a last minute change and we didn't start until 11. Well, we had a way awesome conference, and we found out how well President Peiper really does speak. He talked to us a ton about our role in the plan of salvation and how we learned the things we are learning now before this life. We know the people that we are meeting now before this life, and we prepared for this! It was crazy to thing about and it was a way awesome conference. We got flu shots after the conference and that was good. We then chilled there for a bit and had a good time chatting with all the missionaries. We then had english lesson and that was pretty cool. I was chatting with Sister Чалимова and Фамичева and they wanted me to do english. Well, I taught the beginning group, and at was with Elder Nance and Lamber and we stopped by to Надежда, Ваня, и Вася. That went really good, and they said that they would read and pray. Well, they told us that Elder Umina was lost and so we had to go to the APs and then we came home when we found out that he had been found. Its bed time now thought."
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Fog
27 October 2005
"Russian winter has started! We are going to be super dirty of course as that is part of the deal. Things are good and there was a bit of snow that is all melting. That makes everything super dirty. We went out and contacted this morning in spite of the fact that it was dirty, and although nothing major went for us, we had a good time. I printed some pictures on the roll of film that I just finished, so that is cool. We got into the office super late, and we started orientation immediately. That went well, and then I ran and did all my stuff. We got to eat with President and with the Gunnells and that was awesome. Elder Nance thought he could out eat me and he told Sister Davidik that we was able to eat a lot and was proving it. She laughed, pointed at me, and said that this is a big eater. We all had a good laugh, and I was proud!
After dinner we dealt with all the problems of fog. We have 2 missionaries in Moscow that should be coming back but have been sitting in the airport like 12 hours because no flights are coming into Samara. President Pieper of the Area Presidency should be coming to a conference tomorrow too, but he is also sitting in Moscow – it is bad because we have half of the mission coming down for this. We went to choir and that went well. We had a prayer to pray for the fog to go away, and that was awesome. The spirit was so strong. We are home now, and I have a feeling it will be a busy night working things out. We shall see, and are hoping for the best!"
"Russian winter has started! We are going to be super dirty of course as that is part of the deal. Things are good and there was a bit of snow that is all melting. That makes everything super dirty. We went out and contacted this morning in spite of the fact that it was dirty, and although nothing major went for us, we had a good time. I printed some pictures on the roll of film that I just finished, so that is cool. We got into the office super late, and we started orientation immediately. That went well, and then I ran and did all my stuff. We got to eat with President and with the Gunnells and that was awesome. Elder Nance thought he could out eat me and he told Sister Davidik that we was able to eat a lot and was proving it. She laughed, pointed at me, and said that this is a big eater. We all had a good laugh, and I was proud!
After dinner we dealt with all the problems of fog. We have 2 missionaries in Moscow that should be coming back but have been sitting in the airport like 12 hours because no flights are coming into Samara. President Pieper of the Area Presidency should be coming to a conference tomorrow too, but he is also sitting in Moscow – it is bad because we have half of the mission coming down for this. We went to choir and that went well. We had a prayer to pray for the fog to go away, and that was awesome. The spirit was so strong. We are home now, and I have a feeling it will be a busy night working things out. We shall see, and are hoping for the best!"
Monday, October 26, 2009
Basketball Game
26 October 2005
"Today was way sweet. We had a really good day, and there was a lot going on. We started the day by playing some football and we saw the first snow of the winter. We played with about 10 elders and I was sure tired after. As we were leaving, we got a call from President telling us that the Gunnells had flown in. We had been expecting them to come in next Friday and so they went and picked them up, and all worked out. Well, nothing had come from Salt Lake informing us of their arrival, so we were super shocked. Well, we got to the office, and got things worked out of them. We also worked on some other small things before we had a meeting with Tom. That went great. The spirit was very strong and Лариса was there with us which was awesome. She has such a strong testimony, and she speaks so awesome on English. She bore her testimony about how she was converted, and it was way sweet. Well, after the meeting we ran back here to change and then were off to Патио to eat. We had really good lasagna there, and Caesar salad. I really loved it, and it tasted so good. We were there with our district and the zone leaders. We then went to a basketball game that was way sweet. It was great to be there, and it was even better that Samara won. It was way cool and I am losing my voice from it. All is well, and now we are super tired. I am going to crash. What an awesome day!"
"Today was way sweet. We had a really good day, and there was a lot going on. We started the day by playing some football and we saw the first snow of the winter. We played with about 10 elders and I was sure tired after. As we were leaving, we got a call from President telling us that the Gunnells had flown in. We had been expecting them to come in next Friday and so they went and picked them up, and all worked out. Well, nothing had come from Salt Lake informing us of their arrival, so we were super shocked. Well, we got to the office, and got things worked out of them. We also worked on some other small things before we had a meeting with Tom. That went great. The spirit was very strong and Лариса was there with us which was awesome. She has such a strong testimony, and she speaks so awesome on English. She bore her testimony about how she was converted, and it was way sweet. Well, after the meeting we ran back here to change and then were off to Патио to eat. We had really good lasagna there, and Caesar salad. I really loved it, and it tasted so good. We were there with our district and the zone leaders. We then went to a basketball game that was way sweet. It was great to be there, and it was even better that Samara won. It was way cool and I am losing my voice from it. All is well, and now we are super tired. I am going to crash. What an awesome day!"
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Our Reactions
25 October 2005
"A fairly quiet day just passed by. We didn't do a ton in the way of work, but we stayed busy. This morning we went to the office after preparing a lesson for Tom tomorrow. In the office, I got all my things printed off for MEC, and then we started that. We had a great time there, and we talked about everything. There is a ton going on, and with transfers in a week, it is insane. There are problems as always, but that is always the case. The thing is that things will be better. I got my calendar all set up, and so things are good with that, and I also fixed President's problems. What a joy it was to be there.
After MEC we ate lunch, and that was tasty. We ate пелмены that we had fried with cheese, mayo, and ketchup. I think my Mom would die if she knew that I was eating these things. The most important part is that it was really tasty. I then worked on some random odd jobs that I had to take care of. One of the main things was to get a map of Moscow for an elder who lost his passport who will be going there. We worked until we left at about 5:45 to FHE.
That went really awesome, and I really enjoyed it. We talked about having freedom of how we react to our problems. We may not be free to choose how things will be, but we will always choose how we will react. I thought about how when I came here to the office and how we had nothing. We could have easily just died and no one would have noticed. We often talked about how no one looked over us or worried about us. But for some reason we decided to work, and we decided to try even though we had little. We made such an awesome choice, and I am super happy that we did. I know that the way we reacted greatly blessed us.
Well, tonight I will sleep good, and we hope that tomorrow will go well. I love it here. I will sure miss it a ton!"
"A fairly quiet day just passed by. We didn't do a ton in the way of work, but we stayed busy. This morning we went to the office after preparing a lesson for Tom tomorrow. In the office, I got all my things printed off for MEC, and then we started that. We had a great time there, and we talked about everything. There is a ton going on, and with transfers in a week, it is insane. There are problems as always, but that is always the case. The thing is that things will be better. I got my calendar all set up, and so things are good with that, and I also fixed President's problems. What a joy it was to be there.
After MEC we ate lunch, and that was tasty. We ate пелмены that we had fried with cheese, mayo, and ketchup. I think my Mom would die if she knew that I was eating these things. The most important part is that it was really tasty. I then worked on some random odd jobs that I had to take care of. One of the main things was to get a map of Moscow for an elder who lost his passport who will be going there. We worked until we left at about 5:45 to FHE.
That went really awesome, and I really enjoyed it. We talked about having freedom of how we react to our problems. We may not be free to choose how things will be, but we will always choose how we will react. I thought about how when I came here to the office and how we had nothing. We could have easily just died and no one would have noticed. We often talked about how no one looked over us or worried about us. But for some reason we decided to work, and we decided to try even though we had little. We made such an awesome choice, and I am super happy that we did. I know that the way we reacted greatly blessed us.
Well, tonight I will sleep good, and we hope that tomorrow will go well. I love it here. I will sure miss it a ton!"
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