13 February 2006
"Today was an insane day. We had some crazy meeting. So this morning, we went contacting and had quite a bit of luck. We talked with several people, and it felt awesome to finally be out contacting again. We headed out to the other elder;s house where we had собрание округа which went pretty good. We had some good practice there, and learned a lot. After собрание округа, we ate as a district, and then we went on splits. I am with Elder Boster here in our area. Well, this is when all the fun really started. We decided to stop by an inactive member, and she is interesting. She led the lesson basically and wouldn't really let us say a word. I made the mistake of telling her that we were headed to see a lady that she knows. She invited herself there. She insisted that to pray you must stand (that's a first for me on my mission), and she wanted to only read from the Bible. We were at Любовь Заря's place with her, and also Анна Ф was with us. It was alright, but we couldn't really teach. We finally got out of there, and had a good laugh. We then went to a meeting with Шавкат and that was interesting as always. He talked a lot about nothing and we were confused. He is also an interesting guy and has a lot to say."
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Changed
12 February 2006
"Today was a decent day. We had sacrament meeting this morning, and that was good. Владик was there as usual, and so was Раиса. We enjoyed the meeting, and it was a good time. After that, we stopped by to Алексей Гладков's and took some papers that need to go to Samara. We came home, and we made ourselves some decent food. We chilled around for a little bit and then we went to Андре's place. We had a little spiritual thought with them, and then we helped Андре out with his computer. That was basically all we did today. Tonight, I talked with Elder Schwab for awhile, and things went well that way. He is a good AP and I like to chat about how things use to be. It was way fun. Also, I have been trying to help Тома but she is trying to avoid me. That is not cool, and I will get through to her soon enough.
It is interesting to think how much I have changed on my mission, and how much I have grown. I talked with Schwab about it today, and we had a good time remembering what we use to be like. This truly is a wonderful time to learn and to grow. My mission has truly blessed my life."
"Today was a decent day. We had sacrament meeting this morning, and that was good. Владик was there as usual, and so was Раиса. We enjoyed the meeting, and it was a good time. After that, we stopped by to Алексей Гладков's and took some papers that need to go to Samara. We came home, and we made ourselves some decent food. We chilled around for a little bit and then we went to Андре's place. We had a little spiritual thought with them, and then we helped Андре out with his computer. That was basically all we did today. Tonight, I talked with Elder Schwab for awhile, and things went well that way. He is a good AP and I like to chat about how things use to be. It was way fun. Also, I have been trying to help Тома but she is trying to avoid me. That is not cool, and I will get through to her soon enough.
It is interesting to think how much I have changed on my mission, and how much I have grown. I talked with Schwab about it today, and we had a good time remembering what we use to be like. This truly is a wonderful time to learn and to grow. My mission has truly blessed my life."
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Exhausted
11 February 2006
"I don't really know how to explain the day. I am absolutely exhausted as we walked a ton and played hard tonight. Well, this morning started out slow and we didn't have much to do. We sat and thought for a bit what we should do and we finally went to stop by some addresses, and contact a little. Well we found out a lot about several of the members in our area, but none of them were home or else they had moved. We didn't have a whole lot of success, but it was good to get out and do something. We bought some meat and came home to eat some stir fry. That was good, but I ate way too much and was hurting after that. We went and walked around a bit with some contacts, and chatted with them a little bit about the church, but they were more interested to just chat and not find out about the church. Well, we finished that and then we went to собрание миссионеров which was alright besides there was very few people. We headed off to sports night where we had a sweet time. We played some b-ball and I was absolutely dead tired after that. I could barely move and so went and lifted some weights which I haven't done in a long time. Now we are home, and I want to sleep. Tomorrow we hope will be a good day, and that we will do a lot."
"I don't really know how to explain the day. I am absolutely exhausted as we walked a ton and played hard tonight. Well, this morning started out slow and we didn't have much to do. We sat and thought for a bit what we should do and we finally went to stop by some addresses, and contact a little. Well we found out a lot about several of the members in our area, but none of them were home or else they had moved. We didn't have a whole lot of success, but it was good to get out and do something. We bought some meat and came home to eat some stir fry. That was good, but I ate way too much and was hurting after that. We went and walked around a bit with some contacts, and chatted with them a little bit about the church, but they were more interested to just chat and not find out about the church. Well, we finished that and then we went to собрание миссионеров which was alright besides there was very few people. We headed off to sports night where we had a sweet time. We played some b-ball and I was absolutely dead tired after that. I could barely move and so went and lifted some weights which I haven't done in a long time. Now we are home, and I want to sleep. Tomorrow we hope will be a good day, and that we will do a lot."
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Date
10 February 2006
"Talk about a crazy day. We ran all over the place, and we have an investigator with a baptismal date! That is right - we set the date for Владик on the 25th but it might get changed. Илья was with us and he helped out a bit. Владик told him, "Elder Tenney baptize me" He has a really strong pull to me, and I love the guy to death, but I am afraid that the will get too attached to me. He is an awesome guy, and he wants to know the truth. I love ending the night with meeting with him.
This morning we had our planning session as usual and that went well, and we hope that we can help all of our investigators. We then went and payed for an apartment, and went to the other elder's house where we ate terribly. We went with Sister Макарова and we rented another apartment for the two elders there as their landlady likes to drink and party and yeah. We sat and worked on the contract for awhile and then we finally took off. We wanted to meet with Шавкат but they were not home. We stopped home and then went to see Владик.
When we were home, I pulled out some of my mission pictures, and realized how much I have grown and learned on my mission. It is a little painful - I miss the places and the people - to look back, and wish that I could return. I must continue on, and work hard to finish my mission."
"Talk about a crazy day. We ran all over the place, and we have an investigator with a baptismal date! That is right - we set the date for Владик on the 25th but it might get changed. Илья was with us and he helped out a bit. Владик told him, "Elder Tenney baptize me" He has a really strong pull to me, and I love the guy to death, but I am afraid that the will get too attached to me. He is an awesome guy, and he wants to know the truth. I love ending the night with meeting with him.
This morning we had our planning session as usual and that went well, and we hope that we can help all of our investigators. We then went and payed for an apartment, and went to the other elder's house where we ate terribly. We went with Sister Макарова and we rented another apartment for the two elders there as their landlady likes to drink and party and yeah. We sat and worked on the contract for awhile and then we finally took off. We wanted to meet with Шавкат but they were not home. We stopped home and then went to see Владик.
When we were home, I pulled out some of my mission pictures, and realized how much I have grown and learned on my mission. It is a little painful - I miss the places and the people - to look back, and wish that I could return. I must continue on, and work hard to finish my mission."
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Good One
9 February 2006
"We had a crazy day running all over the place. We were starting the day out by having almost nothing, but everything worked out for us. We went to see Баба Женя this morning and she is a cool grandma. She showed us a ton of pictures and that was cool to see all the former missionaries that served here. We talked a little about missionary work with her, and she is always trying to serve other and do missionary work. Well, Аня Ф. was with us and that went well. We ran home to eat and then to Баба Нина's place where we talked a bit about faith. She is doing well, and is fairly happy today. I hope that she will continue to come to church, and keep her commitments. We then went to Afina's place, and had a decent time there. She is doing better, and she came with us to youth night, so that was cool. Youth night was ok, but nothing all that great. There was few people there, but we made it fun. We played a lot of games, and enjoyed ourselves that way. We finished that and then came home. We ate some sandwiches and now we are getting ready for bed. I am a little sick, but nothing major. Off to another day tomorrow."
"We had a crazy day running all over the place. We were starting the day out by having almost nothing, but everything worked out for us. We went to see Баба Женя this morning and she is a cool grandma. She showed us a ton of pictures and that was cool to see all the former missionaries that served here. We talked a little about missionary work with her, and she is always trying to serve other and do missionary work. Well, Аня Ф. was with us and that went well. We ran home to eat and then to Баба Нина's place where we talked a bit about faith. She is doing well, and is fairly happy today. I hope that she will continue to come to church, and keep her commitments. We then went to Afina's place, and had a decent time there. She is doing better, and she came with us to youth night, so that was cool. Youth night was ok, but nothing all that great. There was few people there, but we made it fun. We played a lot of games, and enjoyed ourselves that way. We finished that and then came home. We ate some sandwiches and now we are getting ready for bed. I am a little sick, but nothing major. Off to another day tomorrow."
Monday, February 8, 2010
8 February 2006
"Today I just about had a mental break down. These girls - Маша и Аня - are driving me crazy. We wrote home, and all is going well there. I wrote a little less than usual, but with the new rules, all is well. My little bro got baptized so that was the really good news. I was happy to see some of the pictures. We had English tonight, and that went pretty decent, and we had several students. Later, we sang, and that was fun and now we are chilling.
The best news today was that we cleaned the joint up, and it looks great here. We cleaned a ton up, and I can live here now without problems. We bought food for the week and although it is cold (-30C) we will eat well this week. I have to plan something to do, or we won't do anything tomorrow. Off to work I go!"
"Today I just about had a mental break down. These girls - Маша и Аня - are driving me crazy. We wrote home, and all is going well there. I wrote a little less than usual, but with the new rules, all is well. My little bro got baptized so that was the really good news. I was happy to see some of the pictures. We had English tonight, and that went pretty decent, and we had several students. Later, we sang, and that was fun and now we are chilling.
The best news today was that we cleaned the joint up, and it looks great here. We cleaned a ton up, and I can live here now without problems. We bought food for the week and although it is cold (-30C) we will eat well this week. I have to plan something to do, or we won't do anything tomorrow. Off to work I go!"
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Turnaround
7 February 2006
"I have to say that today was one of the most interesting days of my mission. We had some way interesting and great blessings come to us today. I thought that it wasn't going to be that great of a day, but it went really well. We started as always with a really good study, and we planned all that would be. We started off with Раиса, and we thought that it was going to be a bad one, but then she promised to come to church on Sunday,. Blessing #1 of the day. Well, we came home, and we had lunch and while were were home a guy called and asked why we are here, and wanted to meet with us - #2. We headed off to see an art gallery that one of our members really wanted us to see. Well, there was nothing special there, - I am not a big art fan. Well, we started to talk with a lady there and she said that we could come free to the symphony and she wants to know more about the church - blessing #3. We went home and ate again before finishing the night with Владик. He is a great guy, and we talked about Священство. At one point he leaned back and said "Мне надо креститься!". It was way awesome meeting. Blessing #4! I guess a higher standard of obedience brings greater blessings!"
"I have to say that today was one of the most interesting days of my mission. We had some way interesting and great blessings come to us today. I thought that it wasn't going to be that great of a day, but it went really well. We started as always with a really good study, and we planned all that would be. We started off with Раиса, and we thought that it was going to be a bad one, but then she promised to come to church on Sunday,. Blessing #1 of the day. Well, we came home, and we had lunch and while were were home a guy called and asked why we are here, and wanted to meet with us - #2. We headed off to see an art gallery that one of our members really wanted us to see. Well, there was nothing special there, - I am not a big art fan. Well, we started to talk with a lady there and she said that we could come free to the symphony and she wants to know more about the church - blessing #3. We went home and ate again before finishing the night with Владик. He is a great guy, and we talked about Священство. At one point he leaned back and said "Мне надо креститься!". It was way awesome meeting. Blessing #4! I guess a higher standard of obedience brings greater blessings!"
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