Real Missionary

15 November 2005
"I am a missionary again!! That is right - I walked a ton, had meetings fall through, and talked with a ton of people on the streets. I was so happy to be out working, and to be doing the Lord's work. I was with Elder Brimley and this morning we went out contacting and had a good time chatting with people and getting to know them. We didn't have a lot of success, but at least we were working and it was cool.

We stopped home for like 40 minutes and grabbed a quick bite to eat before we went to a meeting with a bunch of grandmas. That was really what it was, but it went way good so that was sweet. We then had a meeting with some members - Червыковы - and talked with Костя about his drinking problem and what he has to get rid of it. It was very useful. We headed to a guy in the hospital and had a good meeting. The guy talked about the verse in John and how it should be в начале был звук у Бога, и звук был бук (boot). He said it was mistranslated. We laughed, and tried to keep things serious. He is a good guy.

We did a few more things before we ended the night with some less actives. The guy got offended on someone in the branch here and he doesn't want to do anything in the branch now. The problem is all over Russia, and it is so hard to deal with. People just need to humble themselves and need to work!"