Effort

18 December 2005
"We tried to kill ourselves today, but luckily we are still alive and moving. As usual, we went to the meeting this morning and that was good. Владик was there and also Афина и Роза. Владик is way cool, and he even paid tithing after hearing a talk about it. He is really a great guy. Directly after the meeting, we went with Илья on a couple of meetings to some members, and that went well. They are both physically handicapped and so it is hard for them to do a whole lot. We were with them for awhile before we had to run to a meeting with Афина. That was an awesome meeting. Афина is a great young lady. She is doing everything that she needs, and the next step is baptism. When she showed up to church today, I was relieved, and I thought about what a great example she is and about how she is truly ready. We need to run through a few more things with her, but we think she will be getting baptized next week.

After our long sit there, we went to the Поваров's house, and did some practicing for a celebration of New Years that we will be having. That went well, and we had a good time. We read a little about becoming something and not to go through the motions. It is such an important principle in life. We need to give all of our effort, and then the results will come."