Surprise

23 January 2006
"We had a good day and surprised Steiner really well. It was his b-day and so we set up a surprise party for him. Well, that went really good other then the fact that we were there for a long time. So, this morning I worked on throwing out the Christmas tree, and that was a party. It hurt and I got sap all over myself. We then went and contacted a bit which went all right. We had a guy tell us that that it was too cold, and that we should go home. We just kept going though (today was only -20C). We went to собрание округа which went fairly well. We had really good плов (rice dish) and so that was cool. We went to see Максим and he is doing pretty well there in the hospital, but he is going crazy. He has been there almost 2 months. We then wet to Афина's place and she was not home, but her Mom was. We chatted with her for a bit and that was good. She is a super nice lady, and very worried about Афина. We tried to comfort her, but she would be much better off if she had the teaching of the gospel to guide her. It is unfortunate, but we need to work with her. Well, I told Steiner that we had a meeting with a guy at 7, but really it was a surprise party. It was a good time, and there were a lot of people there. We ate cake and relaxed a bit, and it was really fun. Now I have the day still to plan tomorrow, but hopefully something will work out for us! I feel like a real missionary!"