9 December 2005
"Today was sweet other then the fact that the weather is really terrible. All this snow came down, and now it is melting. There are huge puddles, and we walked through them, and we got our socks and shoes super wet. It was sure crazy, and not that much fun to walk through, but I guess that is part of life.
We stopped by and got the APs this morning at the vokzal and then we took our walk home. We had waffles for breakfast, and that was way cool. We then studied and prepared for our days. It was certainly interesting, and we also planned for the next week and set goals. We finished planning, and then we head to Трио Пицца to get some lunch, and that was way awesome.
Elder Nance and I were together, and we contacted for a bit, and it went way awesome. We found several new people and we talked with a ton. We then had a meeting with a member that went well. We talked about the Melchizedek Priesthood, and about how we can work to receive it. We then had another meeting with шавкат - that was interesting. We first had to get out to the древня where he lives, and in all the water, that was interesting. There we had an interesting meeting - Шавкат blamed his wife for all the problems, and she blamed him. They just blame each other, and solve nothing. Shavkat is a good guy, but he doesn't want to listen. If they would just have FHE and family scripture study and prayer, life would be so much more enjoyable for them. it is sure interesting how such things can bless people's lives so much. It is something that has to be done to greatly bless lives.
It was way awesome with Nance today. He is an awesome elder, and we are such awesome friends. I am going to miss him and Bennett as they are leaving home. We just talked about all the good time that we had together, and the great people that we served with. I can't believe how fast time is going, and it is sure insane. I need to start focusing more, and really kick in the last few months on my mission. The last ones are the ones I will remember the most of all."
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Fun Day
8 December 2005
"Today was a sweet day. We had a good time writing home and doing all that way. We were home for awhile, and then we went out to write home, and all is well at home. We came back home after I bought some cool Christmas socks and then we just worked on getting pictures all in order. I have ton from Riga and Moscow, and so I put those in order.
We went to scripture study, and had a good time talking about Mark 7. It was awesome with all the people. We then had молодежный вечер and that was a lot of fun. We had few people there, but we played in the snow, and had a huge snowball fight. It was sweet, and we were soaking wet afterwards. The rain came too, so it was fun but wet to play there in the snow. We came home, and then we have been planning as the APs will be here tomorrow. I am dead tired too. It is crazy!"
"Today was a sweet day. We had a good time writing home and doing all that way. We were home for awhile, and then we went out to write home, and all is well at home. We came back home after I bought some cool Christmas socks and then we just worked on getting pictures all in order. I have ton from Riga and Moscow, and so I put those in order.
We went to scripture study, and had a good time talking about Mark 7. It was awesome with all the people. We then had молодежный вечер and that was a lot of fun. We had few people there, but we played in the snow, and had a huge snowball fight. It was sweet, and we were soaking wet afterwards. The rain came too, so it was fun but wet to play there in the snow. We came home, and then we have been planning as the APs will be here tomorrow. I am dead tired too. It is crazy!"
Monday, November 2, 2009
Strong Spirit
2 November 2005
"Today was a great day. I had a way good time, but once again I am dead. This morning the Zls came by and picked me up and that was cool because we went to play some. We once again played frisbee and a little football. We played for a long time and then we went and we ate McDonalds. That was really good, and I really enjoyed it. I am home, showered, and then we took off. I got to the office and did a few things and then Tom came. Wow! That was way sweet!
Elder Nava was a Catholic earlier in his life and so he told about how he was converted and it was way awesome. We felt the spirit really strong and it was awesome. Tom promised to come on Sunday – and that was way sweet. We all felt the spirit way strong.
Well, after the meeting we were all on a high, and I wrote home a really awesome letter, and that was way good. My family is doing well, and now I am going to have p-day on Wednesdays with her and that will be nice. We then went to собрание миссионеров and that was sure interesting. We got there late and it was basically useless. After we stopped by to Надежада and tried to do a lesson with her, but it didn't go so well. She doesn't understand her baptism, and it was very hard. Well, she just worried about me leaving that this all. Now I am off to bed. I will write more tomorrow!"
"Today was a great day. I had a way good time, but once again I am dead. This morning the Zls came by and picked me up and that was cool because we went to play some. We once again played frisbee and a little football. We played for a long time and then we went and we ate McDonalds. That was really good, and I really enjoyed it. I am home, showered, and then we took off. I got to the office and did a few things and then Tom came. Wow! That was way sweet!
Elder Nava was a Catholic earlier in his life and so he told about how he was converted and it was way awesome. We felt the spirit really strong and it was awesome. Tom promised to come on Sunday – and that was way sweet. We all felt the spirit way strong.
Well, after the meeting we were all on a high, and I wrote home a really awesome letter, and that was way good. My family is doing well, and now I am going to have p-day on Wednesdays with her and that will be nice. We then went to собрание миссионеров and that was sure interesting. We got there late and it was basically useless. After we stopped by to Надежада and tried to do a lesson with her, but it didn't go so well. She doesn't understand her baptism, and it was very hard. Well, she just worried about me leaving that this all. Now I am off to bed. I will write more tomorrow!"
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Running Around
10 October 2005
"I am going to go crazy. We are super busy! We have a ton to do and every day, we don't seem to have enough time. This morning I forgot completely about a group that was going to Riga for new migration cards. One of the elders called to find out when he needed to be to the office, and just at that moment I had an awe moment - I know that makes no sense. Well, we went to the office where I started to get everything together and prepared for the long day. Well, the day was super busy thanks to MEC. We started собрание округа which was sure fun. I love to be able to talk with the people in our district, and it is really cool. Well, we had that there for almost 2 hours and then we had to run like crazy cats all over the place. The APs ran to grab some stuff to make bread pizzas and I worked on my MEC stuff more. We ate pizza and then we went to our meeting. That sure went well, and we had a good time talking about all the different things that were going on in the mission. I guess that some people have really bad living conditions - no washing machine, refrigeration, and even no working toilet. Also, there is so many apartments that we need to find. Well, we finished the meeting and Elder Ehlert and I had to work on making general conference discs. We got that all made as we needed although it took a while for us to figure it out. Elder Jonsson and I just ran to a meeting we were suppose to have but didn't work out. We decided to knock, and we talked with a midget lady and she was way cool. We would sure have the weirdest group of investigators - blacks, American, midget, russian - weird! Well, she wants to come so we will see how it all works out. As for now I am going to write in the area book - what a great missionary I am!"
"I am going to go crazy. We are super busy! We have a ton to do and every day, we don't seem to have enough time. This morning I forgot completely about a group that was going to Riga for new migration cards. One of the elders called to find out when he needed to be to the office, and just at that moment I had an awe moment - I know that makes no sense. Well, we went to the office where I started to get everything together and prepared for the long day. Well, the day was super busy thanks to MEC. We started собрание округа which was sure fun. I love to be able to talk with the people in our district, and it is really cool. Well, we had that there for almost 2 hours and then we had to run like crazy cats all over the place. The APs ran to grab some stuff to make bread pizzas and I worked on my MEC stuff more. We ate pizza and then we went to our meeting. That sure went well, and we had a good time talking about all the different things that were going on in the mission. I guess that some people have really bad living conditions - no washing machine, refrigeration, and even no working toilet. Also, there is so many apartments that we need to find. Well, we finished the meeting and Elder Ehlert and I had to work on making general conference discs. We got that all made as we needed although it took a while for us to figure it out. Elder Jonsson and I just ran to a meeting we were suppose to have but didn't work out. We decided to knock, and we talked with a midget lady and she was way cool. We would sure have the weirdest group of investigators - blacks, American, midget, russian - weird! Well, she wants to come so we will see how it all works out. As for now I am going to write in the area book - what a great missionary I am!"
Friday, October 9, 2009
Leaving
9 October 2005
"What an awesome day. We met a ton of great people. This morning we went to the meeting and talked with everyone and had a really good time. None of our investigators came so that was too bad, but it was good to see everyone and chat. After the meeting, we waited for a guy named Godfrey that is from Kenya. Elder Ehlert knows him and he introduced him to us. Well, we waited for him about an hour longer then we had planned and so that meant that we sat and then he finally came. He also brought his friend Patrick and we did a first lesson with them. They are great people and they have very good questions. It is such a blessing to have people to teach. We then went to the office to grab a bite to eat and we talked with the APs for a few minutes there. I guess that I will be leaving from here in 3 weeks they said, and I was sad to hear that. There are people that I have grown to truly love here. It will be very hard to leave. I love this area now.
It was sure hard to work after that and I thought a lot about that. We went street contracting and that was good to do some work. We didn't have a lot of success but we only had 14 lessons at about 7:30. We had a goal of getting 15 lessons this week and we stopped by to a home and decided to go ahead and knock. Well, we found some really nice people and we are going to go back and teach them tomorrow. Well, it is sure awesome to have so much work and to be able to help so many people. I love to be able to teach and work. I love the people here and I am sure going to miss them. I will miss Блинков more than anyone I think! I guess I had better not think so much about it, and just keep on working!
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"What an awesome day. We met a ton of great people. This morning we went to the meeting and talked with everyone and had a really good time. None of our investigators came so that was too bad, but it was good to see everyone and chat. After the meeting, we waited for a guy named Godfrey that is from Kenya. Elder Ehlert knows him and he introduced him to us. Well, we waited for him about an hour longer then we had planned and so that meant that we sat and then he finally came. He also brought his friend Patrick and we did a first lesson with them. They are great people and they have very good questions. It is such a blessing to have people to teach. We then went to the office to grab a bite to eat and we talked with the APs for a few minutes there. I guess that I will be leaving from here in 3 weeks they said, and I was sad to hear that. There are people that I have grown to truly love here. It will be very hard to leave. I love this area now.
It was sure hard to work after that and I thought a lot about that. We went street contracting and that was good to do some work. We didn't have a lot of success but we only had 14 lessons at about 7:30. We had a goal of getting 15 lessons this week and we stopped by to a home and decided to go ahead and knock. Well, we found some really nice people and we are going to go back and teach them tomorrow. Well, it is sure awesome to have so much work and to be able to help so many people. I love to be able to teach and work. I love the people here and I am sure going to miss them. I will miss Блинков more than anyone I think! I guess I had better not think so much about it, and just keep on working!
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Quiet
28 September 2005
"What an awesome feeling to be working and helping people. It is so awesome. I love to be out serving. It is interesting the games that my head plays with me. I tell myself that I need to work even though I don't feel like it a ton. Well, I just have a headache and walk around and think about nothing. Well, it always happens that way, and then I start to feel a lot better. In fact, I usually feel great. Interesting how Satan works.
Today we were able to study again - that is definitely a good way to get things started and I love to learn more about the gospel. Well, we went to the office and just worked for a bit. We had to get ready for ZLC tomorrow and so I was working on getting those things all prepared. Сестры Орловы пришли помогать списком членов церкви. Well, at 2 Tom came and he brought a young man - Dima - with him. That was awesome and the Орловы sisters were there. They are very shy and wouldn't say anything in English. The lesson was good and I think that Tom feels the spirit strongly. The lessons are always awesome and I love them. We got that done and we ate lunch followed by more work. I got the APs computer working again, and so now all is good that way.
We then got out and I went through the ordeal that I explained above. We talked with a lot of people, and we even knocked some doors. We met some real interesting people, and truly enjoyed ourselves. I thought how much I truly miss the field, and how awesome it will be to be back out there. What a joy to be sharing the gospel. I can't imagine life without my time here. I know that this is what I should be doing!
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"What an awesome feeling to be working and helping people. It is so awesome. I love to be out serving. It is interesting the games that my head plays with me. I tell myself that I need to work even though I don't feel like it a ton. Well, I just have a headache and walk around and think about nothing. Well, it always happens that way, and then I start to feel a lot better. In fact, I usually feel great. Interesting how Satan works.
Today we were able to study again - that is definitely a good way to get things started and I love to learn more about the gospel. Well, we went to the office and just worked for a bit. We had to get ready for ZLC tomorrow and so I was working on getting those things all prepared. Сестры Орловы пришли помогать списком членов церкви. Well, at 2 Tom came and he brought a young man - Dima - with him. That was awesome and the Орловы sisters were there. They are very shy and wouldn't say anything in English. The lesson was good and I think that Tom feels the spirit strongly. The lessons are always awesome and I love them. We got that done and we ate lunch followed by more work. I got the APs computer working again, and so now all is good that way.
We then got out and I went through the ordeal that I explained above. We talked with a lot of people, and we even knocked some doors. We met some real interesting people, and truly enjoyed ourselves. I thought how much I truly miss the field, and how awesome it will be to be back out there. What a joy to be sharing the gospel. I can't imagine life without my time here. I know that this is what I should be doing!
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sarcasm
27 September 2005
"Today was pretty good. We have a lot of good things going on right now. We are helping a ton and really enjoying all that is going on. We once again got in a good study this morning and we had a good time talking with each other about what we have been learning. I love to talk with him and find out how his doing. He is always so quiet, and it is often hard to know how he is, but he studies really well.
We headed to the office this morning a little early but I had to get everything all ready for our meeting that we have on Tuesdays - MEC. Well, I did what I needed, and we got the meeting going. We go a lot of things that we need to work on and President just keeps adding things to do. That is good news because it means that we will be busy. The lessons in all the mission were all down, and so we talked for a long time about the work. Well, after about 3 hours, we finally finished and we got out and we decided to head for a bite to eat. We went to this place called Экспрес and had some sandwiches that were decent. They were much better than last time. We ate there with the assistants and we enjoyed eating with them. Well, we then headed back to the office and I just did several little things that President had asked me to do. Well, we finally took off and went to the FHE that went really good and then we came home. At FHE we talked about obedience and that went well. I talked with everyone afterward, and that was cool. Well, I talked with a zone leader today that told me my sarcasm was unneeded. I got a little mad, but I got over it. I love to have time to teach and have companionship study. I love it so much. It is absolutely awesome. What a wonderful feeling!
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"Today was pretty good. We have a lot of good things going on right now. We are helping a ton and really enjoying all that is going on. We once again got in a good study this morning and we had a good time talking with each other about what we have been learning. I love to talk with him and find out how his doing. He is always so quiet, and it is often hard to know how he is, but he studies really well.
We headed to the office this morning a little early but I had to get everything all ready for our meeting that we have on Tuesdays - MEC. Well, I did what I needed, and we got the meeting going. We go a lot of things that we need to work on and President just keeps adding things to do. That is good news because it means that we will be busy. The lessons in all the mission were all down, and so we talked for a long time about the work. Well, after about 3 hours, we finally finished and we got out and we decided to head for a bite to eat. We went to this place called Экспрес and had some sandwiches that were decent. They were much better than last time. We ate there with the assistants and we enjoyed eating with them. Well, we then headed back to the office and I just did several little things that President had asked me to do. Well, we finally took off and went to the FHE that went really good and then we came home. At FHE we talked about obedience and that went well. I talked with everyone afterward, and that was cool. Well, I talked with a zone leader today that told me my sarcasm was unneeded. I got a little mad, but I got over it. I love to have time to teach and have companionship study. I love it so much. It is absolutely awesome. What a wonderful feeling!
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Надежда Человечества
17 September 2005
"What a sweet day. I am dead tired, but we did a ton. We left bright and early this morning to write home, and that went well. The family is doing well, and so is my brother. He is way awesome. He has a great attitude, and i love it. Well, the APs were with us, and we took off to play with them. We went to Самарская Площадь and played with the frisbees for a bit and that was pretty fun. We quick like then went to the APs and started to watch Надежда Человечества. Роман came and we went with him to help him to move some things. We went back to the APs and I took the football and we went back to play some football. Wow - that was so sweet. It has been so long since I have played football. It was awesome and we threw the football around a bunch and ran plays, and we were dead tired. We went back to the APs, started to eat and finished watching the movie - there was nothing all that great about it, but I slept because I was super tired. I woke up and we came back here to our house where I started my laundry, took a shower, and then laid down for a bit. We then went to the office because the sisters from Bezimanski had left us something there. We stopped by quick and then ran to the church building where Elder Bennett had an interview with Лилия and I sat in the hallway and sang the new hymns. Well, here we are at home and we are eating popcorn for fun. We are working, and having a good time. I love it!"
"What a sweet day. I am dead tired, but we did a ton. We left bright and early this morning to write home, and that went well. The family is doing well, and so is my brother. He is way awesome. He has a great attitude, and i love it. Well, the APs were with us, and we took off to play with them. We went to Самарская Площадь and played with the frisbees for a bit and that was pretty fun. We quick like then went to the APs and started to watch Надежда Человечества. Роман came and we went with him to help him to move some things. We went back to the APs and I took the football and we went back to play some football. Wow - that was so sweet. It has been so long since I have played football. It was awesome and we threw the football around a bunch and ran plays, and we were dead tired. We went back to the APs, started to eat and finished watching the movie - there was nothing all that great about it, but I slept because I was super tired. I woke up and we came back here to our house where I started my laundry, took a shower, and then laid down for a bit. We then went to the office because the sisters from Bezimanski had left us something there. We stopped by quick and then ran to the church building where Elder Bennett had an interview with Лилия and I sat in the hallway and sang the new hymns. Well, here we are at home and we are eating popcorn for fun. We are working, and having a good time. I love it!"
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Conference
16 September 2005
"Things went well today and I feel myself a lot better. My side still huts a bit, but it is a lot better than yesterday. At least I can walk and breathe without a lot of pain. I think the main thing is that I have started to drink a lot more. This morning we took off to the office to get some things for the elders and to take to the zone conference. We were there for a bit trying to get things ready and printed off for the conference. Conference today was really good and we talked a lot about faith. President talked about if we will talk with 10 people every day then baptisms will double. We need to have faith. I thought about my faith and I decided that I needed to work on this a lot. I have a great love and I love people so much, but my faith is weak to help them like I need to. I want to hug and help people so much! I love them with all my heart - members, missionaries, and Russian people. These people are so awesome. I need to increase my faith and teach people to show their faith even more. So, that is what I got from conference today, and I need to work on that. We ate McDonald's there and that was good as always. We planned a little with the Assistants what we are going to do tomorrow. We got out of there and we decided to come home as we had to get some things done and I fell asleep for a bit. When I woke up, we went to see вячеслав and we talked about how we can show our faith and about how we can use it as a power in our lives. It went well, and we said our parting words with him - I meant that Elder Bennett said goodbye. We then came home and we were the only ones that were on the трамвай and so we took some pictures and enjoyed that. We have been taking care of things a lot and I have talked way too much on the phone today. Tomorrow is already p-day again so that means that we will be writing home. I love conference, and it always gives me new energy. I love the spirit! It is way awesome."
"Things went well today and I feel myself a lot better. My side still huts a bit, but it is a lot better than yesterday. At least I can walk and breathe without a lot of pain. I think the main thing is that I have started to drink a lot more. This morning we took off to the office to get some things for the elders and to take to the zone conference. We were there for a bit trying to get things ready and printed off for the conference. Conference today was really good and we talked a lot about faith. President talked about if we will talk with 10 people every day then baptisms will double. We need to have faith. I thought about my faith and I decided that I needed to work on this a lot. I have a great love and I love people so much, but my faith is weak to help them like I need to. I want to hug and help people so much! I love them with all my heart - members, missionaries, and Russian people. These people are so awesome. I need to increase my faith and teach people to show their faith even more. So, that is what I got from conference today, and I need to work on that. We ate McDonald's there and that was good as always. We planned a little with the Assistants what we are going to do tomorrow. We got out of there and we decided to come home as we had to get some things done and I fell asleep for a bit. When I woke up, we went to see вячеслав and we talked about how we can show our faith and about how we can use it as a power in our lives. It went well, and we said our parting words with him - I meant that Elder Bennett said goodbye. We then came home and we were the only ones that were on the трамвай and so we took some pictures and enjoyed that. We have been taking care of things a lot and I have talked way too much on the phone today. Tomorrow is already p-day again so that means that we will be writing home. I love conference, and it always gives me new energy. I love the spirit! It is way awesome."
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
More Pain
15 September 2005
"I am getting this started early tonight as I will be here for a bit and I don’t feel all that great. I want to go lie down and take a break, but right now there is nowhere to lay down. I have not felt good all day and I hope that it will go away for tomorrow as we have a zone conference and so that means that we will be busy there and it will be another long day. I hate being sick because you don’t feel like doing anything and you just want to lie down and sleep. Well, it is really bad, and I hate this feeling. I don’t know what to do about it, and I think I will call the doctor tomorrow if I don’t feel better soon. I still have this shooting pain in my side not far from my heart that is not helping and I don’t know what it is from. This is already the third day of that, and so that is no fun. I feel like dying. I hate this feeling. I guess that is part of life, and maybe getting away from here will help. I don’t know, but I do know that we still have a long evening tonight as we are going to have to take some poster things to the Вокзал for Sister Стальнова. It is going to be crazy. And I hope that all will be okay with that, but we will see.
So this morning was an interesting as we had to get here early and most of the day we have been pretty busy until just now. We came in here and I got a bunch going, and I am going to have a crazy week next week and so I hope that things are going to be better and that I feel a lot better. I had to do some lists and then I had to get things ready for Roman to get out of here, and to have things run smoothly. Well I can’t think right now as I am really hurting in pain in my side. It sure doesn’t feel too good and I wish it would go away. We thought that today we were going to go to do some service but it turned out that we couldn’t because our sisters needed some help as they couldn’t leave until someone was going to come and fix something at their house. Well, that meant that we had to go on to a meeting for them to Людмила who we helped on Tuesday do some service. Well, we helped her a bit, ate some watermelon and chatted with her about life. It was nice to be able to get out of the office and be at someone’s house to help them. It was a lot of fun. We decided that we had better stop by to McDonalds as we wanted to have something to eat and we didn’t have a lot of time. We stopped by and got some food real quick.
Well, we got back here to the office and the fun began. The APs were working on setting up the transfers that will be next week. They were racking their brains over who is going to go where and when and things like that. They were trying to set up the plan but it wasn’t going all that well as we have 18 new missionaries that will be coming in next week. Well, we had to get that all figured out and to put things on top of that we have another big trip that will be going on next week for new migration cards. Basically it was insane, and it will be absolutely crazy. So we got that figured out after about 2 or 3 hours and our heads hurt. We now have a good plan set up and we also have a good list of things that people can do. Well, we are going to have fun tonight. I did some other things in order to get ready for this and so that was a blast. Elder Bennett had to some translating and that meant that I got to sit here and wait for him. We will be going to the train station here in a bit and then we will be going home. Elder Nance just told me that the reason that I am in so much pain is because I don’t have enough water in me so I am trying to drink a lot. It hurts to laugh and sometime to breathe – it really hurts to take a deep breath. As for now, I guess that is all, and tomorrow should be an interesting day again. Off I go…"
"I am getting this started early tonight as I will be here for a bit and I don’t feel all that great. I want to go lie down and take a break, but right now there is nowhere to lay down. I have not felt good all day and I hope that it will go away for tomorrow as we have a zone conference and so that means that we will be busy there and it will be another long day. I hate being sick because you don’t feel like doing anything and you just want to lie down and sleep. Well, it is really bad, and I hate this feeling. I don’t know what to do about it, and I think I will call the doctor tomorrow if I don’t feel better soon. I still have this shooting pain in my side not far from my heart that is not helping and I don’t know what it is from. This is already the third day of that, and so that is no fun. I feel like dying. I hate this feeling. I guess that is part of life, and maybe getting away from here will help. I don’t know, but I do know that we still have a long evening tonight as we are going to have to take some poster things to the Вокзал for Sister Стальнова. It is going to be crazy. And I hope that all will be okay with that, but we will see.
So this morning was an interesting as we had to get here early and most of the day we have been pretty busy until just now. We came in here and I got a bunch going, and I am going to have a crazy week next week and so I hope that things are going to be better and that I feel a lot better. I had to do some lists and then I had to get things ready for Roman to get out of here, and to have things run smoothly. Well I can’t think right now as I am really hurting in pain in my side. It sure doesn’t feel too good and I wish it would go away. We thought that today we were going to go to do some service but it turned out that we couldn’t because our sisters needed some help as they couldn’t leave until someone was going to come and fix something at their house. Well, that meant that we had to go on to a meeting for them to Людмила who we helped on Tuesday do some service. Well, we helped her a bit, ate some watermelon and chatted with her about life. It was nice to be able to get out of the office and be at someone’s house to help them. It was a lot of fun. We decided that we had better stop by to McDonalds as we wanted to have something to eat and we didn’t have a lot of time. We stopped by and got some food real quick.
Well, we got back here to the office and the fun began. The APs were working on setting up the transfers that will be next week. They were racking their brains over who is going to go where and when and things like that. They were trying to set up the plan but it wasn’t going all that well as we have 18 new missionaries that will be coming in next week. Well, we had to get that all figured out and to put things on top of that we have another big trip that will be going on next week for new migration cards. Basically it was insane, and it will be absolutely crazy. So we got that figured out after about 2 or 3 hours and our heads hurt. We now have a good plan set up and we also have a good list of things that people can do. Well, we are going to have fun tonight. I did some other things in order to get ready for this and so that was a blast. Elder Bennett had to some translating and that meant that I got to sit here and wait for him. We will be going to the train station here in a bit and then we will be going home. Elder Nance just told me that the reason that I am in so much pain is because I don’t have enough water in me so I am trying to drink a lot. It hurts to laugh and sometime to breathe – it really hurts to take a deep breath. As for now, I guess that is all, and tomorrow should be an interesting day again. Off I go…"
Sunday, September 13, 2009
High and Girls
13 September 2005
"I had the feeling like I was high today. I know what those people feel like now and how they don’t have much feeling in their bodies. It was pretty crazy. I felt really really weird, and I don’t think that I will be able to explain it in words, but I will explain what happened. We had gone to help a sister that the sisters are teaching and she needed us to do some repairs on her home. That meant that we got pretty dirty. We started off by caulking the windows at first but without caulk guns but with some spatulas. That was interesting and of course Bennett did a lot better at it then I did, but that didn’t mean much. Elder Bennett finished my window up for me, and then the sisters had to leave because they had a meeting. Well, I called Elder Ehlert and had him to help me to get things ready, and to get the things done that I wanted done but couldn’t and we stayed to do some painting. Well, I was in the kitchen where they had already started and my head started to go crazy. It was hard to breathe, and there were so many fumes there. It was sure insane but there was another girl from the branch there, Валя, and she was sitting there painting without any problems at all. She just kept painting and kept things going just fine. Well, I didn’t want her to have to be there for a way long time and so that meant that I helped her do a bunch of painting even with the bad smell. I helped her for awhile and then I had to leave a couple of times. When we finally left I was going in circles and I couldn’t really walk all that great, and I definitely couldn’t feel things well at all. I thought that if this is how those drunken guys feel then they must be going crazy. I couldn’t handle it and I didn’t feel good at all. I was hurting really bad, and yeah. Now I am over it, but at the time it hurt a bit.
This morning I studied a bit but then we had to get here to the office to help the APs to get some stuff into the car for Roman. Well, we sent them off and then I just studied some. There is a crazy verse in Alma 28: 11-14 about dead people and the Lord and it goes really way too well with what is happening in New Orleans. We have some crazy things that are going on right now, and it is sure insane. Well, it was interesting to read that and then we took off to get to the service.
After service we came here and we got settled down from the crazy high that we were on. We then decided that we had better eat as we had a ton to do and we hadn’t eaten all day. I did a little work here in the office, but I didn’t have a lot of time before we had to leave to go to English and teach there. Well, we got there and there was no there and the sisters had the keys so we waited for a bit. A new student came this week that had been there once before, Ольга, and we hope that the sisters will be teaching her. The sisters came and we got in the building and then we were able to start our lesson. We had to teach Лиза и Алиса and they are out of control. They are 8 and 9 years old so that means that they are not really great listeners but they have a lot of fun and tons of energy. They were all over me and my companion and it was weird. They are both young but still it is strange where there are girls touching you. We tried to keep them away but Алиса sat on my lap at one point and put her arms around me and told me that I was her fiancé. That was sure strange and it won’t be something that I am looking forward to again. Well, anyhow we got through the lesson and then we got on to the spiritual thought and that went really well. We had everyone there and then we headed off to come back here to the office. We had to come back so that I could call some of the District Presidents and Branch Presidents to have a chat with them. Right now things are well, and I am hoping that all will go well with Tom tomorrow. We have a good lesson planned for him!"
"I had the feeling like I was high today. I know what those people feel like now and how they don’t have much feeling in their bodies. It was pretty crazy. I felt really really weird, and I don’t think that I will be able to explain it in words, but I will explain what happened. We had gone to help a sister that the sisters are teaching and she needed us to do some repairs on her home. That meant that we got pretty dirty. We started off by caulking the windows at first but without caulk guns but with some spatulas. That was interesting and of course Bennett did a lot better at it then I did, but that didn’t mean much. Elder Bennett finished my window up for me, and then the sisters had to leave because they had a meeting. Well, I called Elder Ehlert and had him to help me to get things ready, and to get the things done that I wanted done but couldn’t and we stayed to do some painting. Well, I was in the kitchen where they had already started and my head started to go crazy. It was hard to breathe, and there were so many fumes there. It was sure insane but there was another girl from the branch there, Валя, and she was sitting there painting without any problems at all. She just kept painting and kept things going just fine. Well, I didn’t want her to have to be there for a way long time and so that meant that I helped her do a bunch of painting even with the bad smell. I helped her for awhile and then I had to leave a couple of times. When we finally left I was going in circles and I couldn’t really walk all that great, and I definitely couldn’t feel things well at all. I thought that if this is how those drunken guys feel then they must be going crazy. I couldn’t handle it and I didn’t feel good at all. I was hurting really bad, and yeah. Now I am over it, but at the time it hurt a bit.
This morning I studied a bit but then we had to get here to the office to help the APs to get some stuff into the car for Roman. Well, we sent them off and then I just studied some. There is a crazy verse in Alma 28: 11-14 about dead people and the Lord and it goes really way too well with what is happening in New Orleans. We have some crazy things that are going on right now, and it is sure insane. Well, it was interesting to read that and then we took off to get to the service.
After service we came here and we got settled down from the crazy high that we were on. We then decided that we had better eat as we had a ton to do and we hadn’t eaten all day. I did a little work here in the office, but I didn’t have a lot of time before we had to leave to go to English and teach there. Well, we got there and there was no there and the sisters had the keys so we waited for a bit. A new student came this week that had been there once before, Ольга, and we hope that the sisters will be teaching her. The sisters came and we got in the building and then we were able to start our lesson. We had to teach Лиза и Алиса and they are out of control. They are 8 and 9 years old so that means that they are not really great listeners but they have a lot of fun and tons of energy. They were all over me and my companion and it was weird. They are both young but still it is strange where there are girls touching you. We tried to keep them away but Алиса sat on my lap at one point and put her arms around me and told me that I was her fiancé. That was sure strange and it won’t be something that I am looking forward to again. Well, anyhow we got through the lesson and then we got on to the spiritual thought and that went really well. We had everyone there and then we headed off to come back here to the office. We had to come back so that I could call some of the District Presidents and Branch Presidents to have a chat with them. Right now things are well, and I am hoping that all will go well with Tom tomorrow. We have a good lesson planned for him!"
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Running Around
8 September 2005
"What a long day! We had tons to do. This morning I got up on time and I took a shower and then started to study. it was a lot of fun to finally be able to study a bit. Well, we then had to leave and go to the office to help the Assistants to move some boxes. We found out that Елена Ревиякина from Saratov couldn't go with Роман to the sister's house, so I went with Elder VanHouten and took her there to their house. On our way back we made a search for a printing company that could print some fliers for the film. We went to the place and they had moved, so we then went to find the new place. We searched for the street forever, and then after that we finally found it. We walked up a little alley and found it. We talked with them and then we got on the gazelle back to the office that we sat on forever while we waited to get back to the center. In the office, we made some lunch which was really, really good and spicy - chili. Well, I worked on getting some e-mail addresses together, and I read some from the ensign. We then went out to get a mattress for the sisters as they didn't have one and need it. We then went on to the church for the hymn singing and giving out of the new books. We had a good time but it wasn't well planned at all, and we're kind of embarrassed for them. After a long time, we came home, and here we are now. I am ready to pass out I am so tired. Tomorrow, we will be back on a normal schedule! Hoorah!"
"What a long day! We had tons to do. This morning I got up on time and I took a shower and then started to study. it was a lot of fun to finally be able to study a bit. Well, we then had to leave and go to the office to help the Assistants to move some boxes. We found out that Елена Ревиякина from Saratov couldn't go with Роман to the sister's house, so I went with Elder VanHouten and took her there to their house. On our way back we made a search for a printing company that could print some fliers for the film. We went to the place and they had moved, so we then went to find the new place. We searched for the street forever, and then after that we finally found it. We walked up a little alley and found it. We talked with them and then we got on the gazelle back to the office that we sat on forever while we waited to get back to the center. In the office, we made some lunch which was really, really good and spicy - chili. Well, I worked on getting some e-mail addresses together, and I read some from the ensign. We then went out to get a mattress for the sisters as they didn't have one and need it. We then went on to the church for the hymn singing and giving out of the new books. We had a good time but it wasn't well planned at all, and we're kind of embarrassed for them. After a long time, we came home, and here we are now. I am ready to pass out I am so tired. Tomorrow, we will be back on a normal schedule! Hoorah!"
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Double Responsibility
6 September 2005
"This is sure becoming into a habit to be writing here. I will be writing here for a couple of days at least probably as Elder Hunsaker has a lot to do on his film. He always has to work on the thing and he seems to work well, but it is just easier for him in the evening as there is a lot less people – well only us in fact. Well that means that he is able to work a lot more effectively. That also leaves me to be very bored and have not much to do. Well, anyways, we are doing a lot here and today was an alright day although I am dead tired. It was sure long, and I have sat in way too many meetings. I have had to help a lot of people and do a lot of things and the meetings just didn’t help. This morning we slept in for a long time as we didn’t go to bed until about 1 last night. We were here and then Hunsaker and I talked for awhile about how things are going and about life as a missionary in general. It is pretty crazy, and we always have a ton that we have to worry about and there is always some kind of dumb problem that is arising. We talked for a long time about things and it is pretty crazy how long we talked. So that means that I got up at about 8 this morning and then we were here before 9. We basically just live here. I had to fill up some orders for Elder Bennett as he was unable to do so and so that means that I have been super busy. I do not know anything about the library and I don’t know where things are or what they are called, and basically it is pretty crazy. I spent forever trying to get all these things together and I finally got it all, but it took me awhile. After I did that I finished up the preparations for MEC and we started that meeting. Well that was way long and we talked a long time about how we can help the branches to help themselves. It was pretty crazy and we had a ton that we had to do, but we just talked forever. We also talked about FHE’s here in the branch and how we shouldn’t be doing them. Well that meant that Elder Kirk has some words with President and talked with him about how it helps. President in the end said that we shouldn’t do things on Monday nights, and I agree but it was interesting. We also talked about how we can make things more interesting with the programs for Young Men and Women and how we can get them excited about this. Well, let’s just say that there is a ton of work here, and there is a ton to do. We have to help a ton of people and get them to understand a lot about the church. It will be a struggle, but that is part of our work here and why we are doing what we are. We talked forever about statistics and how that is going and of course as always we had a good time listening to President. We got out after 4 hours of discussion and I decided to go with the APs to eat something. We had a good time eating, and we enjoyed that of course. The food was good and of course since we are in Russia I got taken for every last coin that they could get from me – they charged me for the garnishes that I didn’t order that were on the plate. I mean come on, how can you get so stupid. We came back to the office and I immediately ran off with Денис from our branch to do some service. We did that for Баба Нина and we helped her to be able to have a place to plant some fruit and things. Well, we worked on that for about an hour and then we came running back here to the office. It was the first time for a long time that I have run and it felt good to do. As soon as I came to the office I changed and we started right into another meeting, and got things going that way. Well, that means that I sat in on a committee for this film that Hunsaker is making and that I will have a fairly large part in it. There is sure a lot to do that way, and I will have to watch after the technical part of things. That was another hour or so and by the end I was dead tired. I came to my computer, and I was ready to fall to sleep. I didn’t know what to do, and so I just sat here for a bit, and tried to figure out what to do. I have no idea, but I am just dead tired now. I saw the transfer sheets and it will be interesting because I am supposed to be getting a new companion in a couple of weeks. We will see how things work out. Right now I have to fulfill Elder Bennett’s responsibility and call some people. I am sure it will be another exciting one tomorrow, and we will have a meeting with Tom! Hooray for that and we shall see how that goes!"
"This is sure becoming into a habit to be writing here. I will be writing here for a couple of days at least probably as Elder Hunsaker has a lot to do on his film. He always has to work on the thing and he seems to work well, but it is just easier for him in the evening as there is a lot less people – well only us in fact. Well that means that he is able to work a lot more effectively. That also leaves me to be very bored and have not much to do. Well, anyways, we are doing a lot here and today was an alright day although I am dead tired. It was sure long, and I have sat in way too many meetings. I have had to help a lot of people and do a lot of things and the meetings just didn’t help. This morning we slept in for a long time as we didn’t go to bed until about 1 last night. We were here and then Hunsaker and I talked for awhile about how things are going and about life as a missionary in general. It is pretty crazy, and we always have a ton that we have to worry about and there is always some kind of dumb problem that is arising. We talked for a long time about things and it is pretty crazy how long we talked. So that means that I got up at about 8 this morning and then we were here before 9. We basically just live here. I had to fill up some orders for Elder Bennett as he was unable to do so and so that means that I have been super busy. I do not know anything about the library and I don’t know where things are or what they are called, and basically it is pretty crazy. I spent forever trying to get all these things together and I finally got it all, but it took me awhile. After I did that I finished up the preparations for MEC and we started that meeting. Well that was way long and we talked a long time about how we can help the branches to help themselves. It was pretty crazy and we had a ton that we had to do, but we just talked forever. We also talked about FHE’s here in the branch and how we shouldn’t be doing them. Well that meant that Elder Kirk has some words with President and talked with him about how it helps. President in the end said that we shouldn’t do things on Monday nights, and I agree but it was interesting. We also talked about how we can make things more interesting with the programs for Young Men and Women and how we can get them excited about this. Well, let’s just say that there is a ton of work here, and there is a ton to do. We have to help a ton of people and get them to understand a lot about the church. It will be a struggle, but that is part of our work here and why we are doing what we are. We talked forever about statistics and how that is going and of course as always we had a good time listening to President. We got out after 4 hours of discussion and I decided to go with the APs to eat something. We had a good time eating, and we enjoyed that of course. The food was good and of course since we are in Russia I got taken for every last coin that they could get from me – they charged me for the garnishes that I didn’t order that were on the plate. I mean come on, how can you get so stupid. We came back to the office and I immediately ran off with Денис from our branch to do some service. We did that for Баба Нина and we helped her to be able to have a place to plant some fruit and things. Well, we worked on that for about an hour and then we came running back here to the office. It was the first time for a long time that I have run and it felt good to do. As soon as I came to the office I changed and we started right into another meeting, and got things going that way. Well, that means that I sat in on a committee for this film that Hunsaker is making and that I will have a fairly large part in it. There is sure a lot to do that way, and I will have to watch after the technical part of things. That was another hour or so and by the end I was dead tired. I came to my computer, and I was ready to fall to sleep. I didn’t know what to do, and so I just sat here for a bit, and tried to figure out what to do. I have no idea, but I am just dead tired now. I saw the transfer sheets and it will be interesting because I am supposed to be getting a new companion in a couple of weeks. We will see how things work out. Right now I have to fulfill Elder Bennett’s responsibility and call some people. I am sure it will be another exciting one tomorrow, and we will have a meeting with Tom! Hooray for that and we shall see how that goes!"
Friday, September 4, 2009
Spiritual Evening
4 August 2005
"I know that it is weird that I am here and that I am writing here on the computer on a Sunday but I had to come here to the office to get a number for Dima from Saratov because tomorrow they are going to Kiev and they need to make sure that someone will be coming to meet up with them there and that they will get there in time. Well I had to give them the office number there in Kiev and so that meant that we had to come here because I am not a walking phone book. We decided that we would write in our journals here since it is a lot easier and I can write a lot faster. Well, anyhow, today turned out to be pretty good and we had a lot of success and we helped out a lot of people. We went to the church this morning and we had to open the doors again of course. Well, we got in and there was water all over the floor from the tub for baptisms and so I had to clean that up. After doing that, we started the meeting that went pretty good considering that President wasn’t there. Brock Anderson was here after just leaving a little more than a month ago. He served here in the office before me and he served as the Executive Secretary. He came back for a girl and let’s just say that it is sure interesting. Testimony meeting was interesting as there was a lady there who shared her testimony twice because no one else was getting up. It was good, but at the same time it was weird and I guess that is part of life here in Russia. So, after looking at some of the pictures that Вика Орлова brought for me to look at from her mission, we went and sang a bit from the new hymn books and it was a lot of fun. I will be singing on Thursday in a little choir and so that means that we needed to have a little practice afterwards and teach the Russians the new songs. What was supposed to be a quick practice turned into a long practice and it was sure crazy. We came here to the office with the APs and let’s just say that it was a big waste of times. I worked on getting an English lesson invitation typed up and then we finally decided to get out of here…
Well we were only leaving because we had to go to the Ehlerts to eat at a 6 o’clock dinner appointment. Well that was way cool. There is always a ton of food there and we always have a ton to eat. I love to be with them and they are such good people. Well after eating we had a cool spiritual little lesson with them. Daniel, the American investigator of the APs, was there and so we talked a lot about Joseph Smith and we had a way spiritual meeting with him. We basically shared our testimonies and it was way awesome. I shared an experience about when I had left on my mission and I got set apart as a missionary. I remember the spirit was so strong as I sat there and I felt the mantle of the Lord come upon me. I remember just crying and feeling the spirit so strongly at the time, and I will never forget that experience. I then shared the experience about how when I was in Izhevsk my first week and I completely felt the spirit and I just cried at the meeting there. What an awesome feeling that was and I know that the Lord was blessing me at those times. It was a very spiritual evening and so that was good. We all felt the spirit a ton, and it is one of those moments that I will certainly not forget. We came home and like I said I had to get that number for Dima and so we had to come here to the office. We were already late in getting home and since this is so much faster to write, we figured we would do it like that. Well now are going to go home and do who knows what – well actually I have a ton to do. All the same I love the spirit and to be here and to share the gospel. This is truly the gospel of Jesus Christ and I absolutely love it here. I love to feel the spirit! What a life!"
"I know that it is weird that I am here and that I am writing here on the computer on a Sunday but I had to come here to the office to get a number for Dima from Saratov because tomorrow they are going to Kiev and they need to make sure that someone will be coming to meet up with them there and that they will get there in time. Well I had to give them the office number there in Kiev and so that meant that we had to come here because I am not a walking phone book. We decided that we would write in our journals here since it is a lot easier and I can write a lot faster. Well, anyhow, today turned out to be pretty good and we had a lot of success and we helped out a lot of people. We went to the church this morning and we had to open the doors again of course. Well, we got in and there was water all over the floor from the tub for baptisms and so I had to clean that up. After doing that, we started the meeting that went pretty good considering that President wasn’t there. Brock Anderson was here after just leaving a little more than a month ago. He served here in the office before me and he served as the Executive Secretary. He came back for a girl and let’s just say that it is sure interesting. Testimony meeting was interesting as there was a lady there who shared her testimony twice because no one else was getting up. It was good, but at the same time it was weird and I guess that is part of life here in Russia. So, after looking at some of the pictures that Вика Орлова brought for me to look at from her mission, we went and sang a bit from the new hymn books and it was a lot of fun. I will be singing on Thursday in a little choir and so that means that we needed to have a little practice afterwards and teach the Russians the new songs. What was supposed to be a quick practice turned into a long practice and it was sure crazy. We came here to the office with the APs and let’s just say that it was a big waste of times. I worked on getting an English lesson invitation typed up and then we finally decided to get out of here…
Well we were only leaving because we had to go to the Ehlerts to eat at a 6 o’clock dinner appointment. Well that was way cool. There is always a ton of food there and we always have a ton to eat. I love to be with them and they are such good people. Well after eating we had a cool spiritual little lesson with them. Daniel, the American investigator of the APs, was there and so we talked a lot about Joseph Smith and we had a way spiritual meeting with him. We basically shared our testimonies and it was way awesome. I shared an experience about when I had left on my mission and I got set apart as a missionary. I remember the spirit was so strong as I sat there and I felt the mantle of the Lord come upon me. I remember just crying and feeling the spirit so strongly at the time, and I will never forget that experience. I then shared the experience about how when I was in Izhevsk my first week and I completely felt the spirit and I just cried at the meeting there. What an awesome feeling that was and I know that the Lord was blessing me at those times. It was a very spiritual evening and so that was good. We all felt the spirit a ton, and it is one of those moments that I will certainly not forget. We came home and like I said I had to get that number for Dima and so we had to come here to the office. We were already late in getting home and since this is so much faster to write, we figured we would do it like that. Well now are going to go home and do who knows what – well actually I have a ton to do. All the same I love the spirit and to be here and to share the gospel. This is truly the gospel of Jesus Christ and I absolutely love it here. I love to feel the spirit! What a life!"
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
2 missing elders
18 August 2005
"Things were sure interesting today. We were in the office and I was going about my work when I got a call - '2 elders didn't get visas.' Well, I called Блинков and some other people. I talked with the elders and they will be here tomorrow so we will send them back gain this time to Estonia. Elder Wright and Smoot are the two elders so we will see what happens.
That's the crazy news for the day. We also went to do service this morning and that went well. We went back to the old beat down hospital and we cleaned up a little bit there. It is insane how bad of condition the place is in. Well, I talked with Sister Петунц for a little bit and and that went pretty well. She is cool, and we talked about Engels a bit and about all that is happening there. She asked me why I came on my mission and I remembered about when I went to EFY and how after that I had a great desire to serve and I knew that it is what I needed to do. Interesting how one event can make a huge difference. Sister П. came because she always wanted to from when she got baptized by the sisters. It was cool to remember. After service, we went to eat at Жили-Били. It was alright but nothing too amazing. We ate there with the APs. We went to the office and worked and then tonight we went to see an inactive lady named Елена and read with her as it is hard for her. I got some junk food on the way home and no I am here. Rain came today. That was nice to cool things down. I am very humbled to be here today after the visa incident. They may not serve here in a month and maybe they will never have the chance to come back into Russia. I am very grateful to serve here and know that this is where the Lord would have me be at this time."
"Things were sure interesting today. We were in the office and I was going about my work when I got a call - '2 elders didn't get visas.' Well, I called Блинков and some other people. I talked with the elders and they will be here tomorrow so we will send them back gain this time to Estonia. Elder Wright and Smoot are the two elders so we will see what happens.
That's the crazy news for the day. We also went to do service this morning and that went well. We went back to the old beat down hospital and we cleaned up a little bit there. It is insane how bad of condition the place is in. Well, I talked with Sister Петунц for a little bit and and that went pretty well. She is cool, and we talked about Engels a bit and about all that is happening there. She asked me why I came on my mission and I remembered about when I went to EFY and how after that I had a great desire to serve and I knew that it is what I needed to do. Interesting how one event can make a huge difference. Sister П. came because she always wanted to from when she got baptized by the sisters. It was cool to remember. After service, we went to eat at Жили-Били. It was alright but nothing too amazing. We ate there with the APs. We went to the office and worked and then tonight we went to see an inactive lady named Елена and read with her as it is hard for her. I got some junk food on the way home and no I am here. Rain came today. That was nice to cool things down. I am very humbled to be here today after the visa incident. They may not serve here in a month and maybe they will never have the chance to come back into Russia. I am very grateful to serve here and know that this is where the Lord would have me be at this time."
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Losing Patience
16 August 2005
"It was a pretty good day here, and I had a ton to do. We worked tonight so that was cool. This morning we went too the office early and met all the ZLs that came in from the different zones. It was cool to see everyone, and especially Elder Alton. Well we got going on совет and that went decent. We had a lot to do with them. We learned about faith from President and about how we can have more faith in the work. We also talked about how to be leaders. These young guys look up to us and we have to be good leaders. Well I had the chance to teach with President and that was cool. He had several good ideas and how we could teach the other Zls. We wanted them to change and I felt confident with President. Well, we ate well again today and it was really really good. Sister D always makes really good salads. Well after совет I got really upset with the APs and left. They want me to do exchanges unless it is inconvenient to them. Well they told me they didn't have time to talk and then I just left with Barney. We contacted a bit and met with some members. We also had a couple of street meeting and talked with some good people. Well, we went back to the office and I worked on some of the things that I needed to. I also watched some movies that the elders in Orenburg made. Well, it was nice to work, and I feel a lot better now after being upset. I just lost my patience. I got to do better!"
"It was a pretty good day here, and I had a ton to do. We worked tonight so that was cool. This morning we went too the office early and met all the ZLs that came in from the different zones. It was cool to see everyone, and especially Elder Alton. Well we got going on совет and that went decent. We had a lot to do with them. We learned about faith from President and about how we can have more faith in the work. We also talked about how to be leaders. These young guys look up to us and we have to be good leaders. Well I had the chance to teach with President and that was cool. He had several good ideas and how we could teach the other Zls. We wanted them to change and I felt confident with President. Well, we ate well again today and it was really really good. Sister D always makes really good salads. Well after совет I got really upset with the APs and left. They want me to do exchanges unless it is inconvenient to them. Well they told me they didn't have time to talk and then I just left with Barney. We contacted a bit and met with some members. We also had a couple of street meeting and talked with some good people. Well, we went back to the office and I worked on some of the things that I needed to. I also watched some movies that the elders in Orenburg made. Well, it was nice to work, and I feel a lot better now after being upset. I just lost my patience. I got to do better!"
Friday, August 14, 2009
Russian - Balakovo Rumor
14 August 2005
"Я буду писать на русском сегодня потому что я хочу. Сегодня мы отдыхали много и мало работали - даже мы не работали короче. Мы были на собрании сегодня утром и это было хорошо видеть людей. Вячеслав там был и он будет проводить урок на следующей неделе - это отлично что он будет там и что у него обязнность теперь.
После собрания мы пошли к сестрам с асистиентами и кушали. Вообще было так вкусно! Они готовили нам щи (щей) и тогда плов! Также готовили нам очень вкусный салать и тогда торт. Было вообще отлично. Они такие хорошие. Будет грустно когда сестра Горлова уедет. Я надеюсь что будет еще такая отличная сестра здесь тогда. Короче они молодцы! Я их люблю! Мы были там очень долго (3 часа) а тогда мы приехали домой. На пути домой все сплетни начались. Кажется что Ст Андерсон с офиса, приедет за дочкой президента Колцова. Мы говорили много о членах в нашем приходе, и скажем что были многие проблемы здесь. Ну, мы добрались до дома и ложились и заспали. Ну мы проснулись и было почти восемь поэтому мы решили планировать потому что надо было поставить цели на шесть недель. Мы говорили много о Tom и мы думаем и имеем веру что он будет креститься. Нам надо сильно работать с ним и помогать ему понимать что есть одна истинная церковь. У нас будет хороршая неделя и занятая поэтому это хорошо. Также мы будем работать сильнее на этой неделе. Мы надеемся что все получится у нас.
Я хотел писать здесь о Балоково. Сегодня мы читали книжку и там было предложение написать один слух миссии. Есть такой слух что если ты будешь служить в Балково тогда у тебя будут проблемы. Именно там есть очень большой завод как Чернобль. Говорят что у людей всякий проблемы и что они не растут как обычно. Даже однажды у миссионера был опухоль маленький и он не знал. Он поехал туда и из-за радиации опухоль очень быстро вырос. Ему пришлось уехать домой но это спасло его жизнь потому что он узнал что у него был опухоль в горле. Слышал что там есть таблетки на всякий случай. Люди часто спрашивают меня служил ли я там потому что у меня мало волос и лысею. Ну, конечно это слух - на самом деле есть такой завод там - и может быть не совсем так, ну на самом деле этот завод занимает половину города и почти все, что видно когда ты приезжаешь в город. Вот одни слух нашей миссии."
"Я буду писать на русском сегодня потому что я хочу. Сегодня мы отдыхали много и мало работали - даже мы не работали короче. Мы были на собрании сегодня утром и это было хорошо видеть людей. Вячеслав там был и он будет проводить урок на следующей неделе - это отлично что он будет там и что у него обязнность теперь.
После собрания мы пошли к сестрам с асистиентами и кушали. Вообще было так вкусно! Они готовили нам щи (щей) и тогда плов! Также готовили нам очень вкусный салать и тогда торт. Было вообще отлично. Они такие хорошие. Будет грустно когда сестра Горлова уедет. Я надеюсь что будет еще такая отличная сестра здесь тогда. Короче они молодцы! Я их люблю! Мы были там очень долго (3 часа) а тогда мы приехали домой. На пути домой все сплетни начались. Кажется что Ст Андерсон с офиса, приедет за дочкой президента Колцова. Мы говорили много о членах в нашем приходе, и скажем что были многие проблемы здесь. Ну, мы добрались до дома и ложились и заспали. Ну мы проснулись и было почти восемь поэтому мы решили планировать потому что надо было поставить цели на шесть недель. Мы говорили много о Tom и мы думаем и имеем веру что он будет креститься. Нам надо сильно работать с ним и помогать ему понимать что есть одна истинная церковь. У нас будет хороршая неделя и занятая поэтому это хорошо. Также мы будем работать сильнее на этой неделе. Мы надеемся что все получится у нас.
Я хотел писать здесь о Балоково. Сегодня мы читали книжку и там было предложение написать один слух миссии. Есть такой слух что если ты будешь служить в Балково тогда у тебя будут проблемы. Именно там есть очень большой завод как Чернобль. Говорят что у людей всякий проблемы и что они не растут как обычно. Даже однажды у миссионера был опухоль маленький и он не знал. Он поехал туда и из-за радиации опухоль очень быстро вырос. Ему пришлось уехать домой но это спасло его жизнь потому что он узнал что у него был опухоль в горле. Слышал что там есть таблетки на всякий случай. Люди часто спрашивают меня служил ли я там потому что у меня мало волос и лысею. Ну, конечно это слух - на самом деле есть такой завод там - и может быть не совсем так, ну на самом деле этот завод занимает половину города и почти все, что видно когда ты приезжаешь в город. Вот одни слух нашей миссии."
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Shopping
13 August 2005
"Another quick day over with. We had to do a log today, and overall it was pretty fun. This morning as always, we left early and went to the office to be able to type home. Things seem to be going well, and the fam is doing well. My brother is working hard and they are trying to find new people as is always the case. Well, I finished writing home and then we just sat in the office and waited for the APs to come. We waited for awhile and when they came they wrote home. We ate some chili while they did that, and then we left to a big shopping center - Московский торговый центр. We looked around for awhile, and it was way nice and cool. I didn't buy anything although I wanted to buy a tie. We looked around for a couple hours there, and it was really fun. We came back to the office and slept for a bit on the couch before we decided to do some contacting.
We talked with some good guys, and it felt good to get out again and to talk with people. We got a call about 8 and it was the APs - they had locked themselves out of the apartment so they needed us to open the office so they could find out the phone number of their land dude. Well, we did that and then we bought a watermelon on the way home - it only cost 2 dollars so that was sweet. Well, now we are home as usual and getting ready for tomorrow. We have had a good day, and I love to work. Life is awesome here."
"Another quick day over with. We had to do a log today, and overall it was pretty fun. This morning as always, we left early and went to the office to be able to type home. Things seem to be going well, and the fam is doing well. My brother is working hard and they are trying to find new people as is always the case. Well, I finished writing home and then we just sat in the office and waited for the APs to come. We waited for awhile and when they came they wrote home. We ate some chili while they did that, and then we left to a big shopping center - Московский торговый центр. We looked around for awhile, and it was way nice and cool. I didn't buy anything although I wanted to buy a tie. We looked around for a couple hours there, and it was really fun. We came back to the office and slept for a bit on the couch before we decided to do some contacting.
We talked with some good guys, and it felt good to get out again and to talk with people. We got a call about 8 and it was the APs - they had locked themselves out of the apartment so they needed us to open the office so they could find out the phone number of their land dude. Well, we did that and then we bought a watermelon on the way home - it only cost 2 dollars so that was sweet. Well, now we are home as usual and getting ready for tomorrow. We have had a good day, and I love to work. Life is awesome here."
Friday, August 7, 2009
Party
7 August 2005
"We went right through a big party tonight again. It was sure crazy - at least we were in the трамвай and not on foot. We were leaving from Ehlerts and we were getting on the tram and there was a lot of drunk people. We tried to keep out of sight as much as we could but in white shirts and ties, that isn't too easy. Well they invited us to come and drink with them as it was 120 years of producing водка. Well they finally got off in the center and we just looked at all the people. i am just glad that we don't drink. What a sad thing to see all the people like that.
So this morning we went to the meeting and that turned out well. We then went to the office and we were there for a bit. We worked on some stuff for transfers and the APs were there. We then went to the Ehlerts. On the way there we did some contacting and met some really good people. I love to contact as I never know the seed that I might be planting.
So the Ehlert's house was way awesome. We had dinner - roast and potatoes as always. The APs were there also. Well after we just loaded up and couldn't eat anymore, we sat and had a spiritual thought. We talked about the BofM and its influence. Elder Kirk talked about Ольга from Ижевск and I talked about Ирина in Энгельс. The Book of Mormon plays such an important role. Elder Ehlert told some memories from his own mission and that was way awesome. The spirit was very strong and I was very grateful to be there. I love to share the gospel and to be here among these people. This is a time I will never forget!"
"We went right through a big party tonight again. It was sure crazy - at least we were in the трамвай and not on foot. We were leaving from Ehlerts and we were getting on the tram and there was a lot of drunk people. We tried to keep out of sight as much as we could but in white shirts and ties, that isn't too easy. Well they invited us to come and drink with them as it was 120 years of producing водка. Well they finally got off in the center and we just looked at all the people. i am just glad that we don't drink. What a sad thing to see all the people like that.
So this morning we went to the meeting and that turned out well. We then went to the office and we were there for a bit. We worked on some stuff for transfers and the APs were there. We then went to the Ehlerts. On the way there we did some contacting and met some really good people. I love to contact as I never know the seed that I might be planting.
So the Ehlert's house was way awesome. We had dinner - roast and potatoes as always. The APs were there also. Well after we just loaded up and couldn't eat anymore, we sat and had a spiritual thought. We talked about the BofM and its influence. Elder Kirk talked about Ольга from Ижевск and I talked about Ирина in Энгельс. The Book of Mormon plays such an important role. Elder Ehlert told some memories from his own mission and that was way awesome. The spirit was very strong and I was very grateful to be there. I love to share the gospel and to be here among these people. This is a time I will never forget!"
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Relaxing
30 July 2005
"It was a sweet day to relax. We went early to write home after I got a haircut from my companion. It feels a lot better for doing stuff now. Well, we then sat there for a bit and had a good time. My family is having a good time and they seem to be doing well. Well we then went the рынок and bought some stuff. We bought some fresh fruits and enjoyed it a lot. We also bought some fresh chicken and we ate that and enjoyed it also. Well, we ate fajitas with the APs and then we sat there for a bit. We then came back home and slept for a couple of hours. That felt good of course and I love to sleep. Well, went to look at some pictures tonight on площадь Куйбышева but there was a big party there and so we thought it was better not to look - when we first got to this area we walked through the same type of concert. Well, after we decided to go to a park and to look around there. We went down to the Volga and it was way pretty. Well then it was late and so we had to come home. We made it home a little later then we usually do. I just ate myself a big pack of Lays and now I am getting ready to sleep. What an exciting day. Well, tomorrow we have church. I hope we can get out to work again. We need to do better with talking to people!"
"It was a sweet day to relax. We went early to write home after I got a haircut from my companion. It feels a lot better for doing stuff now. Well, we then sat there for a bit and had a good time. My family is having a good time and they seem to be doing well. Well we then went the рынок and bought some stuff. We bought some fresh fruits and enjoyed it a lot. We also bought some fresh chicken and we ate that and enjoyed it also. Well, we ate fajitas with the APs and then we sat there for a bit. We then came back home and slept for a couple of hours. That felt good of course and I love to sleep. Well, went to look at some pictures tonight on площадь Куйбышева but there was a big party there and so we thought it was better not to look - when we first got to this area we walked through the same type of concert. Well, after we decided to go to a park and to look around there. We went down to the Volga and it was way pretty. Well then it was late and so we had to come home. We made it home a little later then we usually do. I just ate myself a big pack of Lays and now I am getting ready to sleep. What an exciting day. Well, tomorrow we have church. I hope we can get out to work again. We need to do better with talking to people!"
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