16 March 2006
"It was a fairly good one today other than the fact that I am tired. We were on the train overnight and so didn't get all the sleep that was needed, but I will survive. So we got to the office this morning and then council got started and so that was cool. Everything went well, and the good thing was it all went as planned. We talked about how we can work better with members to get referrals and how to get the work going better. Well, Elder Christensen and I talked about how we can help Penza and decided that we need to work better with President in order to get things going. Well, I taught a bit about how to correct missionaries, and that went alright - i don't have a lot of experience. So, we then ate really well and after council I ate McDonalds so I ate too much. Tonight I got to see all the people that I served among in Samara so that was awesome. I love those people and love to see those whom I served earlier on my mission. It was truly amazing and I love them a ton. We walked to the vokzal and now we are just waiting and getting ready to leave. It is super boring here, but we have some good ideas on how to help, so hopefully we can implement them."

ZL Council

9 June 2005
"It was another long day in the office. Today, we had ZL Council, and that meant that we were in there most of the day. It was cool to hear from President Davyidik and to get his insight. Well, we were in there for a very long time. I had to type everything that got said on the conference and so my eyes got very tired. Well, after conference, we were here in the office and talked for awhile. The ZL's were here and so I talked with Elder Kirk and found out about how all is going. Tonight I am with Elder Hunsaker because he wants to work on the film here a bit. Well, he likes to work late and so we are chilling here int he office and working hard. Tomorrow we will be back in here early."