Hard Times

28 May 2005
"What a day. Nothing as planned. This morning we tried to figure out the washing machine and so we washed our clothes. Well, we then went to the office - we thought we'd write home for free. Well, no one was there, and we don't have keys. We had to wait for Elder Bennett's photographs and so we just walked around. We figured we would eat, and so we went to McDonalds, but it was super busy - line out the door. Well we then came back and found an internet place - two steps from the place we are living right now. We then made pizza on батонs and then I slept for an hour and a half or so. I felt much better, and we decided to contact to learn our area a bit. Well, we found out that our area is not such a great place for contacting as there is very few people on the street. We came home few minutes early, and planned a little. We are finding out why it is hard to work here. The people are very young - and they drink a lot. There are a lot of buisnesses in our area, and so that is hard. We just need to buckle in and focus, and then everything will work out!"

Tasty

5 January 2005
"We had another fun day today. We went down to the Volga and took a bunch of pictures there, and then we went to Papa John's! That's right! It was so amazingly good and I ate an entire big pizza by myself. It was so tasty. Well, we then went to Park Победы and took a ton of pictures. It was way sweet. They had all kinds of tanks and copters and things there. It was a lot of fun. We came home and had a nice little meeting with a member and that was our day. The park was way cool, and I am way glad that we went. I finally have some good pictures to send home too. I also ate a шарума today that was way good!"

Fun

4 December 2004
"It’s really hard to understand when you don’t feel well. We tried to find something on the internet, but the problem was they didn’t have a link so we didn’t find anything. Well, we stopped by to Ангелина и Лидия and gave them the news. Later, we worked on our lesson that we have to do tomorrow. Well, we finished that, and then we went to see Ольга – she is doing alright. We finished the night with a meeting with Лена (Тимур, Лилия) and Настя Ермелайова came with us. It was awesome. Настя is so awesome. She is so blunt with her friends. She just put it all out. Well, it’s too bad that all the members in the world aren’t like here. They are so awesome! People are amazing here in Ижевск."

Sick

3 December 2004


"I’m getting sick and its not fun. We didn’t do a lot here, but I just don’t feel well. We planned this morning and ate, and then we went to the internet place, and did our English lesson. We dropped by to the other elders, and their food was good. Well, we had English lesson and it will be hard to leave, I already know. I love the people so much. I am going to miss them. Юлия is amazing, and it will be sad not to see her when she is baptized. I love everyone here. It will be super hard to leave. I must turn to the Lord. It will be hard, but I have to continue on."

Sport

13 November 2004
"We didn’t eat today, but we did play volleyball and basketball. It was nice. We watched Legacy with Ольга and then we helped Лилия, one of our English students, with her work. Later, we saw Ангелина и Лидия and watched President Hinckley’s talk from conference with them. After that, we went and played at a school with our ward here. It was way fun, and nice to actually do something! Also, today I talked with some drunk people on the bus, and Elder Kirk got mad, but it was pretty funny!"

Dinner

I found this great picture. I think the date was November 8 or something on it. I know it looks gross, but Elder Kirk and I made way too much dinner. We threw it out in the toilet. He had ketchup on his and I had mayonnaise...