18 March 2006
"Today was another fairly good day. I am absolutely beat right now, but over all we had a good time. So, this morning we got out and contacted a bit and it went well. We had 4 lessons and people actually wanted to talk. We came home and had lunch and then chatted with the other missionaries for a bit. We went over to the рынок and we bought ourselves some decent blankets that we can sleep with now. They are fairly nice they should be warm. We met with Илья right before the meeting and talked about how we can make собрание миссионеров better. We had some good ideas, and hopefully all will go well there from now on. So, we then had собрание миссионеров which went well and the work is going decently here. We headed to sport and that was pretty fun. We played basketball as usual and had a good time finally doing something physical. I am dead tired now, but it was worth it and I am going to be in better shape because of it. So, we should have a decent one tomorrow, and hopefully all will go well."
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
10 March 2006
"Today was a fairly interesting day, and we had a good time together. Well, we started out contacting this morning and that went pretty well. We were in the center so we took a new route, and found some cool things. We then went and looked at a few things on the рынок before going to check out an apartment. Well, it was a nice place, and I would like to live there, but it is a bit expensive. We came home to Elder Anand's area and went to a grandma - Валентина - and had a meeting with her. She said that she would be here on Sunday so that will be good. We came home, grabbed a bite to eat and then took off to Филекс to chat with him. He has a lot of problems with the Book of Mormon and so we tried to help him understand, but it is hard because he knows so much about the Old Testament and I know little. He asked a lot of questions about the Jews and it is something that I need to study a little more. We took off and are at Anand's place just waiting right now. That means I have nothing to study or to look at as his things are in Mongolian. Well, I will soon be happy to be with Elder Christensen and get to work again here in our area. Hopefully they get here too late or it will be super fun tomorrow."
"Today was a fairly interesting day, and we had a good time together. Well, we started out contacting this morning and that went pretty well. We were in the center so we took a new route, and found some cool things. We then went and looked at a few things on the рынок before going to check out an apartment. Well, it was a nice place, and I would like to live there, but it is a bit expensive. We came home to Elder Anand's area and went to a grandma - Валентина - and had a meeting with her. She said that she would be here on Sunday so that will be good. We came home, grabbed a bite to eat and then took off to Филекс to chat with him. He has a lot of problems with the Book of Mormon and so we tried to help him understand, but it is hard because he knows so much about the Old Testament and I know little. He asked a lot of questions about the Jews and it is something that I need to study a little more. We took off and are at Anand's place just waiting right now. That means I have nothing to study or to look at as his things are in Mongolian. Well, I will soon be happy to be with Elder Christensen and get to work again here in our area. Hopefully they get here too late or it will be super fun tomorrow."
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Holiday
23 February 2006
" I have very little energy! I want to fall over and sleep. Today was one of those day. They seem to be coming and going often the last little while. Well, this morning was good as we had a fun time contacting. There wasn't a whole lot of people on the street as today is a holiday - С Днем Зашитников Отчества. We walked around a bit before hitting up the рынок to get some stuff for the party that we had tonight. Well, we bought the stuff we needed and then we came home. Well, we ate lunch which was our famous пельмены soup. That was cool, and then we chilled for a bit. I actually slept for like an hour and then we took off to the branch apartment where we had a meeting with a guy who came to English yesterday - his name was Олег. He is an alright guy, but not too interested in the gospel. We mainly just chatted with him and then we finished and we had изучение с.п. Well, we then had молодежный вечер which went all right, but could have been better. We played the stick pulling game, and beat all the other elders. That was cool. We then played in Viking like last week and it was pretty cool. We came home and now I want to sleep."
" I have very little energy! I want to fall over and sleep. Today was one of those day. They seem to be coming and going often the last little while. Well, this morning was good as we had a fun time contacting. There wasn't a whole lot of people on the street as today is a holiday - С Днем Зашитников Отчества. We walked around a bit before hitting up the рынок to get some stuff for the party that we had tonight. Well, we bought the stuff we needed and then we came home. Well, we ate lunch which was our famous пельмены soup. That was cool, and then we chilled for a bit. I actually slept for like an hour and then we took off to the branch apartment where we had a meeting with a guy who came to English yesterday - his name was Олег. He is an alright guy, but not too interested in the gospel. We mainly just chatted with him and then we finished and we had изучение с.п. Well, we then had молодежный вечер which went all right, but could have been better. We played the stick pulling game, and beat all the other elders. That was cool. We then played in Viking like last week and it was pretty cool. We came home and now I want to sleep."
Monday, February 15, 2010
Headache
15 February 2006
"We had a crazy meeting today. I don't know what to think. Many head hurts, and I am ready to go crazy. The day started out well, and we had a good time cleaning up a bunch here and making it look nice. We went to the рынок and picked up grub for the coming week. We got a bunch of good stuff, and we should have a decent week with food. We decided to then go write home. Well, that went all right but we were there forever because we had to wait for Elder Steiner to get his pictures on a disc. We headed back this way, and I bought a keyboard that has Russian on it and Harry Potter in Russian. I will read that at home in a few months. Well, we then ate and took power naps before helping to move a couch for the elder to there new place. Гладков drove us and we went with him to a meeting with Владик. Well, that was crazy. President Макаров was there and that a nice loud conversation and I couldn't really say much. Владик will not just say that he received an answer that this is true. He knows it, but he is scared of something. The meeting ended alright and things will be OK. I hope that all will work out. I love this work and to be serving. This is truly where I should be."
"We had a crazy meeting today. I don't know what to think. Many head hurts, and I am ready to go crazy. The day started out well, and we had a good time cleaning up a bunch here and making it look nice. We went to the рынок and picked up grub for the coming week. We got a bunch of good stuff, and we should have a decent week with food. We decided to then go write home. Well, that went all right but we were there forever because we had to wait for Elder Steiner to get his pictures on a disc. We headed back this way, and I bought a keyboard that has Russian on it and Harry Potter in Russian. I will read that at home in a few months. Well, we then ate and took power naps before helping to move a couch for the elder to there new place. Гладков drove us and we went with him to a meeting with Владик. Well, that was crazy. President Макаров was there and that a nice loud conversation and I couldn't really say much. Владик will not just say that he received an answer that this is true. He knows it, but he is scared of something. The meeting ended alright and things will be OK. I hope that all will work out. I love this work and to be serving. This is truly where I should be."
Monday, January 11, 2010
Good P-day
11 January 2006
"Another quick day passed by. It was a good one at that, and we had a good time relaxing. It was p-day and so we chilled this morning and didn't do a ton. We did clean the apartment finally, and so the house looks a lot nicer. We gave Маша a blessing for here test that she is going to have and then we hit up the рынок. We didn't buy really anything - just some pasta. It is no wonder that I haven't felt good the past few days, as we haven't eaten anything healthy. In fact today I have barely eaten anything. I think that I need to start eating better, but I don't know how. After the рынок we went to the other area to check out discs. There wasn't anything too amazing, but we found one store that had some good stuff. We wrote home and the family is doing well. Not much going on that way. We had English lesson and that went well.
We finished the night by meeting with Владик. He is doing well, and still trying to find out truth. He seems to accept most of the teaching, and accepted the commitment for baptism. The main thing is that we need to help him quit smoking and drinking. He drinks rarely so that will be a lot easier. He wants to quit smoking but hasn't gotten his faith up to do it yet. President Макаров helped out wonderfully. Tonight I am in Арбекого with Elder Ананд on exchanges. I need to help him know more what to do. He is a great guy."
"Another quick day passed by. It was a good one at that, and we had a good time relaxing. It was p-day and so we chilled this morning and didn't do a ton. We did clean the apartment finally, and so the house looks a lot nicer. We gave Маша a blessing for here test that she is going to have and then we hit up the рынок. We didn't buy really anything - just some pasta. It is no wonder that I haven't felt good the past few days, as we haven't eaten anything healthy. In fact today I have barely eaten anything. I think that I need to start eating better, but I don't know how. After the рынок we went to the other area to check out discs. There wasn't anything too amazing, but we found one store that had some good stuff. We wrote home and the family is doing well. Not much going on that way. We had English lesson and that went well.
We finished the night by meeting with Владик. He is doing well, and still trying to find out truth. He seems to accept most of the teaching, and accepted the commitment for baptism. The main thing is that we need to help him quit smoking and drinking. He drinks rarely so that will be a lot easier. He wants to quit smoking but hasn't gotten his faith up to do it yet. President Макаров helped out wonderfully. Tonight I am in Арбекого with Elder Ананд on exchanges. I need to help him know more what to do. He is a great guy."
Monday, January 4, 2010
Banya
4 January 2006
"This morning we slept in and then we went and payed for the branch apartment. We cleaned up there a bit before we decided to go buy some food on the рынок.We got stuff really really cheap and we got a bunch of it too. We stopped by home before we decided to head over to write home. That went pretty well, and things are going well at home. They brought in the New Year and things are cool that way. We then went to chill in the Баня. That is like a sauna but it is super popular. So, we went and chilled there. It was way sweet. There was one room that was so hot. You threw water on these rocks, and then it got hotter. You were then suppose to get in this pool type thing...
We were there for like an hour and a half, and it was sweet. We then went and watched Elf for English lesson, and that was cool. I have a ton to do tonight."
"This morning we slept in and then we went and payed for the branch apartment. We cleaned up there a bit before we decided to go buy some food on the рынок.We got stuff really really cheap and we got a bunch of it too. We stopped by home before we decided to head over to write home. That went pretty well, and things are going well at home. They brought in the New Year and things are cool that way. We then went to chill in the Баня. That is like a sauna but it is super popular. So, we went and chilled there. It was way sweet. There was one room that was so hot. You threw water on these rocks, and then it got hotter. You were then suppose to get in this pool type thing...
We were there for like an hour and a half, and it was sweet. We then went and watched Elf for English lesson, and that was cool. I have a ton to do tonight."
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Busy Busy
2 January 2006
"The second day of the New Year, and it was a good one. We had a ton to do, and we were running all over the place. Well, we started out the day well. We did exercises and ate well, and just felt good so that are studying well better. It was interesting how much better I actually felt. We went contacting this morning, and that was good. There weren't too many people on the street, but most of the people were really nice, and were willing to talk. We talked with a grandma on the rinok and even got a contact out of her. Собрание округа was good, but we didn't have a ton of time. We talked about how we had little work, and how we can find more.
Elder Steiner and I ran off to Нина's where we had a nice little lesson about Jesus Christ, and she enjoyed it. She is such a great lady, but has a lot of worries and health problems. We then went to Афина's house where we had a really good meeting with her. She was very calm and in control compared to usual. She is getting ready for baptism, and we hope that she will be completely ready. Following her, we went to the branch apartment where we had a cool little New Year's party. We made pizza, and had a good time chilling with the youth. It was fun, and one of the most useful activities I have been to yet here in Penza. It was a good chance for everyone to get to know each other better. It was a good day, and tomorrow will be too."
"The second day of the New Year, and it was a good one. We had a ton to do, and we were running all over the place. Well, we started out the day well. We did exercises and ate well, and just felt good so that are studying well better. It was interesting how much better I actually felt. We went contacting this morning, and that was good. There weren't too many people on the street, but most of the people were really nice, and were willing to talk. We talked with a grandma on the rinok and even got a contact out of her. Собрание округа was good, but we didn't have a ton of time. We talked about how we had little work, and how we can find more.
Elder Steiner and I ran off to Нина's where we had a nice little lesson about Jesus Christ, and she enjoyed it. She is such a great lady, but has a lot of worries and health problems. We then went to Афина's house where we had a really good meeting with her. She was very calm and in control compared to usual. She is getting ready for baptism, and we hope that she will be completely ready. Following her, we went to the branch apartment where we had a cool little New Year's party. We made pizza, and had a good time chilling with the youth. It was fun, and one of the most useful activities I have been to yet here in Penza. It was a good chance for everyone to get to know each other better. It was a good day, and tomorrow will be too."
Monday, December 14, 2009
Fun P-day
14 December 2005
"Another p-day gone and down the drain. We had a way good time, and had a good time relaxing. This morning we went to Gene's place, and the elders played a bit on the guitar and played some interesting songs. Elder Theurer and I went and walked around the рынок and bought him some boots. I love the weird stares that people always give to us and how they talk about us as if we don't understand them. We found the boots he wanted, dropped off my rolls of film and then went back to Gene's to get our companions.
All of us elders then headed over to a restaurant - The Steak House. It was really good, and I had a real piece of meat. It has been such a long time since I have eaten some good meat. We went and wrote home, and that was good. The family is doing well, and they are getting ready for Christmas.
We quick like wrote home, and all is good that way. We had English lesson this evening, and that was alright. I am not a big fan of English lessons, but it is all good, and part of life. We sat and chatted with everyone after the lesson and that was cool. Back to missionary work tomorrow. We have a lot of work, and we are going to be contacting. I love the work here!"
"Another p-day gone and down the drain. We had a way good time, and had a good time relaxing. This morning we went to Gene's place, and the elders played a bit on the guitar and played some interesting songs. Elder Theurer and I went and walked around the рынок and bought him some boots. I love the weird stares that people always give to us and how they talk about us as if we don't understand them. We found the boots he wanted, dropped off my rolls of film and then went back to Gene's to get our companions.
All of us elders then headed over to a restaurant - The Steak House. It was really good, and I had a real piece of meat. It has been such a long time since I have eaten some good meat. We went and wrote home, and that was good. The family is doing well, and they are getting ready for Christmas.
We quick like wrote home, and all is good that way. We had English lesson this evening, and that was alright. I am not a big fan of English lessons, but it is all good, and part of life. We sat and chatted with everyone after the lesson and that was cool. Back to missionary work tomorrow. We have a lot of work, and we are going to be contacting. I love the work here!"
Monday, December 7, 2009
Heading Home
7 December 2005
"We are heading back to Penza, and it was a nice vacation. This morning we got into Moscow and we ran to McDonalds to get the breakfast, and fortunately I got it. They changed the sign about 2 minutes after I got there, but I was the only one of us 3 to get it - breakfast. We then took off to the рынок on the Metro. It is so awesome, and I love how well it is set up. We searched for this рынок for a bit, and then we found it. It was huge, and they had all kinds of awesome stuff for really cheap. I got a ton of things there for the family and it is going to be sweet. We bought and bargained all kinds of stuff - shirts, shapkas, and matroshkas.
We then went to the airport where we had a bit of a problem. The dates on our tickets were for yesterday, and so that meant that we had to change them, but they only had business class. Non problem though, and it cost me 22,300 ($745) for our 3 tickets, and I just used my church card as I have a bunch of zone money there. Anyhow, we made it on the plane, and had a good flight home with great service. We flew in and went with Роман (the mission driver) to the office.
There I sat around for awhile, but I was able to read my mail. We went to MickeyD's and then back to the office. There I chatted with the sisters and they are doing well."
"We are heading back to Penza, and it was a nice vacation. This morning we got into Moscow and we ran to McDonalds to get the breakfast, and fortunately I got it. They changed the sign about 2 minutes after I got there, but I was the only one of us 3 to get it - breakfast. We then took off to the рынок on the Metro. It is so awesome, and I love how well it is set up. We searched for this рынок for a bit, and then we found it. It was huge, and they had all kinds of awesome stuff for really cheap. I got a ton of things there for the family and it is going to be sweet. We bought and bargained all kinds of stuff - shirts, shapkas, and matroshkas.
We then went to the airport where we had a bit of a problem. The dates on our tickets were for yesterday, and so that meant that we had to change them, but they only had business class. Non problem though, and it cost me 22,300 ($745) for our 3 tickets, and I just used my church card as I have a bunch of zone money there. Anyhow, we made it on the plane, and had a good flight home with great service. We flew in and went with Роман (the mission driver) to the office.
There I sat around for awhile, but I was able to read my mail. We went to MickeyD's and then back to the office. There I chatted with the sisters and they are doing well."
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Girls
3 December 2005
"So we had a lot of wasted time today, but all in all, it was an alright day. This morning we were doing some contacting and it was super slippery. That was cool, and it made for a fun time trying to talk with everyone. Well, we came home, and we were going to eat, but then we decided that it would be better later. We ran out to the рынок quick like - it is 2 minutes from us - and my companion got himself some gloves. We had sport time, and that was cool. We played fly's up with the football in the snow. We slid all over the place. We then played a game, followed by a little basketball. All in all, it was sweet and a bit cold, but worth it.
We came home, showered, ate and then went to the собрание миссионеров. That was pretty cool, and we got a lot done, and I know when people can help us. We should have had a meeting with Гарик but he couldn't make it, and so we just chatted with Gene for a bit. We then met up with Андре to teach a lesson to a couple girls in our area - Ирина и Юлия - they are sisters and members. Юлия wasn't there but Ирина's friend was - света. We chatted for a bit with them, and had a good time there. They said they would come tomorrow, and that will be great if that is the case. Tomorrow should be busy and then it is off on vacation!"
"So we had a lot of wasted time today, but all in all, it was an alright day. This morning we were doing some contacting and it was super slippery. That was cool, and it made for a fun time trying to talk with everyone. Well, we came home, and we were going to eat, but then we decided that it would be better later. We ran out to the рынок quick like - it is 2 minutes from us - and my companion got himself some gloves. We had sport time, and that was cool. We played fly's up with the football in the snow. We slid all over the place. We then played a game, followed by a little basketball. All in all, it was sweet and a bit cold, but worth it.
We came home, showered, ate and then went to the собрание миссионеров. That was pretty cool, and we got a lot done, and I know when people can help us. We should have had a meeting with Гарик but he couldn't make it, and so we just chatted with Gene for a bit. We then met up with Андре to teach a lesson to a couple girls in our area - Ирина и Юлия - they are sisters and members. Юлия wasn't there but Ирина's friend was - света. We chatted for a bit with them, and had a good time there. They said they would come tomorrow, and that will be great if that is the case. Tomorrow should be busy and then it is off on vacation!"
Monday, November 30, 2009
Free Beer
30 November 2005
"Another p-day gone and done. It was actually a lot of fun and we did a lot. We started the day by cleaning on the подезд. That was the фиг нам. We had to wash off the stairs because when they painted the gay walls they got the paint like stuff everywhere. We cleaned the stairs for 2 hours, and it was so painful. My blister popped that I got from ringing out the rag. The best part of it was that we helped a couple of grandmas move a door down the stairs and they gave us a beer as a reward. We told them we don't drink, and one of them got real upset we wouldn't take it. It was funny.
We took off, and Steiner got a haircut and then we bought some food for the next few days. We came home and we played a little chess. It was 1 to 1 and it was way sweet. We ran to the рынок, and I set up my lights for Christmas here. We then stopped into Subway and had some American food. It was sweet. We wrote home, and I finally heard from my Mom. We then went to English lesson and as always, it was pretty boring. We stayed for some singing, and then we came home. Tomorrow we should be super busy so it will be way nice!"
"Another p-day gone and done. It was actually a lot of fun and we did a lot. We started the day by cleaning on the подезд. That was the фиг нам. We had to wash off the stairs because when they painted the gay walls they got the paint like stuff everywhere. We cleaned the stairs for 2 hours, and it was so painful. My blister popped that I got from ringing out the rag. The best part of it was that we helped a couple of grandmas move a door down the stairs and they gave us a beer as a reward. We told them we don't drink, and one of them got real upset we wouldn't take it. It was funny.
We took off, and Steiner got a haircut and then we bought some food for the next few days. We came home and we played a little chess. It was 1 to 1 and it was way sweet. We ran to the рынок, and I set up my lights for Christmas here. We then stopped into Subway and had some American food. It was sweet. We wrote home, and I finally heard from my Mom. We then went to English lesson and as always, it was pretty boring. We stayed for some singing, and then we came home. Tomorrow we should be super busy so it will be way nice!"
Monday, November 16, 2009
P-Day
16 November 2005
"It was sure an interesting day. I am not going to be a big fan of preparation day here. We don't have any time for meetings as we have English and then studying of hymns. Well, we don't really have much time, and it is kind of depressing to not be able to get out and work, but that is life I guess.
This morning we sat home forever, and did little. We did get the place cleaned up a ton and we go things in order here. It looks a lot better here and we can actually live. We ran to the store and bought a bunch of crap that we are going to live on somehow this next week. We then talked with the Хозяйка of the apartment of the other elders. We set up a договор and chatted for an hour. I was ready to kill myself, and we finally got out to the рынок. I didn't do much there, but I always love to look at things there. That is so sweet to walk around. Steiner bought his beanie and then we went and ate at a Russian place where they make pancake sandwiches and things. It was decent. And it was really really Russian. I meant that because the music, the style, and the cheap food for cheap prices. We wrote home before we went to English lesson. We sat there way too long, and I got really bored. I was ready to go, but the comp was still busy. We finally left, and went to English... We chatted with people forever - after the lesson and introduced them to the church. Hopefully something will come of it. I am ready for a good day tomorrow, and hopefully it will go well."
"It was sure an interesting day. I am not going to be a big fan of preparation day here. We don't have any time for meetings as we have English and then studying of hymns. Well, we don't really have much time, and it is kind of depressing to not be able to get out and work, but that is life I guess.
This morning we sat home forever, and did little. We did get the place cleaned up a ton and we go things in order here. It looks a lot better here and we can actually live. We ran to the store and bought a bunch of crap that we are going to live on somehow this next week. We then talked with the Хозяйка of the apartment of the other elders. We set up a договор and chatted for an hour. I was ready to kill myself, and we finally got out to the рынок. I didn't do much there, but I always love to look at things there. That is so sweet to walk around. Steiner bought his beanie and then we went and ate at a Russian place where they make pancake sandwiches and things. It was decent. And it was really really Russian. I meant that because the music, the style, and the cheap food for cheap prices. We wrote home before we went to English lesson. We sat there way too long, and I got really bored. I was ready to go, but the comp was still busy. We finally left, and went to English... We chatted with people forever - after the lesson and introduced them to the church. Hopefully something will come of it. I am ready for a good day tomorrow, and hopefully it will go well."
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Shopping
11 October 2005
"I am pretty tired today. We spent very little time in the office today because this morning we were helping the Framptons to buy coats and to buy other thing. We took the long trip out there and everything went good. I worked my magic and talked things down a lot of them. There was one point that there were people yelling at each other because I was working my prices down so well. Nothing bad happened and we got Sister Frampton a couple coats. All I bought myself was a beanie as the one from last year is not that great. Well, after 2 hours my head hurt from so much talking and then Elder Jonsson bought a coat and I talked with a saleslady there who was really cool. We finally got out of there and stopped by to McDonalds for lunch. After we grabbed a bite to eat, I got a call that an elder lost his passport in Engels. Sister Sirova and I took care of things, and then I worked on copying General Conference. That was sure a pain, and I have the Relief Society session basically memorized. I didn't get done what I wanted, although I tried. We left to the branch evening and that went good, but put me to sleep as we watched a film - Legacy. I felt like sleeping. We are now home, and I am ready to lay down. I am sure tired and I think that the рынок really wore me out. A new day tomorrow..."
"I am pretty tired today. We spent very little time in the office today because this morning we were helping the Framptons to buy coats and to buy other thing. We took the long trip out there and everything went good. I worked my magic and talked things down a lot of them. There was one point that there were people yelling at each other because I was working my prices down so well. Nothing bad happened and we got Sister Frampton a couple coats. All I bought myself was a beanie as the one from last year is not that great. Well, after 2 hours my head hurt from so much talking and then Elder Jonsson bought a coat and I talked with a saleslady there who was really cool. We finally got out of there and stopped by to McDonalds for lunch. After we grabbed a bite to eat, I got a call that an elder lost his passport in Engels. Sister Sirova and I took care of things, and then I worked on copying General Conference. That was sure a pain, and I have the Relief Society session basically memorized. I didn't get done what I wanted, although I tried. We left to the branch evening and that went good, but put me to sleep as we watched a film - Legacy. I felt like sleeping. We are now home, and I am ready to lay down. I am sure tired and I think that the рынок really wore me out. A new day tomorrow..."
Monday, September 14, 2009
Dying
14 September 2005
"I am dying. That is how I feel at least. I have this pain in my side that is right by my heart. It hurts really bad to lie down at all and to be standing for a long time. In fact this morning I had to sit at the end of my bed in order to study at all. Tomorrow I will absolutely call the doctor if the pain is still there. As for now, I will live with it and hope that it goes away, or at least that I will be able to sleep.
So this morning, we got all ready for our day and we studied together. We made a plan for our lesson with Tom and basically it was way cool to be able to study. The bad news was that we had no lesson with Tom as something came up. That is sure a bummer because he is a great guy. We headed to the office where we had a few things to do, but not a ton. I got things ready for the elders that will be coming in, and that will be leaving. After a few other things, we went to get some keys made, but couldn't find a place for all of them. We made a few on the рынок and then went back to the office after some scorching heat. We decided that we had better eat and so we did that by making chili dogs that turned out really tasty. Elder Lunt really enjoyed it as he was there. We then ran off to the church where we were suppose to have a meeting with President Колцов, but he didn't come and so we were just there at institute and that was interesting. It sure isn't like my class that I had at home and there was one young man there that just wanted to argue. We came home and now I am writing here."
"I am dying. That is how I feel at least. I have this pain in my side that is right by my heart. It hurts really bad to lie down at all and to be standing for a long time. In fact this morning I had to sit at the end of my bed in order to study at all. Tomorrow I will absolutely call the doctor if the pain is still there. As for now, I will live with it and hope that it goes away, or at least that I will be able to sleep.
So this morning, we got all ready for our day and we studied together. We made a plan for our lesson with Tom and basically it was way cool to be able to study. The bad news was that we had no lesson with Tom as something came up. That is sure a bummer because he is a great guy. We headed to the office where we had a few things to do, but not a ton. I got things ready for the elders that will be coming in, and that will be leaving. After a few other things, we went to get some keys made, but couldn't find a place for all of them. We made a few on the рынок and then went back to the office after some scorching heat. We decided that we had better eat and so we did that by making chili dogs that turned out really tasty. Elder Lunt really enjoyed it as he was there. We then ran off to the church where we were suppose to have a meeting with President Колцов, but he didn't come and so we were just there at institute and that was interesting. It sure isn't like my class that I had at home and there was one young man there that just wanted to argue. We came home and now I am writing here."
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
What The
26 August 2005
I bought a new coat today. We ran to the office for yet again some helpless little elders and helped them get to the zone leaders and we continued our journey on the land of treasures and trinkets - my favorite place. We were on a quest to help the Ehlerts find a dead animal to wear (winter coat). After an eventful trip to the rinok, we began the hunt. Elder Ehlert found one he liked pretty quickly, but held back to play the field. After thousands of gypsies yelling at us, lying sellers telling us the jacked up prices, and people undressing in front of everyone, the Ehlerts both took their prey. A few quick words and prices quickly dropped 1000 руб. - they got away with a steal. I grabbed a greasy пирожки from an old grandma and then I found myself a winter run - a wool coat. We scattered off the rinok and grabbed a gazelle to get home. Other than the drunk dirtbag trying to give a grandma 10 руб for "services" and half naked women of all sizes we made it home with our prize. We headed off for another exhausting day in the burning sun and great walks in the office. The only exciting thing that happened was looking at some bored missionaries site (www.mission-possible.jino.ru). Вот, от куда такой стиль писания. Sister Ehlert reared up the stove and pulled together some peanut butter cookies for us hard writing missionaries. After our raid of the kitchen we got out onto the blazing roads of Russia. We began our trek to Вячеслав in order to save some kopekas and got there in time to watch "Finding Faith in Christ." On the way back to our den we worked on saving more money. So another day in the office went by without too much excitement and with a chance to move the work forward. Off to the bed for sweet dreams of Wendy's bacon cheeseburgers and long walks on the beach...
I bought a new coat today. We ran to the office for yet again some helpless little elders and helped them get to the zone leaders and we continued our journey on the land of treasures and trinkets - my favorite place. We were on a quest to help the Ehlerts find a dead animal to wear (winter coat). After an eventful trip to the rinok, we began the hunt. Elder Ehlert found one he liked pretty quickly, but held back to play the field. After thousands of gypsies yelling at us, lying sellers telling us the jacked up prices, and people undressing in front of everyone, the Ehlerts both took their prey. A few quick words and prices quickly dropped 1000 руб. - they got away with a steal. I grabbed a greasy пирожки from an old grandma and then I found myself a winter run - a wool coat. We scattered off the rinok and grabbed a gazelle to get home. Other than the drunk dirtbag trying to give a grandma 10 руб for "services" and half naked women of all sizes we made it home with our prize. We headed off for another exhausting day in the burning sun and great walks in the office. The only exciting thing that happened was looking at some bored missionaries site (www.mission-possible.jino.ru). Вот, от куда такой стиль писания. Sister Ehlert reared up the stove and pulled together some peanut butter cookies for us hard writing missionaries. After our raid of the kitchen we got out onto the blazing roads of Russia. We began our trek to Вячеслав in order to save some kopekas and got there in time to watch "Finding Faith in Christ." On the way back to our den we worked on saving more money. So another day in the office went by without too much excitement and with a chance to move the work forward. Off to the bed for sweet dreams of Wendy's bacon cheeseburgers and long walks on the beach...
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Women and Shopping don't mix
20 August 2005
"I spend way too much time in this office and I type way too much here on this computer. I am having a good time though today and it was good to be able to relax and to have our P-day. We actually didn’t do a whole lot but we relaxed a lot. We came here this morning and we typed home and I typed up a good story for the family about what happened yesterday. I sent my journal to myself and also Elder Wright’s story about what happened and so I am excited to have that. We didn’t spend too much time here before we got out of here and we got everything done before we went to the Lunts house and we went to the big old rinok out in the Bezimanski area. Well it was crazy and there was a ton of people that were out there and lets just say that it is not fun to shop with girls man. We walked around forever and we looked on a ton of coats and Sister Lunt just couldn’t find anything. After about 2 hours we decided to go back and to buy the coat that she looked at from the beginning. Well it was sure way too long to be there, and I didn’t buy anything. I did look on some coats and had a good time and all but I couldn’t buy anything. Well I saw a coat and now I think that I want to go back to get it. I am excited to go back there for it. Well after the rinok we went with the Lunts and we ate a McDonalds. That was good as always and they bought us lunch to make up for what happened at the rinok so I guess I can’t complain too much. We went home and we slept for a couple of hours and lets just say we were bad because we slept until about 7. Well that was our own fault and of course we saw that bad that came from it. About 10 minutes after we left Tom called and said that he won’t be able to come tomorrow and that we was sorry but it wasn’t going to be possible to make it. Well I guess that is what we get for not following the rules and being a little too lazy. Well we went to Степан’s and we talked with him for a bit and about the fact that he needs to come out to the meeting and needs to stop making excuses why he can’t come. He said that he needs to but that he is not going too. Well it was really hard and I don’t know that he completely understands or what but it is hard for him. Well we got him to say that he wants to but it doesn’t look like he will come tomorrow. Well, we went up to the store and we got some stuff and I think that we are going to make some chicken noodle soup. We came to the office to help out the Ehlerts and to get them off to the Vokzal to be able to go to Penza for an audit. Well we are going to go home here in a few and get too bed and all and hopefully have a good time there. Well I am excited for tomorrow, and I like Sundays here and they are always a nice rejuvenating day. The joys of missionary work – no worries about Elders today."
"I spend way too much time in this office and I type way too much here on this computer. I am having a good time though today and it was good to be able to relax and to have our P-day. We actually didn’t do a whole lot but we relaxed a lot. We came here this morning and we typed home and I typed up a good story for the family about what happened yesterday. I sent my journal to myself and also Elder Wright’s story about what happened and so I am excited to have that. We didn’t spend too much time here before we got out of here and we got everything done before we went to the Lunts house and we went to the big old rinok out in the Bezimanski area. Well it was crazy and there was a ton of people that were out there and lets just say that it is not fun to shop with girls man. We walked around forever and we looked on a ton of coats and Sister Lunt just couldn’t find anything. After about 2 hours we decided to go back and to buy the coat that she looked at from the beginning. Well it was sure way too long to be there, and I didn’t buy anything. I did look on some coats and had a good time and all but I couldn’t buy anything. Well I saw a coat and now I think that I want to go back to get it. I am excited to go back there for it. Well after the rinok we went with the Lunts and we ate a McDonalds. That was good as always and they bought us lunch to make up for what happened at the rinok so I guess I can’t complain too much. We went home and we slept for a couple of hours and lets just say we were bad because we slept until about 7. Well that was our own fault and of course we saw that bad that came from it. About 10 minutes after we left Tom called and said that he won’t be able to come tomorrow and that we was sorry but it wasn’t going to be possible to make it. Well I guess that is what we get for not following the rules and being a little too lazy. Well we went to Степан’s and we talked with him for a bit and about the fact that he needs to come out to the meeting and needs to stop making excuses why he can’t come. He said that he needs to but that he is not going too. Well it was really hard and I don’t know that he completely understands or what but it is hard for him. Well we got him to say that he wants to but it doesn’t look like he will come tomorrow. Well, we went up to the store and we got some stuff and I think that we are going to make some chicken noodle soup. We came to the office to help out the Ehlerts and to get them off to the Vokzal to be able to go to Penza for an audit. Well we are going to go home here in a few and get too bed and all and hopefully have a good time there. Well I am excited for tomorrow, and I like Sundays here and they are always a nice rejuvenating day. The joys of missionary work – no worries about Elders today."
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!"
Thursday, June 25, 2009
P-Day
25 June 2009
"It was an interesting day. Like I wrote last night, we had preparation day so that meant we went to buy some products in a store called Перекресток. It is a bit of a ways away, but it is worth it. They sell American type food and for a good price. We spent a good amount of money there, and we got some food that will be good. After that, we came home and then went to the office and wrote home. The family seems to be doing fairly well. They don't have tons going on but things seem alright. So I wrote home and that went well. We went with the assistants - Jensen and Godfrey - to a place to eat where they serve chicken types of food. It was good and I ate too much. We then went to the рынок that had some матрошкы. It sure wasn't worth it as I was just in Moscow and I bought several there. Elder Jensen wanted to buy some though. Well, we then got pictures developed before coming home to get much needed sleep. We went out and worked and knocked a bit tonight. That was nice. We met a lady that makes Матрошкы and that was cool. We didn't have much success but it was nice to get out and work. President told us that there will be more work in our area as only us and the Assistants will be in here in Avrora. That will be hard to get out of the office, but it will be good for us. We need to do better with that. There is always some reason to be there, but it is usually not that good. I just need to get use to it. Well, who knows. I guess we'll see how all works out."
"It was an interesting day. Like I wrote last night, we had preparation day so that meant we went to buy some products in a store called Перекресток. It is a bit of a ways away, but it is worth it. They sell American type food and for a good price. We spent a good amount of money there, and we got some food that will be good. After that, we came home and then went to the office and wrote home. The family seems to be doing fairly well. They don't have tons going on but things seem alright. So I wrote home and that went well. We went with the assistants - Jensen and Godfrey - to a place to eat where they serve chicken types of food. It was good and I ate too much. We then went to the рынок that had some матрошкы. It sure wasn't worth it as I was just in Moscow and I bought several there. Elder Jensen wanted to buy some though. Well, we then got pictures developed before coming home to get much needed sleep. We went out and worked and knocked a bit tonight. That was nice. We met a lady that makes Матрошкы and that was cool. We didn't have much success but it was nice to get out and work. President told us that there will be more work in our area as only us and the Assistants will be in here in Avrora. That will be hard to get out of the office, but it will be good for us. We need to do better with that. There is always some reason to be there, but it is usually not that good. I just need to get use to it. Well, who knows. I guess we'll see how all works out."
Monday, June 22, 2009
Moscow Insanity
22 June 2009
"The trip is finally about over, and that is a good thing. I am absolutely dead tired after all that has happened. I just want to pass out. This morning we made it in to Moscow, and we headed straight for the рынок. Once we got there we started the insanity. We talked with tons of people, and we bought tons. I bought 10 Matroshki dolls as gifts, and so now I have a ton to send home. I also bought 8 of them for Smith. So basically it was a bad idea to buy all of them because we had to lug the darn things around with us. Well, I then bought some shirts for the family, and that was all.
After the insanity there, we went to Red Square. The bad part is that it was closed. So we complained a lot - I mean come on here - we're in Moscow. Basically it wasn't cool, but we walked around and took a few more pics before heading out to eat. We had the best food! It was like heaven. We found TGI Fridays there and I got ribs and cheesecake and chips and salsa! Wow - I was in heaven. We also watched soccer, and later a track meet. It was pretty cool. It sure didn't feel like missionary life - it wasn't. We slumped out of TGIF's and we went to the metro again. We headed out to the office there in Moscow and picked up a package that we have to bring back with us. We chilled in their office before heading back to the horrid streets of Moscow to get to the airport. The airport was ад! (Guess that word) We finally got through it all and got on the flight. Well, we are almost back to Samara and so that's cool. Back to missionary work...office life...and everything else."
"The trip is finally about over, and that is a good thing. I am absolutely dead tired after all that has happened. I just want to pass out. This morning we made it in to Moscow, and we headed straight for the рынок. Once we got there we started the insanity. We talked with tons of people, and we bought tons. I bought 10 Matroshki dolls as gifts, and so now I have a ton to send home. I also bought 8 of them for Smith. So basically it was a bad idea to buy all of them because we had to lug the darn things around with us. Well, I then bought some shirts for the family, and that was all.
After the insanity there, we went to Red Square. The bad part is that it was closed. So we complained a lot - I mean come on here - we're in Moscow. Basically it wasn't cool, but we walked around and took a few more pics before heading out to eat. We had the best food! It was like heaven. We found TGI Fridays there and I got ribs and cheesecake and chips and salsa! Wow - I was in heaven. We also watched soccer, and later a track meet. It was pretty cool. It sure didn't feel like missionary life - it wasn't. We slumped out of TGIF's and we went to the metro again. We headed out to the office there in Moscow and picked up a package that we have to bring back with us. We chilled in their office before heading back to the horrid streets of Moscow to get to the airport. The airport was ад! (Guess that word) We finally got through it all and got on the flight. Well, we are almost back to Samara and so that's cool. Back to missionary work...office life...and everything else."
Monday, March 9, 2009
P-Day
9 March 2005
"It was a relaxing day today. We wrote home this morning and then went to star music and looked around forever. It was awesome. I love those music places, and I could spend all kinds of money there. Luckily, I only took 3 cds. Well, we ate at McDonalds and then we got stuff at the rionik and came home. We had FHE at the Семёнов's house but only we were there. It was fun and went well. We talked about doing missionary work. We just got home and I am ready for bed. It snowed all day and so everything is very white and pretty. It is awesome. Back to work again tomorrow..."
"It was a relaxing day today. We wrote home this morning and then went to star music and looked around forever. It was awesome. I love those music places, and I could spend all kinds of money there. Luckily, I only took 3 cds. Well, we ate at McDonalds and then we got stuff at the rionik and came home. We had FHE at the Семёнов's house but only we were there. It was fun and went well. We talked about doing missionary work. We just got home and I am ready for bed. It snowed all day and so everything is very white and pretty. It is awesome. Back to work again tomorrow..."
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