14 April 2006
"Life is pretty good, and I feel a lot better. So we went out contacting this morning and that went pretty well. We had a good time and then we met up with Андрей and I gave him my discs. Well, he walked around with us for a bit before we came home and grabbed a bite to eat. We then did our planning session which was more like me packing and working on my talk while my companion planned. So we then chatted for a bit before heading to service with the other elders which was fun. We cleaned walls in a hospital and washed the floors. It was cool, and there were quite a few people there."
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Headache
13 April 2006
"Today was a pretty good day, and I enjoyed it a lot. I had a decent time planning and studying. It was good, and then we went and had contacting. That went well, and as always we enjoyed it. We didn't have much luck, but that is part of life. So we had lunch and I started to think way too much. I thought about life here and about what it will be like. We luckily had service at Раиса's place and she is doing alright. We cleaned things up a lot there and so that is good. She is the funniest grandma that I know and I love her to death. I will miss her. After service we came home and I took my 15 minute power nap. That went pretty cool, and I felt a bit better after that. The best part was that I developed some pictures and so I have several new ones. We were at the scripture class and then молодежный вечер which went okay but there wasn't a ton of people there, so that was sad. My head hurt a bit, but it was all good."
"Today was a pretty good day, and I enjoyed it a lot. I had a decent time planning and studying. It was good, and then we went and had contacting. That went well, and as always we enjoyed it. We didn't have much luck, but that is part of life. So we had lunch and I started to think way too much. I thought about life here and about what it will be like. We luckily had service at Раиса's place and she is doing alright. We cleaned things up a lot there and so that is good. She is the funniest grandma that I know and I love her to death. I will miss her. After service we came home and I took my 15 minute power nap. That went pretty cool, and I felt a bit better after that. The best part was that I developed some pictures and so I have several new ones. We were at the scripture class and then молодежный вечер which went okay but there wasn't a ton of people there, so that was sad. My head hurt a bit, but it was all good."
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Dream
4 April 2006
"Today was a pretty sweet day and I feel a little better. I had a good time this morning do service for a lady. We cleaned up her art studio and threw out a lot of trash. She was way happy that we came and we helped her out a ton. We ran quick like home and then we ate our rice and tomato paste. That didn't go down so well, but I guess that all will be alright. So, we then ran off to see Раиса who is also doing alright. She still has little desire but we are trying to help her. We stopped by to a couple of places before coming home and helped the other elders get moved out. We are now here without them. We relaxed a bit before we went to a meeting who is doing alright but I guess President knows something always before it will happen. We then came home and now I am relaxing. I am still not feeling great, but I feel better. That is for sure. So I hope that things will be better tomorrow and that I can start to focus again. I feel like I am in a dream and so hopefully I can get out of that mode. Off to bed!"
"Today was a pretty sweet day and I feel a little better. I had a good time this morning do service for a lady. We cleaned up her art studio and threw out a lot of trash. She was way happy that we came and we helped her out a ton. We ran quick like home and then we ate our rice and tomato paste. That didn't go down so well, but I guess that all will be alright. So, we then ran off to see Раиса who is also doing alright. She still has little desire but we are trying to help her. We stopped by to a couple of places before coming home and helped the other elders get moved out. We are now here without them. We relaxed a bit before we went to a meeting who is doing alright but I guess President knows something always before it will happen. We then came home and now I am relaxing. I am still not feeling great, but I feel better. That is for sure. So I hope that things will be better tomorrow and that I can start to focus again. I feel like I am in a dream and so hopefully I can get out of that mode. Off to bed!"
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Magic
17 March 2006
"Today was decent day and it was good to be able to do some service. So this morning we had to head out to help the other elders bring all their crap back here to get all settled in. Well, it went alright and the Макаровы's were there and I guess that the land lady got the bad end of the deal because she cant have anyone live there until the 31st. We made it home and then we grabbed a bite to eat before we did planning. We ran through that fairly quickly. We should have a decent week, but we are going to be busy. We took off to do some service at this ladies apartment in our area - a grandma. We helped her to clean up her house as she has troubles to do all that she needs. Well, we then ran to changed before gong to see the Старостины who are doing well, and we did some magic tricks for them. It was cool and they enjoyed it. Tonight I ate a lot and so am getting fat. All is well though as we are working hard and having a good time. The work here is sure awesome!"
"Today was decent day and it was good to be able to do some service. So this morning we had to head out to help the other elders bring all their crap back here to get all settled in. Well, it went alright and the Макаровы's were there and I guess that the land lady got the bad end of the deal because she cant have anyone live there until the 31st. We made it home and then we grabbed a bite to eat before we did planning. We ran through that fairly quickly. We should have a decent week, but we are going to be busy. We took off to do some service at this ladies apartment in our area - a grandma. We helped her to clean up her house as she has troubles to do all that she needs. Well, we then ran to changed before gong to see the Старостины who are doing well, and we did some magic tricks for them. It was cool and they enjoyed it. Tonight I ate a lot and so am getting fat. All is well though as we are working hard and having a good time. The work here is sure awesome!"
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Feel Good
10 January 2006
"I am in a much better mood today, and I feel like we finally helped someone out. We started the day off by contacting as usual, and that went well. We talked with some good people and had a good time. We stopped by to one school where we agreed on a time for having sport time. We quickly ran home, grabbed a bite to eat, and then we went to help Шавкат. They just moved again, and we had to help them bring a lot of their clothing and stuff to their new place. It was an adventure as we had with us his little son Сультан. We took turns holding him, and it was a sure an adventure. We got them where they lived and stopped by to their neighbor's house for a bit to get all his things. I was shocked at how little they had. I thought of all the stuff that I have at home, and how I can't seem to live w/o it, but these people have so little, and yet are so happy. We got his things and took off back out into the cold to come home. A bus had broken down, and a van thing had brought some gas for it. We hitched a ride back to Шавкат's place, and then we took off to a meeting with some members. We met with Сорокины and that was awesome. They are awesome active members, and we want to get referrals from them. After the meeting we came home, and ate, and now we're relaxing. I feel good finally. What a relief!"
"I am in a much better mood today, and I feel like we finally helped someone out. We started the day off by contacting as usual, and that went well. We talked with some good people and had a good time. We stopped by to one school where we agreed on a time for having sport time. We quickly ran home, grabbed a bite to eat, and then we went to help Шавкат. They just moved again, and we had to help them bring a lot of their clothing and stuff to their new place. It was an adventure as we had with us his little son Сультан. We took turns holding him, and it was a sure an adventure. We got them where they lived and stopped by to their neighbor's house for a bit to get all his things. I was shocked at how little they had. I thought of all the stuff that I have at home, and how I can't seem to live w/o it, but these people have so little, and yet are so happy. We got his things and took off back out into the cold to come home. A bus had broken down, and a van thing had brought some gas for it. We hitched a ride back to Шавкат's place, and then we took off to a meeting with some members. We met with Сорокины and that was awesome. They are awesome active members, and we want to get referrals from them. After the meeting we came home, and ate, and now we're relaxing. I feel good finally. What a relief!"
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!"
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Great Family
25 November 2005
"Today was way fun, but it wasn't a great work day. We ran and got our passports this morning, and that was cool - I can now be legal here. Well, we came back here and ran through a planning session. That was good, and we are almost sure that we will have a lot of time and a lot of meeting next week. We hope that we can help Афина to get a baptismal date, but she needs to start coming to the meeting.
After we planned, we went and took all the leftovers for ourselves and ate a bunch again - nowhere near as much as we did yesterday.
We then took off to try and find some members that didn't go so well for us. We ended up walking around in the cold and freezing wastelands of Russia. We even tried to contact some of the people, but no one was really wanting to. We ended up walking a long distance with little result. I guess that is part of missionary work and that is what we are here to do.
We then went to service at the cancer hospital and we cleaned the walls and the floors to get rid of the germs. It was fun, and there was about 15 of us. We then had to stop by to President and Sister Makarova's house to get a contract. We had a cool time there and I got to play an accordion for the first time ever. Let's just say that I made a complete fool of myself, and I sure didn't make any music. We tried some dry, pig fat (сала) - it's pretty tasty - and they tried to get me to like olives. Let's just say that it was a ton of fun, and they have an awesome family. I love them to death. I want to find and baptize a family like them. So many good people here, so many faithful saints - they are such an example to me."
"Today was way fun, but it wasn't a great work day. We ran and got our passports this morning, and that was cool - I can now be legal here. Well, we came back here and ran through a planning session. That was good, and we are almost sure that we will have a lot of time and a lot of meeting next week. We hope that we can help Афина to get a baptismal date, but she needs to start coming to the meeting.
After we planned, we went and took all the leftovers for ourselves and ate a bunch again - nowhere near as much as we did yesterday.
We then took off to try and find some members that didn't go so well for us. We ended up walking around in the cold and freezing wastelands of Russia. We even tried to contact some of the people, but no one was really wanting to. We ended up walking a long distance with little result. I guess that is part of missionary work and that is what we are here to do.
We then went to service at the cancer hospital and we cleaned the walls and the floors to get rid of the germs. It was fun, and there was about 15 of us. We then had to stop by to President and Sister Makarova's house to get a contract. We had a cool time there and I got to play an accordion for the first time ever. Let's just say that I made a complete fool of myself, and I sure didn't make any music. We tried some dry, pig fat (сала) - it's pretty tasty - and they tried to get me to like olives. Let's just say that it was a ton of fun, and they have an awesome family. I love them to death. I want to find and baptize a family like them. So many good people here, so many faithful saints - they are such an example to me."
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Small Act of Service
6 October 2005
"It is interesting the miracles that the Lord performs when things are down. Today was a really down day for me. It was really my fault for complaining about the office. I complained about not seeing anyone and was just feeling bad for myself. It is hard, but I need to just work. Well today after the office we were headed to a meeting with some members (the Сталновы's) and there was no one on the streets and I was getting upset and felt like giving up. Well, I saw an old бабушка across the street who was bent over and very little. She was trying to carry a box and was having a lot of trouble. Well, I thought that there was no need to help as I wanted to talk with a family. We walked by (on the other side of the street) and after about 15 seconds I told Elder Jonsson that we needed to go back and help (he didn't see her). Well, we went back and took the box and walked and talked. She was a nice old lady and I can't express the feelings of joy that I felt. I realize that it isn't about the number of lessons but more on the quality of work we are doing. I love to server others, and although we didn't find a new family, we did what the Savior would have done.
In the office we worked for a long time and got a lot done. I got some visa paper work done and then I wrote some more of those darn letters for leaving missionaries I really dislike that job but I guess that is part of my calling. My big thing today was getting the calendar all setup for next year. That was pretty interesting and a very difficult task. To think about the entire year is sure insane, but I think I have things decently planned but I guess we shall see. Well, we got out of there, and went to our meeting. We talked about missionary work and we had them show us in which area to work. We will go out there next week and hopefully all will work out. It was an awesome lesson and the spirit was strong. Now we are home and we are getting ready for another big day tomorrow."
"It is interesting the miracles that the Lord performs when things are down. Today was a really down day for me. It was really my fault for complaining about the office. I complained about not seeing anyone and was just feeling bad for myself. It is hard, but I need to just work. Well today after the office we were headed to a meeting with some members (the Сталновы's) and there was no one on the streets and I was getting upset and felt like giving up. Well, I saw an old бабушка across the street who was bent over and very little. She was trying to carry a box and was having a lot of trouble. Well, I thought that there was no need to help as I wanted to talk with a family. We walked by (on the other side of the street) and after about 15 seconds I told Elder Jonsson that we needed to go back and help (he didn't see her). Well, we went back and took the box and walked and talked. She was a nice old lady and I can't express the feelings of joy that I felt. I realize that it isn't about the number of lessons but more on the quality of work we are doing. I love to server others, and although we didn't find a new family, we did what the Savior would have done.
In the office we worked for a long time and got a lot done. I got some visa paper work done and then I wrote some more of those darn letters for leaving missionaries I really dislike that job but I guess that is part of my calling. My big thing today was getting the calendar all setup for next year. That was pretty interesting and a very difficult task. To think about the entire year is sure insane, but I think I have things decently planned but I guess we shall see. Well, we got out of there, and went to our meeting. We talked about missionary work and we had them show us in which area to work. We will go out there next week and hopefully all will work out. It was an awesome lesson and the spirit was strong. Now we are home and we are getting ready for another big day tomorrow."
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Battle
22 September 2005
"We're preparing for war tomorrow. We got the guns loaded and ready to fire. We are going to be working up early and headed off to the battlefield. We are tired from a long day of preparation and preparing the weapons for battle. These darn books take a while to prepare for incoming missionaries, and it is a bit stressful. This morning we went to do some service before we went to the office. I wouldn't really call it service as we sat there for about 45 minutes before we left. I did change a light bulb and get a nice little shock from that. It was pretty crazy but yeah. We worked in the office for a bit before we decided that we needed to go and eat with the APs at McDonalds for an important "business lunch." Well, we did that and there were little beggar boys that we wouldn't give any money to and then later we saw the kicking a guy for stuff - it was sad.
We came back to the office, and on the way, we stopped by to a couple of stores and picked up some more materials to make the little booklets. We also got some food for the guys coming in tomorrow. We walked back to the office where we tried to get some more work done. Brock came to the office and after a quick interview left and we found out that he couldn't baptize Лилия so that means that Lister will be doing it. We took off with Блинков to stop by to some people, but no one was home. We talked with him for a bit before we went back to the office to finish up some work. We left to Elder Hunsaker's concert after not too long and we enjoyed the music from his family. We also had a good time talking with everyone before we came home. I am tired as can be, and like I wrote - it is off to battle we go.
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"We're preparing for war tomorrow. We got the guns loaded and ready to fire. We are going to be working up early and headed off to the battlefield. We are tired from a long day of preparation and preparing the weapons for battle. These darn books take a while to prepare for incoming missionaries, and it is a bit stressful. This morning we went to do some service before we went to the office. I wouldn't really call it service as we sat there for about 45 minutes before we left. I did change a light bulb and get a nice little shock from that. It was pretty crazy but yeah. We worked in the office for a bit before we decided that we needed to go and eat with the APs at McDonalds for an important "business lunch." Well, we did that and there were little beggar boys that we wouldn't give any money to and then later we saw the kicking a guy for stuff - it was sad.
We came back to the office, and on the way, we stopped by to a couple of stores and picked up some more materials to make the little booklets. We also got some food for the guys coming in tomorrow. We walked back to the office where we tried to get some more work done. Brock came to the office and after a quick interview left and we found out that he couldn't baptize Лилия so that means that Lister will be doing it. We took off with Блинков to stop by to some people, but no one was home. We talked with him for a bit before we went back to the office to finish up some work. We left to Elder Hunsaker's concert after not too long and we enjoyed the music from his family. We also had a good time talking with everyone before we came home. I am tired as can be, and like I wrote - it is off to battle we go.
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
Strong Spirit
30 September 2005
"What an awesome week! That is really all that I can say. We have just turned things around and I am way glad. We have started to be real missionaries and I love the feelings that I have inside from it. We started the morning out again with studying and then together studying. We then had a real planning session. We planned and we thought how we can help our investigators, and how we can better work. We set a goal to get out of the office by 6 so that will bless us a lot. We then went to the office but only for a couple hours. I just did some basic things that I needed to before we went to do service. We were back at Людмила's house and we were painting for her again. The smell wasn't near as bad this time and we had a good time just chatting with the sisters. They are both really cool and funny and I love to talk with them. Well, we painted for 3 1/2 hours and got really dirty and paint all over. We then went back to the office and grabbed a quick bite of spaghetti before we had to run off again. We went and talked to Вячеслав and that was awesome.
We talked with him about Preach My Gospel and we invited him to teach the 1st lesson with us. He said he would like to but has little time. I then felt like testifying and when I did, I felt the spirit very strongly. It was an awesome experience and something that hasn't happened a lot lately. On the way home, I thought about it, and I realized that the spirit is much more with me the last little while and I feel great. I love this feeling of being a missionary.
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"What an awesome week! That is really all that I can say. We have just turned things around and I am way glad. We have started to be real missionaries and I love the feelings that I have inside from it. We started the morning out again with studying and then together studying. We then had a real planning session. We planned and we thought how we can help our investigators, and how we can better work. We set a goal to get out of the office by 6 so that will bless us a lot. We then went to the office but only for a couple hours. I just did some basic things that I needed to before we went to do service. We were back at Людмила's house and we were painting for her again. The smell wasn't near as bad this time and we had a good time just chatting with the sisters. They are both really cool and funny and I love to talk with them. Well, we painted for 3 1/2 hours and got really dirty and paint all over. We then went back to the office and grabbed a quick bite of spaghetti before we had to run off again. We went and talked to Вячеслав and that was awesome.
We talked with him about Preach My Gospel and we invited him to teach the 1st lesson with us. He said he would like to but has little time. I then felt like testifying and when I did, I felt the spirit very strongly. It was an awesome experience and something that hasn't happened a lot lately. On the way home, I thought about it, and I realized that the spirit is much more with me the last little while and I feel great. I love this feeling of being a missionary.
"
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!"
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Pointless Service
23 August 2005
"We spent a total of 1 1/2 hours in the office today. That is probably a record for us. One of the main reasons is that we did some very ridiculous service. We thought that we were going to help Брат Винноградов at the home of Israel. He said it was by the дача and not on the дача. We basically went to the graveyard and we saw a bunch of cool graves. There was a ton of rich gypsies that were buried there, and it was sure insane. It was kind of crazy. It turned out that we had gone to move the grave stone for a person there. Анатолий told us that we didn't need any permission to move it but we told him we weren't going to move it w/o at least some kind of affirmation that we could. He went to find someone and then the guy said that we could. We then finished moving it and got out of there. We basically wasted a lot of time there. Well, we ate at McDonalds with the APs and had a good time there. We got to the office and then when we got everything going we had to leave to English. It was basically a waste of time there and only two people came. We contacted a little on the way home and then we got here. Well, I wasted a ton of money today on the transport. I spent a hundred roubles. I am glad that I don't have to pay a lot every day or I would die. It would be bad. As you can see my head hurts tonight so things aren't completely understandably here. I will finish up for now."
"We spent a total of 1 1/2 hours in the office today. That is probably a record for us. One of the main reasons is that we did some very ridiculous service. We thought that we were going to help Брат Винноградов at the home of Israel. He said it was by the дача and not on the дача. We basically went to the graveyard and we saw a bunch of cool graves. There was a ton of rich gypsies that were buried there, and it was sure insane. It was kind of crazy. It turned out that we had gone to move the grave stone for a person there. Анатолий told us that we didn't need any permission to move it but we told him we weren't going to move it w/o at least some kind of affirmation that we could. He went to find someone and then the guy said that we could. We then finished moving it and got out of there. We basically wasted a lot of time there. Well, we ate at McDonalds with the APs and had a good time there. We got to the office and then when we got everything going we had to leave to English. It was basically a waste of time there and only two people came. We contacted a little on the way home and then we got here. Well, I wasted a ton of money today on the transport. I spent a hundred roubles. I am glad that I don't have to pay a lot every day or I would die. It would be bad. As you can see my head hurts tonight so things aren't completely understandably here. I will finish up for now."
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."
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Borsch and Service
11 August 2005
"Well, another day to end here in the office. We have been doing a ton and we have been in the office for most of the day. Let's just say that I am ready to go home and to stop. I am sure tired. We got here at about 8 this morning, and then we just sat and worked. Well, we did have service this morning at 11 at the hospital again. We there moved some stuff an cleaned up. It was sure crazy. My parents wouldn't believe what it is like there. It is definitely not a place that I would want to lay down and to wit. Well that was actually a lot of fun, and it was good to be able to be there with some other people. We were there for a couple of hours and then we took off back here to the office. Here in the office I just did everything that sent me going crazy. Well I got stuff ready for these elders that will be leaving tomorrow and they are still here with us right now. it was a lot of fun. Well then we took off to go up to eat with President and that was really good. I ate a ton as always and that was nice. I love to eat with president of course so that is good to eat with them. Sister Davidik is a really good cook and she actually made some borsch today too, so that was good. Well since that time I have been getting things ready for tomorrow, and I have also been getting the list of phone numbers and things ready for president that he wanted for all the leaders here in our mission. Well, we are getting ready to leave here in a few minutes and we have been here all day. Tomorrow will be another long one, and it should be a lot of fun. I am excited to have the new ones coming in tomorrow and it will be a blast. Off to home we go and to get ready for tomorrow!"
"Well, another day to end here in the office. We have been doing a ton and we have been in the office for most of the day. Let's just say that I am ready to go home and to stop. I am sure tired. We got here at about 8 this morning, and then we just sat and worked. Well, we did have service this morning at 11 at the hospital again. We there moved some stuff an cleaned up. It was sure crazy. My parents wouldn't believe what it is like there. It is definitely not a place that I would want to lay down and to wit. Well that was actually a lot of fun, and it was good to be able to be there with some other people. We were there for a couple of hours and then we took off back here to the office. Here in the office I just did everything that sent me going crazy. Well I got stuff ready for these elders that will be leaving tomorrow and they are still here with us right now. it was a lot of fun. Well then we took off to go up to eat with President and that was really good. I ate a ton as always and that was nice. I love to eat with president of course so that is good to eat with them. Sister Davidik is a really good cook and she actually made some borsch today too, so that was good. Well since that time I have been getting things ready for tomorrow, and I have also been getting the list of phone numbers and things ready for president that he wanted for all the leaders here in our mission. Well, we are getting ready to leave here in a few minutes and we have been here all day. Tomorrow will be another long one, and it should be a lot of fun. I am excited to have the new ones coming in tomorrow and it will be a blast. Off to home we go and to get ready for tomorrow!"
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Office
4 August 2005
"It was an interesting day and we had a good time. We were in the office at about 9:30 this morning. I had a ton to do and I got a lot done. I did more of the same as always - I wrote letters, sent off faxes, and worked on computer programs. Well, we went to service at 11 at the hospital and that went really well. We had a fun time cutting down a tree with one of those old 2 handled saws (see below). Let's just say that it is going to be sore tomorrow with all the cutting we did. We cut a huge old tree down and then into pieces. We were dead after an hour and we're sweating good. Well, we went to McDonalds as we have plenty of money left and we met Elder Lunt there. Well, he payed for our lunch - now we have more money - and we had a good chat with him. We got back to the office and we had plenty to do. I worked on a report and also on a list of numbers. Well, that turned out well. We basically got things taken care of that we needed to and relaxed. We didn't get out of the office until about 8 and we had to get back here to meet the Хозяйка. Well, she gave us bills of things that we need to pay and things like that. Well, we are relaxing and getting ready to sleep now. Back to the office tomorrow. Wee..."
"It was an interesting day and we had a good time. We were in the office at about 9:30 this morning. I had a ton to do and I got a lot done. I did more of the same as always - I wrote letters, sent off faxes, and worked on computer programs. Well, we went to service at 11 at the hospital and that went really well. We had a fun time cutting down a tree with one of those old 2 handled saws (see below). Let's just say that it is going to be sore tomorrow with all the cutting we did. We cut a huge old tree down and then into pieces. We were dead after an hour and we're sweating good. Well, we went to McDonalds as we have plenty of money left and we met Elder Lunt there. Well, he payed for our lunch - now we have more money - and we had a good chat with him. We got back to the office and we had plenty to do. I worked on a report and also on a list of numbers. Well, that turned out well. We basically got things taken care of that we needed to and relaxed. We didn't get out of the office until about 8 and we had to get back here to meet the Хозяйка. Well, she gave us bills of things that we need to pay and things like that. Well, we are relaxing and getting ready to sleep now. Back to the office tomorrow. Wee..."
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Advice
29 July 2005
"I had a pretty good one although I felt as if I did nothing. Well, in the office that is at least. We were unable to this morning as we had interviews with president beginning at 10. I talked with him about how the ward is going and how we can help them. There is a lot that we can do. We can start home teaching for starters. If we don't have home teaching, then we won't have a strong branch. We also talked about how the work is going and how we can help the work move along. We need to get out more - that is for sure. Well, in all it was a good chance to talk with president, and I always enjoy his words of advice.
Well, we did some work and then we ate lunch. We had some really really good chili! It was awesome. Well, we then went and did a service project for a lady with Sister Stalnova. We took off all her wall paper and then we cleaned the ceiling. It was absolutely disgusting how dirty the ceiling was. Well, we then sat around and ate some cookies and drank some Компот that was really weird. We talked with her about her reading in the BofM and she is slowly but surely reading. Well, after that, we returned to the office and had a fun time finishing up random things. I worked on getting things cleared up for Monday so that we can get out to work. Right now I am tired as I have done tons. I don't have much energy but I need to go read from my journal to see what I did a year ago today. Посмотрим - я только что приехал!"
"I had a pretty good one although I felt as if I did nothing. Well, in the office that is at least. We were unable to this morning as we had interviews with president beginning at 10. I talked with him about how the ward is going and how we can help them. There is a lot that we can do. We can start home teaching for starters. If we don't have home teaching, then we won't have a strong branch. We also talked about how the work is going and how we can help the work move along. We need to get out more - that is for sure. Well, in all it was a good chance to talk with president, and I always enjoy his words of advice.
Well, we did some work and then we ate lunch. We had some really really good chili! It was awesome. Well, we then went and did a service project for a lady with Sister Stalnova. We took off all her wall paper and then we cleaned the ceiling. It was absolutely disgusting how dirty the ceiling was. Well, we then sat around and ate some cookies and drank some Компот that was really weird. We talked with her about her reading in the BofM and she is slowly but surely reading. Well, after that, we returned to the office and had a fun time finishing up random things. I worked on getting things cleared up for Monday so that we can get out to work. Right now I am tired as I have done tons. I don't have much energy but I need to go read from my journal to see what I did a year ago today. Посмотрим - я только что приехал!"
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Heaters
23 July 2005
"P-days are always uneventful here. We always have little going for us. We always seem to get out of here with plenty of the time in the mornings. We went and wrote home and just relaxed for a bit while we didn't do much. We just sat and read and wrote. My brother is in Lugano and he seems to be doing well. He said that he can't believe how clean it is. I told him that I'd go to Italy and be shocked at how clean it is. Also the family is building a fort and so that should be cool. I am excited to see a picture of that. We went and bought some products today and then we went back to the office as we had a bunch of envelopes that we had bought. We ate some spaghetti and we just relaxed a bit there in the office. I wrote an elder that will be coming here soon (Elder Hardin) that had some questions about the mission. Well, we then came home and slept for about 2 hours before going to help Рима to do some ремонт. We carried some of the big heaters that they have on the walls down the stairs - we just about died and we found out how heavy those things are. We were sweating like dogs when we went to our meeting in our white shirts and ties. Well, the lady wasn't home, and so we went to Сестра Стальнова and had a short discussion with them and talked about the talk of President Hinckley from last conference. It is truly awesome to be here and to be sharing the Restoration. What a blessing - I love it. The gospel brings so much happiness! I love it!"
"P-days are always uneventful here. We always have little going for us. We always seem to get out of here with plenty of the time in the mornings. We went and wrote home and just relaxed for a bit while we didn't do much. We just sat and read and wrote. My brother is in Lugano and he seems to be doing well. He said that he can't believe how clean it is. I told him that I'd go to Italy and be shocked at how clean it is. Also the family is building a fort and so that should be cool. I am excited to see a picture of that. We went and bought some products today and then we went back to the office as we had a bunch of envelopes that we had bought. We ate some spaghetti and we just relaxed a bit there in the office. I wrote an elder that will be coming here soon (Elder Hardin) that had some questions about the mission. Well, we then came home and slept for about 2 hours before going to help Рима to do some ремонт. We carried some of the big heaters that they have on the walls down the stairs - we just about died and we found out how heavy those things are. We were sweating like dogs when we went to our meeting in our white shirts and ties. Well, the lady wasn't home, and so we went to Сестра Стальнова and had a short discussion with them and talked about the talk of President Hinckley from last conference. It is truly awesome to be here and to be sharing the Restoration. What a blessing - I love it. The gospel brings so much happiness! I love it!"
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Great Member
23 April 2005
"What a day! We did some real service and cleaned the church up a bit. We were there for 3 hours, but it was much better by the end. We came home and changed quickly and then we went contacting - our favorite thing! No one was too interested, but we came home feeling alright. We ate and rested then headed back out. We met an awesome family who has never met with missionary and we hope they get interested. We met with Сергей Любемеко this evening and had an interesting talk with him about genealogy work. Well, on the way home we talked with some interesting people - we were in white shirts and ties - but made it home safe. We feel like missionaries again and are enjoying times again."
"What a day! We did some real service and cleaned the church up a bit. We were there for 3 hours, but it was much better by the end. We came home and changed quickly and then we went contacting - our favorite thing! No one was too interested, but we came home feeling alright. We ate and rested then headed back out. We met an awesome family who has never met with missionary and we hope they get interested. We met with Сергей Любемеко this evening and had an interesting talk with him about genealogy work. Well, on the way home we talked with some interesting people - we were in white shirts and ties - but made it home safe. We feel like missionaries again and are enjoying times again."
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Service
24 March 2005
"Talk about a wasteless day. We didn't have any meeting but we had to help Володя to a few hospitals this morning. It took us 5 hours. After that, we came home, ate, and studied and then we went to sports night. Like I said it was an effective day. Me and Elder Smith have been playing a lot, and its fun. Elzinga has been joining us. It's such a blast!"
"Talk about a wasteless day. We didn't have any meeting but we had to help Володя to a few hospitals this morning. It took us 5 hours. After that, we came home, ate, and studied and then we went to sports night. Like I said it was an effective day. Me and Elder Smith have been playing a lot, and its fun. Elzinga has been joining us. It's such a blast!"
Sunday, March 15, 2009
More Members
15 March 2005
"It was awesome. So today we went to the church and did some service. That went well, and we had a good time. We came home and ate and that was good. We got figged by Света but we still had a meeting with Олег и Галина. She started to read, and we read 1 Nephi 8 with them and that was cool. We then went to Надежда's and she asked us a nice tough question. We then went to different addresses and couldn't find anyone home. So we went to Катя's and we started the program for working with members and so she should be good to help us. That was the day. Nothing too exciting, but yeah. It was a good fun day and already back to p-day!"
"It was awesome. So today we went to the church and did some service. That went well, and we had a good time. We came home and ate and that was good. We got figged by Света but we still had a meeting with Олег и Галина. She started to read, and we read 1 Nephi 8 with them and that was cool. We then went to Надежда's and she asked us a nice tough question. We then went to different addresses and couldn't find anyone home. So we went to Катя's and we started the program for working with members and so she should be good to help us. That was the day. Nothing too exciting, but yeah. It was a good fun day and already back to p-day!"
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