Hard Day

5 December 2004
"Man, I gave it all up today. What a way to have a good ending. Well, it was testimony meeting today, and I cried my guts like when I first came. It was an absolutely awesome meeting. All the Михайловы family shared their testimony. They all wanted their family to be sealed in the temple. Well, after the testimony meeting, we had the lesson. At the end of the lesson was my time. I just stood and cried, and then I finally said a few words. Well, they sang Бог с тобой доколе свидимся. I cried and sang with them. Well, we headed to Норья and had a good little meeting there with them. We ate and said goodbyes – not as hard as I didn't really know them. We ended the night with a visit to Ангелина и Лидия. They gave me socks and postcards. Лидия hugged me too – I let her. Well, we came home and now I am writing. 2 days left. I am just going to cry when I leave. It will be so hard to leave. Я Ижевск люблю!"

Temple Blessings

22 August 2004
"Another Sunday came and gone, but it was nice to be able to work with the people here. We had the usual sacrament, and it went really well - it was nice to sit and enjoy things there. We stopped by to Сестра Лидия и Ангелина after the meeting, and had an awesome experience there.

Сестра Лидия had been sick, so that's why we stopped by. We talked about the temple with them, and the spirit was absolutely awesome. We explained that the Lord would bless them, and that they would be there someday. It is is awesome the faith of the people here. They have so little in the church, but they keep on going. They are a great strength to the church.

We ended the night on a meeting with Маша и Наташа. It was awesome to talk about missionary work with them, and how they can help. They are ready and excited to help. The people here are so blessed, and faithful. I love them to death."