HOLY MOLY I’M ON TOP OF THE WORLD HAPPY! This week was so
freakin good! We were SO busy and the work is booming!!! Everywhere in our
mission... not just in our city! God is really blessing the people of Russia!
This guy came up to us almost in tears and he said that he
was having a really hard day but looked up and saw us and pulled over immediately
to come talk to us... he said that he had no idea who we were but when we were
walking around together in our white shirts he said that we looked like
angels... so we talked with him and he has to meet with the other elders
because he doesn’t live in our area... but how cool is that!?
Olga's baptism got moved to this Saturday because she wants
the members to be there and this way they will be able to... and also she can
get the Holy Ghost the day after her baptism! But she is doing awesome! We are
so excited for her! It’s been amazing to see the gospel change her life!
I am really grateful for my big fur coat and my hat. It is still pretty nippy here and it
keeps on snowing. We have a couple
of good days where it warms up a bit, but those haven’t come very often.
Also...my bed is a giant sponge... no joke. Just a big foam sponge... my covers/sheets are fur! Welcome to Russia.
Also...my bed is a giant sponge... no joke. Just a big foam sponge... my covers/sheets are fur! Welcome to Russia.
The sidewalks are pure ice here but I haven’t fallen
yet. We were walking to this
apartment complex and had to walk across this path thing... but it filled with
water and then froze... so we crossed it because we had to, to go to this
appointment and right in the middle of it the ice broke and we fell through... COOOOOOLD!!!
We fell in like up to our knees it was SO COOLD! The coldest thing I’ve ever
experienced ever! Later in the week
we got 2 AK 47's pulled on us. What
an experience. They thought we were breaking into our branch building because
the alarm went off and so we are inside and these cops show up and are just
yelling at us and pointing their guns at us. But the office gave us this like
top secret clearance magical thing where we just pull it out and it basically
says we have the right to be here and then we explained the situation and it
was all good. also... some random drunk punks came up to us and pointed
something to our chests and said "I’m going to shoot you" and I
looked down and it turns out it was a little keychain of a gun... not exactly
sure how someone intends to shoot me with a keychain... but whatevs.. He was
crazy, so we just walked away.
The lord really blesses his missionaries so much. The
members here are so great! I am
serving in the Branch Presidency and love our Branch! I am really enjoying my time here, I love the people!
I miss you all so much and really I love you all and thank
you for all your support. Can’t wait to hear from you soon! :)
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