Today was P-Day. I wrote 5 people: mom, Vernae, Mike, Kat[r]ina [evidently I forgot how to spell my sister's name] & Mary Repp. She is Ст. King's girlfriend at home. Then we went up to Охотный Ряд [Ahotni Riyad - I don't remember what it means] and tried to get money out of the bank and we mailed some letters.
Coming out of the metro we ran into a group of Elders who had just gone to see the Kremlin. Ст. Starley works in the office and is really good friends with Ст. Woolverton. He knows of the changes coming up in March. It seems that Ст. Woolverton will move up to Филиовский Приход [Filiovsky Branch]. I don't know who I'll be with next, but I don't have to move again.
Then we went to Спортивный Вечер [Sport's Night]. We played volleyball and then a little Амереканский Футбол [American Football]. It's like ultimate Frisbee except with a football. There was also a Sister there who served a mission in St. Petersburg. I asked her if she knows Annanich [a missionary who served in Boise from St. Pete's]. She said yes and she is going to get his address for me so I can write him. That is so cool. Plus I can get on the Internet at a business here in Russia. It costs about $3.60 for a half an hour. It sounds really expensive though. I don't know if I should do it.
2/28/11
February 22, 1997 - Saturday
I'm on splits for the night with Ст. Russell. He's an OK guy. He was baptized about 2 years ago and he is already on a mission. That's pretty cool. I went and watched "The Nutcracker" at the Kremlin Theatre. It was pretty cool. It only cost 7 dollars and back home it would have cost about $93 more. I kind of had a bad mood earlier today because I had to go on splits and I really didn't want to. Also I've felt not worthy. So I had to pray to lift my bad mood. It worked. But it took until now. Bye
2/25/11
February 21, 1997 - Friday
Wow next week is March. About a month more and I will be with a different comp. Maybe in a different branch. Who knows. We are having pork chops tonight. Mmhmm mmhhmm gooooooooooood!! [I really wrote that many m's h's & o's.] Ст. Woolverton makes really good pork chops. I make pretty dang good gravy I might add. And some pretty tasty mash potatoes. Well I'll write later. We have to go talk to the president of the Branch about some stuff. later dude.
[Post journal chat - I still remember the first time that I had pork chops on my mission. It was the first time that I saw someone making gravy. Dang it was goooooood. It was at a big lunch after church on one Sunday. I remember Ст. Johnson was the one that showed me how he was making the gravy with some rue.
At this time in my mission I've been mentioning picking up the mail and working with the Branch President. I think that Ст. Woolverton was the District leader. I would go to the office to pick up mail when I was with Ст. Barnes as well, but that was just because Ст. Barnes liked to travel. We used to go across town to do service. By "across town" I mean all the way across Moscow.
Metro stops were about 3 minutes apart. Between where our apartment was and service, it was 18 metro stops with two line changes. So it was easily over an hour of just travel time for us to get to the school where we did our service...which was just an hour long. Then it was an hour travel back. So we often would stop by the office to pick up stuff.]
[Post journal chat - I still remember the first time that I had pork chops on my mission. It was the first time that I saw someone making gravy. Dang it was goooooood. It was at a big lunch after church on one Sunday. I remember Ст. Johnson was the one that showed me how he was making the gravy with some rue.
At this time in my mission I've been mentioning picking up the mail and working with the Branch President. I think that Ст. Woolverton was the District leader. I would go to the office to pick up mail when I was with Ст. Barnes as well, but that was just because Ст. Barnes liked to travel. We used to go across town to do service. By "across town" I mean all the way across Moscow.
Metro stops were about 3 minutes apart. Between where our apartment was and service, it was 18 metro stops with two line changes. So it was easily over an hour of just travel time for us to get to the school where we did our service...which was just an hour long. Then it was an hour travel back. So we often would stop by the office to pick up stuff.]
February 19, 1997 - Wednesday
We have a pretty full day even if it was a P-Day. We went to a Polio factory [I really have know idea what I'm talking about here?? lol] and then went and got our mail at the office. I got 2 e-mails and 3 letters. Or maybe just one. The Family and then one from Doug Sterr. So that one or two was cool.
2/24/11
February 18, 1997 - Tuesday
Well today I got up at 6:30am by golly. It wasn't that hard actually. But if I don't get my companion to get up with me it's harder than heck. We studied in the missionary guide. It was kind of weird but pretty OK. Now we got to shave, shower & stuff some food down us before we slide off to the office.
Okay its after D[istrict] meeting. It was pretty cool. Ст. Woolverton had some good ideas on what we should work on. The pouch didn't come in but I got some e-mail from home. My parents just got an e-mail address. Cool huh?
My friend Allen Balzen is getting married on May 24th, '97. About 16 days after my birthday. I want to be home - but I'm not. Oh well. I hope that I get some letters from friends and stuff. I want to hear from Allen & Doug mostly. And of course Melissa & Michelle. But they don't seem too much like the constant writing type.
Okay its after D[istrict] meeting. It was pretty cool. Ст. Woolverton had some good ideas on what we should work on. The pouch didn't come in but I got some e-mail from home. My parents just got an e-mail address. Cool huh?
My friend Allen Balzen is getting married on May 24th, '97. About 16 days after my birthday. I want to be home - but I'm not. Oh well. I hope that I get some letters from friends and stuff. I want to hear from Allen & Doug mostly. And of course Melissa & Michelle. But they don't seem too much like the constant writing type.
2/23/11
February 17, 1997 - Monday
I'm with Ст. Carter tonight. We went on splits. It was cool. Kind of. We walked forever around town trying to find some contacts from Salt Lake City. Then we went over to talk to President ??? of the Central Bank. It's cool. We had a D with Virginia and I did pretty good. night.
February 16, 1997 - Sunday
Well I took about a week off from missionary work. We just didn't do any proselyting from a week ago last Tuesday through a week & a half. On last Thursday we did some work. Had a D and then on Saturday we went to Super Saturday for the younger kids. It was pretty cool. I gave a talk, not very good I'm afraid.
I freaking suck. So I'm going to start getting up closer to when I'm supposed to. Then I'll get tired easier and be able to get to sleep at night and I won't watch t.v. I'm going on splits tomorrow with the APs (Assistants to the President). Yeah, joy. So I'll definitely be getting up at 6:30am. Well I gotta go to bed. night
I freaking suck. So I'm going to start getting up closer to when I'm supposed to. Then I'll get tired easier and be able to get to sleep at night and I won't watch t.v. I'm going on splits tomorrow with the APs (Assistants to the President). Yeah, joy. So I'll definitely be getting up at 6:30am. Well I gotta go to bed. night
2/14/11
February 9, 1997 - Sunday
I was awoken by the phone this morning. It was Брат Vladimir wanting to know when & where we will meet this morning. I have no idea who he is.
February 8, 1997 - Saturday
Well ladies & gentlemen it is 3 days from departure for my trainer. We were with them today and yesterday. Just a little each day. Now I'm on a split with Ст. Hughes because I'm going to a play called "The Ideal Husband." It should be interesting. This last week since I wrote last we haven't done squat. P-Day we wrote letters and shopped a little. Bought a heater so the apartment has been nice & toasty. Thursday & Friday I don't remember what I did, but it wasn't proselyting.
Last night we went over to Barnes' & then to Larsen & Larson's. I lost in chess, to Paige & then to Woolverton. Tuesday night we watched "Money Train." It was pretty cool.
Today, Saturday, Reenik Day, I bought 22 cds. No Doubt, Spin Doctors, R.E.M., too [or two if you're not mixed up about English] really cool alternative discs, the Who, Bon Jovi, Joan Osborne, Cranberries, the list goes on & on. It's amazing. The new Hootie Album that I didn't even have back home. I bought Madonna's Immaculate Collection, I really don't remember the rest.
I saw this cd I really want called Smash Hits and I asked how much, but the guy that ran that part of the tent wasn't there so he didn't know how much. That sucks. That is my favorite. It has all these cool songs on there like "Turn the Beat Around." I also saw a greatest hits of her, Gloria Estefan. But I didn't buy it because it didn't have that on there. Well we are about to go to the play, so I'll talk to you later, bye.
Okay back from the play. It was pretty.....weird. It had some funny parts in it and stuff, but we couldn't follow it because we didn't understand everything. It was from Britian originally. You could tell with all of the cop uniforms and stuff. The stuff would be the British sexual humor like Benny Hill. We decided to leave at 10pm if the play didn't end because we still had to make some stew and eat. Well it got close and the finale came. You could tell that the play was about to end.
The stew took until 11:40pm and now I'm writing in my journal so it can cool down. The stew is dang good though it's like so chock full of everything. It's amazing. We, Hughes helped, made some pretty dang good stuff.
Last night we went over to Barnes' & then to Larsen & Larson's. I lost in chess, to Paige & then to Woolverton. Tuesday night we watched "Money Train." It was pretty cool.
Today, Saturday, Reenik Day, I bought 22 cds. No Doubt, Spin Doctors, R.E.M., too [or two if you're not mixed up about English] really cool alternative discs, the Who, Bon Jovi, Joan Osborne, Cranberries, the list goes on & on. It's amazing. The new Hootie Album that I didn't even have back home. I bought Madonna's Immaculate Collection, I really don't remember the rest.
I saw this cd I really want called Smash Hits and I asked how much, but the guy that ran that part of the tent wasn't there so he didn't know how much. That sucks. That is my favorite. It has all these cool songs on there like "Turn the Beat Around." I also saw a greatest hits of her, Gloria Estefan. But I didn't buy it because it didn't have that on there. Well we are about to go to the play, so I'll talk to you later, bye.
Okay back from the play. It was pretty.....weird. It had some funny parts in it and stuff, but we couldn't follow it because we didn't understand everything. It was from Britian originally. You could tell with all of the cop uniforms and stuff. The stuff would be the British sexual humor like Benny Hill. We decided to leave at 10pm if the play didn't end because we still had to make some stew and eat. Well it got close and the finale came. You could tell that the play was about to end.
The stew took until 11:40pm and now I'm writing in my journal so it can cool down. The stew is dang good though it's like so chock full of everything. It's amazing. We, Hughes helped, made some pretty dang good stuff.
2/4/11
February 4, 1997 - Tuesday
Today we gave two Ds. The 3rd for new members and the 4th D for investigators. It went pretty good. In the D with Virginia [the new member] she seems so much happier. She understood everything about what were talking [seriously - I wonder how bad my grammar is going to get. I assume I meant "we were talking about"]. Also Argily's brother Christyon was there. Ст. Woolverton invited him to hear the discussions. He seems interested.
Then in our D with Алисия & Жаром [Aliciya - prounounce Aleeseeya, Jarom] we used a plastic model of the Plan of Salvation. It went well. I got up early and studied really good today. You know, like I should everyday. well night
Then in our D with Алисия & Жаром [Aliciya - prounounce Aleeseeya, Jarom] we used a plastic model of the Plan of Salvation. It went well. I got up early and studied really good today. You know, like I should everyday. well night
2/2/11
January 31, 1997 - Friday
Today went pretty good. We had a Zone Conference this morning [A district is several companionships, and a zone is several districts]. It was on how to have more effective discussions. At first we were taken aside (all those in there 1 - 3 months in the country), and we had a little meeting on our parts in the discussion and how to effectively study for discussions.
Then I went on a split with Hughes - we went to the office and I picked up money and then went to the post office to mail my letters. Then we came home to my apartment. We met Woolverton & Johnson who changed and we all ate spaghetti and then they left to go to a soccer game. We [Ст. Hughes & I] were supposed to study - well we both fell asleep and then picked up a pop, and a dan cake [? no idea what I was talking about] to watch some movie. I didn't catch what it is called though. Because Ст. Jurvelein called right as it was starting and I had to go answer the phone as the movie started.
Now Ст.Woolverton is back and we are watching a different movie called "Ironclads." Just before they got back Ст. Paige called. He's a cool guy. I like him and will miss him & Barnes & Johnson pretty soon. Barnes goes home on the 12th, and Paige goes home 3 weeks later and Johnson goes out to Nizhny at transfers on the 12th also. It's a pity. well night
Then I went on a split with Hughes - we went to the office and I picked up money and then went to the post office to mail my letters. Then we came home to my apartment. We met Woolverton & Johnson who changed and we all ate spaghetti and then they left to go to a soccer game. We [Ст. Hughes & I] were supposed to study - well we both fell asleep and then picked up a pop, and a dan cake [? no idea what I was talking about] to watch some movie. I didn't catch what it is called though. Because Ст. Jurvelein called right as it was starting and I had to go answer the phone as the movie started.
Now Ст.Woolverton is back and we are watching a different movie called "Ironclads." Just before they got back Ст. Paige called. He's a cool guy. I like him and will miss him & Barnes & Johnson pretty soon. Barnes goes home on the 12th, and Paige goes home 3 weeks later and Johnson goes out to Nizhny at transfers on the 12th also. It's a pity. well night
January 30, 1997 - Thursday
Ст. Parks called this morning wanting to know if Ст. Aldredge [the Ст. that went down to Voronezh when I first got in Moscow] had left a black "Grammar and Illustrations" book. I said that I'd look for one and if I found one I'd send it down. I don't think there is one around, but I'll look. I got up at 9:30am. That's when he called so I had to. He's in Nizhny [Novgorod] and he had me call him back because his phone really sucks there for some reason.
[Post journal chat - It was pretty weird to hear from Ст. Parks again. It was out of nowhere. I never did find that book in that apartment, but later in my mission I did get my hands on one, and I kept it.
Nizhny Novgorod (Нижный Новгород) means "Lower New City." One of the first big cities of the Rus was called Novgorod or new city, and this one is lower/further south than the original. At least it's not called New New City. Who knows where it would stop then?]
[Post journal chat - It was pretty weird to hear from Ст. Parks again. It was out of nowhere. I never did find that book in that apartment, but later in my mission I did get my hands on one, and I kept it.
Nizhny Novgorod (Нижный Новгород) means "Lower New City." One of the first big cities of the Rus was called Novgorod or new city, and this one is lower/further south than the original. At least it's not called New New City. Who knows where it would stop then?]
January 29, 1997 - Wednesday
We had a really good D on Tuesday with Alicia & Jarom. We went and read from the Book of Mormon. We read 3 Nephi 11. I'm sure they read it before, but it was good to read it over with them. They asked questions and we discussed a lot. Ст. Woolverton said they might be getting a little bored so we wanted to get them excited about the Book of Mormon. I read pretty good and I got to explain things and asked one question - I think? That is something that I need to work on. I need to ask questions more.
Jarom shows the exact same characteristics that Grandma Johnson showed. It's hard for him to read, slightly slurred speech, loss of motion skills on one half of his body. I imagine it's pretty hard for him. I don't think he works. That would be pretty scary. Later I was talking with Ст. Johnson & Ст. Woolverton about the mission splitting and then Ст. Burghardt told us at District Meeting that it is official.
I need to crack down and study. I could get a greenie soon and I want to be in charge of myself. I've been doing good with my problem, none since Sunday. It's been cool. Well night.
I think it was what Elder Johnson told me. It kind of scared and excited me. I need to be the best I can be. A darn hard working missionary.
Jarom shows the exact same characteristics that Grandma Johnson showed. It's hard for him to read, slightly slurred speech, loss of motion skills on one half of his body. I imagine it's pretty hard for him. I don't think he works. That would be pretty scary. Later I was talking with Ст. Johnson & Ст. Woolverton about the mission splitting and then Ст. Burghardt told us at District Meeting that it is official.
I need to crack down and study. I could get a greenie soon and I want to be in charge of myself. I've been doing good with my problem, none since Sunday. It's been cool. Well night.
I think it was what Elder Johnson told me. It kind of scared and excited me. I need to be the best I can be. A darn hard working missionary.
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