Today was interesting. We had district meeting which was a lot of bashing against Pres. Jarvis and his new rule about not going above the ring line at all, even on P-Days. It'll be hard to live that rule. Then we came home and ate peanut butter sandwiches. Well we went and picked up some milk and peanut butter at Stockman's [which incidentally right on the ring line].
Then I slept for an hour and we went to a беседа [discussion] with Евгенния [Yevgenniya]. We got a Russian lesson and then we went over D&C 89 before leaving at 9:00[pm]. It was a great responsibility to teach and testify and make - mistakes. At one point I went off on some thing and I stopped at the end of a sentence and asked Ст. Schwartz "where was I going with that." Then I just testified to her about something. Well it's time to get a snack and hit the sack. bye.
[Post-journal chat - Peanut butter is pretty expensive compared to in America - that's why we had to go to Stockman's to buy it. Stockman's is a pretty big grocery store. Well when I say pretty big, I mean big for Russia. Most of their stores are Circle K size places. Stockman's was two or three Circle Ks put together. It stocked several American, or European items that you can't get anywhere else. They have milk from Finland & it comes in 3.5%, 1.5% & .5% in stead of 2%, 1% & Fat Free like here in the US. The 3.5% makes corn chowder sooooooo goooood. Very creamy.]
Showing posts with label Moscow metro map. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moscow metro map. Show all posts
8/24/11
1/6/11
January 4, 1997 - Saturday
Today we went and played football in the snow. Americansky [Американскый] football. It was a blast. This is the third time we've played a team (get together) sport and my team one [won] this time too. It was cool.
Then we came home and I'm starting to get his [Ст. Barnes'] cold. My nose is running like a phosphorescent tractor in a muldoon circus tent. Try them panties on for size. It's final. I am going with Ст. Woolverton this next week. It should be pretty cool.
Well I wrote my president's letter today and we only had 8 1/2 hours of proselyting. That pretty much sucked. Oh well. I hope I'm not really slowed down this week. Fingers crossed.
I wrote my president's letter in English. I'm so much better in English. I actually like to write so I'm going to keep writing in English until I can write in Russian as well and then I might begin to write to the President in Russian. Well night.
[Missionary Weekly Report - Like I talked about above - each week we write our Mission President and we list hours proselyting (actually being out and finding or teaching discussions), service, activation (work with members), hours missed for illness, days reading BOM, and study language etc. It's a way that we can see hard #s and not just have a feeling about what we did that week. We also add a little bit in a letter to the president. Here was mine for that week.
"Dear President,
Sorry for the bad hours this week, my companion was sick during the middle of the week and I think I just caught it from him. Hopefully it won't hit me as strong. We had a good Discussion with a less active member Friday night. I was very impressed - I almost understood everything they talked about. I've seen an improvement in comprehension and it excites me. New Years felt more like normal than Christmas did. It's all weird. thankx"
I had 8.5 hours proselyting, 4.5 hours of service, 3 hours in activation. Personal preparation. I read BOM 7 days, studied other scriptures 3 days, used the Missionary Gospel Study Program booklet - 0 days, studied the language 5 days.
So that's a typical missionary weekly report - mine at least, from 12/29/96 to 1/4/97. I was in the Южносокольнический Приход (Yuzhnosokolnichesky Branch - or southern circle branch) от метро Ясенова (off the metro station Yasenova).
Here is a very cool metro map of Moscow. Yasenova is on the orange line - its the second to last metro stop from the very bottom. That's where I lived for the first 2 months in Moscow. The walk from the metro station to our apartment was about 5 minutes, and there was a steep downhill part right before our apartment building. Until I bought boots I fell almost every single time I went down that sucker. I could almost slide most of the way, but my Doc Martens were too slippery. The boots did much better. ok, bye]
Then we came home and I'm starting to get his [Ст. Barnes'] cold. My nose is running like a phosphorescent tractor in a muldoon circus tent. Try them panties on for size. It's final. I am going with Ст. Woolverton this next week. It should be pretty cool.
Well I wrote my president's letter today and we only had 8 1/2 hours of proselyting. That pretty much sucked. Oh well. I hope I'm not really slowed down this week. Fingers crossed.
I wrote my president's letter in English. I'm so much better in English. I actually like to write so I'm going to keep writing in English until I can write in Russian as well and then I might begin to write to the President in Russian. Well night.
[Missionary Weekly Report - Like I talked about above - each week we write our Mission President and we list hours proselyting (actually being out and finding or teaching discussions), service, activation (work with members), hours missed for illness, days reading BOM, and study language etc. It's a way that we can see hard #s and not just have a feeling about what we did that week. We also add a little bit in a letter to the president. Here was mine for that week.
"Dear President,
Sorry for the bad hours this week, my companion was sick during the middle of the week and I think I just caught it from him. Hopefully it won't hit me as strong. We had a good Discussion with a less active member Friday night. I was very impressed - I almost understood everything they talked about. I've seen an improvement in comprehension and it excites me. New Years felt more like normal than Christmas did. It's all weird. thankx"
I had 8.5 hours proselyting, 4.5 hours of service, 3 hours in activation. Personal preparation. I read BOM 7 days, studied other scriptures 3 days, used the Missionary Gospel Study Program booklet - 0 days, studied the language 5 days.
So that's a typical missionary weekly report - mine at least, from 12/29/96 to 1/4/97. I was in the Южносокольнический Приход (Yuzhnosokolnichesky Branch - or southern circle branch) от метро Ясенова (off the metro station Yasenova).
Here is a very cool metro map of Moscow. Yasenova is on the orange line - its the second to last metro stop from the very bottom. That's where I lived for the first 2 months in Moscow. The walk from the metro station to our apartment was about 5 minutes, and there was a steep downhill part right before our apartment building. Until I bought boots I fell almost every single time I went down that sucker. I could almost slide most of the way, but my Doc Martens were too slippery. The boots did much better. ok, bye]
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