Today was a pretty full day. We had собрание округа [District Meeting] and then we went to Лариса's [Larissa's] where she jaked us. But we talked with her daughter Саша [Sasha]. We also watched the Simplsons. We waited a half an hour or so and then we left. We came home and dropped off our books and stuff and travelled to Stockman's to get milk. Well we came home and ate some potatoes and then rushed off to our D with Николай и Татяна [Nickolai & Tatyana]. We were in there [their] apartment and they have a lot of mystical stuff. They have all these pictures of people that were supposedly prophets or had some kind of power to heal people. It was strange.
But then we walked to the metro with Николай and Володия, and Володия talked to him a lot and just did cool. If I can say that. Then we stood in the metro, Ст. Schwartz, Володия and I and talked about Николай & Татяна for a while. Then we talked on the ride home about the gospel and sat outside the metro and talked about the Gospel some more. He's a stud and has such a firm grasp on the Gospel. He has such a testimony. I keep teasing him about getting married. He's under a lot of pressure at work and he said he was sorry for just taking over our discussion. Today I felt the Spirit a lot and it made me want to set goals to do better and stuff. One was to read the BOM [Book of Mormon] an hour a day. The other was to just study more and basically be a better person/missionary.
While we were talking about the Gospel, I just thought that one of the most important things I'll learn on a mission is to always go to Church. I'm very grateful that I always went to Church before my mission. Sometimes 6 hours a Sunday. We also talked about how we will go home and see things that are different in America than we saw.
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6/23/12
June 22, 1997 - Sunday
Today was so freaking busy. It's really nice to have goals you can accomplish. Like speaking your language. This last 4 days we have spoken about 49 hrs of SYLing. We had better win that award. 2 DPs had better be waiting for me.
[mid-journal chat - Remember from the MTC - SYLing is Speaking Your Language - ie. 1. Speaking in Russian to everybody who can understand Russian - that means to each other most of all because we are almost always together. 2. When you can't express yourself in Russian - you first ask in Russian if you can speak English, and then you can say it in English.
Toward the end of my mission my last companion (Elder Andrew Wright) & I SYLed for about 2 months. The only times we didn't SYL were when we were at English Class - and then we only spoke English to those in our classroom, and to the Senior Couple Missionaries that didn't understand Russian much at all. It was actually pretty fun. But sometimes a little boring. At one point Elder Andy Wright and I were speaking in a mexican accent - in Russian. We did others too - Irish, British etc. They weren't very good, except for the Mexican - the Mexican accent was AWESOME - I mean it actually sounded hispanic. Ahhh Andy - where are you?]
Well we had our [D with the] Залыгин's and the girls pretty much talked among themselves and we listened in. It was pretty cool. We also had a D with Николай и Татяна [Nickolai & Tatyana], but Володия [Volodiya] asked at the end if they had a date with babtism [there I go again mispelling things - baptism]. It was suppose to be last Saturday - yep Yesterday - well thanks for letting the investigators know about it. Well Володия scheduled it for next Sunday. We won't be able to accomplish everything this week, so I had to call them and tell them that we would have to do it через воскресение [next Sunday - literally through Sunday].
Other than that, nothing except Ст. Jurvelin wants to go on splits. Well night.
[mid-journal chat - Remember from the MTC - SYLing is Speaking Your Language - ie. 1. Speaking in Russian to everybody who can understand Russian - that means to each other most of all because we are almost always together. 2. When you can't express yourself in Russian - you first ask in Russian if you can speak English, and then you can say it in English.
Toward the end of my mission my last companion (Elder Andrew Wright) & I SYLed for about 2 months. The only times we didn't SYL were when we were at English Class - and then we only spoke English to those in our classroom, and to the Senior Couple Missionaries that didn't understand Russian much at all. It was actually pretty fun. But sometimes a little boring. At one point Elder Andy Wright and I were speaking in a mexican accent - in Russian. We did others too - Irish, British etc. They weren't very good, except for the Mexican - the Mexican accent was AWESOME - I mean it actually sounded hispanic. Ahhh Andy - where are you?]
Well we had our [D with the] Залыгин's and the girls pretty much talked among themselves and we listened in. It was pretty cool. We also had a D with Николай и Татяна [Nickolai & Tatyana], but Володия [Volodiya] asked at the end if they had a date with babtism [there I go again mispelling things - baptism]. It was suppose to be last Saturday - yep Yesterday - well thanks for letting the investigators know about it. Well Володия scheduled it for next Sunday. We won't be able to accomplish everything this week, so I had to call them and tell them that we would have to do it через воскресение [next Sunday - literally through Sunday].
Other than that, nothing except Ст. Jurvelin wants to go on splits. Well night.
10/9/10
October 7, 1996 - Monday
Well today was pretty good with the language and I prayed aloud in my room alone just thanking my Heavenly Father. I know He heard my prayer, because I went down to Elder Woodland [Not part of my District, but in the same building] and asked him if he wanted some chips & salsa that I got from Natalie Van Dorn today. We had a really good talk. It only lasted about 25 minutes or so, but it pumped me up. He has a goal to baptize 1000 people on his mission. That's 6 discussions a day, and 50 people baptized a month.
I'm on fire, I was thanking the Lord in my prayer to go to bed, late as usual, and I wanted to write it down before I forgot. I'm on fire. I'm going to work extra hard. 4's from now on out [at the discussion lab], learn my verbs, memorize the discussions and be obedient as much as possible. Yeah I know it's past my bedtime & I am not being obedient - I'm repenting right now. night
I'm on fire, I was thanking the Lord in my prayer to go to bed, late as usual, and I wanted to write it down before I forgot. I'm on fire. I'm going to work extra hard. 4's from now on out [at the discussion lab], learn my verbs, memorize the discussions and be obedient as much as possible. Yeah I know it's past my bedtime & I am not being obedient - I'm repenting right now. night
10/6/10
October 3, 1996 - Thursday
Well when I got home from class this evening. I wrote on fifteen envelopes so that I would have a goal. Today went really well. But now I am going to bed. Tomorrow is Preparation Day. Отлична [excellent].
October 1, 1996 - Tuesday
I was opening my journal and read my name...Elder Walter Dale Herrick. I got this from Jerylynn Judkins [an old girlfriend]. And at the time it was still about 2 years until I would go on my mission. It was at the time where I should have been leaving, because I was 19. I never thought that I would be worthy enough. She had faith in me though and has always talked to me and encouraged me, along with her family. I'm very thankful that I am able to know her and many wonderful friends and girls like her.
It's now about 9:47 pm. We had a pretty chock full day. I made a goal to memorize a principle a day from the Russian discussion. Well I did the first paragraph. It was frustrating. It's really hard because I just have to go on sounds instead of words. Tomorrow I will work harder so I can accomplish more toward my goal.
I just read my patriarchal blessing. It has such a great power to uplift me and make me see the big picture. One verse that stuck our was talking about Satan - "tell Satan to leave you alone...His time is short and you have the eternities." the Spirit bears witness that, that is true every single time I think about that. Another verse that stands out is talking about missionary work. It says "love your companions and those who you serve." Boy do I need to work on that.
I'm starting to get along better with Elder Parks. I know that I still need to work but I don't feel negative of him anymore. I miss my life in the outside world. But I love being here. I'm a little scared that I won't be able to learn the language. Gilbert wrote me, through Nick, and said that if I memorized a principle a day - I would be able to have all the discussions memorized by the time I got out of here. So that is my new goal. 1 principle a day for a week. Then I'll reevaluate and see it need to improve myself. Set a higher or lower goal. At least this way I am trying really hard. Well goodnight. I'll be praying for you walt!
It's now about 9:47 pm. We had a pretty chock full day. I made a goal to memorize a principle a day from the Russian discussion. Well I did the first paragraph. It was frustrating. It's really hard because I just have to go on sounds instead of words. Tomorrow I will work harder so I can accomplish more toward my goal.
I just read my patriarchal blessing. It has such a great power to uplift me and make me see the big picture. One verse that stuck our was talking about Satan - "tell Satan to leave you alone...His time is short and you have the eternities." the Spirit bears witness that, that is true every single time I think about that. Another verse that stands out is talking about missionary work. It says "love your companions and those who you serve." Boy do I need to work on that.
I'm starting to get along better with Elder Parks. I know that I still need to work but I don't feel negative of him anymore. I miss my life in the outside world. But I love being here. I'm a little scared that I won't be able to learn the language. Gilbert wrote me, through Nick, and said that if I memorized a principle a day - I would be able to have all the discussions memorized by the time I got out of here. So that is my new goal. 1 principle a day for a week. Then I'll reevaluate and see it need to improve myself. Set a higher or lower goal. At least this way I am trying really hard. Well goodnight. I'll be praying for you walt!
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