Showing posts with label writing letters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing letters. Show all posts
4/20/11
April 16, 1997 - Wednesday
Well I am tired today. It was P-Day and I felt like crap when I wrote home. But oh well. I probably dumped a little on my family, but I feel better. We ate this olive-green pepper pasta mix and I feel sick now.
2/28/11
February 26, 1997 - Wednesday
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.
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.
2/14/11
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.
1/29/11
January 23, 1997 - Thursday
[Pre-Journal Chat - Small things added together build up to big things sometimes. Looking back on this journal entry, I can't believe the big things that were going on, but you can see the small things in the previous posts. But - I hope that you'll realize that I improved on my mission starting with my next companion.]
Today was P-Day. Ст. Woolverton went and played Gatorball. He left at 9:30am or so, and I went back to sleep until 1pm. Woke up and did the dishes, then wrote a lot of letters. [Ст. Woolverton] got home at 2pm and we didn't do any[thing] tonight. We watched a show called "Primal Fear." It was pretty good. Pretty suspenseful and good. I wrote a lot of letters today. It was pretty good. Well I'll talk to you later - night.
Today was P-Day. Ст. Woolverton went and played Gatorball. He left at 9:30am or so, and I went back to sleep until 1pm. Woke up and did the dishes, then wrote a lot of letters. [Ст. Woolverton] got home at 2pm and we didn't do any[thing] tonight. We watched a show called "Primal Fear." It was pretty good. Pretty suspenseful and good. I wrote a lot of letters today. It was pretty good. Well I'll talk to you later - night.
1/5/11
January 2, 1997 - Thursday
BLACK HOLE YEAR BEGINS
Welcome to the Black Hole Year Ст. Herrick. New Years was better than Christmas. We went over to Ст. Larsen & Woolverton's and watched movies till about 6[am], went home & slept in our own beds. Got up at 12, ate some granola and went to bed again until 3[pm].
Then I went on splits with Ст. Regan who was on splits with Johnson. [Johnson] & Barnes went to Покровский [Pokrovsky] Приход [Prehod - Branch] for something, to the Шмоков's [Shmokov's]. Regan and I went to Сты. King & Jurvelein's for movies - we watched 'Stargate.' While there Сты. Ault and Hughes came over and I went over to Hughes', who is Johnson's real comp, to spend the night. [And thus the circle is complete]
Today we are waiting for Barnes & Johnson to call so we can get back together. They aren't answering the phone. Сты. Moyle & Ashton called each once asking where they were. I told them 'Barnes' apartment' - they said they called but they weren't there. So I have no idea where my comp. is or where we will meet back up. So in the meantime I am writing letters. I resisted my problem. I don't want to at all anymore this year. That is my one New Years goal. Good night
Welcome to the Black Hole Year Ст. Herrick. New Years was better than Christmas. We went over to Ст. Larsen & Woolverton's and watched movies till about 6[am], went home & slept in our own beds. Got up at 12, ate some granola and went to bed again until 3[pm].
Then I went on splits with Ст. Regan who was on splits with Johnson. [Johnson] & Barnes went to Покровский [Pokrovsky] Приход [Prehod - Branch] for something, to the Шмоков's [Shmokov's]. Regan and I went to Сты. King & Jurvelein's for movies - we watched 'Stargate.' While there Сты. Ault and Hughes came over and I went over to Hughes', who is Johnson's real comp, to spend the night. [And thus the circle is complete]
Today we are waiting for Barnes & Johnson to call so we can get back together. They aren't answering the phone. Сты. Moyle & Ashton called each once asking where they were. I told them 'Barnes' apartment' - they said they called but they weren't there. So I have no idea where my comp. is or where we will meet back up. So in the meantime I am writing letters. I resisted my problem. I don't want to at all anymore this year. That is my one New Years goal. Good night
12/21/10
December 7, 1996 - Saturday
Well I called mom and dad tonight and talked to them for about 33 minutes. Total two calls cost me $25. Oh well. It's a living they make. That makes no sense. My companion was sick today and we spent the whole day in the apartment. I spent the whole day writing letters that I can send home. I talked to my mom and dad about stuff they can send with the Dent's. Well it's been a sitting around yet tiring day so I'll go to bed. Night.
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