Dear Everyone,
Good week. We were super busy. That always make the week go by fast.
Yesterday
was Easter! Ee-soos vas-kress, Poe-istinoo vas-kress. That is what is
heard in Russia on that day. It means Jesus is resurrected, Yea surely
He is resurrected. You say the first part to someone and they have to
respond with the second. Easter is a big holiday here. They make giant
cupcakes for it every year and everyone gets together with their families
and either colors eggs or eats them haha, I asked a taxi driver and
wasn't really sure what he said but I know it involves eggs! The
cupcakes look great at first and tasty but right when you bite into it
you realize this is not a cupcake at all. Just bread with frosting on
the top. It is quite deceiving.
They got the
fountains going. That is fun to see everyday now on our way to church.
Russians flock like sheep to this park by our house. It would be great
contacting just it is in front of a government building. I saw my
first Russian cemetery during service at K's! Imagine our
cemeteries, and our grave stones, stick a picture of the person who died
on the front of the stone and you've got a Russian cemetery. It is so
cool to see. The picture is part of the stone and really pops. I am
considering doing that when I die. I'll try to get some pictures next
time to show you because it is awesome. On our bus home from that same
service i lost our phone on the bus. I got off not realizing anything
until we crossed the street and I started feeling my pockets. I asked
Elder Roosa if he had the phone. Nothing, I looked down the road and
the bus was already half a block down the road. I started running as
fast as I could down after that bus. Luckily Elder Hess came running
right by my side but he got tied up with this tiny dog that wouldn't
stop
chasing him. We were no match for the bus, it was out of sight before
long. I figured we had lost it and started slowing down but Elder Hess
came running from behind me and kept on running and that encouraged me
and miraculously we made it to the bus at a stop far down the road and I
grabbed the phone. We would have lost all of our contacts and would
have had
to buy a new phone and new SIM card. I am so grateful we didn't lose
it.
There are so many kids in here playing Call
of Duty or something on the computers and they are losing their minds.
They are slamming their hands on the table screaming as loud as they
can. There are so crazy.
On another note, at
church this week we had 3 investigators! That is the most I have ever
had I think. We have this man named Mr. W. He's Chinese and is
trying really hard to learn English. He has such a thick accent though
that I can't ever understand him unless I focus really hard and even
them it's like 50 %. It's so funny listening to him but I can't laugh
too hard because that is exactly how it is for us with Russian. I never
thought about the phonetics part of learning a language. And I think
that is the hardest part. Pronouncing words how they do it so foreign.
Another investigator we have is named G. The first time he has
been was yesterday, we talked to him after and he really liked it but we
had to have this mini meeting with our visa clerk lady and we told him
we will be back in 2 min. We came back out and he bounced. But he
called me later that night and apologized for leaving and said he wants
to become a member of our church haha! The Lord works in mysterious
ways!
In Artyom we had a joint district
meeting. Basically a zone conference. We learned a lot about becoming
friends with people first and then teaching them and doing a normal
approach but still using our agency wisely and being representatives of
Jesus Christ. The new approach works way better and we are making a lot
of friends and getting lessons!
Another week in the books. Looking forward to what we have ahead.
Love Elder Wilding
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