Quite a busy week we just had at us, with all this transfer business (so
many goodbyes and new companions), and all of our lessons miraculously lining up, we've been struggling to find time to eat!
Spring
is still in the air here in beautiful Ussuriysk! With May showers that
have continued into June (which look like they will be stretching into
the coming month as well) and a light sometimes overpowering breeze, I
couldn't ask for better weather! It is going to get so bloody hot soon I
am trying to enjoy it while I can. There were a few days this week
when it rained the whole day and the whole night and my new rain coat I
just bought got put to the test. Basically nobody was on the streets
though so contacting was pointless. It was nice to be in the rain
though!
On Tuesday
night the Nielsons (senior couple from the Novosibirsk mission) came
and did a fireside in the church on the 12 step addiction program. They
are from Shelly Idaho. Anyways they don't speak any Russian basically
and needed a translator so we invited our friend S to come and help
them out. He is our investigator and isn't really interested in the
gospel yet but he came to the church and did a really good job
translating for them. The next day we dropped Elder Roosa off in
Artyom. It was a blast serving with Elder Roosa! He is a great elder
who will have a lot of success on his mission. I am going to miss
serving with him. While we waited for Elder Staiger (my new comp) to
arrive, we ate at "Noodle House", really good place! I got some noodle
thing I don't remember the name of now but it was tasty. Then he got
there and we took a bus back to Ussurisyk and made it to institute.
Elder Staiger is from Germany about an hour away from Berlin. He is a
gifted soccer player and speaks Russian very well. He speaks English
completely fluent and I think we are going to get along really good! He
is a funny guy and good to work with!
O is
progressing fast! He always comes to the church, he probably checks
the church door 30 times a day or something because whenever we are there
he comes in. It is way convenient because we don't have to call him for
a lesson, he just shows up! Mr. W is still in China but we believe
he is still reading everyday and praying.
Yesterday
night a weird thing happened. We met a 14 year old kid from Canada.
He was visiting his grandparents and spoke both English and Russian
perfectly. He was just chilling in the play ground with all these other Russian boys when he talked to us.
It is
nice not having companions form Utah haha. Elder Roosa was from Colorado
and now I've got Germany. Everybody just assumes we are all from Utah
(90% of the time true) and when you have a comp from somewhere else they
are always surprised.
We have been in a trio
for the past half week with Elder Hess. He has trouble sleeping
sometimes and on Thursday he made blini in the middle of the night due
to the fact that he couldn't sleep and when we woke up in the morning we
looked in the fridge and there they were haha! They were so good!
Love you all! Have week!
Elder Wilding
PS: I am going to Korea today in like 5 hours! They are opening the baptismal font specifically for the missionaries!
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