Dear my fantastic family and my good friends,
If I
had
forgotten that my year mark is almost here, mom definitely reminded me
by
sending me a lot of hump day camel pictures haha. It is almost here
and it is incredibly weird. I don't feel like it has been that long,
not
even close, maybe a few months and that's all. But I look back and I
guess it has been almost a year. I have had many fun times, happy
times,
sad times, home-sick times, laughing times and of course spiritual
times. It is true what they told me, when I look back at the first year
I only remember the good times. I'm glad I decided to serve and to be
among these wonderful people in Russia. I'm grateful for all the things
I've learned and all the things that have happened which have changed
the person I am. I know it has made me a much better person to serve.
It is amazing how much we receive when we serve. Almost always it seems
to be more than what we give.
The reason I am
writing a little later than normal is because we just climbed a mountain
with our good pal S! He is a investigator who told us he knows
this forest and he wanted to take us to it. It was awesome! We got
some good pictures even! We hiked to the top through this forest! It
was awesome to be in nature! I miss camping so much! The air was fresh
and it wasn't too hot. We found a tiny river bed and climbed down that
and then went to the biggest river in Ussuriysk and sat down and
relaxed. The river reminded me of Alaska when we go and fish in our
waders. The water was low and there was a little rock beach in the
middle.
An interesting thing happened on Tuesday.
I met a computer spammer. He said he spams Instagram and takes
everything he uses from America. He was a kind of a weird dude. Also we
had splits and me and Elder Hess were together. For lunch we decided to
have Burger King. It was good. I haven't had fast food in a while and
that was normal, but later that day we met with our taxi driver friend
who we befriended not too long ago. After talking for a little he says,
"Let's go to Burger King". We didn't want to but we did anyways. Our
cashier worker had tattoos everywhere and maybe the strangest tattoo I
have ever seen. His lower left arm from his wrist to his elbow was just
black. The whole thing was black covered in ink. Anyways to make a long
story short, I order two sandwiches and he gave me three and now I never
want to eat Burger King again. I felt like throwing up.
I
almost forgot, last Monday we made real Borsch with Sister R!
It was delicious and tasty and we loaded it with mayo! The Russians
know how to eat! We just got some thunder today and it was wonderful!
Thanks again for all you do and for your example and for the support. I
love what I am doing and I love all of you!
Elder Wilding
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