Dear one and all,
Another awesome week on the
island! I love it here! It is so beautiful and the members are so
great and it just feels good to serve here. We were busy this week
running around getting to know members and doing other tasks. In church
due to the American families, we have a translator. I got to translate
during gospel doctrine class which was quite interesting but I really
like it because it is sometimes fun explaining what they said without
using the exact words. I mostly just translate it in Russian grammar to English so it sounds funny a lot!
We
went
hiking on a mountain about 20 minutes from the church with two members
of
the church. It was a beautiful hike and we saw Sakhalin from above.
The trees and bushes were in reds and browns and oranges and it all was
really pretty. We had to hike up first a quarry where they have sand
and
other materials and it really just looks like a big construction sight.
On the way we picked berries and had a great time! One of the members
made a pie out of the berries we picked and that was delicious!
We served at the Hari Krishna kitchen like I used to do in Angarsk and prepared food for the
homeless. It always feels good to serve! On Sakhalin they also have Russian practice and our teacher knows English amazing!
We
taught a member's daughter who is eight but is going to have the missionary
lessons first before she gets baptized,. We taught the plan of salvation and it is amazing how much kids know!
At
sports night we played ultimate Frisbee and a sister and member
collided and fell on the Frisbee and broke it. Luckily we had another.
Sorry this is so short and scatterbrained. I will write this letter first next time.
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