Yo waddup, all y'all!!
Hope y'all's жизни are going great right now!! If you make it to the end of the email, then props to you.
Transfer calls come this week! And to everybody's shock, almost nobody got transferred... that was a big curve ball to say the least lol. But all is well, the grind keeps up.
Fun week here in the vineyard! Y'all 'bouta be mind blown. Legit experienced the conjuring this week. Well... at least where they may have filmed the conjuring lol. Or where the next Conjuring movie is gonna be based off of after something happens to us next time we visit the scene...
Alright, so rewind with me. Sinks been broken for a week and a half now, and we finally got someone to come over and fix it. Our boy Сергей (Sergei), our homie, the G.O.A.T. comes over and whips our the wrench (fun fact, wrench and key are the same word in Russian. Say, pass the "клюсб." You don't know if you're about to get a face full of wrench or key. We like to keep it spicy).
Anyways, so he whips our the wrench and goes to work.
Unfortunately, it didn't go as planned cuz some of our pipes are so old and broken, that he couldn't shut off the water to just our in house pipes. It be chillin' tho.
He calls up a worker responsible for our building, and the guy "casually" shuts off the water to the whole building to fix our problem. Never see that go down in America without complaints. Love it. So in short, the guy shuts off the water to the building, we get the go ahead to start replacing the pipes, and the guy down under the building assumes my boi Сергей has finished the job, so he then turns back on the water, and we start getting our floor flooded lol. Сергей got all speedy with the wrench and got the pipes back on quickly. He went Luigi on it ;) however. Since he had to act fast, we didn't get the stabilizing part on for the faucet. However, we have running water again! It was so funny seeing how he spoke so sarcastically to the guy in Russian for turning on the water too early lol. But, now we just got to get our landlord to fix two other things with the sink. If he ever answers... (also, Sergei is going to be the photo with the man holding the sink. love that guy).
Unfortunately, it didn't go as planned cuz some of our pipes are so old and broken, that he couldn't shut off the water to just our in house pipes. It be chillin' tho.
He calls up a worker responsible for our building, and the guy "casually" shuts off the water to the whole building to fix our problem. Never see that go down in America without complaints. Love it. So in short, the guy shuts off the water to the building, we get the go ahead to start replacing the pipes, and the guy down under the building assumes my boi Сергей has finished the job, so he then turns back on the water, and we start getting our floor flooded lol. Сергей got all speedy with the wrench and got the pipes back on quickly. He went Luigi on it ;) however. Since he had to act fast, we didn't get the stabilizing part on for the faucet. However, we have running water again! It was so funny seeing how he spoke so sarcastically to the guy in Russian for turning on the water too early lol. But, now we just got to get our landlord to fix two other things with the sink. If he ever answers... (also, Sergei is going to be the photo with the man holding the sink. love that guy).
Anyways, so the conjuring part came when Сергей told us we had to see the underground of our apartment building! (He went down there with the guy working with the pipes once and came back up and described it as "exotic" lol). So, Elder Olsen and I took a trip down, and holy wow it was cool!! Pitch black, webs everywhere, creepy steps and vibes, probably rats, and dead stuff, I'd assume. Just peep the pictures. I wish we could get the video to work, but if you wanna see the video you can message me for it haha. Anyways, yeah, super cool to see the way these old Soviet-style buildings are made!! The guy's workspace was also way cool. Fun experiences for sure!!
Anyways, that was just a fun little adventure.
Владислав (Vladislav) finally has his hands on a Book of Mormon!! Very exciting stuff right there. We gave him so big reading assignments that we are going to talk about with him next time we meet!! Unfortunately, we are going to have to push his baptismal date back a little further, cuz our mission president thinks it would be wise he first attends an in-person church meeting, really getting a chance to meet the members and everything, before he gets baptized. I think that is wise, and I for sure agree. We will continue to work with him and keep him on the path! I'm so excited for him to start reading more from the Book of Mormon and am sure it is going to strengthen his testimony and desire to be a disciple of Christ.
More big news!! АНДРЕЙ (ANDREA) PRAYED! We have been doing 50-50 lessons with Andrea (a half English lesson, half church), for maybe about a month and a half, and have watched him slowly change during each and every lesson. It is literally the most beautiful and amazing miracle ever. At first, prayer was not in the question. It was just a no. We would ask him at the end of each lesson, "We would like to end with a prayer. Would you like to offer that prayer?" We faced many no's and he insisted we offered that prayer. UNTIL THIS WEEK!!! AHHHH HE SAID YES AND OFFERED A BEAUTIFUL PRAYER. What a miracle. There are still many steps to take, but things are moving step by step, just as faith moved step by step. Such a blessing, such a miracle. Not to mention that he has gone above and beyond with reading the Book of Mormon. He legit reads way more then we were expecting, even when saying, "I may not have time, I am very busy this week," (which he is with school and work actually) BUT HE HAS BEEN SO GOOD ABOUT READING AND LEGIT JUST HAS READ WAY MORE THAN WE THOUGHT HE WOULD. So amazing to see such progress and change of heart. Yes, very slowly it has come, but it does not deny that fact, that is has truly come. Same goes for Сергей. Man do I love teaching Андрей and Сергей. They are just so fun to talk to, so funny, and it is just so amazing to me and such an honor and gift to watch them slowly have a change of heart as we have continued to talk.
Now, to wrap up...
John 5:
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth.
Fathers, Happy Father's Day (as well as an extra happy birthday to my dad!😘). You are our examples. We watch what you do, and follow in your footsteps. We look up to you. Never forget that. You are key instruments in which we build fundamental connections of what our Heavenly Father is like. Honor, ponder, and cherish that, as well as show gratitude, and be the best you can for that. Jesus learned from his father, and so do we. I am so grateful for a father who has given me some of the most perfect footsteps to learn from, and follow suit in. Thank you for everything, Dad. You are truly a gift, love you ❤!
All my love,
Elder Wilde
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