Hello hello!!
Another great week here in the vineyard. I even got a crazy story for you all that just happened yesterday! Such a fat miracle, we will get to that.
This week Elder Olsen and I went on a nice big walk around part of our area! It was the first time I had seen this part of our area, and it totally felt like I was in a whole 'nother country! Just a different vibe. I don't know exactly why, but it was so sick!
We went and saw a huge temple they had over there, and that was way cool.
Then we saw this castle-looking building. We went over to check it out!! We get there and it looked closed, so we ask this Bob walking by, "Do you know when this is open?" She just ignored us and kept walking on, so I said, "Thank you, have a great day!" Later we found out that the castle was actually a hospital tho, so that's awk 😂.
But our sad experience with the Bob turned around when the cutest Grandpa stopped us on the street. He was wearing rolled up jeans and a button-up with this cute tie, and was picking his nose right before he stopped us. He asked us if we were natives and we said no, we were from America. And he asked where we learned Russian, and we told him, "Just on the streets!" Then he said to us, "Great job, I wish you success!" SOOOOO CUTE haha. For sure, made up for the Bob rejection.
Playground equipment for children.
This week, I decided to start reading, "Saints." Well... more like "read" Saints. I turned the audio book on times 2.4 speed and BOOKed it (pun intended). Next thing you know, 3 days later I'm 3/4ths of the way done with the book! Definitely some interesting stuff in there. Gonna finish it tomorrow I think!! Woo! Then off to "Saints 2" and "Jesus the Christ!" Bless up to audio book. (To learn more about this fascinating church history book, click on the link below.)
(For everyone who has the "Library" icon on your phone, you can find the first two volumes under "Restoration and Church History." In this way, you can read this book anytime you have a few minutes. You will learn so much about the early years of the church and definitely be humbled by the true events those early Saints went through.)
This week we had some great lessons!! We have moved Владислав baptism date to until he can join an in-person church service, and we'll continue to meet, discuss, and teach him! We have had one of our amazing church members join us on all of our lessons recently. His name is Игорь (Egor). It is seriously so amazing having him in the calls. Not only does he shed light with great wisdom during the lessons, but always comes in clutch when we don't understand something. It's hard to understand Владислав sometimes, especially 'cuz recently the connection on his phone has been terrible! He will start talking and it'll be super clear, and then all the sudden sounds like a little quiet mouse is speaking. It's the weirdest thing ever and honestly frustrating sometimes. But it's okay!! He's patient, and so are we!! All works out. #nicetrysatan #youthought lol. He continues to join church service as one of us connects to Zoom on one phone, and then have him connect through a call on the other phone. The thing I love most about teaching him is his prayers at the end of the lesson. They are all so sincere, it makes me so happy every time.
NOW THE MIRACLE. Oh my gosh this was so crazy. Alright y'all, so get this... imagine urself as a missionary, and it's Sunday night, and you just finished some dinner. And then... BOOM. Some random person just calls you and says he agrees with everything your church teaches and that he has read the Book of Mormon and that he wants to help the church. CRAZY RIGHT?! WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED! And yes, I wrote, "Help the church," cuz that's how he said it lol. I was confused by it when he said it like that, and wanted to make sure I wasn't letting my Russian confuse me, so I asked him, "By help, do you mean join??" And he said yes! And then I was still in shock, so I checked AGAIN and was like... "By join, do you mean you want to be baptized??" And he said... yes!! AND STILL I WAS SHOOK AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T CONFUSING ANYTHING, SO I ASKED AGAIN. "So you want to he baptized?!" AND HE CONFIRMED WITH YES AGAIN. AHHHH. So we will be meeting with him on Tuesday, just to kinda see what exactly he knows, and possibly even figure out a date for him to be baptized! Seriously such an unexpected miracle.
Well, that is all for the week. I hope you enjoy the pictures and the stories. Things are great here!!
Much love to you all!
Elder Wilde
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