Что за ведро, мои собаки! 🗑🐶🐕
Alright, lm'ma just hit ya'll with a few updates to get this rolling. I think I left you hangin' for a week or two, so this email may be a little полнянкым, so respect points go out to all those who воистину read it all haha.
1. OUR HOT WATER IS BACK ON. It has been three weeks of boiling water on a stove top, and showering with a bucket. Long story short, running hot water is a blessing lol.
2. Not gonna try not to get too deep into this story, but here's on overview, it was so interesting lol. I was Facebook finding, got a hold of this guy, and we start talking. I think imma' self diagnose him with a case of amnesia and craziness. I call him up, and he asks me why I'm here at least 10 times, in which I respond to the question 10 times. Finally, convince the guy to meet and give him a Book of Mormon. So, we walk 45 minutes to get to his place.
We meet, and he is for sure a little drunk. His dog's name is Soap, and he whips out a Bible from his front stairs (kinda was caught off guard with that part). Anyways, he rambles, we try to share something and he continues to cut off and saying, "WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY," (repeated this probably 10 times as well), in which I respond (10 times), "Nothing, we just want you to listen for one second!" There was no listening lol. He even tried shutting the Book of Mormon on me when I was reading for him. Also, we had an assortment of bugs crawling all over us as we were trying to share a thought a two with him. He also kept saying, "I'm 40 years old, you're 20, you can't teach me anything." In which I may have gotten a little sassy, I will not lie... but did comment the fact that Jesus started his own ministry much younger then 20, and finished at the age of 33, which by my math, (and please correct me if I'm wrong) puts him a few years short of 40! So with that, I told him that if Jesus was in front of him, he wouldn't take the time to talk to him cuz he isn't old enough to teach him a thing or two? Finally, we just ended up making the 45 minute trek back home. Interesting stuff!! Trust me, you just had to be there... I just wish his mind had been, too lol. Lowkey thought--he was about to throw hands at one point lol.
3. I ordered two really cool scriptures cases!! A member makes them down in Odessa!! One of them has the Kiev Temple on it with a cool Ukrainian design on the side,
and I came up with the design of the one with the world!! Under is the quote in Russian, "The truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear." -Joseph Smith. Then on the side is a cool wheat design! WOO, I was so excited to get these!!))
4. Elder Olsen and I led a "Come Follow Me" lesson for our branch church.
5. Found this super cool area in the middle of the boonies. These big abandoned spray-painted buildings.
6. Wooo okay... last story. I'm gonna really sum this one up the best I can. Things really did not go as planned in this one lol. Here we go:
-- member needs help moving bed
-- no members pick up their phones to help
-- we finally get permission to go help
-- taxi company picks up the phone, only to respond "No taxis available," and just hang up right away before we have any sort of chance to work something out
-- finally find a competent taxi company
-- area book brings us to the wrong address
-- get the the members and it's already 9:05
-- try to help put together a bed, and then 9:30 comes
-- Zone Leaders and APs be asking us watsup and why we aren't home. That was an awk convo lol
-- members call a taxi, and the company said, "We will send you a message for the taxi to come." They never send a message and a car never comes...
-- luckily these members have a car. They take us home. We get home at 10:10... curfew is 9:30 at the latest lol.
-- Satan was really hittin' us with a few succor punches that night lol
But... on the bright side... IT WAS SO FUN TO MEET MEMBERS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I HAVE ARRIVED IN SUMY AHHH. It made me so happy to get to meet some in person!! To celebrate the moment, I had them take a picture with me when we got home.
And one more thing... WE ARE GOING TO KHARKIV ON THURSDAY! I am so so excited! We get to see the entire Zone and have a short meeting all together with President and Sister Wirthlin!! Woo!! Three hours there and three hours back, but totally worth it!!
Oh, also WAY cool. Elder Olsen and I went and got our hair cuts today (that's not the cool part) and while I was getting my hair cut, I was just making small talk with the lady. She asked why we were here and I simply said we were missionaries. She asked a few more questions about it and then hit me with the, "Where's your church?" So, I hit her with the "address." And then she hit ME with the, "I want to come, I am very interested." And then we hit EACH OTHER with the phone number swap. Then I hit HER with the church pamphlets, which she said she "REALLY" wants to read. And finally I hit the SISTER MISSIONARIES with a referral!! It was way cool!! She fully initiated and now we have a great potential person to teach! Hopefully, we can end it all off by hitting the font 👀😂
Love y'all tons,
Elder Wilde
