Привет друзья! (Hello friends!)

Hello y'all. How are you doing. It's good here. Here's the weekly recap. Tuesday was a good day. The Sisters in the center area lost their cell phone and it ended up in a hotel in our area, so we picked it up and brought it back to the office elders. Lots of time on the hot, sweaty metro. My gosh. It's not even that hot here yet... but the humidity just kills you. My gosh. It's crazy. Wednesday we talked to this older man on the street, he was nice to us at first then got really mad when he found out where we were from. He kept asking us why we wanted a war. I kept saying 'I live here, in Russia! I'm talking to you!' and he finally just said "Fine! If you want a war, let's go! Let's do it!" Then we saw him today in our apartment building again. He was really nice to us this time. Hmmm... Also, my companion got a pinecone thrown at him while we were in the park. It was funny, just a little girl in a stroller next to us threw it at him. Thursday we had the Hermitage. That was fun. It was busy. They had to keep making this announcement that the museum's wardrobe was closed and they wanted me to say it in English. So I got to make announcements over the speaker at the Hermitage. Cool. On Friday it was victory day. Friday is our weekly planning day, so we didn't spend much time outside. We were also told not to go to the parades and concerts (that weren't even in our area) and so it was a pretty quiet day. We did see a few crazy guys driving cars with big ole Russian flags on them. Saturday was a good day. We had a baptism in our ward! The Sisters had an investigator that got baptized. We went early and set up the font, it took FOREVER to fill up, man oh man. We almost didn't fill it up in time. All went well, and it was a great service. It was fun to talk to the members and others that came to see. President and Sister Clark were there. We also had english class that night. It was fun. Sunday we had church. The Clarks came, it was their last time they were going to be in our ward before they leave Russia. They gave good talks, and the new member was confirmed. He recieved the Aaronic Priesthood right afterwards, and it was great. An awesome few days. Then, also I got to talk to ya'll on Skype! That was super fun! I loved it! It was fun to see you guys and how you've changed... kinda. Well, some of you. Caroline and Sam especially. That was awesome! Thanks for all of you being great. Love you all! Пока!

Tulips for momma

Cool park in our area

A typical meal of mine