It was good week. Let's get down to it, shall we? Tuesday we had district meeting. A few of the sisters were going off the walls, and it was pretty interesting. Some funny things said during that meeting. We got home from that and I looked at my apartment and it was a mess. It wasn't like the mess at home that we would usally have, because the floor here is fake hardwood so the dust is very very visible. It's a lot different than having carpets. I really don't like living in a pig-home (I don't know how to spell that other word, stigh or something) and so I got my team of cleaners ready and we cleaned (very reluctantly) for a few minutes. One companion actually worked, the other just played around with his items that were out, and none of them got put away. So, while he was sleeping, we threw them all on a chair (all the stuff that was his that was spread out all over the apartment) and he didn't like that too much, he gave the old "my mess is an organized one". So now our apartment is cleaner. We went less active hunting and found one that hadn't talked to missionaries in years! It was cool, she just let us right in and we had a good chat with her. We went walking on Wed. On Thursday we went out to a beautiful dacha just outside the city, right on the water of the lake. Did some service for a member there. Sam, be grateful for the lawn mower. That's all I have to say. It was very pretty there, we'll go back again this week. On Friday we contacted as we went searching for nutmeg for some sugar cookies. On Saturday, we gave the sugar cookies to the people at the picnic. WE put on a picnic, had a good turnout and played some fun games. WE played the donut Halloween game, where the donuts are hanging and you can't use your hands. That was a hit, nobody had ever seen that before. We played soccer with some of the kids and it was fun to get my legs moving in a sports setting, not just running. That was a really fun event. On Sunday I gave a talk in sacrament meeting about conversion and gave three examples of conversion. Alma the Younger, The young ruler from Matthew, and Laman and Lemuel. It was cool for me to study that topic. I even got to match up with the other two talks, and we didn't even sync up. It just happened. Cool. We also had ward council. This ward is in some trouble. Everybody has different ideas about how it should be done. When and where to have classes, how to divide the classes, all of that. So here's my little thought for this time. Be grateful for everything that you have. Everything. Be grateful for good parents, good family, good friends, food, just everything that you can think of. It's really amazing what you realize that you have when it's taken away from you. I was so blessed to have good friends who supported me and were just pals. Even more than that a great family full of great people that I can always just talk to and get advice from. Supportive in everything, I love you guys! You're the best!
Elder Gwilliam
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