HELLO BRIGHT AND EARLY

So, as you know, we're going to Kizhi today so we don't have so much time to email. We will be heading there soon, so I don't have too much time to write. I'll do the best that I can to cram in all the info that I can in this short time. On Tuesday we had district meeting. We were supposed to go do some service, but that fell through. So we had a district meeting. We did a good job of trying to combine our missionary efforts instead of all working as different companionships. So that was good, we all have one goal now for the branch. Wednesday was good as well, we did a lot of contacting and had english group that night. There were a lot of people there, it was the best one yet. On Thursday night we had sports night activity for members and investigators, but they didn't let missionaries participate. So we just watched for a minute and then left. Friday was pretty crazy we had TRANSFER NEWS. We weren't expecting it until Saturday, but I guess President Childs likes doing it on Friday mornings. So, here's the news. Elder Holman is heading for Petergof, he'll be there with a missionary he was in the MTC with. He's really excited. I am on my way back to the city. I'll be in the Nevsky Area (it's right next to Avtovo) and I'll be a zone leader with Elder Butters! My main man! We're the zone leaders of the Center Zone (that includes the touristy part of St Petersburg, our area, Pskov, and Novgorod). So I'll get to go back to my old stomping grounds and see it all nice and green. I'm really excited for that. So that ruined our whole day, Elder Holman was freaking out. We packed for the rest of the day. On Saturday we did more packing and apartment cleaning. We had russian practice for the last time, that was fun. We went to a less active member's house and got let in and played some fun games with them. Sunday was great as well, we all said goodbye during sacrament meeting and shared our testimonies. It was really fun. That night we had a fireside about family history, and it was really interesting. We had to say goodbye to our good friends in the branch. And today we're off to Kizhi!

You guys are the best, I'm going to have to read your emails later, I took a picture of them all. I won't be able to respond to each of you personally. Love you all! Have a good week!

Andrew