Hello how are you?

Hey let's get right into the week: Tuesday was good. Elder Allison was leaving the office and was in a fun mood all day. He actually wrestled with one of the office workers right after district meeting. That night we had a meeting with the first counselor in the young men's presidency and he invited a few of the deacons over. It was a really fun meeting. That was the end of my time with Elder Doxey. It was sad to see him go, but it had to be done. It wasn't so hard because my companion now is AWESOME. That leads us into Wednesday which was full of crazies. We had first a new leadership meeting, then straight to a subway lunch for all the missionaries. That was crazy to organize because every companionship had a change but one, so we had 55ish missionaries in the city. In our new apartment contracts, we have to sign out and sign in to all apartments so we were running around like mad to find the right people for the right apartments. Then right to transfer meeting. Man. Crazies. We didn't even have all the papers signed by that time, so after the meeting we had to run around like madmen again. That night we had a meeting with the stake leadership and it went well I think. It was one of the best ones yet. I like working with the stake leaders. Thursday was also fun. We ended up having our usual wednesday meetings on thursday this week. Had some fun get to know you time with elder butters and the Childs. That night we had a meeting with the Stake President! It was good. It was so good for the spirit! Oh man, he told us the story about when he got called to be stake president. I'll tell you that story later. Friday was good too. We did our weekly planning. Good time. Then we had english group. I taught this time, about the first half of the Plan of Salvation. There were so many people this time, it was fun. There were a few people that didn't really participate but most of it was good. We watched a fun video too. Saturday was great! There was a baptism in our ward. The office elders got this referral from a member family and had a baptism in a few weeks. It was a really good service, we made brownies for them. We tried to go to some referrals, but to no avail. Sunday was about the same. Good church (in our own ward! Wow!) then some more addresses. It was a good week.


So the stake president was on his way out of Russia. He is a brain surgeon (who receives the same amount of money as a teacher) and was going to go to germany. Elder Nelson called him in for an interview and called him to be stake president. This man who lives day to day now as far as finances is one of the strongest members I've ever met and a real priesthood man. He has great faith and I love to talk to him!

Love ya all, have a good week!

Andrew

Temple of Lennon

Kaliningrad

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