Dyslexic Dolphin‏

Zdrastvuitye!

This week was pretty interesting to say the least. Let's start it off with a humorous experience.

Awkward moment! Sister Jensen and I were trying to visit a former investigator that I've only met with once before, so neither of us were really sure where the address was. We trekked around in the snow for a while and only got lost once. Yay! When we finally got in the general vicinity of the apartment building, good ole dyslexia kicked in and I took us to apartment 617 instead of 167. A pretty unfriendly voice answered the apartment phone, but she still let us in despite the fact that she couldn't understand us. The lady that we were expecting to see is super sweet and loving and always gives us candy. The lady who answered the door was confused, angry, and definitely didn't want to give us candy. We approached the door completely expecting the nice lady to answer. When it ended up being the scary one, I just stared at her for a solid 10 seconds and for some reason I was making a weird dolphin noise during all of that. Initially, I couldn't tell for sure whether or not it was her, but the angry door slam in the face confirmed her identity. I'm sure she'll get baptized someday.

Sister Jensen and I experienced quite a few miracles and also a couple heartbreaks. Kiera, our 17 year old married investigator who recently dropped us, appeared from out of the blue and has decided that she wants to meet with us again. We invited her to a baptism at a different Branch and she loved it! She even sang the hymns during the baptismal service which is a miracle in itself because she loathes singing! We're trying so hard to have sufficient faith so that she'll get baptized, but it's been difficult because of how many times she's dropped us in the past. We're going in a little leerier than before, but we're still praying that everything works out.

We were also able to set a baptismal date with our investigator who has severe depression and mood swings. She agreed to live the Word of Wisdom and wanted to pick a baptismal date sooner that the one we committed her to. She was in such a great mood this week and we thought things were finally going to start turning around for her. Unfortunately she went through another one of her "moods" and didn't want anything to do with us when we came over to pick her up for church. She said that she would come on her own and then never showed up. To say that we were discouraged is an understatement. Just need to keep having faith!!! Thankfully one of the less actives that we called earlier in the week did end up showing up to church, so that was a spirit-lifter.

There's definitely never a dull day in good ole Russia. So many great experiences! Welp, that's all folks! Keep making dolphin noises and singing hymns!

Do Svidanya!

Love,

Cectpa Megan Wagstaff