Zdrastvuitye!
The time has finally come!!! Time to stretch my baby wings and fly! I'm getting transferred!!!! Goodbye Avrora, hello Saratov! I'm moving to a city in Saratov called Dachney. It's about a 9 hour train ride from Samara. Sister Jensen is staying in Avrora for her last cycle. My new companion's name is Sister James. I've been on exchanges and splits with her many a time. Pumped! I got to talk with one of the Sisters who served there and she told me so many wonderful things about Dachney! I can't wait to meet all of the great members and find some new disciples!
This letter will be short because I have to go back to the apartment and pack soon, but here are some highlights from the week!
So... apparently the Metro workers know something that we don't because for the past week, they've all been wearing surgical masks in the station. Why? I have no idea. Is it scary? Terrifying. I hope they're all just paranoid about catching the flu or something. Or is it..... Ebola???
Sister Jensen and I were finally able to meet with our favorite 17 year old investigator, Kiera. We are actually starting to make some solid progress with her which makes me a tiny bit sad that I'm leaving. We had a "goodbye" lesson with her yesterday so that I could bid her farewell and it was honestly heartbreaking. I was pretty torn up about saying goodbye. Many pictures were taken... many tears were almost shed. She has such a sincere desire to get baptized and be a part of this gospel, but she has a lot of little things that keep getting in the way. I have a feeling that she will get baptized soon, which also makes me a little sad that I won't be around to see it. Honestly, she just needs to get baptized though. Nothing will fix her life more than the gospel and having the Holy Ghost as her companion. She needs it.
Sister Jensen and I went walking on the Volga a few times this week and it is beautiful! The Volga freezes over in the winter and people cross country ski on it, snowmobile on it, walk on it, all sorts of stuff! There's a little tiny town about a mile across the river that people walk to when it's frozen. So beautiful! It is strictly forbidden for missionaries to walk across frozen bodies of water, so I will never get to live up to that dream.
Welp, that's all for this week! Don't wear scary masks or walk across frozen rivers!
Do Svidanya!
Love,
Sister Megan Wagstaff
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