Zdrastvuitye!
At Zone Conference last Monday, we recieved a new daily schedule to help us consecrate every hour of our day. We are free to choose between the original and the new schedule according to our appointments and such, but so far I love the new schedule! I was skeptical about it at first, but we saw SO many miracles as a result of it! Now, we get up at 6:30 (as usual), go out the door and teach on the street from 7-9 (yes, we usually look pretty ugly), get ready and stuff from 9-10:30, have personal study from 10:30-11:30, then we go back out and street teach (contacting... but we're not supposed to call it that anymore) from 11:30-1:30, then we eat lunch from 1:30-2:30, then companionship study, language study, dinner, and then we hit the streets again. Before, we were inside getting ready and studying from 6:30 to noon, which is when people are outside going to work, getting lunch, going to school, all that stuff. So this new schedule is designed to help us "cast a wider net" and be out when the fish are biting instead of heading out when everyone is already at work and at school. The first day we tried out the schedule, Sister James and I walked out the door at 7am and were astonished by all of the people that were outside! We gave away so many brochures and Book of Mormons and talked with so many amazing people! The Leadership of this Mission is inspired, no doubt about it!
We finally had an appointment with one of our investigators who we hadn't even met yet. She has recieved all of the lessons and can get baptized any day now. She is so amazing!!! Sister James and I forgot about a baptism that was happening at the same time as the lesson, so we ended up watching the baptism with our investigator before the lesson. That was a fun pre-lesson activity. She is so prepared! The only thing holding her back from getting baptized is her parents. They really don't want her to get baptized. We have promised her blessings and shared experiences and prayed for her. She'll get baptized! I just know it!
This week, Sister James and I had a family night with one of the members in our Branch, not knowing beforehand that we were about to enter a Russian mansion! Her house was massive! Well, massive meaning the size of a big American home. People typically live in tiny apartments with one or two rooms, a bathroom, and a kitchen, or in a tiny home with one or two rooms, a kitchen, and bathroom. This house was intense! There were four floors with a huge kitchen, a ballroom, about 4 or so bedrooms on one floor, a half-finished attic with a pool table and workout equipment, and a basement that we never got to see. It blew my mind! The other member that came with us was admiring everything as if it were an art museum. So cute!
So many nasty foods. I don't know what it was about this week, but Sister James and I were served some of the grossest things I've ever put in my mouth. All of the food came from the sweetest members ever, so there's no way you can turn them down! Especially when they took the time to make things for us when they have so little. The first thing we recieved was this creepy compote made out of boiled apples, cherries, sugar, and some other weird stuff. Sounds pretty good, right? Nope. Probably had 8 cups of sugar in it and it was still bitter. I had to straight up chug the last half in my tea cup because I couldn't handle sipping it anymore. Literally almost gagged. The second thing we got might have actually been cat food... questionable. This lady plopped a plate of chick pea-looking things in front of Sister James and I and told us to enjoy. I shoveled it down as quickly as possible to get it over with. Sister James took one bite and pretty much threw up in her mouth. Needless to say, she did not finish.
Do Svidanya!
Love,
Sister Megan Wagstaff
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