Celine Dion Concert‏

Zdrastvuitye!

Holy rain! So much precipitation! It has been really gray and stormy this week, which isn't the ideal weather for street contacting. Just as soon as the mud starts to dry up, another storm rolls though and makes everything all squishy again. I have already had an umbrella break in the wind and I am now on my third umbrella since I accidentally left my first one in the Avrora apartment. I might have to start a tally for how many umbrellas I go through during the spring and summer seasons. When it isn't rainy outside, it is super hot. Saratov is the area that gets the hottest in the mission, especially in the summer. Guess that means I'll have to buy more ice cream.

Man, I love my new companion so much! Her name is Sister Martinez and she is from good old Salt Lake City. Both of her parents were born in Mexico. Her family is super involved in Mexican Folk dancing, so it's really interesting to look at all of the pictures that she brought from home. She's just a spunky little ball of laughter. She makes me feel like a comedian because she laughs at pretty much everything I say. Love her! She has crazy naturally curly hair like me, so our apartment floor is covered in brown squiggley hairs. Our poor vacuum.

A lot of people have either been super busy or out of town, so me and Sister Martinez haven't had the chance to meet with very many of our investigators this past week. One of our investigators who was previously super interested in getting baptized has decided that she no longer has the desire because she doesn't want to like the Law of Chastity. We're planning on meeting with her every day this week and just doing a little spiritual thought with her. She feels the spirit so strong and we don't want her to forget about it. One of our other investigators is progressing really well and we are really excited to see what will happen with her in the near future. Keep praying for them!

Victory park that we went to last week was SO COOL! I have about a million pictures of different types of cannons, tanks, airplanes, helicopters, missiles, rocket launchers, memorials, etc. It was really interesting to see everything! On one half of the park is the war stuff and then on the other half there was an "international area." There are a bunch of houses and buildings constructed to represent different countries around the world. There was a National Ukrainian house, an Indian (not Native American) house, a Chinese house, a Russian house, etc. It was amazing! Sister Martinez really wants to go see it, so we'll probably be going back in the next week or two before it gets too hot outside. 

My companion and I discovered that our upstair neighbors really like Celine Dion. They play "My Heart Will Go On" on repeat for hours. We do our morning studies with "Neeeeaaar, faaaaar, whereeeeeeeeeever you aaaaaare!!!!" in the background. Super entertaining... really hard to not sing along. So funny!

Welp, that's all for this week folks! Go buy some umbrellas and sing Titanic music.

Do Svidanya!

Love,

Sister Wagstaff