Hello hello everyone back home/across the world. This week has been considerably less crazy than last week so I'm not even sure what to say but посмотрим.

Probably the greatest thing this week was that we were able to have a lesson with these long-time English students (they're a couple). We taught them about the Restoration and it was probably one of the greatest lessons I've ever been in. The Spirit was so strong and I almost shed some tears :') We're super excited to keep teaching them. Then we went and ate lunch with them and they're SO SICK. Dan (big boi dan) was a boxer for like 10 years (he's only 18) and he was telling us a story how he got KO'd even though he was sure he'd take the whole tournament and it changed his life for the better, he stopped boxing and he decided he wanted to get a better education so now he studies english for like 3 hours a day on top of school and his english is actually really good. 

The next greatest thing that happened this week was definitely games night on Friday. Every friday we get the youth together, share a spiritual thought and then play some games. Basically the youth here are super awesome and they're so fun so halfway through it got super hot so we went outside and then suddenly we had the most lit snowball fight of all time. I had no sweater or coat or anything or gloves so it was freezing but we had the best time ever. We played some mafia, charades, and all the fun stuff. The youth here are so awesome.

We've had to have a lot of faith here because Elder Dumbrell and I barely know Russian so it's fun trying to navigate and figure things out here in the promised land. We've been having a blast here though. On friday I think, we went contacting and Elder Dumbrell made this game where we try to see who could get 50 rejections first. So you might think this is bad but it's actually really cool because then it makes you literally want to talk to everyone and ask them questions and then if you talk to somebody then it's even better. So it's basically a win-win. If that even makes any sense. Well he said it typically takes about an hour for the first person to hit 50 but PSYCH BOI I got 53 within 30 minutes. Apparently I have a very rejectable face. -5 to pride. (also I wasn't trying to get rejected but I was trying to spark up convos here). To boost up my pride again there were some girls the other night that i invited to English class but they kept talking about how "beautiful" I am. +5 back to pride. Also in Russian the word beautiful can go with dudes or girls so that's pretty funny.

Okay okay so quick I need you all right now to read 1 John 4:7-11. So it's all about how God loves us and how if God loves us then we should love others. Also who doesn't want a little bit more love in their lives? So read this and it will make you feel better i promise. I know that God loves us so much and that He does answer prayers and is in the very details of our lives. He cares about you and is waiting for you to take that first step of faith in order to bless you. 

Я люблю вас! Читай Книга Мормона, молитесь каждые день и все будет отлично. 

-Старейшина Уайтинг