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happy america day everyone. I would say that ever since I left the US I've become like 10x more patriotic which is weird. I think I might kill my aussie comp. He always does this cute thing where he says "get 'err done" in an american accent to make fun of all americans. It's okay bc it only hurts a lil bit.

Also I hit my year mark this week. It hit me so hard the other day that in a year I'll be home. Well it's been one crazy year and I'm super pumped for what's to come, especially with this new mission. Also I'm not sure if I mentioned this last week but we heard that we get to visit the temple 4 times a year so I'm super excited for that.

Saturday was a pretty sad day for all of us. There was supposed to be a baptism for this super awesome girl but it ended up getting canceled 2 hours before because of family conflicts. We were all pretty bummed the whole day but we just realized that we need to keep up the work and trust in the Lord.

Other than that we've just been meeting with tons of people and preaching the word. I gave a talk yesterday but it actually went super well. I've been a lot more confident with my Russian recently which means somethings going to happen to smack me down back to being humble. haha love it 

The elders here are super awesome and I feel like I'm just laughing all of the time(whats new) and we speak russian all of the time so I'm really happy about that. I'm just really happy in general.

Speaking of happiness! This really is a gospel of happiness. One of the things I've noticed in my life is that the happiest people I know happen to be the ones that live the Gospel. I love the peace and happiness that I feel when I am doing what's right and when I'm feeling the Spirit. MOSIAH 2:41 IS THE COOLEST SCRIPTURE
"andmoreover, I would desire that ye should consideron the blessed and happy state of those that keep thecommandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in allthings, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold outfaithful to the end they are received into heaven, thatthereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that thesethings are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it."

So yeah love you guys.

-Старейшина Уайтинг

quotes: "History began on July 4, 1776. Everything before that was a mistake." - Ron Swanson yee yee

















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