Ayo momma!
Honestly idk which email to use either. I will probs use this one because I can add photos to it. So ya.
I LOVE my mission president and his wife! they are soosososoososo nice and awesome and helpful and knowledgeable. Amazing people! They have four daughters (13, 9,6,3). I don't think they are even 40 years old yet. I got to spend my first two days with just me and them so I got to know them pretty well. I think they like me a lot because they went around to all the zone conferences here before I came and hyped me up to all the missionaries serving here (since they met me in the mtc and I guess loved me lol). Everyone tells me about it. And evidently he made the joke "sister cummings is coming!" so when I got here, I said "sister cummings is no longer coming, she is now sister came" just some jokes here in the mission. lol
ok legit i am the worst flyer. ever. ever. i knew something bad would happen to me flying alone. and 100% everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong. let me give you the teaaaaa. so I left monday morning at like 5 am. I traveled on the bus with other missionaries going to California. We got to the airport together than split up. Then I was on the flight from SLC to NYC with some missionaries going to Scotland/Ireland mission (speaking madarin chinese!!) But I had to go through everything by myself because they were a little bit ahead of me. Then in NYC i had a super tight layover. So I legit didn't know how to get to the next terminal, was asking and trying to figure out how, finally found out how. Made it. Then I had to be escorted through security and stuff because I still had to check in, pay for my bags, and go through security again. So that was a little stressful. And I had to carry so many things in my hands because my suitcase was exactly 50 pounds lol. Then It was so nice because on the plane ride over here, I had the window seat in a row of three seats. And then... my other two seatmates didn't show up!! So legit I got the row of 3 all to myself for my 10 hour flight! Best. Flight. Ever. Legit slept the entire time. So nice. Then in Moscow. Moscow Moscow Moscow. I had instructions to pick up my luggage in moscow, then put it on the next plane, but then that wasn't working, and I was so confused where to go because every sign was so confusing and passport control had taken me SO LONG to get through and my flight was a little bit delayed, so by the time I was arriving at the place to check in for my next flight, they told me I was going to miss it and would need to get a new flight. It was only like 1.5 hour layover and it just wasn't working. So I had to go get that sorted out and pay for a new flight (which btw I used the card for that, but you will be reimbursed. Lmk if they reimburse you for the flight, or how much it was because then they will just put it on my missionary card and reimburse me. then I can reimburse you. I didn't have my other missionary card up and working so I couldn't use that. so just lmk and next monday I will check my email and see if I need to transfer the money to your account or if you were reimbursed).
Anyways, after that I had to now call the mission president and tell him I was going to be two hours later. And I was searching and searching for a phone to use. Also keep in mind I had so much stuff I was carrying. My violin case, a coat, a cardingan, a scarf, my backpack, and my passport/ticket, my water bottle, and my scriptures. So I looked so weird going everywhere with all my stuff. Finally I just sat down because there were no pay phones. So I sat down and just hoped for the best. Eventually someone came and sat by me and THANK GOODNESS she spoke english and was from america and she let me use her phone like 4 seperate times times to call so many different numbers (that for some reason weren't working ughhhh russia) but the VERY last time I tried to call, and the VERY last number I was calling finally worked. And so I told president I would be late. Finally got to Rostov. But suprise suprise, no luggage. Grrrr. That was a whole different fiasco. Everyone got involved. Thank goodness for the people at the mtc who hemmed my dress got it wrong the first time, and had to redo it, so I couldn't pack it in my suitcase and had to pack it in my violin case. So I did have one set of clean clothes. They we went to the Mission President's house. They fed me an awesome homecooked meal (sooo much better than the MTC). And that is my airport story. Oh, and then I didn't get my luggage until a few days later. I was flying from Rostov, to Moscow, to my new area. And I had a three hour layover in Moscow and was running through the airport trying to find my luggage and get it with me in time to get on the plane and check in. It was crazy. On the way to the Rostov airport, the APs were dropping me off and giving me step by step instructions from their "airport connection guy" lolololol. Airports are ROUGH.
I love my companion. Legit she is awesome. She has been in country since January and knows everything. She is so good at Russian and the gospel. She is from Germany. She is the nicest person every. She has such a positive attitude. I am so excited to serve with her. fr fr.
ok suddenly people here need to pronunciate their words and to speak loudly so I can hear. and slower so I can understand. but other than that I can pick out 1/100 words people say :)))) i basically only know gospel words, so when people are not speaking about the gospel (99% of the time) I don't really know what is going on lolol.
Just pack it away. Be careful with the hydroflask that it doesn't get scratched or used. That is why I packed it in that towell. But the stuff like makeup or shout spray, you can either throw away or use. Perishable stuff, chuck it or use it. Clothes you can wear if you want. If you have any questions about stuff, just pack it away and I will sort through when I get home. I had to get rid of a lot of stuff in the mtc rip rip rip.
That's good that Rex made the football team! Tell him good luck! And happy birthday! I probs won't be able to skype that much because I can either do it at 8am here (10pm your time sunday) or 4:00pm here (6am your time monday). But maybe I can call next week and tell him happy birthday or something. we will see if you guys are awake, or two if I can get it to connect/figure it out, and if it all works out. lmk
lol dang the cabin. i had a dream about it last night that I wanted to go one last time before it got sold, and so I was trying to plan a vacation there and was about to leave, then suddenly my companion stopped me right before i was about to go and told me that i can't just take a vacation in the middle of a mission. and i was like shocked that it wasn't allowed. it was funny.
lol i sent the letters because i think i am going to die here in russia. like fr. but idk we will see lol.
anyways that's about it. crazy week.
hope you have a good week! i got an email from dad! so that is way fun!
also i am so excited for you to figure out where i am serving. hope you like it!
cecTpa Cummings
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