Thanks for the bday wishes everyone!! So good!!!
We got transfer calls this week, and I will be staying in Rostov for the fourth cycle, my second one with Sister Fender. SOOO excited. I know what I need to do this transfer, and I am SO excited to do it. чуть-чуть heatbroken I didn't make it to Kazan for the last bit of winter, but all is good. I still have plenty more transfers to make my way up north ;) Also sad because turns out the Assistants aren't going to be in our branch anymore. So me and Sister Fender are taking over all the work. This will be good I hope!!! Now we just have to get the branch president to meet with us (lol we scheduled a meeting 5 weeks ago, and about 30 meetings since and still... nothing:))
Аня (Anya) is so good. Such a gem. Love her so much. We invited her to pray this week and ask God if everything we have taught her so far is true. The Assistants told me beforehand that I was going to get transfered, and I was so worried because I love Аня so much. But bless last minute changes. She always asks questions that are deep and thoughful. When we ask her what she's feeling in lessons, she tells us that she feels peace and knows that what we are saying is true.
Turns out Наташа (Natasha) is moving to St. Petersburg. So there is that... :'( She has been such a good friend of ours. I'll send a pic with her and some paintings we did one night. So funny.
Our lesson with Маша (Masha) last week was a little bit difficult. She wasn't paying attention, was all over the place, and had a carefree attitude. Of course all normal for a 10 year old girl. It wasn't too good because her mom was kind of forcing her to stay there and listen to us and Sister Fender and I weren't 100% sure on what to do. But then Sister Fender just asked Маша if she was even interested. And let her know that it is her choice if we are there or not. It really put a good decision into Маша's hands. She is old enough to make the decision if she wants to hear the lessons or not. We shouldn't be forcing her to listen. But once that question was asked, she calmed down a lot and told us that she wanted to hear. She sat down and started doing the lesson with us. And of course asking questions that were so good. She asks thoughtful questions as well. And she came to church!
Also church was my birthday!!! So cute. The members here are gems!!! They were singing to me all day and giving me gifts and always wishing me health, posterity, prosperity, happy year, all of these good things. So cute. BUT THE HIGHLIGHT FROM MY BDAY. So good. Turns out Feb 23 is Men's Day in Russia. So lol @ me getting to celebrate my bday with a day for men. So funny. One of the elders who called me to wish my happyy birthday just wished me happy mens day instead. Then said "ok bye see you at church today." But all is forgiven because he gave me some of my fav chocolate bars later :)))) Yum. Also we pretty much had a party because this week is transfer week. So all of the sisters in my mission (except for 3 sisters rip to them) (also we only have like 18 sisters in my whole mission) are staying at our house this week for transfers, going home, coming in, or visa trip. And 4 of them are already here so we ate cheesecake together and sloppy joes. Looked for chocolate ice cream, but не получилось. Sad, but what can ya do. And the sisters from Kazan are HOMIES bringing me some cool Russian socks and bowl from Kazan. Also a flip coin that says "нет" (no) and "да" (yes) on it. So basically, now I don't have to make any decisions. Just carry that around with me everywhere. If I don't make it to Kazan, at least I have that. Such a good bday. All the volunteers here and members here are so cute. I will have chocolate bars for weeks. :)))))
ALSO I GET TO SEE MY FAV trainer/comp/sister/german/person in the world today!!!! My trainer, Sister Richter flies in!!!!! SO EXCITED TO SEE HER AGAIN!!! I was worried she was going to go home without me seeing her, but all is good!!! Missed her so much!! Catch me going on splits with her all week here!!
OK ALSO Got to visit Дина (Dina) in the hospital again on my bday. Love her love her love her. She is awesome. We went to her home and taught her mom and two kids a lesson. None of them are members, but are very receptive. We will see how this plays out but I am excited. Also Дина's roomates in the hospital are interested. So maybe that will pan out as well. The Lord works in mysterious ways...
We also had Mission Tour with President Golden. Basically got roasted by him the whole time. Turns out I will be waking up at 6:28 from now on!
pics:
making борщ with Аня (making borscht with anya)
shopping at the renic
me and natasha and masha!
sister rance eating cheesecake lol
me +sister rance +elder roggow +elder reynolds after our hospital trip
the district!!!! rip.
our random pics with natasha
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