Well this week was actually a really awesome one. In the beginning, we weren't having too much success. A lot of our lessons that we had set up with people fell through. This was a pattern that carried on from last week. It happened almost everyday, and it really was wearing us out. I just remember one day this week, where I felt like that we can't find anyone to teach today. It was a bummer day, but that night, before I went to bed, I plead with Heavenly Father to help us find people to teach, to help those come to those lessons, to have them feel the Holy Ghost and sincerely want to know more. The next day, we were blessed with just that, as we met with 2 new investigators, Nikolai Nikolaovich, and another Nikolai whom we named Nikolia Champ. They are sincerely interested in knowing more and they are incredibly nice men. We meet Nikolai champ a few weeks ago, and after our 4 minute talk on the street, he came by with his Explorer and picked us up and talked some more. He came to church last Sunday and was rather confused what was going on, but was interested to know more. The other Nikolai, we also met on the street. He is another very sincere nice man who likes talking to us. Both of their lessons that day were excellent with such a strong Spirit, and it really was answer to prayer.
We also met with another new investigator named Anatoli who we talked to our 2nd day here in Pskov. We met in a park with him in Pskov with a member returned missionary who is still on fire from his mission. It was a pretty interesting lesson as well because this Anatoli knows the Bible incredibly well and does not associate himself with any Church because there is something not all true in each. We explained the Apostasy with him which he had a problem understanding, but once he did, he understood very well. It was kind of a miracle as well, because the meeting started out with him wanting to give us back the Book of Mormon we gave him on the street that first week we were here, but in the end, he had a desire to read it and to know if it is true. The powerful point of the lesson was when he prayed at the end to know if this is true. He is still working for his answer, but he teared up at the end because he understands that prayer is a communication; a conversation with our Heavenly Father, of which people believe and understand differently here. It was wonderful.
My companion is awesome! Elder Barrett picks up on all of the strange sayings I say here. It is hilarious to hear. I am a big fan of saying words in Russian that don't mean a thing and try to formulate sentences out of it. He has picked up on it as well and speaks like a Russian (In Russian, there are a lot of thinking words like "like" "um" "so"). It's pretty hilarious to hear some times. He also picks up on my strange English phrasing, namely my great habit of shortening words and adding "S" to the end of words.
We had to do a day trip to St. Petersburg and back. We had to take a bus about 7 hours into the city, with traffic, go through the metro, have some interviews, take care of some visa things, and then race back to the Bus Station and take another 6 hour bus back. We were in the city all for 3 hours I think, including travel in the metro and trams. We were hoping to have a little more time so we weren't running around the city. We had to buy some Subway sandwiches and literally ran to the bus station with 5 minutes to spare before our bus left, leaving us 5 minutes to stuff sandwiches down our throats. It was a memorable little trip haha, but I am glad to back in Pskov not having to worrying about backing such kind of trips for a LONG time. Back in work!
Well that's about it for this week! The Church is true. This message is true and it can bless, it will bless, and it IS blessing lives all over the world.
Love,
Elder Tekulve
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