Interesting Fact - It can snow a lot in Russia. A lot is an understatement.
This week, we got a truckload of snow, in just one day. We left Pskov and it was snowing slightly, not too much. When we came back to Pskov from Peter, there is giant piles of snow. I honestly think it snowed maybe 1 foot or 2 when we got back. I like the snow a whole lot better than the rain, that is for sure. And plus, just pack yourself up with thermals, scarves, gloves, socks and boots and you are set for hours. No but seriously there, there are giant piles of snow piled up by the street sweepers and stuff. It is awesome! Oh and the river officially froze on December 1st. Just in time.
This week, we saw a lot of miracles. Namely one man named Kostya, or Konstintin. He is a friend of a member here, but he has an incredible desire to be baptized. He was already set on being baptized even before we met him, but set a baptismal date on the 15th of this month and set up a plan for these next 2 weeks. He has had a lot of trials in his life and because of it, he is incredibly humble now.
Miracle number 2: We also received a phone call this week from a man named Sergay. He received a Book of Mormon a long time ago and somehow got a hold of our number. I am not sure how, but he called and wanted to meet. He is a very discouraged man searching for light. I felt like our meeting last night overwhelmed him with light, but in a good way. It is not every day that you get a phone call from someone very interested. So we accepted this miracle very very appreciatively.
Miracle number 3 and 4: We also had 2 previous investigators, who Elder Barrett and I taught, call us wanting to meet with us, which is always an amazing miraculous thing. One of which is a man named Fyodor (yeah Like Fyodor Dostoyevskiy) who happens to be incredibly interested and understands very well. When we first met with him, he didn't have a phone and lost contact with him. But he called this last Monday, and we met 2 hours later. It was actually pretty cool because we had a meeting fall through 5 minutes before he called. We were supposed to meet with someone else but he called to cancel, and then Fyodor called and we met with him at the same time we were supposed to meet the other man. God always has a perfect plan. We just need patience. Sometimes for only 5 minutes, maybe for months, even years. But either way, it will always work out.
We went to Peter this week for a Zone Conference! Those are always great. It was really strange to see that some missionaries, who I was in the MTC with, are getting ready to go home in the next few weeks. (They are taking their early dates, and it also helps that we are in the MTC for 12 sticking long weeks). Time goes by way too fast. But during Zone Conference, I had to teach "How to Contact someone on the Street" which was a fun little teaching. It wasn' as great as the Elder Biff and Elder McFly skit that Elder Hill and I did, but it was still fun.
It looks like we get to Skype this year! So Ma and Pa, you will get some more info about that.
All is well in the snowy plains of Pskov.
Love,
Elder Tekulve
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