So this week, we didn't have too many teaching opportunities, with the exception of our Moldovan friend, Yulan (Julian in English). He is incredibly sincere and really wants to know that Jesus Christ really is his Savior. He explained that he is thirsting for something in his life and really wants to know if the Book of Mormon really is true. I don't think I have taught someone with that much of a desire. He is awesome. He is left to Moscow yesterday, but should be coming back on the 8th or 9th. We hope to make contact with him throughotu the week. Honestly it feels like weeks are flying by and I really don't remember what happened this week or last week. Time really is a funny thing.
I think I told you on Christmas that I made this big rice dish called Plov for Christmas. It's this Uzbekistani dish with carrots, onions, and chicken. It's probably one of my favorite things to eat here in Russia. That and Borsht. Holy smokes! Well we have been eating that pretty much all week this week. It's fun training a new missionary again, because I get to show him all of the treats and foods of Russia. He is highly allergic to peanuts, like Kyle was, so he has to avoid some things and I am constantly reading the ingredients in our foods to make sure there are no peanuts haha. But luckily, you have to really search hard for peanuts in Russia. The strange custom of eating peanuts at sport events or at texas stake houses aren't terribly practiced here. So good for Elder Abbott!
On Saturday, we had an interesting service opportunity. Our new convert, Byachislav recently moved to a new place without any kind of bed. So we got him a roll up mattress and then got pieces of wood and built him a bed. While he was at work, a few members of our branch, namely the Babooshki, the Senior Couple, and we all went into his apartment to build this bed from scratch. Luckily Elder Gardiner (the senior couple missionary) is a Aerospace Engineer and knows how to build stuff, so under his direction and the leadership and devotion of Sister Vera Pavelna (the coolest Babooshka in Pskov), we built Byachislav a pretty sturdy bed. It failed it's first test with one of testing it and having it snap.... But we enhanced and now Mr. Byachislav has a great bed to sleep on. The fun thing about this project was transporting the pieces on over to his place. We had to stand in a PACKED bus with pieces of 2x4 and bags of tools for 20+ minutes. The bus was far more packed than any metro ride in St. Petersburg.
Like in America with the last minute shoppers for Christmas presents, they are thousands of last minutes shoppers here in Russia shopping for New Year presents. All of the malls and markets are just packed. It's relatively warm now in Pskov. +3 degrees celsius which is 30 something. So there is a lot of slush and water, but the air is a lot more tolerable. The windchill doesn't rip your face off right now... How great a blessing! hahaa
Well that's it for this week! I love you all. I know this Church is true and that this is a gospel of change and progression. We can progress and become better everyday. The New Year is a great way to set those goals to improve and become a better disciple of Christ. I have got some goals for next week, and a goal that I set last New Year's that I need to finish... I need to finish the Old Testament! I have 100 pages left.... Wish me luck!
Love,
Elder Tekulve
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