Hello Family!
Merry Christmas in America! I cannot believe that Christmas is already here and that I am gong to be talking to you guys soon! Time has flown by so fast! I love you guys and you are awesome!
We just got back from Zone Conference and of course it was awesome also! It is amazing how good it is to see the rest of the missionaries after such a long time. It makes me realize how much I took for granted being in a big Zone in Kazakhstan compared to being in a two man city in Yaroslavl. Well, it is starting to get colder again so today it is -20. We are going to be out searching for a place to dedicate the city when President comes down in January, so I am sure we will check out some pretty places and I will be sure and take pictures! But, I am not promising that I will send them to you because we all know that I probably wont keep that promise.
The work is going great! We have a ton of investigators and are getting more each week! The Lord has blessed us so much and we are seeing so much success and growth, but we still have to do something to get someone to make that extra step to baptism! Our current best investigators are Sasha, Alex, Tatyana, Vladimir and Irina, Olga, Olessa, and Loodmila. Tatyana is a recent one that found us! She stayed after English club one day to ask a question and she now she is a great investigator! She asked us, " So do you guys just hang around your own members and hate other people?" Haha To me that seemed like a dumb question, but it was a very serious question from her. It seems like around here there is a mentality that you only are around people of your faith and you don't like the other ones. Haha but she like that we are friends with everyone and love all people because we are all spiritual brothers and sisters. She has great questions and seems to figure things out on here own. She asked the question, "Why are there so many churches in the world?" So we started explaining about dispensations and apostasies and right in the middle of it she stopped us and said, " So, what you are saying is that there are so many churches because people took the teaching of the original church and changed it to what they liked and they started their own church?" Wow! All we could say is yes and that is exactly why there was a need for a restoration of all things! I wish all people could understand like she does because our message really does make sense if you will just put everything together and think about it!
Well Russia is awesome! I still love my mission and I am not planning on hating it anytime soon! Time is going by way to fast and there is a lot still to do! Thank you for the love and support! Remember who you are!
Elder Weihing :)
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