Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Hello Hello!

Well! I made it to Voronesh! It is a very beautiful city and much warmer than it was in Yaroslavl! The branch building here is huge! It is probably bigger than any of the branch buildings in america! (I'll send pictures of it someday) It is an old Theater! They have a basketball and volleyball court inside, which is definately a first on my mission! So, that mean that every morning we wake up a little bit earlier (at 600 instead of 630) to go play ball! It is awesome! There are a lot of branch members here and it has been the first time in a long time where the missionaries haven't had to carry the conversation in priesthood and sunday school.. I just had to listen! Wow! But... to be honest.. I do still miss Yaroslavl. I am excited to be here and have to change to see and preform miracles here in this amazing city which already has a great foundation, but there are a lot of miracles going on right now in Yaroslavl and there I thrust in my sickle with all my might and I am excited to see the rewards that we will see from it...

Speaking of which... I got a great call from the Forsyths and the Elders in Yaroslavl a few days ago! One of the guys that we were teaching, Sergei (the guy who died twice but was brought back to life) has decided to be baptized! He also wants to talk to his family about it and we will see if they will join him! He is going to be baptized on the 23 of April and Alex is going to be baptized too and Grace is going to be baptized too! So, that means that maybe we will have 4 or 5 baptisms in Yaroslavl on the 23rd! Wow! President already gave me permission to go back and see them so that is awesome! Yarsoslavl has seen one baptism in the past year... and now in one day they might have 5! What a miracle!

Here in Voronesh we have three good investigators. Losha, Paval, and Tooral. I don't know too much about them yet since I have only been here for a week, but two of them might be baptized soon. As I get to know them all I will keep you updated. I know that Tooral is from Turkey, Losha is a recent converts brother, and Paval is a computer program designer.

My first day here there was a huge picnic for all of the priesthood holders and all of our investigators came. It was pretty fun, we ate hotdogs and played volleyball (kinda), and we played a game called Mafia that russians love to play. (I'll teach you someday it is a fun game) When we were leaving one of our investigators got his car stuck in the mud so we all got out and had to push him out of the mud. Haha it was pretty fun! I will send you pictures of it someday lol :)

My companion is awesome! He is going to be going home in about 5 weeks, so I will be getting a new companion soon. But, we are going to rock this city while he is still here! Miracles happen as we excercise our faith and work with all our heart might mind and soul and that is what I am planning on doing! We are both experienced elders now and we have no excuse! Things are going to be awesome!

I hope that you are all doing awesome! Remember who you are! I love you all!

Elder Weihing