Well less than two weeks left in the MTC and then off to Russia! I can't wait! I love the MTC, but it is definitely time to get into the field and get to work! And I get to call home when I leave on the 14th and I can't wait for that! Thank you for all of your support and especially your letters! They are great and really bring me a lot of joy when I get them! You are all so amazing and I feel so blessed to know you all and be a part of your lives!
First comes first.. Thanksgiving was great! We had the privilege of hearing from one of the Twelve Apostles-Jeffrey R. Holland. He is a great speaker! He really inspires and speaks with such passion! After that we ate a some what Thanksgiving meal that was alright and then did an hour of service. After that we got to just hang out and study and then later that night we had another speaker. It was overall a good day. I missed my family a lot because I am only an hour away but I figure when I get to Russia that will all be gone for the most part during Holidays.
Well I can't wait to get my flight plan for Russia. I hope I get to stop in some cool places on the way! We recieved our Russian nametags that say our names in Russia. I sent pics to the fam in my letter this week so you will definitely see all of this.
Hmmm... let's see what else is new... oh ya, now we are speaking one hundred percent Russian all the time! It is tough especially on P Day because to say the least, we only know gospel words. So, unless we want to teach the first two lessons to people all day we are at a loss for words usually... Russian is so difficult! but, it is so bomb! I love it! It sounds so cool I can't wait until I can fluently speak it!
Well I really don't know what to tell you, it is the 8th week and things are pretty repetitive. :) we pretty much did the same thing we did last week and the week before that and so on.
But I guess every week does bring new spiritual experiences.. this week was cool because in the RC I have two people that I have started talking to through e mail about the gospel. It is kind of like a progressing investigator through e mail. Both of these investigators are really interested in Christ and why what we believe is different compared to other churches. It is a truly interesting experience. I also found out in the RC that people have heard the craziest rumors about Mormons.. Such as us turning into lizards or that we cast spells on our children everynight. At first I thought these people were joking when they said this, but they were not joking at all they really believed this. It's just wierd... But it gave me a good opportunity to testify and tell about Christ so I liked it a lot.
Well keep in touch! I love you all so much! I miss you all a lot but I know that what I am doing is the right thing, and because of that the Lord is helping me deal with all of my feelings of missing home! I love it so much here! Mostly I feel bad for all of you because you have to deal with the real world and all the temptations that come along with that.. sorry! Pretty soon I will be writing from Russia and I know I will have some cool experiences to tell from there!
Thanks so much for the love and support and keep writing me please!!
Love,
Elder Weihing
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