Subject: Kazakhstan week-
Well thank you all again for your e mails and love and support! I would be lying if I said that it didn't make me miss home a little bit.. but hey that is a good thing because the cure for homesickness is getting out there and working your butt off :) so that is what I always do!
This week.. well not too much happened this week that I can really remember. I am still just getting used to the schedule of being in the field and stuff like that. I think I have got a hold of things pretty good now though. This is our schedule every morning, we wake up at 6:30, work out till 7, eat at 7, get ready at 7 30, Personal Study at 8, Comp study at 9, Language study at 10, and then depending on our schedule for the day we either have lessons or lunch or tract or contact all the rest of the day until about 9 and then we come home, review the day, plan tomorrow, and then go to bed. :) It's great!
Hmm.. food.. ya it is still pretty nasty. But I am getting more and more used to it because that is all that we have to eat so I have to deal with it! My comp and I made borsch this week.. eeehhhh it's ok lol pretty much what it is is a ton of shredded beats, carrots, and cabbage in water... lol and then you add any spices you can find and add sour cream. Lol it is good but not amazing! Today we are going to the Muslim Mosque and eating at a muslim restaraunt so I know I will eat something crazy like horse or this jello that they make that is made of fat and meat.. haha it's going to be intense! I didn't really eat anything too strange yet this week because we didn't eat at anyones house.
Our main investigators right now are Nona, Rooslan, and Katya. Katya is our golden investigator and we are going to be teaching her the Word of Wisdom pretty soon.. The word of wisdom is difficult for people here because everyone drinks coffee and tea! But, she will work through it because she has already gained a testimony of the Book of Mormon and her prayers are always answered, she always feels the Spirit so strong. So, she will work through it I know that for sure. Nona is a grandma who is very difficult. But We are working very hard on her and pushing her toward baptism. She will not pray about anything especially the Book of Mormon until she has read a lot of it. We made a deal with her and she agreed to it that she will pray as soon as she reaches Alma, and she is already through First Nephi. She has been an eternal investigator for about a year but I am gonna work my butt off to get her baptized! Rooslan is basically a member of the church. He comes almost everyweek but he works so much that we have not been able to have time to teach him the lessons yet. He wants to be baptized but has to wait til he has learned all of the lessons. But we are going to get him baptized very soon too. We also found a new investigator this week his name is oscar and he wants to meet with us everyday to read the book of mormon! so now if he will just show up everyday than that shouldn't be too hard lol but we will see...
I am having a lot of fun teaching piano. Haha I can barely play and read notes but to everyone here I am amazing! It is funny, we have a lot of fun and I get a lot of lessons out of my piano students so that is cool too.
The language. That is about as far as I can go with that! I am getting a little bit more everyday I think! I still can't speak very well but I am finally getting used to the accent a lot more and starting to understand a lot more. Russian is a beast! But, I have been working with the advice KJ gave me to just rely on the Lord and just talk to people even though number one I can understand to barely speak to them and number two I can't talk about that gospel. But, whenever I have done that it has almost always ended well with us giving them a Book of Mormon and getting their phone number or something like that. ( I can't talk about the gospel yet but my companion can so that makes it not too bad or difficult I guess)
Well I am having a great time! I will have some cool stories next week about the Muslim Mosque! I am probably gonna buy some cool things there! :) I love you all and thank you for the support!!
Love,
Elder Weihing
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