It's Week 2!

Hey everybody! It's been pretty crazy this week! But it's also been really good!

I was sick yesterday. Like really sick. It was the worst, I hated it. But I'm feeling a lot better today, so that's good!

I realized I didn't say anything about my companion last week. His name is Elder Fuller, and he's from Austin, TX. We don't really get along well. We hardly ever get along at all. But we teach well, so at least there's that. Plus, it's not like I have to spend the rest of my mission with the same companion. I can do anything for 9 weeks.

I'm here for 9 weeks, by the way. Just thought I'd make that clear. 9 weeks.

It's pretty rigid scheduling here, I wake up at 6:30, eat breakfast, and then I go to 3 different 3 hour class blocks. We learn Russian pretty much all day, and I try to speak what I can of it. It's not much, but it's a start.

I bought a small journal on Saturday that I could write notes and poems and spiritual thoughts in. It's been nice because we have an hour before bed that we can write in our journals and I don't always have a lot to say about what happens during the day. Plus, there's a 15 minute quiet time before bed that we're supposed to use to... I'm not really sure what we're supposed to do with it, actually. So there's that.

Wrote a cool poem though:

I saw the tyrant fall

Heard the triumph call

I watched as they led him away

I saw a prophet born

Heard the sinners mourn

I watched him teach them how to pray

I saw the city rise

Heard the world made wise

I watched them all be led astray

I heard the bells toll forth

and this, they said was just another day

I saw them build a tower

Heard them boast of power

Then watched them scatter like the sands

I saw them choose their kings

Heard them worship things

I watched them eating up the lands

I saw a kingdom grow

Heard all they sought to know

I watched them strengthening their hands

I heard the bells toll forth

and this, they said was just another day

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It's not finished yet, but it's a good start.

I've been learning to sing in Russian too! It's super difficult!

Anyway, sorry for the lack of pictures, it's hard to get them on these computers. I'll try to send some soon! Hopefully...

Slava Ukraine!