I'm not really 100% sure on what all happened last week, just because it feels like a lot happened and I don't believe that all of it fit into just one week.
So, all last week we were a part of an English Summer Camp at this school. It was a project that the other Elders were doing, but seeing as we now ARE the other Elders, so I had to step up and become a part of it last minute. I grabbed my guitar, learned a camp song, and then we all sang it together. I also gave another classic cover of Ghost Riders in the Sky, like usual. Everyone loves that one. We also taught them American games.
We taught them how to play capture the flag... And now we realize that this was a bad idea, because that's all they ever want to play, and they're SUPER competitive about it. They get into so many arguments about the rules, and it's apparently starting to reach the temperatures that Ukrainians begin melting in sunlight because the teachers keep forcing them to take breaks to cool down.
It's pretty funny because the kids are of all age groups, so the younger kids are all super into everything, and the older kids are really interested, but they're trying to act cool and uninterested. I've ended up having to remember every song that I know how to play and sing on an acoustic guitar, and now I've pretty much exhausted my whole playlist. There's still one more day for us to go to, so we'll see how that goes.
Other than that, English Practice went pretty well this week, and other than that we attended the graduation for the Seminary and Institute here in Nikolaev. That was fun, they made all of the missionaries sing with them.
I also learned to play that one Russian song that I really like, the one about Autumn and the sky. Turns out, if you play that song around Russian speakers, odds are, they know it, and you'll automatically recieve a ton of street credit for it.
I think that's pretty much everything in a short and condensed matter. This week we're only going to be in town for about 2 days, and then we leave for a big conference in the North until next week. That means I might not get to send any emails next Monday, so don't assume that I've died if there isn't an email from me next Monday!
Peace out!
Elder Robison
P.S. Our mailing adress has changed because of a weird political power struggle that's going on right now. The new adress is:
Elder Stirling Douglas Robison
Prospect Dmytra Yavornytskova 27A, 5th Floor
49044 Dnipro
Ukraine
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