It
was a good week this week:) I flew to Vlad Wednesday morning at 3 am and worked
there all day with the Assistants to the President. On Thursday we had MLC and
got to witness first-hand the leadership style of President Perkinson.
Interesting:) Very different. We flew back at 4 am on Friday morning and I
might have another trip this week to Ulan-Ude to do a training for the
missionaries there. It isn't set in stone though.
President
Perkinson is a great guy. He is full of love and shows it more than President
Brinton. Maybe that’s because that is his style, or maybe because he is sleep
deprived and it was his first day in Russia when we met haha. We will find out
in a few weeks which it was. President Brinton always promised us blessings if
we were obedient and did what was expected of us as missionaries. We focused on
what we were allowed to do, and what we weren't allowed to do. When President
Perkinson got here, he talked about how he didn't think that is the best way to
go about it. We had some questions about what was allowed and what things we
shouldn't do. President Perkinson brought all the questions back to doctrine.
We shouldn't worry about all the little minute details. If we are doing what we
should and working hard then we won’t worry about all the little tiny details
and we won’t be worrying over every little dot on the page. This doesn't mean
that we are throwing the rules out of the window. We have the scriptures, we
have the Missionary Handbook to help guide us, we know what we should do and
what we shouldn't do. He says if we make a little mistake and wake up 10
minutes late, he isn't bringing the hammer down on us. We know when we should
get up and that mistake will be between us and the Lord. This leadership style
is different. I think it will work out really well :)
I
am jealous of the time you got to spend with the family over the 4th
of July! I hope everyone is doing all right:) I am glad to hear that dad went
and talked to the missionary he saw standing alone in Hawaii. I love talking
with people. Especially when they just come up to me! It is just a pleasant
little thing and definitely makes me smile every time someone wants to talk to
me! Oh yeah! I met a member this week :) He came up and sat on a bench next to
where we were talking with our friend Charles from Ghana. The man just came and
listened for a little bit and then started to talk to us. Turns out he is from
Novosibirsk and was just passing through. Pretty cool! He was a way cool guy too.
This
week there was a baby blessing in church and it was super cute! It was my first
one in Russian that I got to see. It is way cool to think that there is a
family here in Irkutsk where the kids are getting to be raised in the gospel :)
I have seen how the Church has blessed our family so much and I am so grateful
for that strong influence in our lives. I love you all:)
Stay
Frosty!
Elder
Gardner
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