Thank you for the Birthday wishes everyone! I had a great
birthday this week!
I was on a split with Elder Nielson, who is from Vegas. We
went to a service project early in the morning to help the Hare Krishna people
make soup. We cleaned carrots and potatoes and then had to go. There were a lot
of carrots and taters... They make a lot of soup and help a lot of people. I
really love the Hare Krishna people.
That is so crazy that Jared and Blake are going to
the same place! My homecoming talk will be right around the time of their
farewell talks, haha that's great.
You asked about rent. Our rent in Sakhalin is much more than it
should be. It is 40 k. In my previous area it was 27 k. It's a 3 room apartment which is more than enough for 2
guys and it is more than I would say is average. You could find a cheaper one
easily but I am not sure why we haven't done that haha. It is such a hassle
though to find an apartment though so we are staying here for now.
I got my birthday package this week and I opened it before my
birthday! Oops:) Thank you so much for all the things you got me! I really
enjoyed the snacks and cake and BYU socks. They match my suit so I have been
wearing them with my blue suit. I only have 1 suit, I had a black one and the
brown one from Elder Kluff but I didn't have enough room in my suitcase to
bring those to Sakhalin and they were falling apart anyways, so I have just one
suit here. I might get another right before I come home. I will also be getting
shoes in the near future. But that is just a side note:)
I feel like I have been getting a bit weak, I need to step
up my morning workouts. Today we went hiking on a mountain and it was fun! I
will send pictures later if I have a moment.
The school schedule that you sent me is a good one! I have no idea
what a lot of credits look like, I just know that the things on there all look super
interesting! Except for the English 101 class haha. But I will probably need
it, my English isn't as good as I would like it to be. What would be a low
amount of credits? What would be a completely filled to the brim schedule? How
many credits? I don't know exactly how this whole thing works. Each class is on
a different day, probably a few times each week for each class but I don't know
much after that... Could you explain to me? It seems like that isn't too much
but I don't have a reference point so I couldn't say for sure. Thank you for all the help getting this college thing up and
going. I love you.
We taught our investigator Nikolai this week and before the
lesson he was talking about how he gave up drinking alcohol and how great he
feels because of it and he made a comment that now he could give the money he
would have spent on alcohol to the church. A few minutes later we started our
lesson about tithing and he said "Hey! This is what I am talking about!
This is great!" He said that he just needs to give up smoking and all will
be well. He is such a great guy. He has a genuine desire to change and become a
better person. He is making all the changes in his life because he understands
what God wants and he is willing to do it. It is so refreshing to see that in him
and I am grateful for the opportunity to be teaching him.
Remember Isaiah 57:21. That is something that nobody can
take away from you if you are striving to become more and more like your savior
every day. I promise you that peace comes to the righteous and it is one of the
greatest gifts that we can get from our Heavenly Father.
Elder Gardner
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