Preveit! That is Hello in Russian! I am back in SLC and I love it! It is so nice to be back here. I am training a new Sister from Russia. Her name is Sister Bryuzgina and she is from Sochi. I love her because she is a body builder and she runs with me every morning. She also supports my healthy eating and does not tempt me to eat unhealthy. She is so funny!
The other night we took a lovely couple from St. Petersburg, Florida on a tour. Their names were Annie and Clement. They stopped here on their way back home and they absolutely loved it and wanted to know more. Sister Bryuzgina and I were walking around the South Visitors Center near the temple model and I had a strong impression to talk to Annie. They adored Sister Bryuzgina and especially loved how funny she was! We asked them if they would like a tour and they were so excited that we asked! They said yes right away! So we took them around and got to know them. We talked about the temple and they actually thought that it was so wonderful. We ended at the Christus and the spirit was so strong. We bore our testimonies and asked them if they were interested in learning more. They said yes! They wanted a Book of Mormon and local missionaries to come and visit them. We are going to call them this week and begin teaching them.
There is a Russian lady who has been coming to the Square everyday since Thursday. Her name is Hope. We first met her at the Christus and she did not want to talk to us but Sister Bryuzgina can get anyone to talk to her so we were able to. Ever since then we have talked to her everyday and last Saturday we set up an appointment to teach her today. We taught her the Restoration and she understands it and says it makes sense to her but she still is strong in her beliefs. She has been reading the Book of Mormon since Thursday though and is loving it! We committed her to praying about it and she said yes. She doesn't want us to call her and she doesn't want local missionaries yet either. She is anti-social and said if the church is true then she will find it in Canada where she lives. She flies back home tomorrow so sadly we won't meet with her again but we planted a seed; and I know she will find the church in Canada.
Last night we took two Ukrainian women around. They currently live in NYC and are both members of the church. One of them was a recent covert and one of them was a returned missionary. We were at the Christus and the returned missionary talked to me while the recent convert talked to Sister Bryuzgina. The RM told me a lot of things that I needed to hear. She said it's hard to train a Russian sister and gave me a lot of advice that I really took to heart. I love Sister B so much but it is hard to teach someone who struggles with English to take tours. We do have so much fun and she is so easy to love! I think I was definitely supposed to be training right now!
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| With my new companion Sister Bryuzgina from Russia |
I try not to think about Louisiana because it hurts my heart that I had to leave those amazing people and my best friend, Sister Maxwell.
Our new mission president, President Poulsen, is AMAZING! I am pretty sure he has conversations with the Holy Ghost. He is so nice and seems like he knows all of us very well.
It was nice to have a break when I was outbound. I will say this.. outbound was hard but Temple Square is SO HARD! It forces you to get out of your comfort zone and it is physically and mentally draining! I love it so much though! It is definitely for me because I love to be moving around all the time.
Sister Bryuzgina is the only Russian speaking sister on the square so we do all the Russian tours. There are a lot of Russian tours so we run around like crazy and I lost 3 pounds because of it. It kind of reminds me of how busy I was last summer with Mandarin tours. Today just as we started grocery shopping, we got a call from the West Gate and they asked if we could take a Russian tour. We sped back to the square and took a lovely couple around. I was so proud of Sister Bryuzgina for being so willing to leave P-Day to take the tour. She is a wonderful missionary and Temple Square is so lucky to have her as the only Russian speaker. She is very diligent and is always ready for whatever comes up! The couple was agnostic but they really wanted a Book of Mormon and they really enjoyed the tour.
The other night we took a lovely couple from St. Petersburg, Florida on a tour. Their names were Annie and Clement. They stopped here on their way back home and they absolutely loved it and wanted to know more. Sister Bryuzgina and I were walking around the South Visitors Center near the temple model and I had a strong impression to talk to Annie. They adored Sister Bryuzgina and especially loved how funny she was! We asked them if they would like a tour and they were so excited that we asked! They said yes right away! So we took them around and got to know them. We talked about the temple and they actually thought that it was so wonderful. We ended at the Christus and the spirit was so strong. We bore our testimonies and asked them if they were interested in learning more. They said yes! They wanted a Book of Mormon and local missionaries to come and visit them. We are going to call them this week and begin teaching them.
There is a Russian lady who has been coming to the Square everyday since Thursday. Her name is Hope. We first met her at the Christus and she did not want to talk to us but Sister Bryuzgina can get anyone to talk to her so we were able to. Ever since then we have talked to her everyday and last Saturday we set up an appointment to teach her today. We taught her the Restoration and she understands it and says it makes sense to her but she still is strong in her beliefs. She has been reading the Book of Mormon since Thursday though and is loving it! We committed her to praying about it and she said yes. She doesn't want us to call her and she doesn't want local missionaries yet either. She is anti-social and said if the church is true then she will find it in Canada where she lives. She flies back home tomorrow so sadly we won't meet with her again but we planted a seed; and I know she will find the church in Canada.
Last night we took two Ukrainian women around. They currently live in NYC and are both members of the church. One of them was a recent covert and one of them was a returned missionary. We were at the Christus and the returned missionary talked to me while the recent convert talked to Sister Bryuzgina. The RM told me a lot of things that I needed to hear. She said it's hard to train a Russian sister and gave me a lot of advice that I really took to heart. I love Sister B so much but it is hard to teach someone who struggles with English to take tours. We do have so much fun and she is so easy to love! I think I was definitely supposed to be training right now!
Friday was a good day because one of my recent converts, Joel that I met on a tour back in September, came to Temple Square and I got to talk to him for a minute! While I was gone he received his priesthood, baptized his friend, got his patriarchal blessing, and does baptisms for the dead. He is amazing. It just makes me so happy!
I can't write anymore. Most of our p-day was spent working so now we will try to get some errands done.
Until next week!
Sister Park
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| A little souvenir from Louisiana |
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