Week 3

12-14-2010

two weeks down only like 106 weeks left! :D time is going by so fast! i went to the temple at my usual time, around 7:30. carzy story! Some large lady, and I only point out that she was large because she came flying down the hill running as fast as she could yelling 'young men! young men!' we all thought we were in trouble for something but she told us that we needed to write our mothers. she said the spirit told her twice to come tell us that one of our mothers needed to be told how much they were loved. so you better believe the first letter i wrote was to my mom. i got a lot of letters from Jess, Mom and jamba! i didnt get them till like 6 so I couldnt write anyone back :(

12-15-2010

today was hard. i think every TRC day is going to be really hard. It was hard but i know it is helping me grow. not really a lot happened today. I did get ice cream! which i think makes it a pretty good day.

12-16-2010

today was weird. i understood everything but i couldnt speak a word of ukrainian :( The food was good today, i think i've been here too long cause I didnt used to think the food was any good, i got another letter from Jess! today was a lot like yesterday and i dont feel very motivated to do anything.

12-17-2010

today was very chill, i didnt like it very much, i understood everything and could speak ukrainian which was nice but all the teachers were really laid back and so i dont really felt like they pushed us very hard. its hard to believe that i've been here 17 days! it only feels like a week. today's lunch was so good. i got papa johns pizza and angel food cake! so freaking good! no mail oh well maybe it was for the best. the older district is getting kinda boring, there trying to only speak 100 percwent russian which makes it hard to have a conversation which means there wasnt really any one to talk to

12-18-2010

today was a great day!! i understood everything! my head didnt hurt from all the thinking! and........ I GOT MY FIRST PACKAGE! Jess sent me a bunch of goodies!

i woke up in a bad mood not really wanting to get up. i played some volleyball which i sucked at but i understood everything in class! elder Flint and i are doing much better as a companionship. i wote a talk about the Atonement which was really hard but really good for me, i dont think we realize how importaint the Atonement is in our life until we have to use it. as a kid i always thought it was just for sins but it applys in all the aspects of our lives! i love the comfort it brings to me when i get homesick or when i'm not feeling very well and i feel descuraged.

guess what i got locked out of my room during my shower! i had to wait for like 15 min just stading there naked! lets just say it was cold, and yet still kinda funny.

12-19-2010

today was a great saturday! but like every other saturday i forgot to do my language study, oops!

Well there was a little more i wanted to write about but i'm out of time sorry guys i hope to be able to tell you the rest next week.

i love you all and i hope you have a merry christmas! i hope you spend part of the christmas season serving someone else. the best way to feel the christmas spirit and come closer to christ is by serving your fellow man. if you havent already watch the first president christmas devotional it was so inspiring!

I love you all

Elder Kevin Carlisle