Hello everyone!
This week was a wonderful week! We had the chance to go down to Barnaul and do exchanges there. It was freezing! The wind was so strong; I lowkey thought I might die. On the plus side, my eyelashes froze! On the downside, I didn't get a picture because I was freezing to death. Happens, I guess. Barnaul was great! I was with the trainee, who happens to be Russian. It was so fun to be with her! My Russian got so much better from speaking Russian all day with her. We went and visited a few grandmas and a family. Nothing out of the ordinary. It was a fun trip!
We also had a really fun activity this week! It was combined with the branches on Left Bank and Right Bank. It was all about the Book of Mormon and prophets. It's really hard to explain the whole activity, but pretty much one part of it there was a tree of life. We had to walk through a dark hallway holding onto the iron rod. When we got close to the tree, there were people with candy and pie trying to draw us away. A few little kids almost went over to the dark side;) The tree was beautiful! It was covered in white lights. We all got a mandarin and it was just a very peaceful place. Doing what you feel is right is sometimes hard. Sometimes there are people with pies trying to draw you away from what is most important. But, holding on and enduring brings greater joy than any of us can even imagine.
Sorry for the super short email, but I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!
Sister Jones
Photos
1. some member gave me a "cup of coffee"
-The rest are just fun pictures from this week:)
