Oh boy.

Sometimes it's a really good thing it's P-day. P-days are good for the soul. This week has been crazy. I don't really know where to begin. We started off the week teaching another lady named Olga. Everyone here has the same name. It's either Tatiana or Olga. That's real. Anyways, I'll call this Olga, Olga Red Coat because she always wears the same red coat. So we taught Olga Red Coat. I didn't really know what was going on because she probably spoke in the fastest Russian I've ever heard without breathing for a good 20 minutes. My brain turned to mush. I like her though. She refuses to take a Book of Mormon though because she wants to know it's true before she reads it. That's frustrating because to know it's true you kinda have to read it. But we're going to keep trying and working with her. So that'll be good. She's really sweet. She smiles a lot which is abnormal for a Russian. Besides that and visiting the babushkas we didn't really teach very much this week. We've been working on making new pass along cards for the mission. The ones here are so creepy. They have the weirdest picture of Jesus on them I have ever seen and they look like Icons for the Russian Orthodox Church. Sometimes when babushka's get them they start kissing them and doing the cross thing. Hahahah. We're always like, "No! No! That's not what that is." It's really funny. The new ones my companion made are so much better. They promote Mormon.org a lot which is so good because that's the way that missionary work is headed so we hope to see more success from them. OH. I just remembered. Okay, this is the main story for the week. Hahaha. It's so awkward. Okay, here it goes. So we were talking to a babushka. Her name is Tatiana and she's the branch president's mom. So in Russian when you're saying you want something you have to put the word shtobwe which means, "so that" in the sentence. So in Englsih you're literally saying, "I want so that you love me." Or something to that effect. When you leave out the "so that" it means the sexual kind of wanting. So, I was bearing my testimony about missionary work. And I was saying how sometimes it was really hard because everyone tells us no but that it was okay because I knew God wanted me here. Hahaha. Yeah, you guessed it. I left out the "so that." So I said that God sexually wanted me. Perfect. Oh my gosh. I didn't realize until after we left the lesson but I was mortified. hahaha. Oh my gosh. It was unreal. So there's your awkward story for the week. Anyways, things are going good here. I learn a lot everyday. I'm excited to keep learning. Right now it feels like I will never know Russian and I'll always be an infant dependent on my trainer but I know eventually it will get better. Heavenly Father is always mindful of me and that continues to blow my mind on a daily basis. I love you all so much and hope you have a really good week. Love, Cectpa Harris

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