Parties Parties and Parties

1/06/14

Happy 2014! This week has been crazy. We have had a different event on every single day. Probably the coolest one was when all the missionaries in our area went to this Armenian family's house for dinner. Never in my life have I been fed so much food. They just kept bringing more and more and it was so delicious. Everyone was in a food coma afterwards. Mind blown about the amounts of food there. One of the Armenian's is an investigator and we had the chance to do a spiritual thought. She asked us to share a moment when we had felt particularly close to God. One of the missionaries talked about how they had always felt homesick for people they didn't know and then when they got their mission call they felt like they were going home. It was so cool to be sitting in this apartment with 12 other missionaries, an Armenian family in Russia celebrating Christmas and New Year's, celebrating the fact that we are all one family. Way cool. Ah, other news. I lost the key to our apartment this week. It was great. We got home at 9 and couldn't get in. So I had to call our landlord and then her daughter who had an extra key. Bad news was that she lived so, so, so far away. We called a taxi but it still took us 45 minutes to get there. SO FAR. But, the miracle part of it was that I was able to understand everything on the phone. It's really hard for me to understand when Russians say addresses over the phone but I could understand everyone perfectly. Holler at the blessings from Heavenly Father because that's mind blowing. Anyways, Sister Southworth and I are doing good here in the Russia! We are loving life and teaching and contacting and just being missionaries. Love you all! Love, Cectpa Harris 

P.S the rules were changed slightly and we're now allowed to send some pictures home! So here we are!