Pelmiņi rules

 

(Elder Putnam)

Ok so I’ve decided in the middle of the week to start journaling for like 10 minutes at the end of the day so here’s what we got:

Thursday: On Thursdays we do Weekly planning. It takes up a big chunk of time even though we don’t have anyone on date and we have very few lessons. So, I still haven’t done language study today. We went whiteboard finding this morning which was pretty solid. We invited some people to English Nights and Game Nights and stuff but tonight we only had one person at English Night: Vlad. I love Vlad. He’s this old Russian dude who has the most obscure English vocabulary ever. Luckily though, He has pretty solid grammar. We corrected his pronunciation a ton and helped him learn to say the sounds that "th" makes, namely those in the words "those" and "Thursday". There’s no sound for that in Russian or Latvian so its difficult for people here to pronounce them. anyways, He has an interesting testimony. He seems to know the Book of Mormon is true, but he doesn't really understand what it is. For Example, he knows how to pray, and he prays with much faith, but he doesn't really understand how the church works. Like, he thought it was a requirement for members of the Church to have at least 5 kids... otherwise you'd get in trouble. Like what? Anyways, we invited him to church. He has a lot of interest in the church, but from what I’m told, he talks too much to get through an entire lesson with him. We had some big dub finds throughout the day. I found a dude who plays volleyball which is awesome cause were trying to find a day to play volleyball with people. anyways, I’m speaking in sacrament on Sunday so that will be rough. this time its 10 minutes and I cant ramble in Latvian. :// fat rip.

Monday: ya so that didn’t work. on Friday we did some contacting and whatnot. I don’t really remember a ton ://. Saturday we had game night and a lesson with a new member. I promised him a tie if he read the entire book of Mormon. hopefully he does. Sunday I low key volunteered myself to play in the primary program in 3 weeks. which is gonna be rough. I also spoke and got complimented on how much better my Latvian is than the first week.

Today we went shopping and I got a Super Bowl hoodie for a workout hoodie. I also found some ties at a thrift store and those were money. I overbought on food. so that’s nice and fun. Ahhh I forgot to look for dumbbells. If anyone wants to ship me some dumbbells for Christmas that would be much appreciated. I drink Pepsi now so that’s fun. I made a Pepsi combination with lime, coconut, and cream and I mixed it up with a chopstick. ļoti garši. I am so good at contacting in English. its crazy. Latvian is rough tho. I’m understanding better tho. ya so that’s what I got for the week. oh, I started a Dienas laimīgs brīdis (happy moment of the day) thing and I’m having a fun time with that. I’ll be better at journaling this week.

Elder Putnam

pictures:

1. anders house vibes

2. had to happen once

3. ties from the thrift store go hard