Bethany Goes to Russia

Email from Bethany:

Hello!

Ok, we do need some more supply things, like ziplocks. We have none. Maybe some balloons, for both supplies and prizes. I also need more tissues, I only brought 2 packages and I've already used most of them! And some scotch tape, we could always use that, and maybe a small jar of peanut butter. I'm really missing that! lol That's all I can think of right now.

After I was done talking to you guys on Monday, I had the most amazing experience on the Metro! I was sitting there minding my own buisness, like normal, when I turned to look to see what the people next to me were doing. They were both reading, but one I understood. It was in English! So I started reading what she was reading, and it was talking about how to get a guy, like what kind of perfume to wear and what you should feed a guy to make him fall in love with you! I was laughing so hard on the inside. It reminded me of the "Pink Bible" from the Mormon version on Pride and Prejudice. So I read the bottom of the page to see what the title of the book was called, and it said "The LDS Girls Guide to Getting a Man." I was like, Oh my GOSH is she a member? And then I saw that she had a CTR ring on! So I sat there thinking about whether I should talk to her, and I kept getting the feeling that I should. So I leaned over to her and asked her if she could speak English. She looked at me with a odd experession, so I asked again pointing to the book. She then said yes, and so I asked her if she was LDS. She looked at me with a worried experession then. (One of the Sister Missionaries told us on Sunday that the Saints here get a lot of persecution for being members. She said like the pioneer presecution! SO I'm thinking she was worried about what I would say to her.) She looked at me and kind of nodded and said a quiet yes. I said "ME TOO" Her face then became so relaxed and said "REALLY?" and I answered, "YUP" Then we started talking. She asked where I was from and how come I was here. She's from Russia, only one stop away from where I live. And she's going to California in March! She's visiting her friend that lives there, who I found out was her companion on her mission! She goes to a different branch than I do, so that's why we haven't met. She gave me her number so that I could call her! It was so amazing! Who knew? I love that this gospel can bring two totally different people together. I mean, I would have never said anything to her if I hadn't seen her book, or her CTR ring! I'm thinking about calling her and having a couple of us go do something with her. She was so cool, and she spoke really good English! I really do love this gospel!

Also, yesterday was my Russian class... I went. I talked to the teacher before class and I apologized for walking out of the class and for not listening, I did tell him again that I was very sick and so that's all I was thinking about. I asked him if I could have the homework from the last two classes so that I could catch up. And he said of course. So everything is going good now in the class. In this last class I actually understood what he was talking about. For the first time it all made sense. Prayer really does work!

Oh, guess what?!?! I ate a bird! I don't know what kind it was, though. Vova said to me, "You know the woods?" And I answered, "Yes." He said, "You know the deep woods?" And I answered, "Yes." Then he said, "I shot a bird! A big bird! I hunt. My father taught me to hunt." So Vova asked me if I wanted to try some. Dad, you'll be proud of me, I tried it! I didn't like it though! lol It had a weird taste. Vova didn't know what kind of bird it was. But I did try it!

We're leaving for Moscow on Friday, at 1 in the morning!!! Jeshua said that those were the only tickets available because of the Holiday! It's a 10 hour train ride down there. So we'll arrive sometime in the morning. Watch out money cause here I come! lol This is going to be my big spending trip! We aren't going back down to Moscow, so I need to get everything now! Luckily though, we are going to be staying in the Head Teachers apartments while we are there, so we won't have to pay for a place to stay.There are lots of schools down there, so we are going to be splitting up and going to two of them. For some reason, the Moscow teachers aren't leaving, we're not sure why. I am so excited to get out of here and do some shopping! I can't wait! I am sad though, because I won't be able to talk to you guys while I'm there. So don't get worried if I don't call til the middle of next week. But since we are staying at the Head Teachers, we might have the interent, so I might be able to give you a quick email to let you know that we got there safely. I'll try to see what I can do.

Well, I think that's all for now. I miss you and love you more and more each day!

-Boo

PS I still haven't shaved my legs! lol