Hey everyone,
Happy New Year! It is 2010 and the beginning of another big year. I will spend my whole year here in Russia working hard. It is a good thought to know that I pretty much know exactly what I'll be doing for my whole year. I've been on a mission for about 7 months now, which seems crazy to me. If this year goes by as fast as last year, I will be home in no time! Well, we had a really fun week this week. It was really weird as far as meetings go and stuff. We had a lot of things to be doing and then the people here all have their holiday plans so it was hard to get in contact with people, the next week will be better though. I bought myself the biggest fur hat I could find. It is really cool! I'll send you a picture maybe next week or something. Oh ya, I found out today that Garett is engaged. He will be getting married in May, crazy huh? One of my best friends is going to be an old married man when I get home. Anyway, we had to be in at 6:00 yesterday for safety reasons. We all met at the senior couple's apartment and had a party. We ate pizza and played games and even watched Monsters Inc. It was a lot of fun. At Midnight, we watched the big clock on Red Square strike midnight on t.v. After that there was a small speech given by the president wich was fun to watch as well. After that we went out and lit some sparklers. Then we went to bed and got to sleep in until 8:30. Sister and Elder Lowery cooked us pancakes and eggs for breakfast. We have to be in at 6:00 again tonight and we will be cleaning our apartments and doing our weekly planning. The holidays are pretty much over for us, now the challenge will be working around other people's schedules this week since it will be their Christmas. I think we will have to be in at 6 on Christmas night as well but I'm not sure.
That is cool that the capitol is going to be opened once again. You should send me some pictures, dad. I would like to see what kind of changes they made. Good luck this year in the session. Will it be your last as Pres. Pro Tem? Mom, you will probably love being there this winter so you can go spoil the babies. Hopefully Liz and Dallin get this new baby so you can be traveling back and forth from Boise to Burley spoiling all your grandkids.
I have no idea about transfers. I wasn't at all surprised I didn't get transfered since I have only been here one transfer. I am kind of hoping either Elder Traasdahl or I get transfered this next time, if not I think I will be with him until the end of his mission which wouldn't exactly be my wish. Oh well though, I'll try to make the best out of whatever situation I'm in. I'm really learning to roll with the punches out here in a lot of different ways so that's good. I hope if I ever get to serve in Belarus it isn't until the end of my mission. You can't exactly do real missionary work there so I wouldn't want to go there in the middle of my mission. I haven't gotten the honey candy yet but the AP's are coming down here on Sunday or Saturday I think so maybe they'll have it. Well, that's about all that has happened since we got to talk on the phone. I sure enjoyed that. It really refilled my tank for the next few months until I get to talk to you all again. I'm glad everyone is doing well. Let's all try to set some good goals so we can make the most of this new year. I love you guys.
Elder Geddes
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