God loves us and He is always with us.

Hello! Well today is P-day, but there is not a lot to annouce this week, as about half of it was in a car or bus... Last P-day we left for Peter about 5 and got there at 10:30, had to get up at 3:45 so we could all take showers and be on the street by 4:30 to go to Estonia. 3 hours to Estonia, then we were there for 8 hours just walking around and talking with people, eating at a strudel store (which was really good by the way) and a Turkish restaurant were we had Kebabs. The cool part of the day was we met someone who knows the missionaries and is investigating the church there in Estonia and talked with him for a long time. Saturday we traveled back to Pskov, had time to clean the church and have a meeting with some members. Zone leaders came down Monday night and are very jealous of our apartment. Ha ha. They liked it a lot.

Tuesday I was on a split with Elder Beck until District Meeting where I taught about the importance of baptism as a Covenant with God, to serve Him because we love Him. We then had a quick lunch, contacted a bit, and left for Peter. Wednesday was Zone Conference, were we talked a lot about helping people understand that God is our loving Heavenly Father, and also what it means to Endure to the End. Elder Luna and Sister Luna gave good testimonies and I really felt the Spirit. This is their last Zone Conference. Sad and kind of weird... We then ran and caught a bus to Pskov and got home at about 11:30 last night... Whew! That was our week!

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Dad! I knew you would. One day when I was praying about that, I felt really calm and knew that you would! Prayer works. :)

Thank you very, very much for the package! I did get it and it was great! Especially the pictures and the book that you did from Shutterfly. I love it! That's exactly what I wanted.

Yes, Dad I think that I got the second wind again, and last transfer was probably the wall, which is why you and Mom thought I was down. I was just climbing the wall. I like what you said in your email:  "Rely on Heavenly Father, he has not sent you to Russia to fail." as I read today in Alma 56 about the Sons of Helaman and how they said ,"...behold, our God is with us, and he will not suffer that we should fall; then let us go forth..." when they were asked if they would be willing to fight the Lamanites to help their brethren. And they fought with the Strength of God and none were lost. That's amazing! And we all have that potential. We are Sons and Daughters of God.

Well I gotta run. I want to write some words of encouragement to Cody. He said that he just got my letter I sent him a few weeks ago, but I want to tell him a bit more.

Talk to you later! Remember God loves you and that He is always with us.

Love,

Blake