Wow how the time has passed us by! i've already been here in the MTC for 11 weeks! wow ok im ready to head out to Russia! oh I almost forgot! HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE! I was thinking about what I was doing 1 year ago and it seems like it was yesterday! Last year for fourth of july Matice my beautiful ex-roomate invited all of the roommates down to Provo to be with her family and to go to 7 Peaks! Yep i remember that day cause i got a major sunburn! hahah but it was a really fun day and we had a ton of great food and saw some fireworks and we saw Darth Vader! It was a way fun week! Its ironic that this time around im celebrating the day of independence by getting ready to leave for Russia! (we do have a devotional going on today in celebration) but mainly im focusing on packing and getting everything done before i head out on monday! I have to get all packed up and ready to go today because its the only day ill have time but my branch president said to be packed and living out of your suitcase by tommorrow!
This week was really fun for the sunday devotional. We had a man who was dress up as Brother Richard a man that was in the room in carthage where Joseph Smith was murdered. He was the one that didnt get hit once with a bullet! He acted like him and told his story, he also told about the murder of Joseph Smith and all of the historical events that had happened. It was soo good and at the end we sang praise to the man and all of the missionaries stood up and the spirit was soooo strong! it was just a wonderful devotional! Really my testimony of Joseph Smith just6 grew like 4x the amount it already was!
Im so excited to head out to Russia finally! Something funny that i found out this week is that in Russia I have to carry my passport with me at all times because over there the police can stop you and ask for your passport and visa! My branch president who used to be the mission president there in moscow said they do a lot of racial profiling in russia so i will most deffinately get stopped more then everyone else because im darker! Luis Tobias got put in jail so maybe thats the fate that awaits me as well! im excited though (almost kind of hope it happens) Im a tough lady! And what a great mission story it would be! Im really excited to finally get out there and preach the gospel!
ILL BE FLYING OUT AT 8:30AM ON MONDAY JULY 9TH AND ARRIVING THERE AT 10:00AM ON JULY 10TH! its a whole days! :( ill be on the New york to Moscow Flight for about 15-18 hours! :s
THERE IS A 10 HOUR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UTAH AND MOSCOW!
well thats it for this week! I love everyone and ill try to get the letters out that i need and havent responded, sorry about that but EVERYONE PLEASE SEND ME YOUR EMAILS TO:
laura.tedford@myldsmail.net
cause you wont be able to send me letters unless you send them to russia!
Thanks to everyone for their letters,
Love,
CECTPA TEDFORD
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