July 18, 2016
Здравствуйте!
Привет всем! This week has
been all kinds of exciting, with all kinds of changes! I'm now here in Center
Rostov with Elder Boyer, and we're just having all kinds of fun! We're on the
15th floor in an apartment building that seriously looks like a 5 star hotel,
and we have an elevator, so I'm incredibly grateful for that!
For those of you
that aren't aware, there is a new law that will be in action starting the 20th
that will be changing the way we do missionary work over here. It is not my
position to comment on all of the affects this law will have on us, or my
personal opinions of it, and we still do not know all of the implications right
now, so I'll keep commentary to a minimum in these emails. What we do know
though, is that we will from this time forward be called volunteers, and not
missionaries. It's going to be a bit of a strange transition, but all is well!
We will still be able to work with members, and do service, so we'll be
shifting our focus to those two activities more than everything. Street
contacting, and speaking with others about religion outside of our church
building will be prohibited as well. For the next 2 weeks as well, we will not
be able to meet with any investigators except for those with a baptismal date
as an additional precaution to protect us from any legal complications.
There are other missions in the world with many similar restrictions as us, and
they have similar baptismal rates, so there is nothing to fear! We'll just have
to adapt and get creative! Other than that, not a whole lot has happened this
week. We've been on the streets as much as humanly possible to build up as
large of a pool of investigators as possible before the law hits, and today is
our last day of contacting, so as soon as we finish e-mailing we're going to
hit the streets again!
I just want to let you all know how much I love you all,
and that I really do pray for you often! Hope all is going well!
Until
next time,
-Старейшина кэмптон
(Staryeshina Kempton)
View of the city from Elder Kempton's new Apt. in Rostov
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