Hey all!!
This will be a lengthy email - I looked through my journal and I have a lot of adventures I need to talk about!
First off, I just want to say one thing - food and music are great together. This morning as I was sitting down eating bread with peanut butter and honey ontop, I listened to some Moody Blues, Beatles and then to top it off, The Mamas and Papas. Oooooooh man. What a heavenly morning. Dont worry all, in my mission, its alllllll good. Im allowed to listen to music like that hehe. Its great. I love music....*sigh*
SO! Adventures from this past week in Bulgaria!!..Here we goo..
Sister Killian and I went to Dyado and Babas house. (Gpa and Gma in bulgarian). They are an elderly couple in the branch who everyone calls gpa and gma lol. Sister Killian and I went over to share a message out of the general conference issue and to see if we could get a referral. We sat down in their bedroom/living room and Dyado brought us dirty dirty glasses and poured some cheap pop into them. He then brought out a foggy plate with some cake on it. I was freakin out. I have to drink out of this very dirty glass and then eat off this dirty plate? which...I have no idea where its been?! lol. I look at Sister Killian and whisper to her that my glass is very dirty. She looks at me and says, "Just wipe the top off where youre going to drink and just drink it...." Im thinking...what?! lol. I felt like I was on the fear factor hahahah. We sat and talked some and watched as everyone else ate and drank, including sister Killian and I had barely touched any of it. I finally gave in and thought it would be easy to start off from eating off the dirty plate. I ate some of the cake, making sure that I was about where Sister Killian was with her cake. Then, after noticing that everyones glass was about half full, I knew I needed to start downing my drink so I wouldnt look out of place with everyone else. I put the glass up to my mouth and began to drink. The pop was fine and I couldnt taste anything bad so I just going. I made sure to leave my glass a little bit full so no one would ask if I wanted more. Sister Killian made the mistake of drinking ALL of her pop and, of course, Dyado asked if she wanted more. She said no and Dyado and Baba started to say stuff like, "Dont you like it????" or "Im sure you want more!!" Hehehe. Its really a game you play when it comes to some of the tricky stuff you put down your throat. Needless to say, I had diarrhea the next morning.....Ahhhhhh Bulgaria....lol....
Ive noticed that I benge eat here in Bulgaria. Im not sure why? Maybe I have a tape worm lol. But seriously...I eat SO MUCH. I have like, 6 meals a day lol. I ate so much one night that I made myself sick...I went to bed thinking, 'Ugh...I want to throw up" Lol. Im glad Im making sure that I never starve here in Bulgaria but...making myself full to the point I want to throw up? Ehhhhh. lol.
Bulgarians love getting out their cell phone and taking pictures of Sister Killian and I. Lol. I think its the funniest thing. I do a little catwalk for em. Sister Killian just grumbles lol. I dont think she likes the attention. Bulgarians just think we are the craziest people they have ever seen. Its fun.
We had Zone Conference this past week. It was really fun to meet more missionaries and make some new friendships. I loved conference. Why? Because 1) It was in English and 2) I really felt the spirit. Its hard when you go to church and you dont feel spiritually uplifted at all. You are suffering from a headache of not knowing whats going on and you feel so completely drained. Bah. I dont really like church here....its hard to like it when you sit for 3 hours not knowing whats being said. Bah.
So Sister Killian and I have been doing a lot of tracting this past week. We tracted into this one door with a Dyado and a Baba. They told us right off the bat that they were prevaslav but they invited us in. We sat and talked for a bit. We met their 40 yr old son who seems to have some kind of physical problem. Baba Krassi, which is her name and Dyado Vulko, didnt really want to hear what we had to say but they gave us chocolates and lemonade. Baba Krassi started to warm up to us and by the end of the visit, we were taking pictures with each other, laughing and giving hugs. We learned that Baba and Dyado really love their son and want him to get better but they have no money to take him to a doctor. Its really sad. We saw pictures of him before he had the condition and he traveled the world and did all kinds of things. So sad. Were going back to bring them some of the pictures we took and to read a verse out of the Bible because thats the only book we are allowed to read in their home. I love the family. I feel very close to them only after meeting them once. Pray their hearts will be softened.
Sister Killian and I went out to the Turkish restuarant here in Plovdiv with Andrea. Andrea is 29 and in the peace corps here. We met up at 6 and get this..I didnt get my food until 8:15 pm. UH YA. I was ticked. Apparently the place had been re-done and the turkish mafia was alll over it. I felt so out of place the entire time. All eyes were on us and everyone around us were rich mafia men. I could tell they didnt really want us there but we were. I feel I didnt get my food because the mafia family comes before anyone else. Of course, asking 3 times where my food was, they kept telling me that the kitchen was just going slow but I know that was a lie. I was soooo mad. It made me really homesick for restaurants in the states where they actually give you food on time. Were never going back there. The food wasnt even that great. Bah.
Sister Killian complimented me the other day on the fact that I can become friends really quickly with anyone around me. She said that she was surprised that Tawnya, the gypsy girl from church, has really taken a liking to me even though she cant speak english. Sister Killian said it took her forever to get close with her, it made me feel really good. I cant speak the language, I cant play any instrument, like all the other girls here but at least I can be friends with people lol.
Sister Killian and I had a lesson with Ganey. A lady from english class. She doesnt understand why she needs more than the bible. She wanted a few examples out of the Book of Mormon as to why we need it. FOR SOME REASON, Sister Killian read the verse about Adam fell that men might be etc etc. Im thinking, WHAT? Lol. You had to pick such a TOUCHY subject?! lol. BUT LUCKILY that morning, I actually I had studied up on the fall and why it needed to happen. I explained to Ganey why it happened and how it has benefited us. We committed her to read the book of mormon and pray about it but she just kept going in circles. "But WHY do I need this?" Ugggh/ We had already explained that to her, like, 6 million times lol but we were patient and hopefully she WILL read.
Last night Sister Killian and I were tracting in a bode (apartment complex). We got chased out by an old baba and she locked us out. She kept yelling, "Sect! Sect!" Sister Killian was like, WE ARE NOT A SECT! hehehee. I love bulgaria adventures.
WHEW! I think that about much sums up my life here in Bulgaria thus far. Hopefully my email was entertaining enough to read the entire thing lol. Have a good week everyone. The gospel is awesome!!
-Sister Kinkead
This will be a lengthy email - I looked through my journal and I have a lot of adventures I need to talk about!
First off, I just want to say one thing - food and music are great together. This morning as I was sitting down eating bread with peanut butter and honey ontop, I listened to some Moody Blues, Beatles and then to top it off, The Mamas and Papas. Oooooooh man. What a heavenly morning. Dont worry all, in my mission, its alllllll good. Im allowed to listen to music like that hehe. Its great. I love music....*sigh*
SO! Adventures from this past week in Bulgaria!!..Here we goo..
Sister Killian and I went to Dyado and Babas house. (Gpa and Gma in bulgarian). They are an elderly couple in the branch who everyone calls gpa and gma lol. Sister Killian and I went over to share a message out of the general conference issue and to see if we could get a referral. We sat down in their bedroom/living room and Dyado brought us dirty dirty glasses and poured some cheap pop into them. He then brought out a foggy plate with some cake on it. I was freakin out. I have to drink out of this very dirty glass and then eat off this dirty plate? which...I have no idea where its been?! lol. I look at Sister Killian and whisper to her that my glass is very dirty. She looks at me and says, "Just wipe the top off where youre going to drink and just drink it...." Im thinking...what?! lol. I felt like I was on the fear factor hahahah. We sat and talked some and watched as everyone else ate and drank, including sister Killian and I had barely touched any of it. I finally gave in and thought it would be easy to start off from eating off the dirty plate. I ate some of the cake, making sure that I was about where Sister Killian was with her cake. Then, after noticing that everyones glass was about half full, I knew I needed to start downing my drink so I wouldnt look out of place with everyone else. I put the glass up to my mouth and began to drink. The pop was fine and I couldnt taste anything bad so I just going. I made sure to leave my glass a little bit full so no one would ask if I wanted more. Sister Killian made the mistake of drinking ALL of her pop and, of course, Dyado asked if she wanted more. She said no and Dyado and Baba started to say stuff like, "Dont you like it????" or "Im sure you want more!!" Hehehe. Its really a game you play when it comes to some of the tricky stuff you put down your throat. Needless to say, I had diarrhea the next morning.....Ahhhhhh Bulgaria....lol....
Ive noticed that I benge eat here in Bulgaria. Im not sure why? Maybe I have a tape worm lol. But seriously...I eat SO MUCH. I have like, 6 meals a day lol. I ate so much one night that I made myself sick...I went to bed thinking, 'Ugh...I want to throw up" Lol. Im glad Im making sure that I never starve here in Bulgaria but...making myself full to the point I want to throw up? Ehhhhh. lol.
Bulgarians love getting out their cell phone and taking pictures of Sister Killian and I. Lol. I think its the funniest thing. I do a little catwalk for em. Sister Killian just grumbles lol. I dont think she likes the attention. Bulgarians just think we are the craziest people they have ever seen. Its fun.
We had Zone Conference this past week. It was really fun to meet more missionaries and make some new friendships. I loved conference. Why? Because 1) It was in English and 2) I really felt the spirit. Its hard when you go to church and you dont feel spiritually uplifted at all. You are suffering from a headache of not knowing whats going on and you feel so completely drained. Bah. I dont really like church here....its hard to like it when you sit for 3 hours not knowing whats being said. Bah.
So Sister Killian and I have been doing a lot of tracting this past week. We tracted into this one door with a Dyado and a Baba. They told us right off the bat that they were prevaslav but they invited us in. We sat and talked for a bit. We met their 40 yr old son who seems to have some kind of physical problem. Baba Krassi, which is her name and Dyado Vulko, didnt really want to hear what we had to say but they gave us chocolates and lemonade. Baba Krassi started to warm up to us and by the end of the visit, we were taking pictures with each other, laughing and giving hugs. We learned that Baba and Dyado really love their son and want him to get better but they have no money to take him to a doctor. Its really sad. We saw pictures of him before he had the condition and he traveled the world and did all kinds of things. So sad. Were going back to bring them some of the pictures we took and to read a verse out of the Bible because thats the only book we are allowed to read in their home. I love the family. I feel very close to them only after meeting them once. Pray their hearts will be softened.
Sister Killian and I went out to the Turkish restuarant here in Plovdiv with Andrea. Andrea is 29 and in the peace corps here. We met up at 6 and get this..I didnt get my food until 8:15 pm. UH YA. I was ticked. Apparently the place had been re-done and the turkish mafia was alll over it. I felt so out of place the entire time. All eyes were on us and everyone around us were rich mafia men. I could tell they didnt really want us there but we were. I feel I didnt get my food because the mafia family comes before anyone else. Of course, asking 3 times where my food was, they kept telling me that the kitchen was just going slow but I know that was a lie. I was soooo mad. It made me really homesick for restaurants in the states where they actually give you food on time. Were never going back there. The food wasnt even that great. Bah.
Sister Killian complimented me the other day on the fact that I can become friends really quickly with anyone around me. She said that she was surprised that Tawnya, the gypsy girl from church, has really taken a liking to me even though she cant speak english. Sister Killian said it took her forever to get close with her, it made me feel really good. I cant speak the language, I cant play any instrument, like all the other girls here but at least I can be friends with people lol.
Sister Killian and I had a lesson with Ganey. A lady from english class. She doesnt understand why she needs more than the bible. She wanted a few examples out of the Book of Mormon as to why we need it. FOR SOME REASON, Sister Killian read the verse about Adam fell that men might be etc etc. Im thinking, WHAT? Lol. You had to pick such a TOUCHY subject?! lol. BUT LUCKILY that morning, I actually I had studied up on the fall and why it needed to happen. I explained to Ganey why it happened and how it has benefited us. We committed her to read the book of mormon and pray about it but she just kept going in circles. "But WHY do I need this?" Ugggh/ We had already explained that to her, like, 6 million times lol but we were patient and hopefully she WILL read.
Last night Sister Killian and I were tracting in a bode (apartment complex). We got chased out by an old baba and she locked us out. She kept yelling, "Sect! Sect!" Sister Killian was like, WE ARE NOT A SECT! hehehee. I love bulgaria adventures.
WHEW! I think that about much sums up my life here in Bulgaria thus far. Hopefully my email was entertaining enough to read the entire thing lol. Have a good week everyone. The gospel is awesome!!
-Sister Kinkead
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