http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/68997

I can hardly even believe this! Let's back up, and I'll summarize in case you don't feel like reading that. The Church has decided to stop sending North American missionaries to Russia for missions, instead only native Russians will be called there. For those of you have don't know, my boyfriend a certain Elder Ryan is on his mission in Russia right now! He only just got there about three weeks ago.

This is very interesting to me, and probably him, especially because in his grandmother's patriarchal blessing it talked about her descendant serving a mission in Russia. Sometimes I'm amazed at the little things. He is called and his group was probably the last one to actually go to Russia -- a lot of the missionaries recently called to the Russian missions have been quickly transferred to other places, such as Texas. 

I am so glad he got to go, though. And of course all the other young men and women who went at the same time. What an experience! Of course, I'm still waiting for a Russian letter, but it will come eventually.

I have another blog now, in case anyone feels like reading it on occasion: http://parvalexi.blogspot.com

Tags: Missionary Russia