Where were we then....

We're a little late this month posting our journal entries detailing what we were each doing 5 years ago. Here goes:

Tori-
February 17, 2004
Well, not much change. I still have 5 days until transfers. I went on spits with sister Elizabeth Lasley from Missouri. We had a blast! We were 100% obedient and talked to so many people. I saw myself as a missionary. I saw happiness again. It was completely different than with Sister Brown. Now, I know every companion is different. However, we can all be obedient. I know I’m doing my best I can with what I have. Heavenly father knows both of our heart. I think they are both good.
Still no word on my visa. I’m not too distraught. I love this Mission and Mission President. I love the programs and spirit. We have certifications: Intermediate, Advanced, and Master teacher. By the end, we have 80 scriptures memorized and write 6 testimonies. I have my intermediate. I’m working for the others.
As far as distractions, I’m doing better. My mind is focused on missionary work and how I can be better. Perhaps, I should change focus of improving myself to helping our investigators.
I feel confident as a missionary and I know I still have a lot of changing. So far, so good.
Tyler and I continue to write. I have mixed feelings, but everything will work out. If he gets home and gets married, we are not meant to be. If he is available, we’ll try it out. In the end, it will be God’s will.

Tyler-
February 20, 2009
This morning was kind of disappointing, but not too bad. We got dogged on some appointments, but because of this we ended up tracting a little bit in an area we normally wouldn’t have gone. We met some good people, so it all worked out good in the end.
We had a terrific lunch of roast beef and mashed potatoes. After lunch we had a meeting with Sasha, Marina’s nephew. He is 10 years old and going to be baptized next month. After this, we stopped by Anatoli, the Kammers old neighbor. It was kind of odd, being in the Kammer’s podezd without them living there anymore.
We had another meeting then we decided to take a bus back to the south area and drop by some people. While we were on the bus, we saw Andrei walking on his way home from work so we asked the driver to stop and got out to surprise him. He ended up going with us to Anya Belyakova’s. It was her birthday and we brought a cake and ate some salads and stuff, then had chai with her. It was good to talk to her mother and grandmother.
Tomorrow, E. Neeves is coming back. It will be interesting to see how he enjoyed Korea and what he brought back for us. The past few days have been good for Elder Weidman and I and our companionship, but it has been hard trying to cover two areas, and it will be nice to get back to normal next week.