Staying Busy!

There has been lots more to do the last couple of days at work, and it has been great! I started out the morning doing a translation into Russian of an article on the Second International Festival of Classical Music in Kiev that our PA department put on there. Sounds like it was amazing! We had 12 performers (all members) from Russia, China, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. It was very well attended, and everyone loved it. Translation is such good practice for my Russian! I think I'm going to try and do some every day.

As soon as I was done, it was off to a meeting with Elena, Elder Manzhos, and Andrei. I took minutes and wrote up an agenda and memorandum to be sent to the Area Presidency. We got done in time for a late lunch of sausage, tomatoes, and lavash (a flat bread). Eli brough waffli, and Pres Pieper had brought back candies from Kazakhstan.

After lunch, I started in on a new translation for Elena of government officials and their positions. This is to document government officials and journalists who have been invited to Pres Uchtdorf's visit. There is so much to do to wrap up preparations for his trip. There is even talk of flying me to Yekaterinburg to meet with the journalists and guests who will be attending! Some of them are my personal contacts and I would love to be able to go! Waiting for word from the Presidency on that one.