It's been around three months since the last blog post and a lot can happen in that amount of time. My parents have gone to Belarus and returned, I'm apparently doing good at my job since I got a bonus, and I'm making friends with people in my youth I normally don't talk to. I was going to jokingly say something like: "Well not much has happened for me in that time," but that wouldn't be right. The trip to Belarus was a success and I'm 2 weeks from my own trip there, I'm pretty hyped about it. The Brest region of Belarus is extremely westernized, even to the point of people knowing bits of English. I'm hoping to use my limited Russian knowledge to communicate with those who may not know as much English as others and grow in my knowledge of Russian as well, all the while preaching the Gospel. I got a bonus at work surprisingly, and to be honest, I was terrified when one of the owners called me into their office. I was sure I was go