29 February 2016

Ok, I'd like to start off with an apology- I've been a bit of a complainer lately. Sorry. I would give my excuses, but I don't have time for any of those; I'm on a mission!

BUT

Things are pretty much the same. We did, however, get let in to a man named Grzegorz this last week! Elder Vance and I were talking about how we'll be telling stories when we get home from our missions and it'd go a bit like this-

"We had this crazy miracle find this one time, we knocked on the door, and the guy let us in!"

"ok, then what?"

"Well, he listened to us"

"Ok..."

"AND THEN SAID WE COULD COME BACK!!!!"

But in all seriousness, it was pretty great. A nice relief after days of no one.

When people ask how things are going, tell them that it is much tougher than I thought, but that I wouldn't trade this time for anything in the world. Like Dieter F. Uchtdorf said "Life is not meant to be appreciated only in retrospect", and neither is a mission. It's time for me to truly love it!

And yeah, I heard about her (A friend from high school is also going to Poland)! It's going to be weird, because outside of my family, and closest friends, pretty much everything has been fading away into obscure past life memories, and it's kinda freaking me out. But when she comes, even though we weren't really that close of friends, it'll be like this flash of Lone Peak and the days of eating corn dogs with John while playing Smash Bros for hours on end. Ahh... Good times. I wonder if we'll ever serve near each other...

There are a couple of good places to eat here, the missionary favorite is called KraszKebab, but I still think the Kebabs we had in Szczecin were better. But that old place closed down now, so I'm stuck with second place. And don't worry, I am eating healthily. Except for that one day where I had chips and chocolate for breakfast because there was no one there who said I couldn't! Adulthood!

In the Zone i'm in, (Bydgoszcz) Exchanges only happen once a transfer, because it takes so long for missionaries to travel to other cities. Within our district, though, we usually do an activity together about twice a week. But everyone here loves solo contacting, so I don't really get to teach with the other missionaries.

And church was great! There's a few more members here than there are in Szczecin, so pretty much everything was done by members today! Except presiding, playing the piano, and giving one talk of three. And I'm just the piano player. But I'm getting really good! I've sight read a few hymns with both hands, and have played for a few musical numbers during sacrament meeting! And it was two hours, but Elder Jeffs (Branch President) is changing it to three hours starting next week. And no sister missionaries.

Speaking of which- I'd really like to commend Sister Missionaries for what they do. A lot of the Elders in the mission make fun of the sisters for not knowing what they're doing, or things like that, but really, from the beggining sister missionaries have a step up on the Elders. Because even though missionary work is a voluntary service, all able bodied young men are called to the work. And the social pressure, as much as we hate to admit it, is there, and driving many 18 or 19 year old boys on missions. Sisters on the other hand go entirely by choice. Or should... But when they go on missions it's because they want to share the gospel! It's very impressive to me that they do that. So way to go, Sister missionaries! (Or other young women who are planning on going on missions!)

LUV

Starszy Liechty

We also burned a tie for my 1/4 mark.

WHICH HAPPENED!?!?!!!

Whoa...