10 October 2016

(What made you choose to be healthier?) All my companions have been way healthier eaters than me, and I realized that each of my companions had, up to the point where they were with me, worked out every morning. Then I came into their lives, and they stopped, and then we split up, and they started to work out again. Then I went on exchanges to Szczecin, and I saw what a huge change that Elder Garrison had made in his habits, and finally I decided that something needed to change. So i did. I don't feel like throwing up every time I eat oatmeal now, too, so things are really looking up! We excercise in the same room at the same time, but we're not doing anything together. I'm jump-roping a lot, too, so now I can be one of those cool people who do the jump-roping shows and stuff.

(Are you working more with members since investigators are so few?) I feel like something like that happening to us would be just what we need. With every person I've talked to through emails in other missions, they say that the members are usually real stubborn like the ones here, but they just have a mission culture of working at it a bit harder than we do. We need to follow through a bit more and work harder with them.

None of the appointments really turned into new investigators, but one person just wansn't home, so there's still a glimmer of hope there. But overall, we have 3 progressing investigators right now which is really good. Michał, Roman, and Greg. None of them want to go to church, though. We haven't been able to bring an investigator to church for the last two months, and I don't know how we can help the people understand how important it is!

President Turek came to Bydgoszcz yesterday, and he interviewed Elder Hill and me, which came at a really good time. Granted, every interview with the President is really good and inspiring. We're going to be getting a new branch president here, as well, and they interviewd all the possible presidentes, but we don't know when the change will actually be happening.

I'll take a bunch of pictures of the city today. It's a very small city, so when it feels like there should be more to it, there's not.

What kind of trees are you replaceing the old ones with? I miss fixing sprinklers. I've found out that I just really like taking things apart and putting them back together again. It's just fun. But I also break a lot of things. Until I get some self control, I'm not going to be able to buy anything nice for myself

Elder Hill and I get along well, the biggest thing we connect on is that we're representatives of Jesus Christ together. And it's actually pretty amazing how much that unites a pair of people! It's like that triangle of Jesus Christ you and another person (friend, wife, companion, nieghbor) where as the two of you draw closer to Christ, you draw closer together simply by the way geometry works! And I am more comfortable training now, and it has a big chance of ending in two weeks! The transfer is over on the 24th, and no one knows what will happen at that point

Elder Hill's sister sent us some sweet socks and shirts from a store here, they're awesome!

Hope you all have a great week!

Elder liechty