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No one expected this one. I have indeed been moved from Bydgoszcz, but instead of ruling the northern half of Poland like i thought I would, I got sent all the way to the very south to... KRAKÓW!
say it with me now "crack-oov" NOT "crack-ow"
My companion's name is Elder Curtis, and he's in Elder Hill's group, so he's been in Poland for just over 10 weeks now. He's quiet, tall, and already REALLY good at Polish. I'm very impressed. Also, he's from Hurricane, Utah.
Kraków is probably the Catholic center of all Catholics. Just a couple of months ago, the Pope came and addressed all the youth of Poland. He does this every other year, and the missionaries are supposed to leave the city for the day because there's just nothing that can be done. It's also beautiful! Way bigger that Bydgoszcz, and has tons of legends and stories and pretty buildings! It also used to be the Capitol of Poland. Don't know what happened... We're able to go to three really amzazing places here for P-day- The Salt Mine; Zakopana, which has a bunch of beautiful hikes, and you're able to cross the Slovakian border; and Auschwitz. I hope that I'll be able to go to all of them.
The train ride down was 7 hours long. And started at 5:30 AM. No one sat next to me, either...
That train was so long I don't think I can ride in vehicles for more that 30 minutes for the next couple of years. Ugh.... But your road trip sounds like it was fun! Have you gone through all there is to do in Utah now, and you're moving on to other states? There's so much of the US that I have no idea about. Like, what even is in Nebraska!? Oh wait... But everyone talks about Oregon, and I want to go there.
The last week with Elder Hill was pretty good, too. It started out with a big trial - at the start, we had had some amazing lessons with people, and they promised to meet with us again and seemed like they had great potential, so the week started out really well. But then Tuesday happened. All our meetings flaked us, one investigator told us how we were just not really important to him, another just turned out to have a huge crush on one of the sister missionaries, and at the end of the night, the people we had talked to earlier either stopped answering their phone, or blocked our numbers. Now, this has happened to me numerous times, so I'm used to it, but this was Elder Hill's first time going through the gauntlet, and I could see just how hard it was and there was nothing I could do about it. That was the hardest part, and as a side note, I have a much better understanding of how parenting goes and how God feels when we're going through trials. But the next day we were able to move on and finish the week strong!
It's a much different feeling every major time mark now that i've passed the year mark. Like, all the fractions are getting smaller now instead of rising. Time's running out and I can feel it! Don't quite know what to feel about that...
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