Dang.
68 weeks in a row of getting of emailing me, and the streak is broken. But it's ok, I'm pretty sure you still love me.
Anyway, since there's no questions that are being asked, I guess I'll just go ahead and talk about neat things that happened in the week! First off, I got the packages, and the letter with my card in it! So you don't have to worry about that anymore.
Merry Christmas!!
If you want to say Merry Christmas/Happy Holildays in Polish, you say
'Wesołych Swiąt!"
(Ves-oh-wi-h ("wi" as in wick) ("h" as in the ch sound that you do in German and stuff) Sh-vee-on-t)
It's that time of the year, isn't it?
I really like that book you sent me, one of the things it talks about is Pondering. And I think that Christmas time is a great time to do that! I like to think of the scene of Christ's Birth after everything has settled down, and there's just Mary and Joseph watching over the child. I like to the think of the peace and calm that must have been there, and what Mary and Joseph must have been thinking about as they were sitting there, and what a night that must have been.
Michał is doing good, and he's also reading my blog now, so I'll give him a quick shout-out.
Hi, Michał!
That should be good:)
During the week there was a lot of confusion and date changing concerning his baptism, but now it is firm and set for the 31st of December, at 13:00. Zapraszam. Like you know, the transfer is going to be happening right before the baptism, so there's no way to know if I'll be here or if Elder Curtis will be here. President Turek visited Kraków yesterday, and he knows who will be here and who will not, and he told Michał, so he could choose who would baptize him, and so he and President Turek are the only people who know what's happenening. We do know, though, that one of us is leaving and I have a feeling that it's me. No real good reasons, but just a feeling.
The missionaries that would have gone home at the end of this transfer went home last Friday, so they could be there for Christmas, and as of that day, there are only 4 missionaries in this whole country who have been out longer than I and my group have! It's crazy! All the people I knew are home, and all the people I know that I have good friendships with are younger than me! (mission-wise, not age-wise) Speaking of that, though, I think I've finally reached the point where when I look in the mirror, I don't see a highschool kid. And then one day, when I had forgotten to shave, and there was a bit of scruff on my face, I looked like a straight 25 year old! Wow.
We had transfers last week again within the city, so I was with Elder McPherson, and Elder Pettit was with Elder Curtis, and it was good, nothing too crazy!
The picture I sent is of a guy named Grzegorz from Szczecin, and Sister Cutting sent it to me, and it just made me so happy to see his face again! He's not even an eternal investigator, but just a guy that shows up at church all the time - it made me really happy to see him!
The work is going good, we're all pretty happy here, and life moves on! I am constantly aware of the fact that the end of my mission is still pretty far away, but at the same time the last four months since my year mark feel like they happened in a couple of weeks or so. Things are ending and I hate endings, and I don't know what to do about it... I'm in the autumn of my mission but it doesn't feel like it should be at all. I have no way to describe these feelings. Ask any missionary, from what I've heard we all feel the same thing.
You see what happens when you don't email me? I just start going off on weird things!
Anyway,
I LOVE YOU ALL!
Elder Liechty
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