29 May 2017

Probably the last MTC district picture on the mission! They're all awesome missionaries, and I hope to see them again

And us in Gliwice. It's a really pretty city!

Elder Anderson and the mission president, family, and missionaries

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This last week was actually a lot more filled with stuff than any other week so far! HUZZAH

Oh yeah I need to buy some of those short sleeved ones. That shirt I was wearing on the exchange and in that picture was ginormous. You could literally have used those sleeves as a parachute! They did keep things nice and breezy, though, which was nice on a warm day.

Reese's peantut butter cups. That's also something that would be awesome to have here!

Today we went to a castle! Called Ogrodzieniec, look it up, because it's an awesome real life castle just like the ones we always imagine! It's also not a tourist trap, so it's amazing. Basically the thing I"ve wanted to to my entire mission, and life and we got to do it! I also got sunburnt again, but don't worry, it'll tan :D

We did quite a bit of travelling this last week! On Wednesday we had our meeting with Elder Andersen, and it was amazing! As soon as he walked in you could tell that he had the Spirit with him, and that he was a man who was led by God. My testimony was so much more strenghtened that day! He gave a lesson and the morale of the whole mission was just boosted so high! There's been so many miracles lately that we're all getting so excited! HIs lesson was on faith and on how to keep it on the mission, which is such a simple topic, and something that we've all studied so much out here because it's so hard, but he just gave one more lesson on it, and told us how we need to immerse ourselves in faith out here. He was so straightforward about everything and didn't even beat around the bush and I loved it!

       There was supposed to be two meetings, one for the missionaries and one for the members, but during the meeting with the missionaries, Elder Andersen said it would be a good idea for the missionaries to stay for the second meeting, and when an Apostle says that something's a good idea, you should probably do it. So ALL the missionaries missed their trains, and we had to figure out how to fit 60 missionaries into 4 apartments! The mission actually ran out of money for the month buying tickets and figuring this logistical nightmare out! It was awesome. The meeting with the members was also great, and he talked about reading the Book of Mormon every day. Another thing so simple, but it was something that I wasn't doing, because I was studying the D&C, but I've started to set aside 30 minutes every day to read the Book of Mormon, and I'm already seeing great blessings!

After that, we went home, and then traveled to a city called Gliwice, which is about 30 mintue train ride from Kato, where we had lessons with 2 less active members that went really well. Then the next day, while walking around a man stopped us and asked if we could tell him where a church is, and Elder Sommerfeldt said "we have a church!" and we brought him in, and taught him about the Restoration of the Gospel, and he accepted a baptismal date that day! His name is Witek, and he's from Ukraine, and he speaks Polish pretty well, so that's how we teach him. He was in Church yesterday, and will be at Family Home Evening tonight, so things are going very good!

Love you!

Elder Liechty