17 July 2017

Golly, thanks for the birthday wishes everyone!

Sister Turek and her kids actually sang to me, too, but what's funny is that Sister Turek's birthday is July 16th TOO. So we were able to wish each other a happy birthday and laugh about what a great day it is to be born.

I seriously can't believe that I'm twenty, though. I'm no longer a teenager! WOW. For those who know Spongebob, think of the episode where he lifts up his razor, and says "I... am a MAN". That's how I feel right now.

Also thanks for the tips on the fruit flies. They're EVERYWHERE.

I am definitely going to have to go and get some new clothes These chinos they sell here fade so fast! Also I'm debating if I should wear glasses or contacts when I get home, because I know that all of you remember me without glasses, and that picture of my face you have doesn't have glasses, but I'm also going to be on a plane for 15 hours or so and that's going to be quite the time if I have contacts in. These details matter.

I AM SO JEALOUS that all of you get to see Henry all the time! I hope that we'll be able to find time when I get back. I'm going to have a ton of work to do! All I really care about is Henry though, and I want to see if he's really as cute as you all are making him out to be!

As you know John got home a bit ago, and we've been emailing, and he's making being home sound like the worst thing in the world, and I'm getting a little scared for it now! I used to be all excited that I could go home, but he's making it sound like it's one of the hardest things in the world! He mentioned how he just doesn't really understand his purpose as much as he did now that he's not a missionary, and I hadn't really thought of that, but it's true! There's going to be so much to do that I won't know what to do at all! AHH. Also, the missionaries from my group call me every once in a while, and we all talk about going home all the time, and I still don't really believe that it's actually happening

We're starting to see more success here! In Warsaw there was a baptism, and as a side note, since the Elder Andersen meeting, there hasn't been a week without a baptism! Here in Kato, the other elders have two people they're teaching who are considering baptism, and we're still trying to find people to teach. But last week we focused a lot on our English class, and a lot more people are coming! Two of them actually came to church yesterday! We're also going to help a guy stop smoking, and it's really great, because I feel like he's my younger brother. Hes as old as me, though, but it's really fun to be around him, and he needs some good examples in his life, so that's what we'll be for him!

Next week we'll have my final Zone Conference, and I'll see missionaries from my group for the last time, and it will be so sad. Tears will be shed!~

Love you all!

Elder Liechty

(Birthday Pancake, and trying to keep ourselves sane while tracting