3 July 2017

Mooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmm

I said last week that I'd be writing on Monday this time! I thought he was writing tonight:( But at least I had sent a quick I love you note:)

Oh well...

GUESS WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK!?!?!!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?! ??!?!?!?

yep. Final transfer calls! Now it's my turn to get the other missionaries who might be reading this trunky! HA. I'm talkin' to you, Elder Hadfield!

So I'm staying in Katowice this time around. Elder Sommerfeldt is also staying in Katowice, BUT we're not companions! I'm moving apartements and I'm going to serve with Elder Rasmussen! He's AWESOME. He was in our district this last transfer, but he was serving with Elder Zamora, but Elder Zamora's gone off to Poznań to serve with Elder Pettit! This is going to be an awesome last transfer! I also learned, that the most efficient way to pack is just to throw everything hapazardly in and not even bother about organizing. That's what I did all my mission, but this time I needed to pack in about 40 minutes, and it went much better than other times! I can iron my clothes later. I also don't have any leadership positions this time! I'm like a trainee again!

OH! The priest stories JUST KEEP COMING! This last week, right after P-day ended, we went tracting, and we knocked on one house that turned out to be a monestary! (There was nothing on the front, we were Innocent), and a Catholic priest opens the door, and he sees us, and he just starts laughing! He thinks it's the most hilarious thing that two mormon missionaries just walked up to his door! We laugh a little bit with him, but it's just awkward for us, and he's just still laughing after we've stopped. After a couple of minutes, things have settled down, and our new priest friend says "Hey! we're having a grill, you want to come?" and confused out of our minds, we say "Sure!" And it's this group of youth, probably 15-20 of them are all getting ready for a grill that they're about to have to end these group meetings they've been having, kind of like mutual. We stay there for an hour or so, and the whole time they're all asking us about our church and we're able to teach them all about the Restoration of the Gospel! We don't invite them all to learn more about our church (because imagine if a Catholic Priest or anyone else walks into a young mens or womens activity and is like "Hey, guys, you're all wrong and I'm right, so why don't you come learn more about the true church of God!" Like, no, that just wouldn't be very polite. So we just invited them all to our English class BUT THEN one of the youth comes late, and get this- He's already one of our English class students! Last week I translated an interview between some guy and a Christian Reggae band for him (don't ask) and he walked up and when he saw us, he was like "oh yeah, these are the guys that translated that video!". One of the people came to our English class in the end, and she's getting interested in the Gospel now. Just a whole big ball of miracles happened that night!

On Saturday, a returned missionary named Drake Allen came to Poland with a few people who hired him to help out with a big ol' family history event that was going to take place in our chapel. There were about 30 people there, and it was a really good opportunity to meet a lot of people and talk with them! Family History really does open people up, and I've said it a ton of times already, but I really need to get working on it! They also bought a ton of pizza, and gave the leftovers to the Elders, so I think we all know what my diet is going to consist of for the next couple of days!

We had culture night, but we did not plan anything, so we just walked around the city and looked at the chaples and such. We also took of picture of us trying to do the abbey road picture from the beatles, but it didn't turn out very well, so we'll have to try that again. We also ate a nice thai restaurant, but it was actually not that good, and I don't know why I still try to eat asian food in this country because it never tastes good!

Now that we're in July, and I've gotten my transfer call, the end of my mission is a lot more real. When the missionaries left to other cities yesterday we played "God be with you till we meet again" In sacrament meeting, and I realized that in a little bit I'll be hearing that song and they'll be playing it for me... And I really won't be able to do full-time missionary work for a long time. Dad always said that this time is a very special time, and now I'm really starting to understand that. I'm getting a little worried! I'm not going to be able to see or talk with a lot of people I've met and I'm just not going to be a part of the miracle that is missionary work! I'm starting to freak out!

I think that is all for this week! I love you all, pray for you, and tell my companions funny stories about all of you!

Love,

Elder Liechty