14 August 2017

HI fam!

Don't you worry, I'm getting enough calls from people wanting to talk to me before I go that I'm painfully aware that I have just about zero time left. Also that countdown timer that's been going on since i had 120 days left is now below 10 days, (I leave 4 days after it ends) and yeah... Yeah... I don't know the exact schedule for when I get home if you're chodzin' at the train schedule, but I do have the flight plans, and I also figured out that I'll be in Salt Lake at about 12 or 13, which means that I could go to BYU and go to that class and go to college even before I've been released from being a missionary! Now, I'm not saying that this is a good idea, or even that it's a survivable plan, BUT the story I could tell a few years down the road would be pretty amazing! Just think on that for a bit.

The week was too fast. This next week will be even faster because we're going to go to Wrocław for a mission conference, then we have exchanges on Thursday,and a grill on Saturday (invite your friends) and then there will be even less time. I don't know if I'll be able to see Michał again, but I really want to! Problem is is that I'd have to go to Kraków just to see him, and I don't think that anyone else really thinks that's a good enough reason to leave Kato. Either way, I realized that I'll have Facebook, and I'll actually have even more contact with him and everyone else than I do now!

I have done my shopping, so don't worry about that! You will be suprised to see that I actually have learned how to wear more than t-shirts and kakhi cargo shorts. Also, we're supposed to pay a fast offering while we're here, and we normally do, but sometimes forget. It's hard when there's no deacons knocking on your door to remind you ;)

I really have learned a TON of lessons about myself and about God while on my mission. The depth of my life is just so much greater and everything is so much more real. IT'S AMAZING! Hopefully I don't forget it when I'm not doing this work like I do now. Speaking of things being more real, guess where we went again today? Auschwitz. It was a different experience the second time, but still just the same amount of sadness and solemnity. This time we went to a part that I wasn't able to go to last time because we didn't have time, and it was the remains of one of the old gas chambers, and right next to it was a little divit in the ground, and a plaque next to it that said something like "here died thousands of men, woman, and children // here lie their ashes // may they rest in peace". As I stood there looking at that little pit, I couldn't help but think about the Resurrection, and how it really does take away the sting of that awful monster, death. I thought about how glorious a day it will be when all those people will rise again with their bodies in a glorified state, and I couldn't help but shed a few tears of joy, knowing that those people will again rise and be free from the pains of this world.

I love it here, but the time to go has nearly come... I'm going to make the most of these last two weeks, though, don't you worry!~

Love,

Elder Liechty