Week 2 in Wroclaw

On the weekend of the 19th and 20th we got to go back to Lodz for a Senior Couple conference and learn from President and Sister Nielson what our responsibilities are.  We met the other couples that are scattered all over Poland.  It was exciting to meet with others that spoke English and all had the same stories to tell.  Between the 7 couples, we had a total of 165 grandchildren.  That is awesome.  We were spiritually fed that couple of days and the Nielsons said their goodbyes to all.  They will be missed greatly.  Here is a picture of the 7 couples.

E/S Jensen- Warsaw; E/S Reed- Katowice; E/S Hutchinson - Office; E/S Tufts- Gdansk; E/S Durrant- Wroclaw; E/S Sheley- Poznan; and E/S Lloyd- Lodz.

We all went out to dinner on Friday night and had some good Polish food.  On Saturday after our training we all went on a tour of Lodz.  During the war time, Lodz was a big manufacturing place for cloth.  We went to one of the old factories and toured the facility.  Below is a picture of many plants that were all together.  The workers worked 12 hour days and breathed in harmful dust and lost fingers and parts of their arms from getting them caught in the machinery.  Most of the workers didn't last longer than three years.

 

We left Lodz and got home about 8:00 pm.  Wayne and I still had to prepare talks for Sunday.  That was an experience also.  We had to allow time for our interpreters, so we had to cut our talks in half.  I asked Cindy to help me be my interpreter.  She is about 17 and talks perfect English.  She is hoping she can go to BYU.  She is a beautiful young lady. Wayne asked AJ who is 14 to help him intrepret.  Here is a piture of their family.  Cindy is on the right and AJ is the only boy.

 

The talks went good.  Wayne had to stay to do tithing with Brother Zan.  Once again everyone stayed until 3:00 pm to talk and do other church business.  We are very tired when we get home.  Especially because Wayne has a meeting at 3:30 pm.  Another week down.  Our biggest week is coming up.