So Thursday we drove Sisters Bezdjian and Blake to Katowice so that we could pick up our new Sister and say goodbye to Sis. Bezdjian. It was a happy and sad trip. We were all excited for Sister Bezdjian to be going home, but were sorry to see her go. Talk about a "ball of fire".
Here's Sis. Bezdjian getting on the train and here is........
our new sister...Sister Ellis
She was still feeling the effects of "jet lag" so we let her sleep in the car on the way home, after she told us all about her. This will be a good experience for both of them. Sis. Blake has only been out for 8 weeks and Sis. Ellis fresh from the MTC.
Here's our gnomes getting married.
Last Friday I spent most of the time shopping and getting ready for the Relief Society meeting that I was going to show them how to make an American dish. So I prepared one and then took the ingredients with so that the sisters could make one there. Thanks to Sandy Nelson, I used a Mexican Lasagna recipe that she had given me and everyone just loved it. We had a salad and some bread with it. The one we made at the church, we left and they heated it up on Sunday after church for anyone who wanted some.
Here is Sisters Blake and Ellis making the salad. And here we all are eating our feast....
It was really fun.
Saturday was a clean up day for us. But Saturday night we went over to the Centrum to watch the colored water show. It was awesome. We tried to take some pictures. But none of them really worked.
On Monday, we took one of the branch members shopping. She is really struggling, but she told us that she finally found a job. We were really excited for her. She asked us a lot of questions about how the church works in the USA. She said she has been a member for over a year and hasn't had any Home Teachers. The main problem is that this branch only has three Priesthood holders and the Missionaries. So we thought we would discuss this with Pres. Cielinski and see if we can be her home teachers for the time we are here.
Here's some fireman gnomes.
Tuesday was District Meeting. Our meetings are wonderful. Elder Stumpf brings the spirit to our meetings and everyone feels so good. Next week we will be going to Katowice for Zone Training and get to meet President Edgren and his wife.
One of the highlights of our week is English class. We have a lot of fun and get to know these people very well. I baked some cookies to take with. I put M&M's in them. Only the red and blue ones. It was my feeble attempt to celebrate the 4th. We talked about Americas Independence day and about the Pioneers. We read a story about Pioneers to them for class.
Here's our last gnome for today. He's going to sleep.
Have a good day! We love you and miss you.
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