Last Friday Wayne and I prepared for President and Sister Edgren coming to Wroclaw. We went over to the chapel and did a thorough cleaning. It's surprising how dirty a place can get on Sunday and through the week.
Saturday was spent on cooking. Pres. and Sister Edgren had a Fireside on Saturday night and we had a little get together afterwards. So I made Sloppy Joes. I cooked up 6 - 500 g containers of ground turkey (beef was too expensive), used 4 plastic containers of ketchup, one container of mustard and a lot of my precious brown sugar. And I made brownies also. It was a hit though. None of the Polish members knew what Sloppy Joes were and they got a big kick out of the name. But everything went well and we all enjoyed our time with the Edgrens. The kids got together and decided they were going to have a wedding. Here is my little Mila and the oldest Zan boy, Samuel. They were cute.
Anyway, the Edgrens came in from England after spending the week with Elders Nelson, Holland and Ballard for Mission President training. Pres. Edgren said it was wonderful and is very grateful for the insight of the gospel these brethren have. He said that Elder Holland spent over an hour teaching them from the first 14 verses of 1st Nephi. He didn't go into detail, but was very emotional when he talked about it. All of them also attended the very first Pageant presented in England by the Preston England Temple. It was all about the beginning of missionary work in England and what has taken place since then and they said it was wonderful. The brethren were there to observe and to make recommendations and if approved by the First Presidency, it will be announced as a Church Pageant, just like the others ones in America are. Sister Edgren said that if the church does approve it, she is going to make sure her children come to England to see it. It was that good!
Sunday was a good meeting because the Edgrens spoke again. Pres. Edgren spoke mostly in Polish. He is awesome. And then, because there was some food left over from Saturday, everyone went into the RS room and had something to eat. The Edgrens had a 5-6 hour drive back to Warsaw, so they left shortly after. Wayne and the Elders had to fix a flat tire on the Edgren's car. We all hoped they would make it back safe and sound.
Monday was P-day and the Sisters asked us if we would take them to the castle we went and saw. We had to ask permission from Pres. Edgren, because it was way out of the boundaries for the sisters. He said we could take them and so we did. They enjoyed the trip and spent over an hour in the castle. We didn't go in, but stayed outside and enjoyed the sun. Here we are after they got out of the castle. Of course, we had to get some ice cream.
Here's the sisters at the overlook to the castle. It is an very impressive place.
On Tuesday, the Elders and Sisters rode the train again to Katowice for Zone Training. It was lonely without them. So Wayne and I just kind of "hung out". We cleaned our apartment, did laundry and went shopping, and even did the sister's grocery shopping because they didn't have time on Monday, either. Then we went for a walk and, once again, we stopped at Tra-la-la-la for some more ice cream. I guess the walk didn't do us any good exercise wise.
Tuesday night, Wayne woke up with very sore jaw. We thought maybe it was a bad tooth or something like that, but non of his teeth hurt. He took some aspirin and put a hot towel on his neck and cheek. In the morning when we both got up, his right side of his neck was terribly swollen. His one gland looked like a baseball. So we called the place where the church wants us to go and got an appointment. The doctor wanted Wayne to get an Ultra Sound on his neck, but there weren't any doctors available to do it at that time. So she wrote out a prescription for an antibiotic and Ibuprofen. We have to go back on Monday if it isn't any better. That night was English class, which didn't help and Wayne went with the Elders after to contact some more inactives. When they got home, about 8:00 pm Wayne looked like, as Elder Smith put it - "Jabba, the Hut". We all sat down to eat some dinner and Wayne was really struggling. So the Elder's gave him a blessing and he went to bed after they helped me clean things up and left. He had a peaceful night. His neck is still swollen but doesn't hurt as much. Hopefully the antibiotics do the trick. We tried to take a picture, but it didn't really work.
So today, I don't know what we will do, if anything. We are going over to to the Sister's apartment for dinner. By the way, today is a holiday in Poland. It's the day they celebrate the Ascension of Mary!?!?!? The church bells have been going this morning.
Have an awesome week. We love you and miss you.
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