Hello everyone,
I'm late this week because we were down in Slovakia this past week. It was awesome. You'll see pictures later on in this post.
Last Friday I made some raspberry jam. It turned out pretty good. And then I made raspberry bars for Saturday's English class. Here is a picture of our favorite fruit stand. It is right by the tram stop.
Saturday I think I broke my little toe. So now I have two "pinkies"broken. Anyway, it turned a very pretty combination of blue, red and purple and it doesn't look the same anymore. Kind of bent like my little finger on my right hand. It really hurt especially when I had to walk on it.
We had a very special temple prep lesson with Marzena, a sister in our branch in the afternoon. Our district is going to the Freiburg Temple this month and she is going to so prepared. She asked Elder Durrant for a blessing so that she can have the spirit with her when she fasts before she goes. She is a very special lady. We wish we could go with her.
On Sunday, Sis. Cielenska asked that Elder Durrant and I go with her to the hospital to help her with her daughter who needed to get an xray. She is only 14 months old and very attached to her mom. And Sis. Cielenska couldn't go in with her because she is expecting. So we met them at the hospital Monday morning. I will tell you right now, I wouldn't have gone to that hospital for nothing. But it was the "free" hospital, so everyone goes there. It was really sad. Anyway, Lucia started crying the minute her mom left the room and I had to hold her hands above her head, hold her chin up, and keep her from bending over, all the while she was screaming. It was crazy. When I picked her up and took her to her mom out in the hall, Sis. Cielenska was crying too. But they said they got a good picture, so we didn't have to do it again. Thank heaven.
So Monday, we packed for our big adventure. I think I wrote before that Elder Durrant and I were asked by President Nielsen to be the coordinator's for next years YSA Conference for Eastern Europe. It will be held in Poland. This year it was held in Slovakia and we left at 5:30 am Tuesday morning. We put the coordinates in our trusty GPS and started on our way. The closer we got to the southern part of Poland, the landscape looked just like home. Mountains and pine trees and winding roads. Here is the picture of the road we took up to the hotel just outside of Liptovsky Milkulas, Slovakia. We were almost at the top.
So the place that we stayed was at a Ski Lodge. This is the picture of our room and the view outside our window.
And here is the picture of the lodge.
When the CES Institute teachers arrived, they each taught two classes a day for three of the days. The first day, they split us into 6 groups and took us up in the woods. Each of the teachers talked about different aspects of the temple. It was really an inspirational day.
Some kids having a water balloon fight.
We had a service day.
Went on a beautiful hike
This was the view at the top of our hike
We have lots more pictures, but not enough room. It was a wonderful week. On Saturday morning at 9:00 am we punched in "home" our GPS and of course made a wrong turn somewhere. Our GPS kept telling us it was "recalculating". Anyway, we ended up in the Czech Republic. I'm not sure what our Mission President would have said about that. It took a lot of convincing of the Area Authority to have us leave our mission and go to Slovakia. We did make it home, safe and sound. And we also realize the responsibility that has been given to us. Thank you for your love and support.
We love you all and miss you.
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