Last Friday Elder and Sister Sheley came down from Poznan and asked us to meet them at the chapel. Sister Sheley has ancestors from Poland and she wanted to use the history center in our chapel and look up on some of the microfilm that we have in the center. It was good to see them. We cleaned the chapel while they were there and got things all ready for Sunday.
On Saturday, our branch held a grill at President's Cielenski's apartment again. It was kind of chilly, but the sun did manage to break through every once in a while. The chicken and polish sausage was excellent. And everyone had an enjoyable time. The sisters put some candy in balloons and then tied them together to make like a pinata. It worked. The kids really had fun.
We tried to get everyone in the picture, but didn't have a wide enough lens. But here is most of the people that came.
It even got cold enough for some of the sisters to come over to the grills after everything was cooked and try to get warm.
We did have a good time and everyone got plenty of food.
On Sunday, we invited the sisters over for dinner because we had fed the elders another night. So Sister Blake wanted some pancakes and buttermilk syrup. We scrambled some eggs also. So after they left and all the dishes were done, guess who showed up. You're right, the elders. I did have some pancake batter left so we fed them also. I think one of the reasons we are here is to support and be like parents to the missionaries. They sure do seem to enjoy the times we are together.
We went bowling with the elders on Monday. I won the first game with a score of 139. And I tied with Elder Jaeger on the second game with a score of 104.
We got a call Saturday night from Elder Hutchinson (office couple). They had received a call from a sister in Virginia that wanted to know if we could help her friend over here in Poland. And since the friend lives in our branch boundaries, Elder Hutchinson asked us to help. So the friend that lives here in Poland lost her husband a couple of weeks ago. (He committed suicide) Now her 9 year old son is threatening to take his life also because he wants to be with his dad. And the mother was beside herself and didn't know where to turn for help. So we were asked to go and visit with this lady to see if there was anything we could do. The problem we have is that we don't speak Polish and she is about 2 1/2 hours from Wroclaw. We called Pres. Cielenski to see what he wanted us to do. Wayne and Pres. "C" will be going out there next week. Hopefully, they will be able to help and who knows once again, maybe a seed will be planted.
We had a wonderful English class on Wednesday. There were 8 people there. We played a matching game and they all seemed to enjoy it. It is fun because we not only teach them, but they also teach us some polish. We keep telling each other how difficult each others language is.
Well until next week. We hope you all have a wonderful week and listen to conference. We will only get two live sessions and then have to wait for the others. I did get to watch the General Relief Society meeting already. It was wonderful!
HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY DESIREE! Grandpa and I love you very much.
We love you all and miss you.
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