Anyway, we had another wonderful week. We're trying to train the new office elders and get to know Elder Meherg better. So here is Elder Smith. We first served with Elder Smith in Wroclaw. He is awesome!
And here is Elder Meherg. He is awesome, too.
We just have the best missionaries in the whole world.
This past week, Elder and Sister Hutchinson came up from Katowice because Elder Hutchinson helped put in a conferencing system in the mission office, so that President Edgren can have a conference with up to 8 people at once. It is called PVC - Personal Video Conferencing. Anyway, Elder Meherg was the one who got to help. So he brought his P-day clothes and got to work. Since all the walls here in Poland are made out of cement, none of the electrical wires are in the walls, they put them in cable runners that are attached to the ceilings and walls with cement screws. It was quite a mess for a couple of days.
Here's Elder Meherg at work
I had to make a few changes to the President's transfer board and thought I'd take a picture so you can see the cards I have to make.
Here is the Warszawa II Zone, the Bydgoszcz Zone and the Katowice Zone
Here on the very left are the missionaries that have left since last August, the next group of pictures are the missionaries coming in June (purple) and August (orange), then the Warszawa I Zone. The two yellow cards at the bottom are the Kowalskis that will be arriving next Tuesday. I love to work this board.
On Sunday, we had a baby blessing. I thought I wrote everyone's name down, but can't find the paper. So I will show the picture and come back after next Sunday and put in the names. The father (far left) of the new mother works in England because he can't find a job here in Poland. He comes home about every 3 months. His wife (next to him) was just released from our Relief Society because she is leaving next week for 3 months to go to America and spend some time with her daughter who is also expecting a baby. Next is the new mom and dad and the dad's parents. Beautiful baby and beautiful family.
Also, today was the Canonization of John Paul II (the Pope from Poland). They had a big viewing screen set up over at the church by our apartment. There were tons of people to watch it and they had roads closed all over the place or they just let people park in one of the travel lanes. We left earlier for church so that we could get by all of the things going on. It was also Earth Day and people were celebrating that, too. It was crazy!
We were invited over to the President's home Sunday night. Elder and Sister Lloyd were leaving Monday morning and we wanted to say goodbye to them. They were the first Senior couple we met when we arrived. They took us around to the stores and showed us a lot of things to help us get acquainted with Poland. We will miss them a lot.
Boy, I look fat! Time to lose some weight.
On Monday night we had a lesson on "Sin". We filled a bowl with water and then colored it red. Passed out paper towels to everyone and had them stick the corner in the water. Of course, the red water spread very rapidly up the paper towel. We tried to convey to everyone that this is the same way Satan works. A little first step can become a giant leap quickly. We had Dominik read a story about a college student who had a python and invited his friends to come watch as he fed a live rat to the snake. It took about 45 mins before the snake actually swallowed the rat. During that 45 mins, the snake would slither a little bit towards the rat and the rat would run to the other side of the enclosure. The snake just kept inching forward little distances at a time and the rat never felt in any danger. The snake finally got to the point where it and the rat were touching noses and then it was too late for the rat. Satan works the same way. Little by little. Then we had everyone play the game where you put a penny on top of a pile of flour and the person that makes it fall has to get it back with only their mouth. We didn't make them do that, but everyone had fun. Then we had some turkey and rice cream soup and apple strudel with ice cream. Here is part of our FHE group.
Dominik is in front, he's helping Elzbieta and Szeslawa with some family history and Stanislaw is standing in the back. He is a new convert and he loves the gospel.
Wednesday, we had Zone Conference. I decided not to stress about the food, so I just made some sloppy joes, cut up some fruit, potato chips and Magnum Ice Cream bars for dessert. It was great!
The conference was terrific. President Edgren sure knows how to inspire these young men and women. Here are the AP's teaching part of the conference.
Here we are breaking for lunch.
So starting at the left (in line) is Elders Kimball, Blom, Kotter, Gibby, Anderson, Sister Hemming, Elders Wilson and Platter.
This is our Zone Leader, Elder Caskey enjoying his lunch.
And here's our Zone. Elders Gibby, Kotter, Baranowski, Caskey, Anderson, Peacock, Garrison and Platter. Front Row: Elders Solmes, Wilson, Sisters Owen, Blake, Poklinkowska, Hemming, and Elders Wride, Neuner, Kimball and Blom. Good looking bunch and faithful missionaries.
They actually went out contacting this time with the main purpose to tell everyone they met of how the gospel could change their lives. They had 1 hour to contact. Sister Poklinkowska and Owen met someone who had had missionaries before and after a short discussion, she asked them when she could be baptized. They were on cloud nine!!!
Anyway, it has been a great week. We love being here. We love serving in any way that we can. We love being with the missionaries. We love knowing that our family is being watched over and are doing the best that they can. I asked Sister Lloyd during dinner what the first thing she was going to do when they got home and she said she was going right down stairs and kiss her dryer. Amen to that!
We love you all and miss you.
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