This week has gone by fast. We learned last Friday that Elder Dodge would be leaving the office and Elder Smith would be coming in. So we said goodbye. President and Sister Edgren came over to the office in the afternoon also.
This is Elder Dodge (standing) and Elder Baranowski talking with Sister Edgren.
And this is Elder Dodge on the phone helping another missionary. He is always on the phone.
Good pair of missionaries. We also learned that Elder Baranowski will be transferred on the 16th. So we will have two new elders in the office. That's a scary thought.
We had a wonderful experience listening to conference in our apartment. We stayed up until midnight on Saturday so that we could see and listen to the Saturday afternoon session. We got up Sunday morning and watched and listened to the rebroadcast of the Priesthood Session. It was excellent!
Then at 2:00 pm we left for the chapel. We prepared a lunch for the Elders and Sisters who were listening to conference there. Sister Roulstone got a prepared some fresh fruit for everyone, Sister Edgren had made a salad and some cake. I got the ham, cheese, bread, tomatoes, chips, drinks and made 2 cakes and some brownies. Oh and the drinks. They had a pretty good lunch.
Here are Elders Garcia, Woofley, Waszkiewicz, Kimball and Wilson (standing) and Sisters Mikalauska and Young.
We caught Elder Waszkiewicz and just the right moment. I know it looks like he's asleep, but he just leaned his head back so that Elder Dodge and Elder Woofley could talk.
All of them are a lot of fun to be around. And they sure can eat!!!!
So on Monday and Tuesday, we had another Senior Conference. We held it in the office. It is very comforting to meet with the other couples. We talked about our accomplishments in the branches we serve and how we can best use our talents with the members and also the missionaries.
Here is Elder & Sister Tufts (Gdansk), Elder and Sister Shaw (Poznan), and Elder and Sister Lloyd (Wroclaw)
We all fit in the conference room at the office. So starting at the far left is Elder and Sister Roulstone (Warszawa), Elder and Sister Hutchinson (Katowice) and sitting behind them are Elder and Sister Jensen (Krakow) and then then the Tufts and Shaws. I am in the picture too.
And Elder Gay is sitting with his back to the picture.
So on the other side of the table is Elder and Sister Tueller (Lodz), Elder and Sister Lloyd again and the President and Sister Edgren.
Then afterwards, we all went out to dinner.
And here we are at the restaurant. It was very nice and I didn't have to cook!!!!!
So here we are altogether. The Lloyds are going home on the 28th of this month. And the Hutchinsons are leaving on the 26th of May.
From the left - Elders Shaw, Tufts, Wayne, Roulstone, President Edgren, Hutchinson, Lloyd, Gay, and Sister Gay. In the middle from the left is me, Sisters Roulstone, Edgren, Lloyd and Elders Tueller and Jensen. Sitting down are Sisters Shaw, Tufts, Hutchinson, Tueller and Jensen. Good people and faithful servants. We have grown to love all of them.
In English class we read a story about the Atonement and then talked with everyone about some of their Easter traditions. Of course the Catholics start on Friday with Good Friday. They have Mass at 6:00 pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. On the Saturday one, everyone takes a basket of food which gets blessed by the Priest. The Priest will sprinkle "Holy Water" on the basket. Then the people take their baskets home and they will not touch the food until Monday morning. There will be eggs, breads and vegetables in the basket. That will be their morning meal. Monday is called "Wet Monday". It is the day that you might get water thrown at you just walking down the street. The kids have lots of fun with this day. It was a good class.
One last thing. The elders told us that they found a drink that we might like. They said they would buy some and bring it to the office. I had to take a picture of it. We couldn't believe it when we saw it.
It's the real stuff. Wayne and I are going to go buy some vanilla ice cream this weekend.
Bye for now. We miss you and love you.
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