Friday was a lazy day at the office. We were all prepared for the new missionaries coming in on Tuesday. President and Sister Edgren, the APs and the four missionaries traveling home on Saturday were all down in Lodz to witness 3 baptisms. And the new office Elders were learning all the things that they will be doing to keep the office running smooth.
On Saturday, the Roulstones and Wayne and me, drove up to Bialystok to do an apartment inspection and try to fix the Elder's bed. So Sister Roulstone and I met with Patty (the chairperson of the YSA Conference) and the guys fixed the bed. We took Patty out to lunch and then she showed us around Bialystok.
As we walked under the street to get to the other side, there was a huge star on the pavement which pointed the way to many famous landmarks. I tried to get a picture, but it didn't turn out very well.
The one in the middle said Eiffel Tower, so many kilometers.
Then we went on to the Renik. They were having lots of sales on for Easter.
Every huge town has a Renik. Open space in the middle of the town. I took another picture of the building you see in the middle from a different angle. Do you see the face with a smile?
Here is part of the square where the little outdoor booths were. They had a variety of eggs and flower arrangements that looked like palm leaves. Since Sunday is Palm Sunday, everyone was buying these "palms" so that they could take them to church and have the priest bless them.
We ate lunch at what they call a milk bar. It's just a cafeteria type place, but the food is really good. On our way to the mile bar, Sister Roulstone fell and stuck out her hands to catch herself. She cut the palm of her one hand up pretty bad. She was a trooper though. She stayed with us ate and then went to have our meeting. Here is the milk bar and Sister Roulstone and I eating.
I'm always on the phone. We had some beet soup - very good - and some kind of meat. Don't know what it was called. And then we had some cheese crepes with cream over them. It was a very good meal.
Afterwards, we went over to see the castle of Bialystok. Here is a bulldog guarding the entrance to the park. That's me and Patty hugging the dog.
Here is the castle from the back. They have made it into a school now. So it is constantly being used. The gardens were very beautiful.
This is the middle court. I don't know if you can see it very well, but one of the statues was a man carrying the world on his shoulders. Maybe it was Atlas, I don't know.
And here is the entrance gate to the palace.
When we were done with our meeting with Patty and the guys had fixed the bed, we left and drove back to Warszawa. A 2 1/2 hour drive. We all were very tired. Sister Roulstone did fall asleep. I know her body was aching and her hand hurt alot.
We went back to the office and the AP's showed us who was getting transferred and to where. We were going to loose Sister Stratton. It's hard to see these missionaries leave when you have gotten to know them so well. So Sunday, I had to take a picture with her. She will be going to Katowice.
She's a very cute girl and a wonderful missionary.
So back to the office on Monday. It took me all morning to make the changes in the church system with all of the transfers. The office Elders were calling everyone to tell them when they leave and what train they would take. It was a hectic day! We also had a luncheon for Elder Baranowski since he was leaving the office. So I made his favorite things - barbecue pork sandwiches and potato chips. I also had bought some fresh vegetables and made a raspberry and blackberry cobbler. And some sugar cookies. I also made a casserole for FHE and took the remaining cobbler and cookies.
Tuesday, the new missionaries arrived at the office about 2:30 pm. They were very tired, so we didn't spend too much time with them. Just kind of went over the basics and had them sign all of their legal paperwork. We forgot to get a picture of them all. We won't know who they will be going with until tomorrow. Then I can finish the transfer scenario for the church.
Wednesday was crazy, too. We had to go pick up Elder Fotu from the mission home and take him to work with us. He was going to be one of the trainers and the President didn't want him there until all of the other 4 trainers came. So we were at the mission home by 8:15 am. Went it to have the president sign some papers and I found out on Tuesday that one of the forms we were using was an old one, so I had to have all 5 new missionaries sign another document. Sister Edgren asked me to order Subway sandwiches for the new missionaries and their trainers. So we had to find out which each one wanted. Then we went to the office. At 11:00 am, president came and got Elder Fotu. At 12:00 pm, Wayne went to pick up the sandwiches and deliver them to the mission home. Meanwhile, one of the Sisters that was transferred to Warszawa, couldn't get into her apartment because she didn't know the door code and the sister she needed to ask was on a train to another city and didn't have a phone. Then one of the Elders moving to Lublin called and asked what apartment he was suppose to be going to. I told him which one I thought it was. I didn't check to see if it was correct. Then another sister called and said that they went into their new apartment and the place was a mess. It had been an Elder's apartment and they left it very dirty. Wayne and I had to go over and inspect the place after English class. By the way, I still don't know where the 5 new missionaries are going. I guess I'll find out today.
So Happy Easter everyone. We hope you have a wonderful day! We love you and miss you.
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