On Saturday, I went with the Relief Society to an exhibit called "Invisible". It was at a place called the Millennium Plaza. Very nice and very "ritzy" stores. Anyway, we went up stairs to the exhibit which took up the whole one end of the floor. This exhibit was being presented by the Poland Blind Society and it took you through some rooms with all of the lights off. You couldn't see a thing. As we walked from room to room, our guide (who was blind) told us to find certain things in each room. We went into a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, outside, cabin, forest and restaurant. All you could do was feel your way around and try to recognize the articles you were feeling. It took us about an hour and it was quite enlightening. When it got to be about 9:00 Saturday night, I was exhausted. I think it was because I had to use my other senses like they had never been used before and I knew my muscles tensed up a little because you didn't know what you would run into. I know that I would truly hate to be blind.
Also on Saturday at 5:00 pm we had a baptism. She was one of the "golden investigators" as the missionaries call them. I made a carrot cake because I had to use up some carrots before they went bad.
Sister Benson, Anna, Sister Tobler.
Sister Benson just arrived in Poland in August and she was able to teach and prepare Anna for baptism. That doesn't happen too often around here. Sister Tobler will be going home in December. She is a very special missionary. She will be missed a lot.
Sunday when we left for church we noticed a whole bunch of cones along the streets. It was another marathon and bike race together. So we made a mental note to come home another way. The problem was when we left church we forgot. It took us 1 hour and 40 mins to get home. They block everything off here and don't let cars turn anywhere.
We also learned at church that on the 12th, our branch will be getting a new Branch President. President Jagard has been here for 5 years and was laid off from his job working for Mattel Toys. So he started a job search and realized that they needed to go back to the United States. Poland just doesn't pay enough. He will be leaving today back to the states. His wife and 3 kids will be leaving in a couple of weeks. She has to finish a couple things here in Poland. I will miss little Isaac. I won't have anyone at church to bring apples for.
About a month ago, my printer at the office died. So the church gave us permission to buy another one. This has been a joke. On Sunday we asked Sister Jarosz if she could help us find one and then go with us to buy it. She came in on Tuesday with her husband and I now have a new printer sitting on my desk. It is huge.
We held a planning meeting with the President and Sister Edgren yesterday. We planned as much as we could through December. We will be having Zone training the week of Christmas. But it will be a special one for the missionaries. And they will probably be able to skype home to their parents. I will make breakfast for them also.
We had a wonderful FHE on Monday. We copied off some conference talks and talked about what we, as members of this church, have been counselled to do. And if we are doing it! Everyone participated. It was a very good discussion especially when we talked about "everyone a missionary" and going to the temple with family names. We talked for an hour and 15 minutes. I wish you could meet these wonderful people and the testimony that they have and the love they share. Wayne and I are very blessed to have been given the opportunity to come to Poland. It was quite funny when we ate. I made hamburger soup and had a raspberry salad. But the soup is what got them. They couldn't believe I made soup out of ground beef.. They did enjoy it though. And for dessert we had some Oatmeal Fudge bars.
After everyone was gone, Wayne and the APs had the wonderful experience of giving Sisters Polinkowska and Moncur blessings. Wayne gave a beautiful blessing to both of them. These are the special moments of our mission. We really love these elders and sisters that we serve.
So that's it for this week. We will be doing apartment inspections next week. Traveling down to Lublin and doing half of the apartments here in Warsaw. With only 4 senior couples, we each have to cover a lot of territory.
We love you and miss you all.
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