March 18, 2013

Dearest Family,

 

Well things are just great here in the Poznan region! Regardless of the freezing gusts of wind, the Poznan sisters are tearing it up. Thank you for praying for us and for the families that we are teaching. They are so cute and I am just so happy to be an instrument in the Lord's hands to bless their lives.

 

We had a number of great, wonderful meetings this week. One cool story is about Paulina. About a month or so ago, we ran into a really cute family on the street. We talked for a few seconds but they were hurrying to catch a bus and all we got was their address and the mom's name (Iza). We hadn't had time lately to go out to their house but we finally did this week. But when we knocked on the door, another woman answered. It wasn't Iza. We explained who we were and asked if Iza was at home. The lady said no, that she'd been living there since January and knew of no Iza. Darn. Well I wanted to say, well another time could we share our message about Jesus Christ with you?---but before I could say the words, I felt that I should just go for it right then and there. So we said, "we don't believe in coincidences so there must be a reason we came to your door today." She nodded. "Can we come in and share a short message about Jesus Christ?" She said of course. A few minutes later we were telling her about Joseph Smith and she was loving it. She prayed beautifully at the end and she has two little daughters (5 and 7) and her husband will be there next time. It was a testimony to me that the Lord is willing to put the right people in our path if we aren't afraid to go for it and trust Him.

 

Our Christ-like attribute this week is: Virtue. I actually studied it this morning in personal study. So good. I really liked reading about the stripling warriors (Alma 53...coming up!) and how DEPENDABLE they were. I want to be more dependable and remember when I commit to do something for someone.

 

Other news in THE POZNAN!!!

 

* We did a surprise visit with Natalie, our 13-year old coolest member ever to some of our investigators. We had been thinking and praying about how we could help them be more humble and Natalie's testimony and simple faith was just the perfect thing. They are so amazing!

* We didn't have sacrament meeting this week because there was a district conference in warsaw. The Sheleys, Marlena, Marta, Marian, and Regina (Wiktor's mom) went to it.

* We had a meeting with Abraham and Metmed (matmed? metmat?) who are from Turkey. Kind of a language barrier, as we both speak broken Polish but we showed them the Restoration video in English so that was good!

*President and Sister Nielson joined us for zone training this week and it was fun. I love spending time with Presdient. We also had an interview and it was just so good and reassuring to talk with him. Coming home date is now June 27th.....

*Freaking out because time is going so fast! But it's all good. Just please keep praying for our families!

 

Love you all so so much!

 

Sara

hard day's work = laying on the floor sometimes

eating dinner on the kitchen floor

 kamila gave us this herb...rzeżifone something or other. and now it's growing on the window sill!  it smells like sulfur but it's supposed to be healthy

 

p.s. Hannah, Raffie, Andrew you still didn't do your praca domowa. It can be one sentence long. Please reply :)

 

Raffie: What blessings have you received from living the word of wisdom?
Hannah: What blessings have you received from following the prophet?
Andrew: What blessings have you received from being baptized and confirmed?