Dzien Dobry family & friends!!! Well it's official! I am finally in Poland am loving it!! My first area is a big city called Katowice, and we live right in the center of it! It's crazy haha. Our apartment complex is so huge, I don't even think that I could fit the whole thing in a picture! But to recap on the week, we got to Warsaw on Tuesday late afternoon...and because of the time difference, I'm sure we all looked way tired, but we went straight to the mission home and at a huge plate of delicious spaghetti, roles, salad and this amazing polish cheesecake! It feels great to have some home-made food. :). The next day we got ready and got to go to the Warsaw rynek and it is absolutley beautiful! I felt like I was walking into a storybook. But I got to go with one of the sister missionaries who was serving there and go talk to people, and I was able to talk to this girl who was my same age - and give her a Book of Mormon and get her number, so it was exciting to see people respond in a positive way to the gospel. After that we ate at a milk bar...where there is chape traditional polish food, and we had perrogi's with mash potatoes. Not bad! When we got back to the mission home we met our trainers and the area we would be serving in. I found out that Katowice was my first area and that Siostra Marshall would be my trainer! I was super excited, because I had heard a lot of good things about this city, and Sister Marshall has been an awesome trainer. My first few days here have been great. On Thursday morning we took a train from Warsaw to here...it took about 3 hours, and then we got everything settled into the apartment. Going grocery shopping is really fun! We go to this food market that is connected to a mall...it's about 5 minutes away, and then we go out to the fruit stands that are on the Rynek and buy these apples and bannanas. Every Thursday night we teach an english class, so we prepared for that...and a lot of ladies showed up to it. I tried speaking as much as I could, but I have a lot to learn :). On Friday we went out trackting and during the winter season it gets dark here around 4 o'clock which means that it gets colder....and on Friday night is was SUPER cold! haha. But today we are going shopping for some winter things, because just in the past week or two the weather has dropped. The area where we get to go trakt is in these neighborhoods that are about 10 minutes out of the city...we take a tamvaj everywhere we go...which is all through the city...and we get off and start. It's awesome because Poland is mostly apartments, but we get to go to these homes which means we are meeting more families! it's awesome. People who aren't interested usually just shut their windows on us, or say no thankyou, or say they are too old to hear this haha, or you find the few that do want to hear it :). But keeping a positive attitude is essential...and the people that do want to hear it our worth finding :). But the food is awesome! The chocolate and ice cream are heaven...same with the yogurt. I'm excited to go shopping today and to experience more stuff...but I hope you all have an AMAZING week!
I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is what makes us truly happy in this life, and is what helps us endure to the end. I know that heavenly father is preparing people right now to hear the message of this restored gospel, and the blessings that come from it. It is an incredible work, and I'm excited to share it withe wonderful people in POLAND!
Stay incredible :) Love, Siostra 4c :)
Matthew 5:6
"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."
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