Hello once again family and friends!! This week has been such an incrediblel week!! We have met with some amazing people, and I can definately tell that Heavenly Father is preparing people to hear the message of this wonderful gospel. It's awesome :).
So on Tuesday and Wednesday we trackted a lot in our assigned areas, and also in the central area of Katowice, and we were able to talk to a few people...but no one that was super interested in our message. But we had a few appointments set up with potential investigators who Sister Marshall had met with once or twice before with her other companion...so on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we met with people. It was great!
On Thursday we taught english to a group of about 15-20 people, and then we bore our testimonies and read from the scriptures at the end. The spirit was definately there, and the people expressed the love they had for us. After english we taught a potential investigator named Iwona. She is about in her late 50's...and was found by Sister Marshall and her previous companion who asked her for directions...and they left her with a flyer...the next they know she started coming to english and even showed up to church! So We taught her a second lesson of the Plan of Salvation and she is really putting in the work to read the Book of Mormon, and to come to church. I'm excited for our upcoming meeting with her on Thursday.
On friday we met with a lady named Dorota and her 4 children!! They are an AMAZING family! She has a daughter who is 18 and who really is interested in finding out if the book of mormon is true. She is so awesome! There are two twin boys who are teenagers (i'm not exactly sure how old they are) but one of them commited to also read it...as well as the younger son who is about 14 yrs. old. Dorota also thinks it is important to read it and said that she would commit to reading it...and we all read the promise together that the Book of Mormon has in the introduction, and they all expressed that they would like to come to find out for themselves if it was true. One of the recent converts in the Katowice branch is Adrean who is around 20 yrs. old, but we took him with us...and he did such an amazing job talking and testifying of the Book of Mormon and his conversion story. He said, first i was curious...and then as I started reading it, I came to find out it was true. Dorota then said...that's the first step. Curiosity. And we are curious :). I"m so excited for this family, and know that they are being blessed and prepared!
On Saturday we met with a referal that we got this week from the Elders. Apparantely they went to this house seeing if they could meet with her son...but he had moved to Wroclaw...but she expressed interest in meeting with us, so we gave her a call and set up a meeting. Her name is Juana and she is in her late 40's. She is so AWESOME too! She is a social worker, and is really trying to find God in her life again. She expressed that she once was really close to God...but the more busy she got in life...she started to rely more on herself and essentially lost God. She had a lot of questions about our church...and expressed that she wants to find a church where she can feel the spirit when she goes to church. She is Catholic, but stated that when she goes to church with everyone she doesn't feel the spirit there...unless if she is completely alone and is praying to God. We gave her a copy of theh Book of Mormon and she said she would most definately read it...and wants to come to church. She is going to be out of town for the next 2 weeks to visit her son in Wroclaw...but we are meeting with her once she gets back! She was so loving and genuine. I'm looking forward to meeting with her again :). Poland is awesome!
On sunday we met with a family who have one daughter. The mother's name is Ania and the father is named Tadyjusz. I'm not sure if I spelled that right! The daughter is Julia...and is around 8 yrs. old. They really enjoyed talking to us....they are strong Catholics...but were curious to see what we believed. We answered some of their questions and showed them pictures of our families...which they really enjoyed! We didn't set up another definate meeting but we gave them our number :)
But I have enjoyed this week, and know that if we continue to work hard, that we will be able to led by the spirit of where to find those who are waiting to hear the message that the restored gospel is once on the earth again. It is such a powerful message, and the more i bear my testimony the more i feel the truthfulness of the message, and know with a surety that it is true. I am so grateful for this opportunity to be here in Poland and to meet such incredible people and families! I love it. I love the happiness that the gospel brings to our lives, and how much peace and comfort we can recieve because of it. With thanksgiving coming up this week, I hope we can all remember how much we are blessed with and how much heavenly father truly does love us! Have an Amazing week! :)
love, Siostra 4c
"ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you..." D&C 4:7
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