Hey Czesc!
This week was such an amazing week and the Lord has been pouring out blessings upon us everyday. Last Sunday Sister Mann and I both decided to fast to help us during this week, and I know that our prayers were answered. One of the incredible miracles that occured, was that we got a phone call from this lady named Beata who we have tried to reach in the past (she was a former with a baptismal date), but had stopped meeting with the missionaries for over a couple of years because she was too busy to meet. After we had prayed on Tuesday morning, asking Heavenly Father to help us have the opportunity to teach more people that day, the phone rang and she asked if we could meet that day! We had such an amazing lesson with her, and she said that she was waiting for a time like this in her life, where she had more time to meet and really learn more about this. Another experience was on Wednesday night, after we were teaching english, Piotr (who is in our english class and a former investigator) asked if his girlfriend Klara could meet with us! We had a great meeting with them, and they came to part of church on Sunday. We met with our other investigator Maria during the week, and she is reading the Book of Mormon and is now past second Nephi – and also came to sacrament meeting on Sunday. Many more miracles happened each day, and I know that the Lord has a plan for these people and I’m so grateful to be used as an instrument in his hands to help them come unto Christ. Another tender mercy was one night when I was praying, I asked Heavenly Father to help us know how to help these wonderful people and what they needed. After praying I then opened my scriptures and landed on the verse mosiah 16:15 where it says “teach them that redemption cometh through Christ...”. I know that this was an answer to my prayer and revelation from Heavenly Father.
We have also been meeting with alot of less actives this week, and they ALL came to church on Sunday!! There was a total of 80 people at church on Sunday, which is the number they need for three months consistently to build another chapel here in Warsaw! So awesome.
We are going to meet with Ola and Marina again this week...and some other new people!
Missionary work is so awesome! We taught 22 lessons this week...and I know that it is because Heavenly Father has blessed us and is using us as instruments in his hands.
I love Poland, I love the people. Missionary work is the best thing ever :).
Remember that with Heavenly Father, nothing is impossible. Nothing.
I love you all!
Siostra 4c :)
Monday, April 23, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
April 15th
Czesc! I hope you all are having a great week! This week was a good week here in Warsaw...we were able to meet with some new people which is always an exciting thing to do :). We met with a new investigator that we found from our area book - a lady named Maria who has come to our english class a couple of times.But we were able to watch with her the movie about the restoration, and she felt the spirit really strong and committed to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it! So awesome news. She says she has been searching for something more in her life for a really long time, so we hope that she will continue to want to learn more about the plan that God has for her.
We also met with a man named Adam who we contacted on the street last week. He isn't a too believing person, but he also said that he would experiment and put it to the test, and asked if his wife could come too....which of course we said yes! haha.
We weren't able to meet with Ola or Marina this week because they were both super busy with school and everything, so we are hoping that this week they will have time...because they are both awesome girls.
Our power went out this week on Monday...and it took us a couple days to find the box to turn it back on...so we planned in the dark a couple of times over a flashlight. It was kind of funny haha.
Yesterday we got invited to have lunch with the Jensen's and then Sister Sheet's (a senior sister who was here) she left today I think back to the states...she actually lives in Highland believe it or not! We then got invited to eat at Katie and Michal's who are an awesome young couple here....they met at BYU - Michal is from Wroclaw! But it was a fun day.
We are looking forward to a busy week and lots of meetings this week!
Conrad was able to get baptized on Saturday which was awesome!...even though I didn't see it I heard it went great! :).
Exciting stuff happening in Poland!
I'm so grateful for this gospel and I know that without a doubt it is true! I know that God has a plan for us and that Jesus atoned and died for us :)
Love always, Siostra 4c
We also met with a man named Adam who we contacted on the street last week. He isn't a too believing person, but he also said that he would experiment and put it to the test, and asked if his wife could come too....which of course we said yes! haha.
We weren't able to meet with Ola or Marina this week because they were both super busy with school and everything, so we are hoping that this week they will have time...because they are both awesome girls.
Our power went out this week on Monday...and it took us a couple days to find the box to turn it back on...so we planned in the dark a couple of times over a flashlight. It was kind of funny haha.
Yesterday we got invited to have lunch with the Jensen's and then Sister Sheet's (a senior sister who was here) she left today I think back to the states...she actually lives in Highland believe it or not! We then got invited to eat at Katie and Michal's who are an awesome young couple here....they met at BYU - Michal is from Wroclaw! But it was a fun day.
We are looking forward to a busy week and lots of meetings this week!
Conrad was able to get baptized on Saturday which was awesome!...even though I didn't see it I heard it went great! :).
Exciting stuff happening in Poland!
I'm so grateful for this gospel and I know that without a doubt it is true! I know that God has a plan for us and that Jesus atoned and died for us :)
Love always, Siostra 4c
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
April 9th-- Happy Easter!
Dzien Dobry! I hope you all had a fantastic Easter and are now having a great little holiday break! :). Well things are going well here in Warsaw...it has actually been a little bit colder this week wierdly...but today it is pretty nice, so hopefully it means that Spring is staying. It's crazy having holiday's in Poland because everything usually closes down for the weekend and the day after...when me and sister Mann went running yesterday morning there was literally no one on the streets haha. But today everyone is back to normal! But we had a good Easter and week ourselves, we got invited with the other three sets of Elders in Warsaw to go over to the Picketts house, who are an American couple living here for three years for his job, and we were able to have a big brunch and share a little message with them. It was a lot of fun! This past week we were able to meet with a lot of less-actives and some members and share a little message with them about the resurrection...and I personally am so grateful for this time - and hope that we always that remember CHRIST LIVES! And that we will all be resurrected too - and that we can live with our families forever! It is such an Amazing blessing that we have been given. I am so grateful for Christ and for everything that he has done for me in my life. Being on a mission - and being able to continually study the scriptures and learn more of him and how much he loves the people here and everywhere thoughout the world has made this weekend extra special to celebrate and remember that he does live. and that he IS the light of the world. and that all those who come into him will find rest and peace and eternal happiness. It's so simple, but often we forget that it really will bring us true happiness. Also being on my mission I have realized how important it is to daily reconvert ourselves to the gospel. We always hear that praying, reading our scriptures everday, and going to church will make us happy...but it is exactly what keeps us converted...because satan is trying so hard to make us forget how we feel and have other things take priority. But I know that doing these things every day will make all the difference and that we really can find TRUE happiness, happiness that lasts by doing so!
This week we were able to meet with Ola and Marina who were doing the non-smoking program...and they made it through it! They are so awesome! They wanted to know more about what we believed and came with a long list of questions...that we tried answering the best we could...with Elder and Sister Jensen's help (they are so amazing!). But they are reading the Book of Mormon, and we are having another lesson with them again on Friday :). They have so much potential! Oksana who we set a baptismal date with is going to be taught by the other sisters now, because we just found out that she is in their area, but we are excited for her, and will continue to hopefully see her around! She is great :). We are working with a girl named Agnieszka who we see about twice a week or three times...we go to her work and teach her little lessons. But she is atheist...but is slowly starting to open up more. We are praying for inspiration to know how to help her have a spiritual experience, and I know that with time that she will be able to notice the spirit in her life.
We are doing well and are excited for the week ahead of us! Warsaw is such an awesome place! I think Andziej who we found in Katowice got baptized this past weekend...and Konrad is supposed to get baptized this coming Saturday! If you could send me some pics from the blog that would be great! :)
we taught 17 lessons this week, so things are looking bright!
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me".
Love, siostra 4c! Stay AWESOME!
This week we were able to meet with Ola and Marina who were doing the non-smoking program...and they made it through it! They are so awesome! They wanted to know more about what we believed and came with a long list of questions...that we tried answering the best we could...with Elder and Sister Jensen's help (they are so amazing!). But they are reading the Book of Mormon, and we are having another lesson with them again on Friday :). They have so much potential! Oksana who we set a baptismal date with is going to be taught by the other sisters now, because we just found out that she is in their area, but we are excited for her, and will continue to hopefully see her around! She is great :). We are working with a girl named Agnieszka who we see about twice a week or three times...we go to her work and teach her little lessons. But she is atheist...but is slowly starting to open up more. We are praying for inspiration to know how to help her have a spiritual experience, and I know that with time that she will be able to notice the spirit in her life.
We are doing well and are excited for the week ahead of us! Warsaw is such an awesome place! I think Andziej who we found in Katowice got baptized this past weekend...and Konrad is supposed to get baptized this coming Saturday! If you could send me some pics from the blog that would be great! :)
we taught 17 lessons this week, so things are looking bright!
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me".
Love, siostra 4c! Stay AWESOME!
April 2nd
Hello Family & Friends! I hope that you all had a wonderful week - especially watching conference this past weekend. We had an awesome week ourselves, and are looking forward to the great week ahead of us. We had a lot of miracles that we were able to take part in, and we know that Heavenly Father is blessing us to be instruments in his hands. On Tuesday we called Sara, the girl who came to institute, and she said that all of a sudden her life got so complicated - and that she wouldn't have any time to meet :(. We knew that Satan was working hard on her, and we told her to pray for direction because we know that this message will be worth everything. We haven't been able to get in touch with her yet, but we are keeping her in our prayers because she is AMAZING and I know that Heavenly Father will help her. But another miracle came when we met with one of the less actives in our ward...she brought her sister in law (Oksana) to the meeting and we had another lesson with her on Friday and committed her to be baptized! She said she would work towards it and that she would read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. We set a date for May 6th :). We are excited to keep meeting with her! On Thursday we were able to meet with two girls (they are about 16) who we met on a bus...who wanted to come to our stop-smoking program...so we met with them on Thursday and taught them the program. They are meeting with us throughout the week and they are interested in hearing the message of the gospel as well! :) They are awesome! On Saturday we were on our way over to the chapel, and in front of the Bakery on the corner of where we are, we noticed a man who was shaking....and he started to have a seizure...and so me and Sister Mann had to help him role on his side so he wouldn't choke...and then we got another mann to call the ambulence...but we were grateful that we were able to be there to help...and we were able to talk to his wife and leave with her information about the church and others who were helping us. It was a crazy but neat experience to be a part of. We are praying that he is okay. But we had 11 lessons this week, which is awesome, and we are looking forward to meeting with many more people this week! :)
We were able to watch the Saturday after noon and sunday morning sessions of conference which was great!
anyways love you all! my time is out! :) haha. talk to you next week....and have a great easter!! :)
love, siostra 4c!
We were able to watch the Saturday after noon and sunday morning sessions of conference which was great!
anyways love you all! my time is out! :) haha. talk to you next week....and have a great easter!! :)
love, siostra 4c!
Monday, March 26, 2012
March 26
Hello family & friends!! Another great week here in Warsaw! First off to tell you more about the area here...we are having lots of meetings here with potential investigators, investigators, less active members, and members...so it's awesome! We are still contacting some too, and have been making lots of calls to set up for this coming week - and it's looking like a week full of meetings! :). We are still teaching english - this time on Wednesday nights...and the weather is getting warmer here too. Me and Sister Mann are still running outside in a close by park in the morning - so that has been fun to start off our days since the weather is nice!
This week we had an amazing lesson with a girl named Sara who contacted the mission office because she wanted to come to institute (she found out about it in Germany from some of her LDS friends there)...but we set up with her and had an AMAZING first lesson with her on Friday - and she said that the restoration makes sense to her, and that she know that God has a plan for her and that there is a reason why we met! so awesome! She is eager to learn more...so we are going to meet with her again on Wednesday! Miracle!!!
Nina, who is around 18, who had a baptismal date - hasn't been able to meet with us yet - but we are going to go out and see her this week hopefully a couple of times. They have a youth center at the church here that is open mostly throughout the day for youth to come...and the Jensen's (a senior couple from Alpine, Utah :)) are there! They are awesome!
But We have been having some less active lessons and recent convert lessons as well, which has been great. We met with a girl named Marcia, who is from Haiti and is going to school here. She has such a strong testimony of Jesus Christ and this gospel.
But this coming weekend is General Conference - which we are hoping we will be able to go to for a session if we have an investigator there...but I encourage all of you to watch it! It is such an amazing blessing that we have to hear from a prophet who recieves direct revelation from God for us in these times. I promise that if you go or watch it with a question(s) in mind that they will ALL be answered. It's amazing how the spirit works! :)
But I love you all and am excited for this awesome week ahead of us!
The Poland Warsaw Mission is incredible! My polish is coming along...and Sister Mann is THE BEST! I love her.
"Don't fear. But be believing".
Love, Siostra 4c!
This week we had an amazing lesson with a girl named Sara who contacted the mission office because she wanted to come to institute (she found out about it in Germany from some of her LDS friends there)...but we set up with her and had an AMAZING first lesson with her on Friday - and she said that the restoration makes sense to her, and that she know that God has a plan for her and that there is a reason why we met! so awesome! She is eager to learn more...so we are going to meet with her again on Wednesday! Miracle!!!
Nina, who is around 18, who had a baptismal date - hasn't been able to meet with us yet - but we are going to go out and see her this week hopefully a couple of times. They have a youth center at the church here that is open mostly throughout the day for youth to come...and the Jensen's (a senior couple from Alpine, Utah :)) are there! They are awesome!
But We have been having some less active lessons and recent convert lessons as well, which has been great. We met with a girl named Marcia, who is from Haiti and is going to school here. She has such a strong testimony of Jesus Christ and this gospel.
But this coming weekend is General Conference - which we are hoping we will be able to go to for a session if we have an investigator there...but I encourage all of you to watch it! It is such an amazing blessing that we have to hear from a prophet who recieves direct revelation from God for us in these times. I promise that if you go or watch it with a question(s) in mind that they will ALL be answered. It's amazing how the spirit works! :)
But I love you all and am excited for this awesome week ahead of us!
The Poland Warsaw Mission is incredible! My polish is coming along...and Sister Mann is THE BEST! I love her.
"Don't fear. But be believing".
Love, Siostra 4c!
Saturday, March 24, 2012
March 19th--First Week In Warsaw
Hello Family and Friends!!! I am officially in Warsaw and am loving it here :). My new companion Sister Mann is awesome and we have been working hard! We live on the south side of Warsaw and are in a ward with half polish/half english speakers so we get the best of both worlds haha.We are working with a girl named Nina (around 18 years old) who is committed to be baptized within the next few weeks, and we are going to have a lesson with her later tonight. Last week we taught a girl named Ewa who is around our same age, and she is progressing as well...and speaks perfect english! We met with a couple less actives and have passed out so many Book of Mormons within these past 5 days than I ever have in my and her mission so far. It's awesome!
We live right down the street from the chapel...buirow...which is nice and convenient to have lessons there. We live about 10 minutes from the center of Warsaw so we take a tram underground to get groceries and do email and stuff.
The polish is coming...I'm learning more everyday...and it gets easier to speak the more you speak it. like they say, practice makes perfect! We are both excited for this transfer and are having lots of faith to find, teach, and baptize!
Anyways I have to go because my time is almost up, but I love you all and am excited for the week ahead of us! STAY AWESOME!
Love, siostra 4c
We live right down the street from the chapel...buirow...which is nice and convenient to have lessons there. We live about 10 minutes from the center of Warsaw so we take a tram underground to get groceries and do email and stuff.
The polish is coming...I'm learning more everyday...and it gets easier to speak the more you speak it. like they say, practice makes perfect! We are both excited for this transfer and are having lots of faith to find, teach, and baptize!
Anyways I have to go because my time is almost up, but I love you all and am excited for the week ahead of us! STAY AWESOME!
Love, siostra 4c
March 12---Transfers
Hello Family & Friends!!! This week is transfers and.........I am getting transfered to Warsaw!! I will be companions with Sister Mann! :). Definately didn't see that coming, but Heavenly Father knows where he wants me to be right now and I'm excited to work with the people there and get to work! I leave on Wednesday up to Warsaw with Sister Marshall...she will be flying home on Friday. I am so grateful for my time here in Katowice and for the wondeful people that I was able to meet, teach, contact, and the strong members that are down here. Katowice is "niesamowity!" which means there is nothing like it! :) haha. I feel blessed to have had Sister Marshall as my companion and trainer, she has such a strong testimony of this gospel and was such an incredible teacher.
Sister Ellis and Ence will be down here in Katowice now, and they will love it! :). THis week was awesome...we met a really cool, young mom who was so happy and full of the light of Christ. She admitted that she was searching for something more...and we were able to give her a Book of Mormon and bear our testimonies to her. She wasn't too open about giving us her number or meeting quite yet, but she asked where church was and if there was a website that she could go to :).
But overall, missionary work is awesome! It's so rewarding and the joy that comes from it is pure happiness. Sometimes me and Sister Marshall wish we could carry around signs that say "eternal happiness right here", but I know that through bearing our testimonies that the spirit testifies to their hearts. I LOVE POLAND! AND I LOVE ALL OF YOU! :)
THankyou for writing me! :) It helps me in my work !:)
Thanks for the pics too! :)
Tonight we are going to a cultural night thing with our district...so we get to hear some orchestra music...and a piano! I'm excited!
I will give you my new address next week! STAY AWESOME! THE GOSPEL IS HERE TO HELP US AND BRING ETERNAL HAPPINESS! don't give up. keep pressing forward. and know that better days are ahead :).
Love always, Siostra 4c!
Sister Ellis and Ence will be down here in Katowice now, and they will love it! :). THis week was awesome...we met a really cool, young mom who was so happy and full of the light of Christ. She admitted that she was searching for something more...and we were able to give her a Book of Mormon and bear our testimonies to her. She wasn't too open about giving us her number or meeting quite yet, but she asked where church was and if there was a website that she could go to :).
But overall, missionary work is awesome! It's so rewarding and the joy that comes from it is pure happiness. Sometimes me and Sister Marshall wish we could carry around signs that say "eternal happiness right here", but I know that through bearing our testimonies that the spirit testifies to their hearts. I LOVE POLAND! AND I LOVE ALL OF YOU! :)
THankyou for writing me! :) It helps me in my work !:)
Thanks for the pics too! :)
Tonight we are going to a cultural night thing with our district...so we get to hear some orchestra music...and a piano! I'm excited!
I will give you my new address next week! STAY AWESOME! THE GOSPEL IS HERE TO HELP US AND BRING ETERNAL HAPPINESS! don't give up. keep pressing forward. and know that better days are ahead :).
Love always, Siostra 4c!
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