hey!
wow, you sound like
you are doing so good! the Lord is guiding your path so you have nothing to
worry about, and Smitty will be fine, he is the toughest dog in the world.
The change will be good, you are already seeing family more it sounds like, and
since we will be with them for eternity, it wouldn't be a bad thing to be
around them haha. yes I loved conference, it was so amazing to be edified
by our Prophets, so I am getting transfered to Łódź, Yes I got
the travel wods and they are being put to use. and I will keep putting on
pictures of my adventures. So I had two experiences that I would like to
share with you about what happened this week. The first is about a man named
Mirek, who we first met at our English Class two weeks ago, when he came in he
had a different, sad spirit about him, he sat through the lesson and he was
very willing to participate in everything that we had our English students do.
After English he stayed behind and wanted us to sign the Book of Mormon that we
gave him for our spiritual thought at the beginning of the lesson. As we wrote
down our testimonies in the book my companion talked to him, and sadly he is
separating from his wife, and wanted to learn English so he could leave Poland.
He showed up to English the next week as well, and after we taught him a little
bit about baptism, nothing formal, but we explained what we believe on the
subject. We then invited him to church and on Sunday he came and participated
in all three meetings, he was already starting to look different, to look
happier. This gospel builds people back up after a hard trial, because this
religion was restored by Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, and they direct this
church, the only thing that this church and its teaching will do is edify us.
So no matter what situation you are in in your life, this church can build you
up, and I know that is what will happen with Mirek, he is an amazing man and
this gospel will strengthen him, and he will find peace in this church.
The second experience
happened right after we dropped off my companion to head into Warsaw. We were
doing some street contacting, I was by myself, and I manager to stop a man
named Marcin. And for the first time, I was able to teach him in Polish, and
understand what he was saying, it was the most amazing thing I have ever
experienced, and I know that it was through the Lord and his hand in my life
that I was able to do that. I taught him about faith, repentance, baptism, and
the example that Jesus Christ put forth for us to follow, it was just incredible.
This made me think of another aspect of the gospel, which is that when we are
doing what we are supposed to do, following the commandments and the plan that
our Heavenly Father has put forth, we will receive help, because he loves us,
and he wants to help us, but we have to work hard, and after all we can do,
after all of our courage and diligence, the Lord will make up the difference,
always, I know that he loves each and every one of us, and every person on this
Earth needs help at some point, and when we are willing to work for it, our
Heavenly Father will help us.
love,
elder summers
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