hey momma bear!
well first i have to
thank you for bringing me into the world on that day in 1996 haha, i bet that i
wasn't very easy at all, but i am grateful for it, because i was born into a great
family, a family with the spirit and a family that i have enjoyed being a part
of for all these past 19 years. so speaking of the urodziny i had yesterday, it
was fun, i made an apple bread for my cake, and our district leader
made brownies and peach cobbler, long story short it was a sugar overload, my
companion actually puked because of it (all over our balcony), and then we
ended up throwing the remaining brownies and cake off of that same balcony, it
was pretty awesome. And another awesome thing was the presents, i LOVE my
stripling warrior shirt, and i love the razor, i used it this morning and it
was glorious and smooth. so im glad that you got to use me as an example of
turning from a fisherman to a fisher of men, and i just read that part in Jesus
the Christ as well, i love that book so much, it is making the life of Christ,
the reality that he was on this Earth, and how he acted, his personality, his
power, his authority, his teachings, just everything about him, it is just
making seem so much more real to me, i love it, and im glad that you love it
too. So on the topic of weather we have actually
been getting a lot of snow, i think we have gotten about 1/2 meter in the last
few days, and it has been about -2 to 0 degrees celsius every day, so not too
bad at all. thank you for all that you do, and i really am just fine, i couldnt
be happier than i am right now, thank you for everything momma, i love you.
So, A few days ago Elder G and
I were going out contacting, and instead of taking one of our usual routes, we
decided to go a different way, one we had tried a few times. And as we were
contacting and talking to people in the midst of the snow, we approached an
older lady, and told her that today we were talking about how people could live
with their families forever. She then told us that she was returning from the
cemetery where her son was buried. In response to this, we told her that we
have a way that she could not only see her son again, but she could be with him
and her family for eternity. And I also related the experience my parents had
with my sister dying, and how they found peace through Christ and his plan for
us. We asked if she would like to know more, but she said at that moment she
didn't have time, so we left her a brochure about The Plan of Salvation, and
exchanged numbers. The reason I say this was the hand of the Lord, is because
as we were leaving the apartment, we prayed that we could have someone to
teach the Plan of Salvation to, and it happened. So this week we had
a Doctrine Night, in which we taught the Plan of Salvation mixed with the
Restoration, we handed out 400 ulotek in mailboxes, and out of all of them,
only one man showed up, and he is one of the English students we have. So we
taught him and it was amazing, the spirit was so strong, and we had President
Najberg and Marta there, and they told their conversion stories, it was all
just amazing. And at the end, sadly, he said that he didn't want to know more,
because he had studied theology and he felt the Catholic faith he had was
enough. So we invited him to seek an answer from God, and we knew that was all
we could do, but it was good, I really enjoyed it. Love,elder summers
p.s.
im starting a polish word of the week, and this week it is: wspaniałomyślność :
generosity
hey dad!
my birthday was awesome, we had a lot of
sugar, and we had a lot of fun together as well. every day out here has been
fun to be completely honest, even the hard days, something always happens that
makes us laugh, or my companion will say something funny or something like
that, and it makes me forget all of the bad. haha thats awesome that you call
them the preachers, and im glad that you got to teach the greatest most amazing
part of the gospel, i love the plan of salvation as well, and it is for sure my
favorite, because through it i know that i know amanda, and i will see her and
hug her and talk to her again. so, i may be one year older, but i am still a
young missionary haha, my companion is in his 20's, and i still think i am one
of the youngest in the mission still, but it does feel good to get another year
under my belt. i remember that meeting with elder malm, that was incredible oh
my gosh, it was amazing how serious he got, at that moment the only thing that
he was concerned about on the face of this planet or any other planet, was Maddie
getting baptized and me baptizing her. im glad that we came through as well, it
wasn't easy at all, i am forever thankful
for that now. i love you too dad, thank you for everything that you have done
for me.
