WELL CZEŚĆ TO YOU!
I had such an amazing week I don’t even know where to begin!! Well
first off I GOT THE PACKAGE with the shoes in it! I actually got it this
morning during our studies. They delivered it right to the door!! We weren’t
even going to answer it because no one ever calls our domophone but we did and
thank goodness because it was a package for me!!!!!!!!! I love the shoes!!!!
They are so cute and Sister Packard sang a new shoes song while I danced around
in them! They are super cute and really comfy already!! I haven’t been having
my shin splints very much since my blessing and now with these shoes I’m sure
they will go away completely!! I’ve been doing everything I was told! Certain
exercises and drinking water and all sorts of things so thank you very much for
these. I can already tell that they are going to do wonders!! I feel so tall
and awesome!! Thank you for the letter!! I really want to serve in Krakow!!
That is the place I went to when I visited Poland the first time and they JUST
opened it up to sisters last transfer when I got here so the chances are
good!!! Thank you for everything else in there too! The Elders are going to
FLIP when they get the maple candies! But don’t worry they are more for the
polish people not the missionaries!
SO! Where to begin! I GOT MAIL! On Friday we had special training
with President and Sister Nielsen.They brought our mail and guess what!!!! IM
LOVED!!!! It was so exciting!! They had this huge stack and so I was dividing
it and there were 3 for the elders and the rest was all for me!! I felt kind of
bad but hey I’m still a Greenie! It’s to be expected! I got a letter from you
and from Amber!! And the cd's!! and one from REAGAN!! Bless her soul I miss her
so much!! And a postcard from my dear cousin Logan and a few others! It was
just so nice to have a little piece of home!!
So last P-day Sister Packard, the Elders and I went to go and play
some sports together and when I say play sports I really mean goof off and pass
a soccer ball back and forth so I was playing with Elder Dopp, Neuner, and
Elder Smith. None of us were very good and so it was fun! Poor Elder Smith. I
wish you could’ve met him! He cracked me up 100% of the time. He is hilarious
and so goofy! He went to shoot the ball into the net that was being guarded by
Elder Dopp and they both ran for the ball at the same time and kicked it at the
same time. Elder Smith got hurt! So he sits on the ground and naturally I’m
laughing because I’m sick like that (I get it from you!). So I’m helping him
and I’m concerned but I’m also laughing and so was he we all were but then we
realized he was actually pretty hurt so he’s taking his time and were now
sitting on this bench and with a lot of encouragement and like 15 minutes later
he finally takes his sock off so we can look at it and his ankle is HUGE!!! So
we had to carry him to the doctor’s office. We found out that he totally broke
his ankle!! And he had to go home!!! :( I was so upset. It was so unexpected!!
We all miss him so much! But it taught me to make every minute count because
you never know what will happen!! So sad!
I went on my first exchange!!! It was very cool to see how other
people do stuff and I had to be BY MYSELF!! For like a whole 4 hours!! It was
CRAZY! But actually kind of nice I’m not going to lie! I was so relieved when Sister
Packard came back. I missed her! It made me appreciate her more being on an
exchange with a different sister. I was glad to see her again!
On Thursday we were having a contacting competition where we just
talk to everyone (like everyday) but we keep track of how many people we each
contact. I went up to a lady and started to talk to her. Well, walk and talk
and then she started speaking English! So we had a really good conversation. We
talked to her for so long we walked her all the way to her house!! She showed
us her garden and her yard. It was so beautiful!!! Granny would’ve loved it!! She
told us to come inside!! MY FIRST POLISH HOME!!! This lady is so rich! Her
house is huge! (for a polish home). She has traveled all over the world and her
husband died about 5 years ago. She gave us a whole tour and said we could come
back and teach her!! She also gave me some carbonated water so she is
definitely my favorite!! We invited her to the BBQ we are having on Saturday
and she said she would come!!! Her name is Virginia and she is so awesome!!! So
kind and friendly!! We are hoping to start teaching her!!
On Friday we had special training with President and the
missionaries from Wrosław came which means I got to see SISTER BLAKE!! My
companion from the MTC!! It was so fun to see her and talk about the good old
days! And to remember that I am not alone in this whole training thing! She is
so precious! I miss her so much! She told me my hair was longer! And redder! And
that I lost weight!! Holy moly could I love her anymore?
Saturday we had our first branch BBQ!!! It was so fun! Sister Packard
and I had 5 OF OUR INVESTIGATORS SHOW UP!! Which is so amazing!! Thank goodness
the Elders were there to help us talk to all of them but our branch is super
cool! Everyone is so nice and understanding and I love talking to them all even
though I can’t understand them and they can’t understand me! It’s like a
constant game of charades!! But the Polish version!! It’s so fun!!
That’s about it for my week! Church was amazing yesterday as always
and it’s so amazing to go and feel the same spirit even though I can’t
understand what they are saying!!
Oh, we taught Sylvia finally and went over all of the baptismal
questions. She isn’t living the law of chastity and we had to have quite the
fun conversation with her but its quite a problem and were not sure what to do
because she really wants to get baptized but doesn’t want to change so please
pray hard this week for her.We are teaching her Law of Chastity on Thursday so I
will have an update next week!!! She most likely will not be getting baptized June
8th anymore though :( this broke my heart by the way. You can teach these people
and feel a glimmer of what Heavenly Father feels for them. It can be almost
overwhelming the sadness, hope and love you feel for them. It has its ups and
downs but this one was a down. So we will have to see! All in the Lord's timing
of course!
About the chapter in Mosiah I was telling you about last week! I
think it was 9? Anyways it’s talking about how the people go and they work and
till the ground and build buildings and plant fields and do all this work! Then
in the next verse it says they began to prosper and multiply in the land. And
it hit me like a ton of bricks!!!! This is the work I need to be doing. The
people in the book of Mormon always had to work really hard before the
rejoicing and prospering and having families and babies! And that is what a
mission is for me! I need to do this work and it is super hard. I miss home a
lot and if I think about how long I will be doing this for it makes me want to
hop on a plane! However I know that this is where I need to be and that after
this I will be blessed and I WILL be given the promised blessings! It was
comforting to read such a simple scripture and have it mean so very much to me!
I love the Book of Mormon so much!
I miss you all so much. I just love more than anything
hearing about how you are all doing back home. It’s the simple stories and
funny moments of home that make me feel comforted and happy so please always
keep them coming!! Thank you so much! I love you sooo much and I love everyone!
Thanks for the pictures! I miss you all and pray for you all the time!!!
xoxox
Love you!
Siostra Hailey Pearson
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