As it is thanksgiving I wanted to write my gratitude list. I have so many things to be grateful for-
1. Prayer- gdziekolwiek(whereever) and kiedykolwiek (whenever). I know that our Father listens and answers in his own time. Thankful that He is patient with me.
2. Technology! I can read everyone's email and not have to wait for the mail that may never come. It also saved the day yesterday. Do you remember Sister Sue from Lodz? She is still striving to be a good missionary. Well I got a phone call from her saying that her friend (member from Thailand) was coming to church. She wanted us to meet her at the train station. Somtee speaks less English than
Sister Sue speaks. And she told Sister Sue she didn't understand anything, but Sister Sue told her to come to church anyway. So now she has "free day" so she can come to church every Sunday. We were in a Polish branch where we translate it to English and than Sister McAdams, by the help of google translator, was able to translate to Thai.
3. The Church is the same world wide. No matter if you are Polish, American, Thai or whatever, the sacrament means the same thing.
4. I am only having to try to learn Polish. After watching Somtee type in Thai, I am grateful that I am not trying to learn all those crazy characters. I working on being more confident. I had an old Babcia call me out on that yesterday. So I am grateful for that---people care enough to help me.
5. Amazing new converts. We had a meeting with Ania this week. When she met the missionaries she was Hindu and didn't believe that Christ was our Savior. Now, she has the most powerful testimony.
6. Warm weather. I might be ruining it, but the weather has been great.
7. Finding the one. This past week, we went contacting and we were not having any success. Until we found Ola. Definitely a tender mercy from the Lord. She has been to Temple Square and taken a tour. She also had talked to missionaries in Romania. Yet, she hadn't talked to any missionaries in her own city. We are so excited to meet with her.
8. This week we had a lot of meetings cancel or disappear, but we had one. It was amazing. We taught a family. They had recently moved here and they all just stopped going to the Catholic church. It was a great meeting and we are excited to meet again with them this week.
9. Things to laugh about. This week we have had a lot of things to laugh about. I don't know how many times we have gotten on the wrong tram.
10. Service. This week we were able to help the branch by raking up all the leaves at the church.
Basically I have so many things to be grateful for but especially for all of you. Thanks for all of your support. I love you. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving. I will miss not seeing everyone. Send pictures!
Love Siostra Steadman
Everyday I have been trying to find my tender mercy of the day. It is a great way to stay grateful.
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