This has been a good week here in Gdansk. We have seen small miracles each day. We have had a lot of adventures. The best news was hearing that Karolina was baptized! The elders also had a meeting in Warsaw so that meant we got mail. I must say I have the best family ever. It was so great to get all the notes from the cousins from Thanksgiving. It sounds like everyone is super busy. It was also great to hear about all of the missionaries from Murray. I also got a great letter from Gary, Sister Whitbeck (she goes home a week before me) and Gabby and a great thanksgiving note from Sister Goodloe, and from Alex. I seriously thought it was Christmas already. I also got the small package sent to the mission office. Don't worry I haven't opened it yet.
Surprisingly, we haven't had any snow yet. In fact we had one day this week where we both decided it was colder in July than it was in December. Crazy- but it is starting to get cold again. Last night was definitely cold.
Okay so like I said that we have had small miracles everyday, well to name a few. We met with a less active on Saturday. She hadn't been to church in a year but we had a really good meeting. We challenged to fast with us and we ended the meeting starting our fast together. She told us she would come to church and SHE DID! It was amazing. The members were so excited to see her. She is sweet lady who I already love. We were talking about hope and she told us that every night she says her prayers and than writes three blessings in life from that day. She told us it could be simple things but as she prayers she remembers the best things of her day. Then when she has a bad day she reads her journal and remembers how blessed she is. It is a great challenge for all of us. Write three things down where we have seen God's hand in our lives and you will find it.
This week Sister McAdams and I learned the lesson of having a good back up plan. We had a meeting set up to meet with a mom and we were super excited about it. But we planned exactly where we wanted to tract if she wasn't there. Well, sadly she gave us a bad address and as frustrating as that was we went to plan b without delay. The last door (always the last) we knocked on a mom opened the door with two kids playing in the background. As we were talking to her, the husband came home from work. They both agreed to start reading the Book of Mormon and set up to meet with us this week. It was a great blessing. (And we know it is a real address :).
I have also seen miracles as the Lord puts people in our path. I have been trying more to contact on trams and using all the time we have. It has been amazing to see how people have been placed and sometimes when I struggling with a way to start talking to them. They ask me for directions and that starts the conversation going.
Each day we are asked how Poland is different than America. Of course we have the culture and language but the more I have been here, the more I see that everywhere is the same. We all have problems and struggles no matter where we live. That what is so cool about being able to share the gospel. It has the answers to help everyone. People ask why we came all the way from America to an already Christian country. We tell them that we have missionaries all over the world doing the exact thing we are doing. It has been great to be able to say that I have friends in the Ukraine, Philippines, and the states right now sharing this message. That it is for everyone. It is amazing to be a part of it.
Well I am doing great and love being here in Gdansk. Sorry for the scattered email. But I love you all. The mail was amazing! Remember write 3 things a day!
Love Siostra Steadman
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