Baptism in Poland!

This weekend was wonderful. We had a meeting with Slawek the day before he was baptized with a member who asked if he was ready. The member told him that he could take some more time if he had any doubts (I wasn't too happy with the member) but Slawek replied that he was ready. He had no doubts: he knew that Joseph Smith was a prophet and the Book of Mormon is true because he prayed about it. Oh, it was amazing. The baptism was wonderful. This time Slawek and both the speakers were an half an hour early so there was no need to pace. Everything went smoothly and beautifully.

This week I became a "real man." According to Polish tradition, if a man wants to marry a Polish girl he has to eat tar-tar (probably spelled wrong) with the girl's father. This proves that he is a real man. Well for Sister Harber's birthday one of the options to try was tar-tar so the Pole of the group (Starszy Augustin) made it for us, and we all tried it, and we are all living. Just so you know, tar-tar is basically raw meat with onions and garlic.

General Conference in Poland: The Lodz District Missionaries

We were also able to watch one session of conference---thanks to the Harbers! I don't think I have every been this excited to watch conference. Since the time difference, we watched the Sunday Morning conference session after dinner at 6 p.m. It was crazy to see the snow on the trees in Salt Lake. It has been getting warm here already. We already sleep with the window open. Although the choir did appear to be in the witness protection program with their blurred faces.  I really like President Uchdorf's talk to keep moving forward. Then Elder Bednar's talk helped us realize how we can recognize the light. I also liked President Monson's talk on temples. Like my trainer said- "on a mission, conference is uber applicable."