Week 11??12?? Nie Wiem

Hello everyone!

 I hope you are all doing well. This week was good. My companionship re-opened the area for proselating sisters so It has been a lot of ground up work. Which means a lot of contacting. Which turns out can be umm very fun. 

We had a babcia approach us and was just the sweetest little thing then all of the sudden.... boom. She began to go off! We got Bible bashed. I was catching about every fifth word... but you didn't need to speak Polish to know she felt passionately about whatever she was talking about. She approached us and all we said was our names... and then we stood there for 12 minutes while she yelled at us... I was scared of my knees... you should've seen how she was swinging that cane...when we could finally get a word in to explain that we are foreign and our Polish is a work in progress... a switch flipped in her.  She instantly started to hug Me and say (in Polish) just how amazing I was and how much she loved me and how much God loves the both of us (her and i)... but again... you didn't need to speak the language to know she was fawning over me. It was so wild. We then got on the same bus as her and parted ways. After I bought my ticket I went up to her and said "bóg cię kocha, miłego dnia". She grabbed my hands and said (in Polish) all the good things I wish for you. I love you and so does God.

Needless to say it was a wild ride, but I'm glad we could share the commonality of God's love. 

Which leads me to...

Spiritual thought:

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

This scripture is one of my favourites. It reminds me it's important to embrace weakness as it means i can be made stronger through christ (and hardwork of course).  As I read this it also reminded me of Ether 12:27

 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

I loved general conference This weekend. We got to Stay up until 24:00 so we could watch the whole thing live. The last session i watched on my own, my comps couldn't hang hahaha. But seriously. Those talks were all so incredible. My biggest take away was probably the importance of temple covenants as well as having compassion. It's important for us to not just have a testimony, but to be a testimony. It's crucial that we are compassionate, kind, loving, thoughtful humans. This world needs more of it:) 

So today, I invite you all to do something for someone else... even if it's just holding open a door for a stranger. It goes a long way. Be a light to others. Show someone that they are loved and thought of. 

Next week I'll write more about conference..

 Cause they DO NOT MISS. But I'm currently walking around oldtown. 

1) Nowy Świat

2) a church we visited today

3) Oldtown

5) all the sisters in Warszawa today:)

6) our tap water is Brown and smells really bad... so this is us on our emergency water run

7) I am receiving customer complaints on the lack of me in pictures... so here is a fantastic candid of me today leaving old town... can't believe I'm sending that one

I love you all and can't wait to hear from you:) 

Siostra Andrews