Gdzie Jest Andrzeja?!

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What is up?! How is everyone doing? 

This week was interesting. Not much to tell. But I had a lot of time to reflect haha! Lots of time spent goal setting and planning. I am so excited for these last six months. I can't belive I only have six months left. That is scary. But also exciting. There is so much opportunity for growth in these next six months. A lot of things I'm excited to develop and strengthen.

I have four transfers left and they are already off to an interesting start. My baby and I are getting separated. I love sister grob with my entire heart. The news of us getting split apart was a complete shock. Saturday night we held it together but Sunday we just cried non stop. She is my sister. This has been the hardest transfer news. 

A lot of saying hard goodbyes these next two days... I'm just praying siostro grob and I get to be companions again. That girl... I am so blessed to call her my sister 

I'll be going to Katowice (again) I have already served there for one transfer but I am so excited to go back. I've kept in good contact with the members and our friends there so it'll be good to be with them again. I'll be with sister Ireland again... (perks of having 16 sisters in your mission) which I am so excited for and we will get to serve as STL's together which is such a blessing because I will still be able to stay close to sister grob, call her every week, and go on exchanges with her. I feel so blessed. It'll be so fun! 

For me being on a mission has been so incredible the only homesickness I have felt is for the temple. We don't have the opportunity to go while we are out because the closest one is in Ukraine... and the next closest is in Germany.  However, Sunday.... that is the closest I have ever felt to the temple without being in the temple. If you have been reading my emails you'll know that in Rzeszów we've been working to establish a group... so we rent out a little conference room in a Catholic Hotel... our member(s) did not come nor did any of our friends... it was just  sister grob, Starszy Lund, Starszy Hardman, and I. We had both hours of church with just the four of us. We shared our testimonies. I honestly have not felt the spirit that strong other than being in the temple. There was not a dry eye in the room. I am grateful for the time I've had to serve with such incredible missionaries. Especially for the opportunity to open up The most amazing city, Rzeszów, with them. 

Sunday night we went to mass and made some friends with this group of wonderful older ladies. We sung with them for about 45 minutes before mass started. It was awesome they gave us little printouts and their little hymn books so we could follow along with them. It was so awesome! 

This morning we went to Kraków to day goodbye to moja siostro... siostro Kasprzycka... it doesn't feel real. She has been with me since I got into country. At first we served together in warsaw (the only city where there are two sens of sisters) then I got to serve as her stl so we got to work even more together, then we left Warsaw together and she become my stl, then we become companions, and then we served in neighbouring cities and therefore the same district... I can't believe she is going home. I've been blessed with some pretty incredible companions. My time with each of them has been so special. It is so hard to say goodbye. 

Do mojego kamyka 

do zobaczenia wkrótce

 Kocham Cię siostro♡ 

I love Poland. I love the people here. And I love the people I am so privileged to serve with.

I am excited to really just embrace my last four transfers and see what God has in store. He has already blessed me with so much. I feel so privileged to be one of His missionaries. 

Okay spiritual thought...

Come from Alma 17

2 Now these sons of Mosiah were with Alma at the time the angel first appeared unto him; therefore Alma did rejoice exceedingly to see his brethren; and what added more to his joy, they were still his brethren in the Lord; yea, and they had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth; for they were men of a sound understanding and they had searched the scriptures diligently, that they might know the word of God.

Gods plan for us is a plan of joy. He wants us to be happy and joyful in this life and the life to come. "Life is not simply to be endured but to be endured with joy" president uchtdorf said that in a talk I read recently... I didn't get the quite exactly right I don't think but it is to that affect. 

I've truly learned that on my mission... there is so much joy to be had. There is so much good. 

Well that is all for this week... sorry it was kind of a big email. 

I always love hearing from you all. It always brightens my week when I get an email! So thank you, it means the world to me. 

I hope you all have a great week! 

Siostro Andrzeja

 (sister Kasprzycka has a nun aunt who calls me that and I think it's my favourite name I've been given)... oh yeah the title of my email... thats what she said to siostro k when she went to vist her the other day literally the sweetest woman alive. Sister k... the next time i find myself in kraków i will be visiting Ciocia Beata