Mission Conference!

Witam w 2025 roku!



This week didn't feel real! We went to Warsaw for a two day Mission conference, December 31st and January 1st. It was so much fun to see everyone and grow together spiritually. Siostra Atkinson, Andrews, and I were asked to give a presentation about what we learned on our mission. I love these two sisters with my whole heart and I am grateful that we have been able to serve the past year and a half together. I've learned so much from them. 



It is tradition in our mission to give a final testimony at your last zone conference and this mission conference was my last one. As I stood in front of everyone to bear my testimony it didn't feel real. I don't know how I got to this point. It went by way too fast. I bore testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ and how His atonement has changed me this past year and a half. I will probably share more about this at my homecoming so I'll leave you on a cliff hanger until then. I almost got through it without crying and then I saw sister andrews crying and a couple other missionaries and I couldn't help but cry. 



Then sister andrews got up after me to share her testimony… I bawled like a little baby. I couldn't help but think about how proud of her I am and how grateful I am for God putting us together in the times I truly needed her. Then sister Atkinson got up and the tears didn't slow down. She has also changed my life so much. We served a big portion of our mission in the same areas. She is the most christlike person I've ever met. I am so grateful for the amazing people God has put into my life throughout my mission. 



The rest of the conference was so much fun. We did a white elephant gift exchange… I'll attach a picture of what I opened up. Definitely top 10 most ironic/funny moments of my mission. We also did a talent show as districts. My district was lacking talent so we decided to sing a Polish Christmas song accapella… none of us are singers. It was hard to sing with a straight face.

Our mission president let us watch movie all together. We watched “escape germany”. It was about how all the missionaries got out of Germany right before world War 2 started in Poland. It was a very good movie. 

The best part of zone conference was seeing all my friends I've made on my mission, especially those who I served with in the office. We had a little reunion and all drank energy drinks together to help us stay awake for midnight. (See picture below) As a mission we celebrated new years at the chapel and watched fireworks outside when it hit midnight. 



The rest of this week was so good. People are finally wanting to meet with us now that the holidays are over. The work is picking up and time is flying! 



I have been so blessed by God on my mission by the people He has put into my life. I love this quote from President Kimball, ”God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs.” This has been so true as time and time again I have found answers to my prayers through the people God has put into my life. God loves us and He knows us perfectly. I am grateful for you all and that God has put you into my life. 



Kocham Was,

Siostra Trost


Pictures:


1. THE OFFICE missionaries

2. Poland Warsaw Mission (This is all of us)

3. Siostry Andrews, Atkinson, and I

4. White elephant gift 

5. Picture sister andrews took of me singing in the talent show

6. Warsaw w sister gliske

7. Lunch with our cute Japanese friends

8. Babci and trainees

9. Carolina and us at church 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 8

Image
hello! We are almost out of here. We have one week left until we are on a plane to Poland. Learning a language in nine weeks is kind of insane... very overwhelming. Next week will be crazy to be immersed in it. We are all so ready but also not at all hahaha so many mixed emotions. We just want to be able to communicate our message with people. With time and practice it will come.  We had an awesome devotional last night by Elder Nattress! I have so much to say about it. It was focused a lot on how the gospel is so personal and how we can be the best missionaries possible. So as usual... if you want to know more... email me:)  I love it when you guys do! I spent a lot of time with a talk given by Elder Christofferson called "The Love of God". I read and listened to it in both Polish and English... and went through breaking down the grammar in Polish.... I am glad I picked this talk to do that with because it is amazing! which brings me to my spiritual thought.  In this tal...
Read more

I Liveeeeee

Image
Hello everyone!  I am alive and so well.  I am very sorry its been so long. But I'll catch you up quickly... I got transfered to Katowice. So for the first time in my six months in country, I have new comps, I am with sister wiener and sister tanner. They are awesome! Sister wiener and I got to welcome sister tanner into country and are training. It has been such a blast with them. Sister tanner loves a good movie refrence and made us power puff girl bracelets... funny enough she gave me the bubbles one, which is something my little cousins use to call me so I thought that was adorable.  I am in Katowice and it is so much fun here. We have seen some incredible miracles. We got to be apart of a part of our friends baptism a few weeks ago and then the elders friend got baptised last week in the Lake close by. It has been so much fun. But it is so crazy because we get transfer news next week. We don't know whats going to happen. We have one sister leaving the mission so we d...
Read more