Oh wow, The past week has been craaazy. We recieved transfer calls a week and a half ago and I got transferred to Kielce. It was hard to leave the members and investigators and english class homies behind, but its alright cause I'll probably go back there in the future. It is about an hour and a half from Krakow but instead of living in the second biggest city in the mission, I am now in the smallest. It was actually pretty cool because I prefer the country over the city, so when I rode the train into my new area( yeah train! we ride trains everywhere long distance, they are pretty funny and it feels wierd kinda like throwback) it just felt like home, like that small town Idaho feel, fresher air, friendlier more open people, not to mention a super fun, humble, way hardworking companion!
Elder Mulder is his name, he stands majetically at 6' 6''! He is really kind, compassionate, loving, complamentative, loves makeing bomb meals and eating healthy, and working out. So its way easy to get along with him. He is a little shy, but we cancel out in that aspect. It was interesting this week cause we noticed that he can relate with the people that are difficult for me to understand and relate with and vice versa. Haha its funny, I love this companionship. Oh, plus he has Insanity which we have really hit hard this transfer and he helps me a lot with the language, so honestly what else could I ask for, I'm very grateful. One thing that is a little annoying is He walks really fast, so sometimes I have to jog or walk really awkardly to keep up, probably from the fact that two of my steps equal one of his ;) He is also from Massachusettes and has 12 siblings!
Kielce is a two-man city, meaning that we are the only missionaries in like a 120 kilometer radius. ha. I hear it gets a little lonely, but luckily he is zone leader, so we get to travel a lot! There are only about 5 active members, but they are super solid. We found some legit investigators this week and so we are stoked for that. I played piano in church this week cause there was no pianist, it was terrible ha ;)
Speaking of traveling, last week we got to go to warsaw for a day, that was way fun cause that evening we had a finding activity where we went to one of the main squares, set up camp and contacted people walking for a few hours. The place was beautiful and I got to talk to people from all over the World and teach them about the Plan of Happiness and The Restoration. Then we went down to Wroclaw and Legnica, to interview an investigator who was getting baptized the next day. That was amazing, Legnica is like Kielce, small old town feel. Plus I got to see Elder Furhiman!!!! He's like my brother out here. I hope I get to serve with him. Then the next day we came back to Kielce, jumped right into some lessons with new investigators. But now we are headed to Krakow and Katowice for zone training. We are so busy, especially in maintaining our area while being gone so much, But it is way fun!
Funny story: On our train to warsaw, it was cabin seating, ( like on the hogwarts express) so we decided to start at the back of the train and tract to the front. It was so scary, I dunno what we were thinking, but we decided not to waste any time and that it would be selfish of us to withhold this amazing plan and knowledge from those people so we just did it. Ha plus what could possibly go wrong ;) Well we got about 1.5 cabooses down the train found one guy that was super intrigued was looking out the window just thinking about life when we spoke to him and he wanted a Book of Mormon so yeah. But then one of the conductors stopped us. he was was really confused and threatened to remove us from the train if we didn't go back to our cabin(he was angry, probably cause he was catholic). So we just explained the situation and said we would, and then I gave him a pass along card about the restoration, which he actually graciously accepted haha it was funny.
But all in all, a busy/hardworking life is a happy life, as long as you have your priorities stright. Never leave out prayer, prayer is vital. You can literally speak with the creator of the universe and mankind. Why would you not want to recieve his perfect wisdom and guidance. "Pray, he is there, speak, he is listening". I exhort you all. I miss you all. I love you all
Love, Starszy Wood
me and mulder in warsaw
A couple last pics from krakow
Main street of Kielce from the chapel window
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