This past week was overall very positive. We had a few slower days to allow Starszy Meherg to recover from his headache. I was able to serve him more this week and my love for him has grown. My mother always told me that the way to love somebody, especially if it doesn't come naturally at first, is to serve them. It's true that Starszy Meherg and I are very different, with different views, methods etc. However, we have learned to work well together. Really it all comes down to love. There is a quote that I love from Mother Teresa, "When you judge others you don't have time to love them" or reversed "if you love others you don't have time to judge them." Now I paraphrased there but it's very true it all comes down to love because when we have that love we can understand each other and work things out to become stronger. Our communication is better as well as our effectiveness in working. Things here are great.
In terms of work this week:
We had a lesson with Donata and her friend, Franek, who she brought along. Elder Garett and I found her and taught her a lesson on the street one evening during our exchange. We were able to meet with the two of them last Thursday. They are faithful Catholics and already have strong testimonies of the Savior and Heavenly Father. Their interest seemed to decline by the end of the lesson, meaning there was a lack commitment to any of our invitations. We tried to reset up by asking what time works for them and they started mentioning MONTHS rather than a day of the week. They said that school is taking up their time right now and later on, maybe in the summer, they will be able to give more time to meeting. They were genuine and kind just comfortable where they are.
We had a meeting set up for Mx. We invited Ola to be there and I was pretty excited for it. Max has so much potential he just needs to see and understand itI find myself likening scriptures and talks from last General Conference (which two activities have been filling my personal study recently) to him. He's been on my mind a lot and I just see so many links between what I think he could benefit from (judging by our meetings) and what the gospel has to offer. Sadly, he flaked the meeting but we still have hope. We haven't been able to set up with him for a while and then when we did he didn't come, he also hasn't come to church when he says he will try too. I hope he's still interested and committed to work with us to find truth.
My Polish is coming along, my understanding is making leaps and bounds - of course it always depends on the day, contact, conversation but it's coming. I'm working harder than I have been and I'm seeing the results. Yesterday in sacrament meeting I understood the majority. Church always helps because it's "gospel lingo" and Sister Zań gave a really good talk. Simple and powerful: the best kind. The Zańs also blessed their baby son, Piotr, yesterday and Wooho Lee received the Aaronic priesthood and was ordained to the office of a deacon. It was all in Korean - so cool! The Lees are impressive, the kids know Polish pretty well and the parents basically just know Korean but they come to church almost every week. That must be really tough. Learning Polish is a real challenge but it's very rewarding.
Zone training was a major highlight of the week. Our leaders (current zone leaders: Elder Lanham and Elder Caskey, Sister Training Leader: Sister Wendel) are faithful and great examples. I learned a lot from all of them and saw ways I could improve: how I share the message of the restoration with The Book of Mormon, being tactfully bold, and being unified. They each did a station. I'm not sure if I have ever mentioned this before but "unity" is probably the most important word in my opnion. I feel like it encompasses the gospel: Plan of Salvation and our prupose. I have an exchange with Starszy Caskey starting tonight. I'm looking forward to that as well, I think between training, this exchange, and a review of this past transfer I will be able to put together some great goals to work on.
In terms of work this week:
We had a lesson with Donata and her friend, Franek, who she brought along. Elder Garett and I found her and taught her a lesson on the street one evening during our exchange. We were able to meet with the two of them last Thursday. They are faithful Catholics and already have strong testimonies of the Savior and Heavenly Father. Their interest seemed to decline by the end of the lesson, meaning there was a lack commitment to any of our invitations. We tried to reset up by asking what time works for them and they started mentioning MONTHS rather than a day of the week. They said that school is taking up their time right now and later on, maybe in the summer, they will be able to give more time to meeting. They were genuine and kind just comfortable where they are.
We had a meeting set up for Mx. We invited Ola to be there and I was pretty excited for it. Max has so much potential he just needs to see and understand itI find myself likening scriptures and talks from last General Conference (which two activities have been filling my personal study recently) to him. He's been on my mind a lot and I just see so many links between what I think he could benefit from (judging by our meetings) and what the gospel has to offer. Sadly, he flaked the meeting but we still have hope. We haven't been able to set up with him for a while and then when we did he didn't come, he also hasn't come to church when he says he will try too. I hope he's still interested and committed to work with us to find truth.
My Polish is coming along, my understanding is making leaps and bounds - of course it always depends on the day, contact, conversation but it's coming. I'm working harder than I have been and I'm seeing the results. Yesterday in sacrament meeting I understood the majority. Church always helps because it's "gospel lingo" and Sister Zań gave a really good talk. Simple and powerful: the best kind. The Zańs also blessed their baby son, Piotr, yesterday and Wooho Lee received the Aaronic priesthood and was ordained to the office of a deacon. It was all in Korean - so cool! The Lees are impressive, the kids know Polish pretty well and the parents basically just know Korean but they come to church almost every week. That must be really tough. Learning Polish is a real challenge but it's very rewarding.
Zone training was a major highlight of the week. Our leaders (current zone leaders: Elder Lanham and Elder Caskey, Sister Training Leader: Sister Wendel) are faithful and great examples. I learned a lot from all of them and saw ways I could improve: how I share the message of the restoration with The Book of Mormon, being tactfully bold, and being unified. They each did a station. I'm not sure if I have ever mentioned this before but "unity" is probably the most important word in my opnion. I feel like it encompasses the gospel: Plan of Salvation and our prupose. I have an exchange with Starszy Caskey starting tonight. I'm looking forward to that as well, I think between training, this exchange, and a review of this past transfer I will be able to put together some great goals to work on.
Life is great! Our district is great! It's potentially our last week together because this weekend we get transfer calls (since it's the first of the two shorter 7 week transfers). I love you all.
z miłością,
z miłością,
Starszy Kimball
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