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We Travel to Kołczygłowy
Yesterday we visited two of our members on the far west edge of our branch. We found both excellent spirits on a beautiful Polish summer day. We walked past a Catholic Church that our member told us reminded him of the Kirtland Temple. Elders Wicker and Pawlik, who accompanied us, met with a man they…
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The Battlefields of Virginia
To clarify the title, the battlefield I’m talking about is my day to day summer life with everyone out of school. I consider myself to be fighting the good fight. The painter I employed asked me…” What’s the longest you can speak without being interrupted by your kids?!” It was in an amused manner he…
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Inviting to Church in Gdańsk
Last evening the missionaries took violin and cello in hand to serenade Gdańsk and invite everyone to a musical Sacrament meeting we held today. Elder Pawlik and Sister Sands handed out 175 invitations in about an hour. Here is “Lead Kindly Light” as performed by Sister Dil and Elder Wicker.
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A Visit to the Library
For some time one of our friends from our English class, who is a librarian and not a member of the church, has invited us to come to her library to tell about our home states or countries. She and her co-librarian, who translates our powerpoint presentations, make up posters and hang them up in…
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Translating at Sacrament Meeting
One of our challenges in Sacrament Meeting is getting languages translated. We have members who can only speak Russian or Spanish or Portuguese or English or Polish or Ukrainian (with a mixture of Russian). How to cover all these languages? We also have two members and one friend who are polyglots, speaking Polish, Russian and…
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Home remodel
A few months ago I made the decision to sell one of my rental properties in Spanish Fork. The tenant just left, so now I’m prepping the home for sale. It has been a big job because the house is pretty old and beat up. The house was built in the 1920s, according to county…