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A Miracle
Janina Murzyńska is one of the long time members of our branch. She is 71 and has never married. She has, I think, five advanced degrees, including a doctorate in architecture from BYU. She was a university professor here in Gdańsk for her career. She speaks four languages: English, Polish, Russian and French. She has…
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A Spanish Speaker in Gdańsk?
I learned the Spanish language on my mission to Argentina but then I didn’t use it and I essentially lost it. I could piece together a sentence or two – but I couldn’t think in Spanish and the connection between the words and the thoughts behind them was gone. In our mission to Salt Lake…
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White Trash Summer
We have been hitting the pool pretty hard this summer. We go down to the Peay’s at least once a week. We also go over to our friend’s backyard to their above ground pool. Me and my friend sit in camp chairs and yell at the kids. It’s a pretty sweet set up. As part…
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Cool people build their own cabins
Stephen, Darrell, and I drove up to Lost Crick this weekend to build the Cabin. We framed the walls, put joist hangers on the floor joists (to make the floor less bouncy), and sured up the foundation even more. It was very fun. Lost Crick is beautiful right now except for the absurd amount of…
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Darrell’s workforce
This Thursday I helped Darrell landscape his property in Spanish Fork. We chopped down ~8 small trees and hauled them to the dump. The house looks way better already (but could still use a remodeling down to the studs). Then on Friday me and Julia tended Lewis and Hallie for a few hours while Darrell…
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To the Tippy Tippy Top
Being with the young missionaries is like drinking from the fountain of youth. I haven’t felt better in a long time. Today’s preparation day adventure proves it. With me in tow, the missionaries, Sisters Dil and Sands and Elders Pavlik and Wicker ascended up about 165 feet to the observation deck of the Gdańsk Town…