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The Visit From Some of Our Kids
Bryant and Paige, Melodie and Jay came to visit us in Gdańsk on Thursday October 31 (Halloween). After they arrived we took them to our church. We immediately put up the Halloween decorations that Paige brought for our English Class. The people who came for English that night not only got to see Paige’s decorations…
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Toruń Gingerbread
Yesterday we and all the missionaries in our district visited Toruń (pronounced Toroin), the home of Polish gingerbread. It was first made in the 13th century here and is famous worldwide. We took a tour and learned how gingerbread is made. As made here in Toruń, it is a special sugar cookie with ginger and…
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Toruń Dragon
Did you hear about the legend of the dragon of Toruń? Here is what we read when we visited the city. “On August 13, 1746, the foreman of carpentry Johann Georg Hieronimi and Kataharina Storchin, a soldier’s wife, testified to the municipal clerk in Toruń that in the spring of 1746 they saw a dragon….
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Victor’s Baptism
Jesus said, “Except a man be born of the water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Yesterday we found our way to Brzezno beach for a baptism in the cool Baltic Sea. When offered the choice between being baptized in a pool or in the ocean, Victor Barrientos, our…
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Kiddies with Kitties
We had a neighborhood outside baby kitty follow us home from our walk the other day. I was a sucker and gave it some milk. Indie didn’t know what to think of it. It hopped up on him in his stroller at one point. Later that day we had piano lessons and our piano teacher…
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Zone Conference in Warsaw
We spent last week in Warsaw getting our special Polish documents and attending zone conference. Sharon also went to a special sister missionary conference while I hung out with the other senior missionary elders. Our first challenge was to go on Monday obtain the special Polish document, the Karta Pobytu. This document allows us to…