Category: Mom And Dad
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Malbork Castle
On our way to Warsaw for a mission conference, we stopped to see Malbork Castle. This is the largest castle in the world, occupying 52 acres. On Mondays the self guided tour of the outer castle is free and we learned a lot about the castle. It was built by the Teutonic Knights, a German…
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The Sisters Move
We began working on finding a new apartment for the sisters since we got here. The Parkinsons told us there were mold issues in their old apartment and when we saw the photos of black mold growing behind the curtains we were convinced they needed to move. After viewing several other apartments, and careful consideration…
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Wolf’s Lair
On our preparation day we and the elders visited Adolf Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair located in eastern Poland. This isolated outpost was where Hitler lived from June 1941 to November 1944 (about 3 1/2 years) and from where he waged World War II. We saw what remained of the buildings of the compound, the communications network,…
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Visiting Elžbieta
I have attached a map of our branch boundaries. It would take four hours to traverse it east to west and two hours to go north to south. The dots show where we have members living. Yesterday we drove the young sister missionaries to the town of Kobylnica about 90 minutes away from Gdańsk. The…
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Wejherowo Lecture
Last Monday we drove an hour north to the town of Wejherowo to attend a lecture given by a college professor on our religion, given in a public library. One afternoon, unannounced, he had walked into our church in Gdańsk and told us he planned to give the lecture and invited us to attend. He said we would…
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Pelfrey Q&A Letter
Hi mom and dad, For a Sunday activity we are writing to you. Everyone has a question and a piece of advice for you. Maybe I can post it on the blog after you fill it out. Eric (@ a meeting) Answer: I actually have a lot in common with Eric right now. Bishops and Branch…
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Transfer Day
One of the mission events is transfer day. Missionaries serve where they are needed according to the Lord’s inspiration. They are occasionally transferred to new cities. Two of our fine missionaries, Elder Heath and Sister Ireland were transferred today by train. Elder Heath to Warsaw and Sister Ireland to Łódź. (They are the two missionaries…
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Our First P-Day!
Our mission has Monday as P-Day. P-Day means preparation day or the day we would do laundry, buy groceries, or use to get ready for the rest of the week. The Elders and Sisters in our district who reside in Bydgoszcz came to Gdańsk to spend P-Day with us. We walked around the old city following…
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Baptism of Vitalii Unchanskyi
Our branch increased in numbers today with the baptism of Vitalii Unchanskyi. It was an overcast day and a little on the cool side, especially for a baptism in the Baltic. Vitalii is a humble man, a shipbuilder in the shipyard here in Gdańsk who wanted to better himself in our English class. He liked…
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We Were Honored in Szklana
Today we traveled to the small town of Szklana, Poland to participate in the dedication of an Evangelical cemetery there. A priest from the Catholic Church along with an Evangelical Pastor blessed the cemetery in an impressive ceremony. This cemetery, which was unmarked and had no visible gravestones or markers, was the final resting place…