Hey Fam!! So this week was a really
good week in a lot of ways, and also alittle bit of one of those disappointing weeks.... but
it'sokay-things are great! One of the good things that happened this week were my
goals. Ifeel like i Actually made some
improvements this week, and especiallysince the beginning of my mission, so that was such a good
experienceto have-I'm super grateful that
I've at least gotten a little bitbetter
since I left good 'ole G-town. :) My goal with loving otherscan really be summed up into one experience this week... So
onSaturday we were doing a whiteboard on
this super busy street corner,and we were
talking with people about how it's possible for us tofollow Jesus Christ(leading it into baptism as a choice by
someonewith authority)... So we were
solo-contacting, and I was using mypersonal Księga Mormona(she's my baby) to teach people on the
streets.I was in the middle of this sweet
lesson with a nice gentleman, andtwo
Hooli's walked up(*short side-note: Hooli comes from Hooliganwhich is like their lame gang here in Poland... literally
the entrancerequirement is that you've got
to just be a turd to everyone(pleaseexcuse
the language)... so there's that...). I had just gottenfinished reading Moroni's promise with the man, and the
Hooli'sinterrupted and asked what was
going on and what not. I startedtalking to
all 3 of them, and the Hooli's weren't that interested. Oneof them hit the book out of my hand and walked away. I
caught my Bookof Mormon(yeah, I felt like
a baller), and was ready to throw punches.I decided instead to unclench my jaw and fists, and instead wish
thema very good day, and went back to
teaching my street buddy. It wasreally a
blessing from the Lord, because the old Justin Quackenbushwould have had a real problem with that, but I was able to
exercisesome love, and learn something
from the experience! Building upothers-This week was a really good week for looking for
opportunitiesto build up others because it
was a new transfer. I was able to talkall
about all the good qualities in Elder Berlin, and build him upreally well when he wasn't there, and it felt good-it
really did. I amgoing to try to do better
not just with not talking BAD about otherpeople, but in going out of my way to say something good about
them.Being real with the people-this one
was my favorite one. I surelearned to love
the Polish people as I worked to be as real aspossible with them. I started talking to the people on the street
likethey were my best friends, and it
really made a difference! Peopleopen up so
much better when they really feel the love, and havesomeone telling them about something they personally love,
and whathelps them... it was a really cool
experience this week! After prayingand
searching, I have decided that this next week I will work on1)Caring for others(I guess God's trying to teach me
something?)2)Leaving the house with a
smile every single time
3)Serving someone(explicitely) every
day. If you'd like to join me, proszębardzo! I will report next week... thanks y'all :) New Transfer, New Peeps. I already really miss Elder
Weiler. I'veserved around that man for
almost 5 months, and we've had some reallygood times. He's a great missionary, and he's going to do some
realwork in another part of the Lord's
vineyard. Elder Jourdan is our newdistrict
leader in Szczecin. I sure love that guy already! He's superfun to be around, and he's a lot like me when it comes
topersonalities and friendships-I'm super
excited for this transfer withhim.
Unfortunately, the man has some Swag, and I'm worried I mighthave to hide my debit card from myself....
:/ Sooooooooo Elder Berlin and I were
able to teach a bunch ofreally cool street
lessons this week! Unfortunately, it was more of aplanting week as nobody would answer their phones/give
theirnumbers/want to re-meet. It's
okay-they'll be ready one day, maybejust
not today...? We dropped Romald and Irena this week, too. She
hasbeen busy at "sport" the last few
times, and he just really isn'tprogressing. We told him that(lovingly), and that if he really
wantedthis, that he needed to come to
church. I think he'll turn up one day.:)
Elder Berlin and I are trying to figure out the best way to getpolish people to come to church on Sunday. Polish people
aren'texactly prone to church
attendance.... but we're not about that life.We're continuing to work to get these wonderful people to
church,where they can feel the Spirit and
realize that this is where theyneed to
be! We did have a really cool
experience with Paweł this week! Wehadn't
heard from him in forever, and he hadn't been to church, and wewere out contacting one day this week in city center. We
got theimpression to continue on right,
even though the chapel where we weregoing
was over to our left. We followed the prompting, and ran rightinto Paweł. He walked right up to us! He's been so busy
with work andfinding an apartment and
worrying about his family, and we were ableto offer to give him a priesthood blessing to help him through it.
Hewas super excited for that, and thought
it would be super helpful.Hopefully he
makes it to family home evening tonight and we are ableto have that experience with him! Sunday night we had family dinner over at our house
with the Gaysand the other Elders. It was
really a good time as we were able tobond
with the district, and have fun together during our meal times!
Iam really excited for this transfer with
my district! I absolutely LOVE being a
missionary of Jesus Christ and HisChurch.
I know that it is true. I know that the gospel of Jesus Christleads us to happiness in this life, and also in the life to
come! I amso grateful to be a part of this
church! I love the gospel, and I loveall
of y'all! Make it the best week yet!Love,Starszy Quackenbush
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