Week 54 - Lodz

26 Sierpnia = 26th of August. Guess when Jake's birthday is?!

All Saints Day!

All Saints Day at the Cemetery

20 zlot hot chocolate!

Getting ready to go clean graves

Elder Hadfield's year mark!

Waiting 15 minutes for the Tram

The look of having to wait 15 minutes or the tram

Elder Blau and his new scarf!

Snow!

Staying together - 18 week transfer!

Hey all!

     How are things going on out there?  Hope they are going well for you all.  This week was pretty solid. We had some solid lessons this week.  We had one with T. at his place on Thursday, and it went well.  We read Moroni 7 together, and he really enjoyed it.  I also send out a daily scripture text to like 10 people, both from back in Kraków and here in Łódź, and he asked if he could get those, and he's pretty pumped for that.  We also had district meeting with President Turek on Tuesday which was pretty great.  President is a great man.  We had a lesson with W. later that day, and we finished the recent convert lessons with him, but we're still planning on meeting with him weekly to keep working with him.  We also had a meeting with a new investigator on Saturday, I.  He's from Ukraine, and we met with him over Skype.  The lesson went well, and he committed to pray daily, so we're excited to keep working with him and see how it goes.  We also on Saturday got our transfer calls.  We found out that Elder Blau and I will be staying together another 9 weeks!  So we're pretty pumped about that.  In fact, our whole district is staying the same.  So that should be really cool.  But yea, we're excited for this next transfer and what it will bring. 

Yesterday, I ended up teaching the gospel principles class.  The topic was prayer, and I found a scripture I really liked.  It's in Alma chapter 37:  

36 Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever.

37 Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

Prayer is something that I've learned a lot about on my mission, both through personal experience and through seeing others experiences.  I like this scripture because, as it says, if we constantly direct our thoughts to the Lord through praying often, we will have his influence in our life and we will be guided.  How awesome it is to know that when we have a bad day or have challenges in life, we can talk with the most powerful Being in the universe, and he will listen to us and help us. 

Love you all, and have a legendary week!

-Elder Hadfield