Week 67 - Szczecin

Hey everyone!

          This week was a good one.  We started out on Tuesday going on exchanges with the zone leaders in Gdańsk.  It was a 5 hour train ride there and a 5 hour train ride back the next day.  That was a lot of time sitting on a train.  But the exchange went well.  I was able to teach a first lesson with Elder Mandla to someone from their English class.  I think it went well, and hopefully they will be able to keep working with him and making progress with him.  We also did a lot of contacting and talking with people on the streets on the way from place to place, and that went well.  Elder Lange and I have been working on making goals based off what we did and learned with the zone leaders.  

          On Thursday, we had a meeting with our investigator, K.  Our lesson kind of ended up going like last week's lesson, where he wasn't very accepting.  We're considering dropping him for now, so we'll see what happens. 

          On Saturday, we went to the weekly 'Park Run' 5K, and it was fun.  I'll have you know I shaved a minute and a half off my time. 

          We had a meeting with a less-active, J., on Saturday evening, and he ended up coming to church yesterday!  So that was pretty good.  We also something cool happen on Thursday.  We made some calls to referrals and potentials, and one of them, P., ended up calling back and he wanted to meet and talk about the Book of Mormon!  So we set up for today, and we're excited to see how that meeting goes.  But yea, the work is moving forward here in Szczecin, and we're excited to see how we can continue that this week. 

          Yesterday in church, one of the members here gave a talk about how we can build our relationship with Jesus Christ.  Her talk was really good, and at the end, she challenged everyone to set goals regarding building that relationship with Christ over the next year, and at the end of the year seeing what improvements were made.  So I've decided to take that challenge and really focus on Christ in the work here, in studies, and I've seen some progress in just that short amount of time.  So I'd like to pass on that challenge to you all.  Set some goals to improve your relationship with Him and really come to know Him, and then after a period of time, see what improvements you've made and what you can do better.  I'm excited to see where this little experiment goes.  But yea, hope everything is going well for you all.  Have an awesome week!

-Elder Hadfield