Hey guys! SO sorry I couldn't email yesterday! I hope you weren't too worried. Unfortunately, I had a surprise trip to Warsaw to get my Karta Pobytu (Yay! I'm now legal in Poland!), so that put a bit of a damper on things P-day wise. Basically, we didn't have any P-day at all. Luckily we get to do everything today, so it's not too big of a deal. Just a little inconvenient.
Things are SUPER fall-y now in Poland! I love it SO much! It's absolutely gorgeous. Yesterday on my train ride I saw my first red leaves of the fall, and I was SO excited! I wanted to get a picture, but alas. That was not possible. Those trains move a little too fast for that. (Speaking of - when my mountains turn red and orange, PLEASE take a picture for me and send it. I miss my mountains. Poland is quite flat.) We've been getting a bit of rain recently, and that's fun! Luckily I invested in some boots last week, so my feet aren't soaked and gross. And can I just say, the person who invented boots and I are going to BEST FRIENDS in heaven. I love 'em. And guess what? With boots, I get to wear SOCKS. Straight up socks. EVERY day. I'm livin' the dream. Seriously. You don't have any idea how awesome socks are until you go 6 months without wearing them.
So. Best news ever. I can now listen to soundtracks. And classical music. And Christmas mucis. But SOUNDTRACKS. It's like, the best thinge ever. It makes me want to cry tears of joy. I love music. And I love MoTab - I do. But listening to them, and them only, day in and day out, for six months - it takes a toll on a person. Seriously. It's rough.
Last week I was a wee bit sick, so that was unfortunate. I slept for almost 17 hours straight. And then I was STILL tired. How does that work? I don't even get it. You'd think after sleeping for that long, you'd be like, "Well, alright! Enough of that! Let's be awake!" Nope. Not so. I was just like, "What? Only 17 hours? Nope. Still tired. Sun - go away." However. That's not exactly wolno.. So I got up. And I'm feeling a lot better now, so that's good!
We had a game night with some YSA's and our investigators and all the missionaries (you hear that? They do actual BRANCH ACTIVITIES in Lodz! This is UNHEARD of! Activities! I almost cried, I was so excited), and it was SO awesome. And SO fun. And our investigators are the coolest. Unfortunately, one just left on a two week vacation to Ireland. So that's unfortunate. However, she's super solid, and she'll be back in no time, and we'll just teach her and be happy and life will be good.
So there's this thing, called Polish. And it's the best language ever. Because guess what? Word order? Not even a problem. I can say any sentence any way I want to and throw that word order around, and it's totally fine. It rocks. And now, my English is getting a little bit messed up, because I love that no word order thing. It's makes for some awkward conversations. And then sometimes I think weird Polish things, or I use weird Polish words when I'm talking in English, and not gonna lie, I kinda love it. Oh Polish. How I love thee. I mean, it's ridiculous. It's the most ridiculous language on the planet. But it's very interesting, and comlicated, and fun. And I just love it. At church the other week, one of the members was talking about how if ANYONE can speak Polish - missionary or actual Pole - it's gotta be a gift from God, because this is one crazy langauge. And I was just like, "Dude, skadzam sie.." Except I said it more Polish-y and politely. Don't worry. I've never referred to anyone as "dude" here in Poland.
Anyways. I've gotta run. But I love you all SO SO much, and I PINKY PROMISE I'll put up some pictures next week! You guys are the best!
Love, Siostra Young
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