Well. My children. I had QUITE the week. It felt like Field Trip Week. It was so fun! On Thursday we went out to Sopot and Gdynia, then on Friday we went to Sopot, then on Saturday we went to Stutthof, and then on Sunday we went to - you guessed it - Sopot! It was SO MUCH FUN! I love weeks with lots of adventures. So. From the top.
THURSDAY
... It wasn't actually all that exciting. We went out to visit a couple less active members in Sopot and Gdynia. That was a delight. BUT we got to ride the train, so that made it an adventure! Trains = Adventures. Easy as that.
FRIDAY
CULTURE NIGHT! Oooo OO! It was SO MUCH FUN. We went to Sopot. Explanation. I live in Gdańsk. Just north of Gdańsk you find Sopot, and just north of that you find Gdynia. It's called Trojmiasto. To znaczy, there are three cities, but all kind of one-ish city. Anyways. Sopot is the more touristy city of the three, so we went there for the night. And it was SO lovely. We had a bit of a scare, because an hour before Culture Night was supposed to start it started raining HARDCORE. So we were going to have to change our plans a little bit. And by change our plans, I mean order pizza at the chapel and play games. NOT cool. But it cleared up RIGHT before we left! Yay! We had dinner at this restuarant called The Mexican. ... Yeah. That was a bad decision. Mexican food in Poland is a bad idea EVERY TIME. And yet, I keep going back. I don't know WHY this keeps happening! Actually. I do. It's this: I AM MEXICAN-FOOD DEPRIVED. I just want a quesadilla. Is that so much to ask? A simple chicken and cheese quesadilla. Or even a burrito, for pity's sake! I would KILL for nachos. Or salsa. Anything. I'd take anything at this point. And because I'm so deprived, every time I see a Mexican restuarant, I think, "This time! This time it'll be different! I just want a quesadilla!" And then ... It's bad. When do we LEARN? How many times can this continue to happen before I finally learn that throwing myself into every Mexican restuarant I see in desperation and hysteria is NOT a good idea? It's heart breaking. So. After THAT nightmare, we went down to the beach! WE WENT TO THE BEACH! And then, we just sat, and we talked, and it was beautiful. The end!
SATURDAY
We went with our cute little member Jadwiga (yah-d-vee-ga) out to Stutthof - a concentration camp in the okolice of Gdańsk. It was ... nice. It was good. It was SO great to spend time with her and the elders and those cute Tufts. It was a good experience. But I've got to be honest with you - I don't know how much more WWII/concentration camp/Holocaust stuff I can do. It breaks my heart. It makes me physically ill. Reading about the way that people treated other people - the things they did - it's a lot. It's A LOT. I can't even retell the stories of the things that I saw and read, because it's that horrific. It's important to know about the things that happened. I'm SO glad I've seen the things I've seen. It's important. BUT. I don't think I can do it anymore.
We went with our cute little member Jadwiga (yah-d-vee-ga) out to Stutthof - a concentration camp in the okolice of Gdańsk. It was ... nice. It was good. It was SO great to spend time with her and the elders and those cute Tufts. It was a good experience. But I've got to be honest with you - I don't know how much more WWII/concentration camp/Holocaust stuff I can do. It breaks my heart. It makes me physically ill. Reading about the way that people treated other people - the things they did - it's a lot. It's A LOT. I can't even retell the stories of the things that I saw and read, because it's that horrific. It's important to know about the things that happened. I'm SO glad I've seen the things I've seen. It's important. BUT. I don't think I can do it anymore.
SUNDAY
We had a lesson with Agnieszka and her three crazy children Kasia, Tomek, and Ania, and Brat Harker. That was nice. I ate salmon. Yes. You read that correctly. I, Anna Lin Young, Ate Salmon. I don't even know myself anymore. I didn't like it, but I ate it. Don't expect it to happen again. It was a fluke. Other than that, it was a nice evening!
Let's see. Other news.
I LOVE SISTER TOBY and I already miss her. This has been the fastest transfer of my whole life! It's blowing my mind. And I'm going to miss Sister Toby.
I LOVE SISTER TOBY and I already miss her. This has been the fastest transfer of my whole life! It's blowing my mind. And I'm going to miss Sister Toby.
PRESIDENT UCHTDORF IS COMING TO POLAND THIS WEEKEND AND I'M GOING TO SEE HIM AND POSSIBLEY SHAKE HIS HAND. I couldn't be more thrilled. Unless they also gave me a million dollars and 80 pounds of Milk chocolate and my family for the weekend. THAT would be heaven. ... Oh. And a private One Direction concert. Now that - THAT would be heaven. But that's okay, because PRESIDENT UCHTDORF IS COMING TO POLAND THIS WEEKEND! I'm content with that.
That's all.
Love you guys!
Love you guys!
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