Finally getting back to the Blog. Will have more photos and information on the next posting. This is a picture of the only Church owned Branch in Poland and the one we attend which is Polish speaking. The picture next to it shows the adjoining property which is, as you can see is a beautiful park and walkway which leads to one of the seemingly hundreds of Catholic cemeterys in the country. I'll have more to say about this after we actually visit the cemetery tommorrow which is a national Polish holiday celebrating the Day of the Dead. The Branch is small, but a very acceptable facility and the meetings are just as you would expect to find at any Ward or Branch anywhere, except for the language. The active people, while few in numbers are just, for the most part as you would expect. The Missionaries are outstanding and are very dedicated. It is really one big family with about 70 young Elders and Sisters and 8 senior couples and/or senior sisters in-country. For those of you in the greater Las Vegas area, Paul and Nola Harber will be here to serve beginning next Friday the 5th of Nov. So we are all looking forward to having them here. While we may be thousands of miles from 'home' the Church and it's members and the people of this country are the same and in many ways you wouldn't even know that you are living in a place called Warsaw. Of interest, the Church has about 1200 people on the rolls, but the latest figures show only about 400 are on an active status for the entire country. That's sad, but I guess that is why we are here. Also of interest, is the number of JW folks in Poland. Possibly as many as 300,000,+/-. Yet, it's the Catholics who have taken issue the most with our Church. Maybe it's because the Jehovah W. have been here since the 1920's. Our love to you all.
Finally getting back to the Blog. Will have more photos and information on the next posting. This is a picture of the only Church owned Branch in Poland and the one we attend which is Polish speaking. The picture next to it shows the adjoining property which is, as you can see is a beautiful park and walkway which leads to one of the seemingly hundreds of Catholic cemeterys in the country. I'll have more to say about this after we actually visit the cemetery tommorrow which is a national Polish holiday celebrating the Day of the Dead. The Branch is small, but a very acceptable facility and the meetings are just as you would expect to find at any Ward or Branch anywhere, except for the language. The active people, while few in numbers are just, for the most part as you would expect. The Missionaries are outstanding and are very dedicated. It is really one big family with about 70 young Elders and Sisters and 8 senior couples and/or senior sisters in-country. For those of you in the greater Las Vegas area, Paul and Nola Harber will be here to serve beginning next Friday the 5th of Nov. So we are all looking forward to having them here. While we may be thousands of miles from 'home' the Church and it's members and the people of this country are the same and in many ways you wouldn't even know that you are living in a place called Warsaw. Of interest, the Church has about 1200 people on the rolls, but the latest figures show only about 400 are on an active status for the entire country. That's sad, but I guess that is why we are here. Also of interest, is the number of JW folks in Poland. Possibly as many as 300,000,+/-. Yet, it's the Catholics who have taken issue the most with our Church. Maybe it's because the Jehovah W. have been here since the 1920's. Our love to you all. 
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