It is Thursday night, the 15th of December and the YSAs and guests are gearing
up for the White Elephant present exchange.
up for the White Elephant present exchange.The big box that S. Sheahan has is a bottle of Tymbark apple and watermelon juice turned out to be the most coveted gift and made the rounds between different people.
Elder Buckner got a small bottle of Bug spray, just in case he decides to go hiking in the woods.
Lidia got a pair of arm warmers to wear under her jacket and kept them out of sight so noone would want them.
Marta got a clock that crows like a rooster when the alarm goes off. We ended up with that and may bring that home from Poland.
We are getting ready for our Christmas dinner at the Branch. It will be all Polish food except for the fruit salad that I brought. Grzegorz, one of our only 2 YSAs helped set things up along with the Missionaries.
Elder Rogers, Elder Buckner, Sister Leppanen, Sister Sheahan and Grzegorz.
Here we are, the intrepid six missionaries in Poznan, Poland.
Elder Buckner got a small bottle of Bug spray, just in case he decides to go hiking in the woods.Lidia got a pair of arm warmers to wear under her jacket and kept them out of sight so noone would want them.
Marta got a clock that crows like a rooster when the alarm goes off. We ended up with that and may bring that home from Poland.We are getting ready for our Christmas dinner at the Branch. It will be all Polish food except for the fruit salad that I brought. Grzegorz, one of our only 2 YSAs helped set things up along with the Missionaries.
Elder Rogers, Elder Buckner, Sister Leppanen, Sister Sheahan and Grzegorz.
Here we are, the intrepid six missionaries in Poznan, Poland.
Maciej and Elder Rogers. Maciej loves Elder Rogers, Elder buckner and Harry Potter.
Jolanta, Grzegorz, Natalie's parents, Michael and Gosha, Mark Bannatyne and standing are Regina and Grazyna.
Jolanta and me. We spent a half hour with the Polish dictionary trying to carry on a conversation and we crack each other up. she speaks no English and my Polish is pathetic.
We had some wonderful Polish food. Pirogies stuffed with cabbage and mushrooms, cabbage and carrot salad, Bigocsz which is cabbage, sausage, and mushrooms cooked in a spicy sauce. Did I mention that we had cabbage? There were, of
course, potatoes and a couple fish dishes and Borscz, beet soup. One was like pickled herring in sour cream. The other one was a carrot,fish and potato dish. We had several desserts but the desserts are not as sweet as we eat in America and the Polish people don't make pies.
Jolanta, Grzegorz, Natalie's parents, Michael and Gosha, Mark Bannatyne and standing are Regina and Grazyna.Jolanta and me. We spent a half hour with the Polish dictionary trying to carry on a conversation and we crack each other up. she speaks no English and my Polish is pathetic.
We had some wonderful Polish food. Pirogies stuffed with cabbage and mushrooms, cabbage and carrot salad, Bigocsz which is cabbage, sausage, and mushrooms cooked in a spicy sauce. Did I mention that we had cabbage? There were, of
course, potatoes and a couple fish dishes and Borscz, beet soup. One was like pickled herring in sour cream. The other one was a carrot,fish and potato dish. We had several desserts but the desserts are not as sweet as we eat in America and the Polish people don't make pies.
The Missionary choir plus Grzegorz sang a Christmas hymn and then we had caroling with everyone. The Polish Chriatmas carols are different then ours, other than Silent Night which must be universal.
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