25 Words

If I only had 25 words left to tell you, Allen Family, to znacze Gregg, Nathan, Spencer, Rachel, James, Luke, Hyrum, Mom, and Dad... it would be the following (ok so I thought this up quick but, maybe that's better!)

God comes first!  Love others like unto yourself.  Smile Always.  Work harder today than yesterday.  Christ is the center of your life.  I LOVE YOU!

And that's that.  I hope you know that I know that Christ lives and loves us.  I was so blessed to be able to listen to Conference this week end.  I listened to the Young Women's Conference in English, the Saturday Morning Session in Polish.  The Saturday Evening Session in English, the Sunday morning session in Polish and the Priesthood Session in Polish.  So I may or may not have understood quite a bit of the ones that were in Polish.  It's at times like this that I realize I really have a long ways to go in this language still.  But I did understand main ideas and... most of it?  If you tune out for like three seconds, you're done for... that's the thing!  And it was dark and I was trying to take notes... haha but I loved it!  I had a count down chain in my apartment for Conference I was so excited.  And I have to say that the Young Women's Conference was my favorite.  They showed a short video clip about a young girl going to the temple and it reminded me of those fun days when I'd wake up real early and make the trip to the temple.  Especially when it was super cold and I'd get in my truck and drive the squealing thing to the temple.  Man, I miss the temple.  I love it so much.  I love this church, SO MUCH!  I'm so grateful for the influence it has on my life and it's just so grand and so great it's so hard to share in one sentence on a tramwaj or in a bus to get someone interested quickly.  I wish so bad that I could just show them!  Show them everything!  The Book of Mormon, the Bible, The Doctrine and Covenants, every conference i've ever watched!  Ah, man.

So I DID get your package... sorry I thought I wrote about it, but just talked about it in my recording, and so I'll send the recording... THANKS SO MUCH!  It was so awesome to get it!  I LOVE PACKAGES!  And I will not open my new package until my birthday, I promise.

Someone wanted to know what kind of music we are allowed to listen to here, and we are allowed to listen to Mormon Tabernacle Choir and hymns of the church,  nothing else.
Also I was asked the following questions:

What's your favorite Polish food so far?
I love bigos!  It's so good... and I miss it, actually, haven't had it in a while.  I don't like their cheesecakes - they are dry and usually have like prunes or something in them!

How's the language? Speaking it like a pro?? What is your favorite word to say?
I love the language, it's hard and therefore fun and challenging.  the Elders in our district are pretty good at it and like to correct me.  I'm grateful for their correction, it's good for me!  I am speaking alright, but I wouldn't say I'm the best at it, or a pro.  My favorite word to say?  Well it used to be śmierć... which means death...and sounds like it too... but now?  Hmmm... I love the word Zmartwychwstanie, which means The Resurrection.  Or you could say, pewnego dnia my wszysce zmartwychwstaniemy!  Which means some day we will all be resurrected!  :) yaya!

Any super crazy stories that you would hesitate to tell your mother?
Haha...  I'll have to think about that one...

How is the candy over there? Do you even eat candy? If so, what is your favorite?
The candy over here is pretty delicious.  I love their piernik... I think that's how you spell it... their gingerbread.  It's so good!  But not really a candy.  I get lots of candy from the states (thanks to Mom and Jason and Tonja) so I've yet to go through all of that.  They have really good chocolate here, I've probably eaten more chocolate on my mission than ever before, you know I don't like chocolate... I don't eat it too much though, still.
My favorite candy candy, though... still those sour green apple rings - they have them here too :)

What are you studying in the scriptures right now? Are your scriptures color coded and marked like crazy?

I'm going through the Book of Mormon with my mission right now, so I'm in 3 Nephi.  Actually this morning I read about the beattitudes and it was like Christ was speakind directly to me.  I'm so grateful for the scriptures, they always tell me what I need to hear and when I need to hear it!  I love learning more about the Savior!  As I read, we have been asked to mark our scriptures in the following way: RED = refrences to Christ, BLUE = refrences to REPENTANCE, PURPLE = Faith, and GREEN = Obedience, so yeah they are pretty marked up.  Mostly my Preach My Gospel is more marked up than anything else.  I've organized all my thoughts in there rather than in the scriptures... and in my scripture journal.  Perhaps I need to do more pondering and also pisać in my scriptures!

Nie wiem czy lubicie jak pisam popolsku... czy lubicie?  Mam nadzieja że tak!  Bo lubie czasami.  Musie powiedzieć że jestem wdzięczna ża was a dla wszystko robicie!  Dziękuje!  Kocham was dużo!

O.k. what else...
The sun is shining again!  And I'm so excited for Summer!  Seriously... let's have it.
We had an awesome lesson with a girl named Rose this week, except for in Polish that's Róża.  She's the bomb.  And we're excited for a BAPTISM this weekend.  My two favorite super old Polish ladies in the whole world!  Sister Czesława and Sister Elżbieta will be baptized this Saturday at 2:00 by Filip and Godfrey and I'm so excited.  I really do love these ladies.  They tell us stories and tell us to rest and to stay warm and to not be on the streets late at night.  They are just so cute and throw snow balls at the elders (or at eachother) and talk about their favorite t.v. show - Blind Date... haha... oh man.  They're a hoot and I love them SO much!  They will be baptized forwards and not backwards because of back problems :) haha!

Those are the two getting baptized! :) yay!

Well, I know there's more to say but I'm going to send this now before it gets too late, to make sure the pictures get sent today.  Know that I love you and that the church is SO true!  It was so good to hear from JENNY WILLIAMS!  I love Sister Williams a ton.  And it was also good to hear from the PRIMARY kids this week!  Thanks for the letters guys!  You are all so awesome! (especially thanks to luke and James, I miss you guys too!) Keep doing what Jesus would do and you will always have a reason to be happy!  Also I got an e-mail from Tasha, and it made my week.  So thanks Tasha!  I wanted to tell you that here there are people named Kasia which is your name but with a 'K' on front instead of a 'T' also, there are lots of girls named Maja - which is your middle name...so I think about you a lot.

Love you all tons!  Keep up the hard work,
- Sister Amber Allen