Hej cześć friends and family!

As I consider my missionary experiences from this past week, I feel greatly blessed to be serving in Poznañ with my two companions—Sister Gornichec and Sister Aramaki. We kept ourselves busy with teaching appointments and meetings, we spent time reflecting on the last week of the Savior’s mortal life, and we celebrated with the Saints of Poznañ the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! 😊

Here are a few highlights:

We had a terrific meeting with the sweetest girl we’re teaching.  Our conversation focused on God’s plan for us as His children, and our purpose in life!  We also talked about the meaning of the Atonement and how powerful it can be when we apply it to our own lives.  The Spirit was so powerful as we testified of the power of the Atonement and the peace it brings!

Several people we are teaching are steadily progressing and it’s amazing to see them week after week, as they keep their commitments, read the Book of Mormon, pray, and grow so much spiritually! 😊

For our service project this week, we visited a non-profit hospicjum (hospice) here in Poznań. The staff and residents are preparing for a huge festival the first couple days of May where, as their fundraiser for the year, they will sell hand-crafted and painted butterflies. Our project was to assemble and glue each butterfly. It was awesome!

On Sunday, I spoke in Sacrament Meeting on some of the varied and distinctly meaningful titles of Christ including Savior, Redeemer, Prince of Peace, Son of God, and Son of Man—and on how His Atonement and Resurrection are the greatest gifts we will ever know. It was the first time I wrote my talk in Polish (up to this point, I have written them in English first and then translated them into Polish). I felt especially fluent and was grateful to share my testimony with the members and guests of the Poznañ branch. In addition to this week’s special assignment of speaking, one of my regular weekly responsibilities is pianist for the congregation so I stayed quite busy during the meeting.

As I was preparing my talk, I found a General Conference address by President Ezra Taft Benson from October 1985.  Included below are a few favorite sections:

“Yes, Christ changes men, and changed men can change the world…Men changed for Christ will be captained by Christ. Like Paul they will be asking, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” (Acts 9:6) Peter stated, they will “follow his steps.” (1 Peter 2:21.) John said they will “walk, even as he walked.” (1 John 2:6.)  Finally, men captained by Christ will be consumed in Christ. To paraphrase President Harold B. Lee, ‘they set fire in others because they are on fire…Not only would they die for the Lord, but more important they want to live for Him…Enter their homes, and the pictures on their walls, the books on their shelves, the music in the air, their words and acts reveal them as Christians.”

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1985/10/born-of-god?lang=eng

I love you all so much!!  I am so grateful to be a missionary!  I know this Gospel is true, and that if we are captained by Christ, we will find more joy than we can ever know!!  I hope you have a wonderful week!

z miłością,

Siostra Baldwin

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