Tamara's Letter 7/28/08

Hey guys,I love zone conference! It's amazing how it comes right when we need it every time. This one was amazing too. And the next one is going to be heaven! Elder Perry is coming! So their bringing all 100missionaries into warsaw so we can see him! It's going to be insane! I'm so excited! This zone conference was combined with both Warsaw zones so we had 50 missionaries and it was already a ton! We Went to Hard Rock Cafe when we came in with a bunch of missionaries and it was amazing! Zone conference was incredible because they've come up with new programs for us and they were so motivating! We have the busiest family history center in Europe so President decided to use it so we have these new fliers where we have them fill out their parents names and info and maybe they're grandparents if they know it then we send it to warsaw and the senior sisters look up as much as they can about their family and send it back to us! Then we get to go visit them in their homes and give them all the stuff we've found on their families! It's genius! Polish people love their heritage and love to talk about it! I"m so excited to talk about it with people on the streets! The day before zone conference was pretty humbling we were teaching Zoya the temple prep lessons so she can go through, and all she needed was permisison from her husband, but he won't give it, so she showed up to our lesson and bawled for 2 hours. She has more faith than any other person I know, so I know it will work out for her. Then that night our YW Karolina was bawling because things had happened at home too and so we were with her for awhile too. Anyway so after all that I was so drained. We were out of kleenexes and I know longer had a handkerchief! But it was amazing because that night I decided to call Krzystof, our less active in Krakow who is my Polish dad basically. Instantly when I called I felt an amazing love for the people, and I felt so happy! It was a simple conversation, but I was so grateful for that tender mercy. These people are so amazing and they go through so much and do so much for us! It's incredible!Anyways, Love yall lots.Sio Tamp.s. we were running to catch the bus to go to church and it took off so we slowed down under a tree and a bird pooped on my head! It made my day, it was so funny! A lady at the bus stop gave us some toilet paper from her bag, but it was hilarious!