Tamara at MTC with Her Elder Companions

Tamara entered the MTC on August 22, 2007 - and had from 11-13 elders as her companions! She fit right in with all those brothers! She is the cute one on the front row in a SKIRT!

August 11, 2008 Tamara's Weekly Letter!

czesc wam,Hey guys, well it was another good week, we worked hard to try and get the district standard, and we got really close again. It was really cool though because we got more progressing investigators and we had some really cool meetings. One of my favorite meetings was with Maciej. We had 2 meetings with him this week. On tuesday we really wanted to challenge him to baptism, even though it was only the second lesson. He'd already read the chapter we'd given him in the BOM and so we started teaching him a 3rd lesson about the gospel of Jesus Christ. he's so amazing and so humble! It's incredible to teach him! We taught him all about faith and how it grows like a seed and everytime we teach him a principle he'll listen and ask a few questions and then by the end if we make a statement about how it applies to people in general or how it can help him, he'll ask us if we've seen how it helps us in our lives. It really makes us think, and personalize it I love it! Towards the end of the lesson sis Coles felt like she should still ask him to be baptized even though we were pretty sure he wouldn't accept yet, and he didn't, but it really made him think, he didn't totally reject the idea, he just wants more time to decide(he said it could take a couple years!, I'd give him another 3 weeks!). Then we had a meeting again with him on friday with Krzystof(our EQ prez) and his girlfriend, and we taught the plan of salvation. Our secret goal was to get them to be buddies so they can both have a friend, and it's already working! Krzystof helped out on a few questions and answered them for him. The best was when we asked him to change his work schedule so he didn't have to work on sunday so he could come to church, he accepted because of the testimonies of Krzystof and Agata. Members are so amazing! They bore strong testimony of the difference it has made in their lives and he was able to see that! So we should have an investigator in church next week!We also met a Hindu! He wanted us to convince him that Christ is the son of God. So we had a whole lesson about Christ! It was really awkward because we had to do it in english, and I slipped twice into polish! But he took the book of Mormon and he has already read a little bit in it! Anyways love yall lots,S. TamP.s. we had a relief society party and I don't think I've eaten so much sausage and chicken in my life!-Agata's family are all members and they are sealed in the temple! She's the only pole I know that's not american that is sealed to her family!

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!