Moon's in Poland: SENIOR'S CONFERENCE IN WARSAW

On July 1st and 2nd we had a great

SENIOR MISSIONARY CONFERENCE
at the mission home in Warsaw.
We took Sister Sheets with us.
About twenty minutes out of town we were sent on
a detour - off through the countryside.
We some different areas but wanted just to get
to Warsaw so we could do a little shopping
at a pottery shop by the Dworzec before
the meetings began.
It is a good thing we were following other
vehicles because there were no signs or
policemen showing is the way.
Delay = 30 minutes.
All went well them until we joined the
main road going north and south from Warsaw
and it was under construction the rest of the way.
Delay = 45 minutes.
Forget shopping today.
We went straight to the mission and found
Elder and Sister Zatylny.

They had arrived earlier than they had anticipated
and were quickly put to work making hamburger
patties and pounding chicken pieces.

Here we are all together for the meeting.
There are 5 couples and 3 sisters +
President and Sister Nielson.

After th e meeting we all helped to get dinner ready
to eat. Here are the women in the kitchen
(where else would they be?)
Sister Tarasevich, Sister Austin, Sister Sheets,
Sister Richards, Sister Zatylny, Sister Briggs,
Robyn Tarasevich (returned in April from her mission
on Temple Square and came to visit her parents).

The grill crew was Elder Moon and Elder Tarasevich.

President and Sister Nielson showed off their
new "Cook of Mormon" aprons.

All fifteen fit around the table.
Do some of you remember the twelve around our
table?
SMACZNEGO!!

After dinner Sister Nielson showed us a way
to teach piano using just chords.
It is very interesting and useful.

The next morning Kasia (the YSA president in Warsaw)

came with a 20 passenger van for a tour of the city.

In the van and ready.

We went to Praga, a part of the city on the east side of
the River Wisla that was not destroyed during the war.
In this area near the river there were these statues of
musicians because this was an area where they would
hang out and have street concerts, etc.

Near the cathedral were beautiful gardens and resting
places and we rested or really posed while we were
waiting for the Polish guide to meet us.
Here I am with the Senior Sisters.
Sister Sheets, Sister Briggs, Sister Austin.

A statue of a hero in front of the cathedral.

This is a beautiful old building. I don't remember the
architectural style but there are only 2 or 3
buildings remaining herein this style.
It is very lovely and the other building don't have
the decorations that this one has.

Apartment building here are built around a courtyard
in the middle and this is one the the courtyards in Praga.
The complexes in this area have memorials like this one in the
center of the courtyard.
They are a religious people but these are more for the
memory of the many many people who
were lined up here and killed.

The building on the right was a government building
after the war.
The building with the red windows was used after the war
by the Russian government who was in control of Poland.
Even though Poland supposedly had their own leaders most of
the leaders were Russian. Here the Russian leaders would take
people and interrogate then to see what their connection
was to the Uprising and how "loyal" they would be to the
new government. Many verbal punishments and arguments
were had here and many people were convicted of
political crimes and were executed here or sent to Siberia.
I knew people were sent to Siberia but I have seen so many
evidences of that and the hardships they endured or did not live.

Old tattered buildings. The people here do not want to
make the buildings better or keep them up.
They like them this way.

We then went to the old prison called the Citadel.
These are the crosses on the hill in front of the entrance
in memory of those who list their lives.