Preparing fur Deustchland!

Well, this is my last Wednesday P-day! Ah! So crazy! We started to pack today... What?! We all said it feels like we got here last week!

I loved all the pictures I got this week! Thanks for sending me those! Baby Penny is SO cute! It’s so weird that I won’t see her for 18 months...but that’s ok. I'll just have to make sure I work extra hard for her to like me! :) Seeing Dad in glasses again brings back childhood flashbacks! Hadlie is wearing all of my hoodies! What is this?! Riv's hair looks awesome! So jealous of the long hair. My hair is great too, but sometimes I miss my long hair. I wrote Brooke and told her that people still compliment me on my hair all the time, which I think is weird because it is short and looks no different from anyone else’s. Anyway....How is all going at home? I’m mad there is no snow!! Ugh! 

Ok, so on Wednesday we did sealings! So good! The temple is closed today so we can't go today...:(

Domstag, so I wrote you about my tear duct being clogged. Aber, I think it was just a sty or something because I prayed and it went away in a day or two. I just didn't wear my contacts! Also, during our lektion mit Daniel, I asked him "wie können SUNDE helfen sie?" First off, I know that’s not correct grammar, second that sentence says "how can sin help you?" Ok, I know this doesn't sound that bad but in the lesson that we were teaching it was SO funny!! I meant to say, "How can repentance help you?" Our teacher Brudder Brogden totally broke character and lost it during the lesson! Pretty funny! Also, Brudder Brogden is an AWESOME teacher! He is kind of shyer than our other teachers but he knows how to teach! We also did TRC skyping real Germans! It was cool! We didn't have video, but it was cool to attempt to talk and teach and understand! He said we were better at German than some of the other missionaries that he has talked to. So that was good! 

Freitag, WE GOT OUR FLIGHT PLANS!!! Yes!!! We were all SO excited!! Ok, so here’s the plan....there is 20 of us all traveling together to Berlin! We report to the travel office at the mtc at 6:00 am on Tuesday the 2nd. Our flight leaves at 11:10 am to Seattle. We have about an hour layover (that is not long) then from Seattle we fly to Amsterdam! YES! AMSTERDAM!!! CRAZY!!! That is about an 11-12 hour flight! We land in Amsterdam at about 8:15 am their time. Then we leave Amsterdam at about 10, and have an hour flight to Berlin. So total hours of travel time is about 14 hours!! Ok, so calling wise...expect me to call on Tuesday the 2nd of December between 7:30 and about 10:30 I would guess! Then if I have time I will call you in Seattle which will be about 1:30 -2:30! It is kind of up in the air! Just be expecting all day and pick up your phone and have it on loud all day. Thanks! :) On a not so happy note, Elder Luchs had a doctor’s appointment to see if he had depression and ADHD (update on that later). He’s such a sweet kid and that would be so hard! Also I had about the funnest class! Man, this was just a good day! Our teachers assigned us a grammar topic to teach. So Brudder Janis was the teacher and it was Sister Israelsen’s turn to teach her grammar so Brudder Janis pretended to be a student and it was SO funny! After grammar we talked about the importance of talking about baptism on the first lesson. Brudder Janis said, "When you have the courage to talk about baptism on the first lesson, I PROMISE you that you will have too many people to teach and many miracles." He then told us a story of how he and one of his companions did this and they had so much success they had to go on splits all the time to teach all the lessons that they had!

Samstag, we were in the computer lab doing TALL (some missionary language program. It’s pretty cool! We get to talk to the computer. Sister Israelsen says loudly to the computer "damit, wir lernen!" Which was SO funny because all the Deustchers in the computer lab knew what it meant, but not the Italians that were in there with us! Haha! The word "damit" means "so that". So we use it all the time, and it’s my favorite word! Haha! Also, when our class isn't focusing I try to tell them to focus, and I always have snacks etc...Brudder Janis called me the mother of our district. So now all the Elders call me Mudder! Funny. Also, our teachers wrote the last of our ablauf on the board and it’s so sad! I asked when the last time we see them is and it’s on next Monday! They left and I cried... the Elders and Sister Israelsen think I’m crazy. I may be. I CRIED because I won’t have our teachers anymore. Lächerlich!!

Sonstag, it was the last Sunday with President Peterson! We sang to him in sacrament meeting! For Relief Society we heard from the second counselor in the YW presidency and she was AWESOME! So sweet!

Montag, we did service, I'm going to be awesome at polishing things when I get back! We got our travel check out list! Crazy! This doesn't seem real! I kind of want to stay still! Ok, and this is where I update you on elder Luchs a little more. He found he does have depression and they let him pray and fast over whether he thought he should go home or not. Later that day I taught my grammar lesson and had a sentence structure activity that Brudder Janis really liked so he told us to do it as a district during language study pretty frequently. Sometimes I do have some pretty good ideas I guess! Also... I had a dream in Deutsch! Was?! They were all talking to me about gospel things but still! Cool! 

Denstag, So, Elder Luchs felt it best for him to go home. So they quickly threw a flight together and he left at 12! Our elders gave him a blessing before he left and I cried all the way through it!  He left and the rest of yesterday was kommisch. Also I got to sing in the choir! And guess who came and spoke to us. Dallin H. Oaks!!! It was awesome! We get to see Elder Bednar on Thanksgiving! And we get to sing Come Thou Fount the Tabernacle choir version! 

Ok, well that’s all for this week! Let me know if you have frages! Love you so so much!! Have a good week! I will call you on Tuesday!! 

Liebe, Sister St. John

 

We like hoods!

This Hadlie is my favorite outfit, and also, this card and key is my life! To open almost any door to any building we have to slide our card! We also get $8 put on our card each week that builds up while we are here! 

 A Sunday selfie! Sister Garcia, Sister Isrealsen, Elder Clemets, Sister Seare, Elder Westbury, Elder Woodside, Elder Oldroyd and me!



 

Me, Elder Woodside and Sister Garcia! Elder Woodside is my favorite and always gives me a hard time!

Elder Clemets preaching to us about the white bible! (the missionary hand book) What missionaries do for fun! 

Last time with Elder Luchs

 Me & my companion

 

Sis Isrealsen, me, Elder Woodside, Elder Oldroyd, and Elder Westbury!

 Today I had to wash all my pants, so this is what I wore....lookin awesome right?! ps it's so warm today! 

 

Answers to some questions...

Dad- no they don't encourage us to put a spiritual thing at the end of our emails. I'm just so used to sharing things like that, that I guess I just do it!
 

Mom- I've sent all the pictures that I have taken here at the MTC to you! so you can just put them on the hard drive for me! and remember i have my hard drive here also! :)
 

Hadlie-

1. My companion's first name is Brianna.

2. My favorite part of the MTC is being with all of the missionaries! It's a really cool experience and when we have devotionials it feels like it does when we go to General Confrence! the Spirit is always so strong!

3. It takes a while to email. But it's because I do laundry also. I have time to do it so it's ok! 

4. The people love the snow if they have never seen it! It's so funny to watch them touch it!

5. My flights are long! 14 hours of traveling!

6. I usually have this granola cereal and a bran muffin from mom for breakfast!

7. For lunch lately I've been eating soup.

8. I eat about the same as I did at home.

9. I burp less than my companion actually!

10. I'm not usually cold. Just when I'm outside. But I'm inside most of the time!

11. I sent a pic of my favorite outfit! And I like my green shirt from gap. And my short brown boots. I haven't totally repeated the same outfit yet.

12. My toenail polish is almost all off. just not the sparkles.

13. The funniest thing about the MTC is my roommates! They are hilarious! Just being with a bunch of teenagers is funny! Especially the Elders! Also class with Brudder Janis is always funny!

14. I have to say goodbye to my companion because we won't be companions forever. When I get to Germany I have to get another companion! :(

15. I'M SO EXCITED TO GO TO GERMANY!!! but nervous too!! 

 

Colten- dude....no email....no update? Let me know how your job is going!! 

 

Thanks fam for the thanksgiving package. The pumkin bars are gone. We ate them for breakfast today. Healthy, right?