I'm so glad that we got to talk
yesterday! Talking on the phone was maybe a little better for me than Skype. I
would have been too emotional on Skype, being able to see you guys! But it was
so good! I hope that I gave you guys some fun facts and answers to questions.
Christmas sounds like it was great there! It's weird that I'm not there to
watch all the new movies and see all your stuff that you got, but I'm having the
adventure of a lifetime here!
So last time I wrote you for real I
was going on tausch (exchanges) to Chemnitz with one of the sister training
leaders. It was fun to be with a different sister and see how she does things!
Chemnitz is even more East than Halle. To say the least I love Halle!
Mittwoch of last week we discovered
that Biscoff and apples are amazing together! And no one here knows what
Biscoff is...which I thought was strange because it’s from Europe! We found a
new investigator when we were teaching a less active. Her name is Awa (ava) and
she is so interested in the Book Of Mormon! We will see how things turn out
with her!
Donnertags- We met with a less
active African lady named Comfort! She says the most awesome prayers like,
"send down your mighty angels with the spirit of healing" type of
stuff! So I laughed during one of her prayers and she got mad at me! So that
was funny! We did finding (like we do every day!) and we do a survey, and a lot
of people say they will listen to a prophet, and say yes to a lot of our other
questions so then we testify of it and they don’t believe us, or even seem to have
interest. It's interesting.
Freitag we had a lesson with a new
investigator. We taught him the first lesson and I extended the invitation to
be baptized and he said that he will work towards it! We have a date set for
Jan. 24th. But it doesn't mean much until he actually goes through with it! We
will see! Sister Lisonbee said that the lesson with him was the best lesson
that she has ever had on her mission. I thought we could improve...I had better
lessons teaching-wise in the MTC! But yeah, all in all it was really good! OH! This
day it rained super hard for the first time when we were out finding, and I
feel like a real missionary now that I have trudged through the rain!
Samstag we had the soup kitchen, had
an eating appointment and ate hot dogs, but WAY better than American hot
dogs!
Sonntag we had church, then we went
to an eating appointment with the Bishops family! The Jentzch's! SO fun! They
had kids that were about our age and it just felt like a normal Mormon family! And
we had normal chicken, like boneless! AWESOME!!! Later that night we also found
a semi-old contact that we before couldn't find her house! So we finally found
her house after wandering and walking for like 1 hour! And she wasn't home, so
we sat down and wrote her a note! As soon as we were leaving she walked around
the corner! So we got to talk to her and set up an appointment! Serious miracles
happen here every day!
Montag, we went caroling after we
did finding! We went with the elders to this nicer part of Halle with real
houses! I guess people here don't do caroling....because everyone tried to give
us money! Ha! But, we talked to this super cool old guy who was a Nazi! He was
so proud that young people like us would want to come spread joy and share what
we believe about Christ to others! He said to keep doing what we were doing and
to always live the way the lord wants us to live!
Dienstag We found a contact, and
gave away a Book Of Mormon on the street which is a big deal because we don't
usually do that! And we also got a referral for another area in our
mission!
Mittwoch Christmas EVE!! We had district
meeting and also had dinner over at the Burkharts house! He’s our GLM (ward
mission leader) and the kids opened up their presents on this day! Crazy! But
fun! We also got to play board games which was awesome!
Well, we have another eating
appointment today because Christmas here is 3 days long! SO many eating
appointments!!! I'm doing great! Love you!!
Our District! The two Elders we don't work as much with are Elder Barton and Elder Gunter.
I think this is supposed to be Händel. He is from Halle.
The Elders!
Besides us in this picture this is the Christmas market Ferris wheel!
Leipzig train station.
Here's a yellow house that I like!
Me with a dough tower! SO good!
This is Paul Jentzsch with their old Deutsch bible from 1720.
Here's some of these old guitars that I was telling dad about! (The Bishop (Jentzsch) of their ward collects and restores old guitars. Cassidy knew Randy would appreciate pictures of that!)
Our trek through the forest! Christmas Day to go to the member's house to try to Skype!
My favorite picture of the week. We were led through the forest by our fearless leader, Marco (Elder Silver) Polo. Surprisingly, we arrived at our destination safely.
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