Cassidy Nichole: Monday January 26, 2015 Halle, Germany

3 Monate (3 Months)

Hello family!! We had a pretty normal week, however, I will update you day to day anyway. First off, Dad, the language is coming. Slowly, but it’s coming! Yeah, we have lessons with Enrico every Friday. It’s very nice of him! I am able to speak more German now, and understand them better also. Everyone on the street will now talk to me in German so that’s good. Keep praying for me. I know it is helping!

Montag, I got new shoes! They are nice and they were only like 20 €.

Dienstag, You won’t believe it....we got up and RAN this morning! I would have lost a million dollars. It was 6:30, dark, and raining but we did it! We also visited Comfort, she is out of the hospital now and she is better so she can come to church and buy her own groceries now! Yay! This day was weird...no one was out (maybe because it was like 20 degrees!) and those who were out wouldn't talk to us! We also got SO rejected this day by someone. Then, right after that we purposefully got spit on by someone! Awesome.... nicht (not)! However, as we were walking out of the park that night we saw these two guys all dressed up in medieval clothing and they were fighting with swords! So...during their water break natürlich (of course) we went and talked to them! Turns out it’s a big thing around the world called Battle of the Nations (they told us to look it up on You Tube...but we can’t, so you should). They talked to us for a good 30 minutes about how they got into it, and how they made all their uniforms and shields! So pretty much they were larping! (Colten should know what that is! *note from Colten…larping means Live Action Role Playing*) But they were actually cool! (I will send a pic!) Also, a referral called us that we have tried to contact for like 3 weeks now and she is SO prepared! She has been looking for a church to join for a long time because she feels that she is missing something! She even tried the Jehovah Witness church! Ha! But anyway, we set up an appointment and are so excited to teach her this next week!!

Mittwoch, We taught David again! We gave him a French CD auf French so he can listen to it and understand it! We also asked if he would be baptized when he knows it’s true. He said yes! So we are making progress. I need to get a picture with him sometime. He’s so cool! We also had district meeting, which I think is kind of funny because it’s taught by Elder Silver...who is like my brother out here! The Elders are just so young! So it’s cool and a little funny to me that they are really the leaders and teach us so much! I learn so much from district meeting, it’s amazing how much revelation comes when you have a question prepared and are really searching for the answer!

Donnerstag, It’s my three month mark! CRAZY!!! I feel like I’ve been gone for way longer than that! But it’s ok! We delivered some thank you cards this day. You know, ward unity! It was snowing again! And we are running out of areas to street contact. We will have to do doors soon!

Freitag, we did weekly planning, that’s always fun.... Doch Nicht! But it’s important. We also had the opportunity to go to the Händel House (museum) with the relief society! It was really cool! I'll send some pics!

Samstag, We had the soup kitchen! I liked it better this week! (The nun wasn’t there...) Our appointment with Awa fell out because she was sick, so we did some more finding with no luck! Schade (what a shame)!!

Sonstag, David was sick so he wasn't at church! Schade auch (also a shame)! But we ate at the Burkhardt’s and it is always so good! Melina is going to make me a scarf by hand crocheting! Cool! We also went to the hospital again to visit another less active that has major Diabetes problems! I found out that people don’t have to pay for their hospital visits. The government just pays for it! Socialism...weird.

Well, that was my week in a nutshell! Reading the Book of Mormon in German is cool! There are a lot of translation things that are different. A lot of the time in English like when Nephi says "I will go and do the things which the Lord has..." In German it translates to "I WANT to go and do the things the Lord...." and I think that is a really big difference! We should want to go and do the things the Lord commands! I’ve been focusing on following Nephi's example while reading the Book of Mormon! He is such a good example to all of us. Love you guys so much! Have a good week!

Love, Sister St. John

We found a garden by Gebichenstein Burg!

We found this HUGE horse by a bridge and natürlich had to take a picture!

The knights!!! Probably the highlight of my week! Did I mention they were interested in family history? Because they have to know where they are from to know what country to battle for!