*Note from Mom: As Sister
St. John becomes more fluent in the German language she is including more and
more German words and phrases into her sentences. I am doing my best to put an
English translation next to the German words in () but my translating skills
only go as far as Google Translate. So if there are any German speakers out
there that would like to correct my translations, I’ll happily change them!*
Hello!! Wow, sounds like you guys
are having a great time! I loved all the pictures this week! I like seeing our
house and the sunset that Colt took! AH! I miss sunsets like that! Hadlie, your
hair is very very cute! You look older! STOP growing up!! Also River, don’t cut
your hair. I like your long hair! I found some magic hair growing pills from
Sister Lisonbee's past companion and I've been taking them! They are basically
straight vitamin b! Also, I have to buy new shampoo and conditioner for the
first time here! Ah! Grocery store shampoo and conditioner...we will see how
things go! I’m so glad you got my chocolate! You guys still opened them wrong
though! Did I explain that in my letter? It was only 7€ to send! So not bad at
all! However, I do need you to look something’s up for me! Will you see if I
can pull money out using my credit card? Also, I need stories/ memories of Papa
Marks Dad, and both of Dads Grandparents! I don’t know really much of anything
about them! I need to have that Family book all the way done by next week. So
if you could send some stories to me next Monday that would be awesome!
So...for my week...
Montag, We played Äpfel zu Äpfeln
(Apples to Apples)!! Pretty fun auf Deutsch!
Dienstag, We found a new
investigator after we went finding for a long time! We prayed to know what to
do and where to go. We felt we should go by on these students that were our
contacts. But its finals week so we didn't want to bug them! So we were
Überlegen (I think that’s the right word) things. But, we followed the Spirit
and went by on them! One, Lotte, was home and we set up a return appointment
and so now she is our new investigator! She is so cute and I'm excited to teach
her! Also, we had an appointment that was ausgefallen (fallen out) with Awa! We
need to be in better contact with her!
MIttwoch, We had Distrikt
Versammlung (meeting). We learned about Grundlage (foundation)! I love Hel.
5:12 that talks about bauen unser Grundlage (basic foundation) on Christ! We
also had an appointment with David! We reviewed the restoration with my
favorite way...the Gospel cup pyramid! We also had him pick a date for his own
Baptism! He picked Marz 28th! He wanted to get baptized next year, so even
though Marz seems like a long ways away, we were lucky he agreed with us on
that one! Also, we found out that he's 26! Crazy! He looks younger than that!
Donnerstag, Ah! Ines (the one I was
really excited to teach) texted us the night before and said she decided to
join the Lutheran church! I cried...really! I was SO sad! She was SO prepared!
Stupid Satan....ugh! Anyway...we had a few other appointments with a newly baptized
member. She’s super awesome! And a less active that has one tooth and is 78!
She is super sweet!
Freitag, We did weekly planning!
Then....Sister Lisonbee's parents got to visit us for a few hours! SO fun! They
were here because they won a trip to Germany or something! We got to eat lunch
with them, showed them around Halle, and her dad gave us blessings! It was
really cool to have them come and just to realize how foreign all of this
really is!
Samstag, It was sister Lisonbee's
birthday! We made pizza in the church with a few investigators, members and the
elders! We had a few other less active members’ appointments! They just need to
COME TO CHURCH!!
Sonnstag, We taught Relief society
this day! We had our eating appointment canceled, so we cooked pasta with the
elders and Enrico in the church! Then we went finding and it was a beautiful
day!!
Love you guys! I'll send some pics!
Have a good week!!
Sister St. John
The best bakery ever!!
This church on Markt!
The cool organ in the church!
The second biggest bell tour in Europe!
The Händel statue!
Me and the Elders! Ah they are so funny!!
Me and Sister Lisonbee's impersonation of Elder Silver!
Again in the kitchen on sunday! Elder silver always has a pen auf his ear! He thinks hes cool!
Sister Lisonbee being the best mom ever and making us sauce!
With Sister Lisonbee's dad
This was sent to us from Sister Lisonbee's parents. They sent an email that explained they had a trip to Germany planned and asked the mission president if it would be ok to spend a few hours with these Sisters. He approved it and they had a great time.
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