Cassidy Nichole: Monday May 11, 2015 Stadthagen, Germany

Hallo!! How are you? Talking to you yesterday was great! I’m so so glad that skype worked! We made sure to write it down in our member book to always skype at the Metzig’s house! I wish you could have met them. But they were skyping their daughter. Anyway...I hope you learned a few new things, and I hope it wasn’t too boring for you. I feel like all my little details aren’t very exciting, but maybe it’s just because it’s normal life for me now. So wie so....
Montag: We practiced our music. And our appointment fell out for that night. Schade! But, it’s alright. We will get another appointment with him soon.

Dienstag: We had a White Day (no appointment day) so...we decided to do what any missionary would do, and go finding. But we also decided to go on a few contacts. Grace, who we found on the street a few weeks ago, told us she didn’t have any time as she was smoking inside her house, with her 3 month old baby in her arms... :( We then went by Frau Wolf, she is 95 and we are working on her for the Spirit World! She likes to talk about the Cosmos. She was also very upset because some of the old people in her home were eating chicken legs for lunch and she couldn’t believe that they would eat meat off the bone like that! “Sie haben es rein gebissen!” (They have bitten it clean!) Kind of funny! But sad at the same time! She likes reading, so we gave her a couple chapters in the Book of Mormon. We also went by Schwester Oschiena. She is also 95, but a member. We sung for her, and she just kind of laughed at us! Then we went by Schwester Ruf who made us strawberries and some really good whipped cream! Also, Brudder Klinge was there. They have been friends since kindheit (childhood)! Then... we went to the Graffs, they have us over every other week! The food is always interesting, BUT!! They made this ice cream and it was SO SO good! It is just vanilla ice cream from the store, then they mash up avocado and stir it in! Trust me mom, you would love it!

Mittwoch: A strike was going one for Deutscher Bahn. The trains that take us everywhere! So...that makes missionary work hard! But, manageable! We had distrikt meeting, then went to back factory. The McDonalds of bakeries here in Germany. We saw a member there and he ate with us! We then did studies and then Gemi Co. I’m sorry, but meetings are SO boring! Wednesdays are not my favorite. But its ok, because they are necessary I guess!

Donnerstag: We visited schwester Phillippen. She is a cute old lady and likes talking about her recipes. We then had English class, where I learn more about English then the Russian ladies do I think! We then made cookies (the weather was bad and we needed service hours) and we made like 5 batches of chocolate chip cookies. It was fun! And then we delivered them to people! Good service!

Freitag: Weekly planning! Woohoo!! But we made it quick! So that was good! We also went by on Grace again, because she said we should come back on Friday! She wasn’t home sadly. We also had Geminde Sport! I’m living Colten’s dream and playing Soccer with a bunch of German guys! It’s pretty fun to watch.

Samstag: We had a 2 hour train ride to Hameln. We ate a Döner! SO good! And we visited Irean, who is Russian. She made us eat so much candy! And also talked to us about the Law of Chastity made sure we were keeping it. Funny, because she’s not a member of our church! We also then visited Fana! She asked us for clothes last time we talked on the phone, and so we brought some from our apartment that we had laying around. She was SO happy! I love service!

Sontag: Church!! And guess what?! We had an investigator there!! I told you this in German, but I don’t think you understood, because you weren’t very excited! But his name is Elmis! He’s an older Turkish guy that we talked to for like 5 minutes on Friday! You never know who is prepared! He asked us for a Book of Mormon, a Bible, and an appointment after church! Sweet!! It was sister Medleys first time ever with an investigator at church! So that was really exciting! Then, we skyped! SO fun! And...the zone leaders called us and asked if we could give a 15 minute thema in zone training meeting this week. It’s in German...not excited. I get really nervous for things like this! Dang! But it’s ok!

This week I really have been trying to pay attention to things that matter. It’s cool to see how happy I get over the little things that matter! How serving people, and just the simple things always help me be happy! Remember to live in the moment! Don’t dwell on the past, or the future! Live in the moment! Love every moment!

Love, Sister St. John

A field of raps - from the train.

Waterloo monument in Hannover (I dont really know what it is or why its important. It just is cool. and I had the waterloo song from mama mia stuck in my head all day!)

*The Waterloo square was built at the beginning of the 19th century together with the Waterloo column. Both served to commemorate the victory in the Battle of Waterloo, by the troops of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1815 against Napoleon.