Woche (week)....
Montag: We practiced our music that we will be doing next Sunday! Where Can I Turn For Peace? I thought that was better than Love at Home for Mother’s Day. (Mom, you should kind of think that’s funny!)
Deinstag: We opened the door to our apartment,
all the way up on 4th floor, and our bags of glass bottles that we put in the
garbage outside were returned to our door. SO embarrassing because we don’t
know how to recycle here! And someone from our apartment building saw us, or
knew it was us and brought them all the way up to return it! SO funny! We came
back later that night and there was a nice (not so nice) note for us telling us
how to throw away our garbage. Germans. We went on Tausch (exchange)! I was here
with Sister Walker. Leider (unfortunately)...we didn’t take a picture! I really
learned a lot from her about following the Spirit!
Mittwoch: We had interviews with
President today. I love him! I cried...he teared up. It was our last interview
with him. He is like my dad out here on the mission! He asked Sister Medley how
it was working with his "little princess" and when he called me in
for his interview he asked where his "little lightning" was. He's
pretty funny and Sister Medley and I have been having fun quoting him lately.
My favorite thing in my interview that President said to me was that He would
send his children across the plains with me! That right there is one of the
biggest compliments he could have given me! Sometimes I just need a little
reminder that I am good!
Donnerstag: We taught English to the
3 old Russian ladies. That’s always fun. Then we had Distrikt meeting. I had a
spiritual thought, and DM is always a little boring, so I decided to share a
funny spiritual thought. In Proverbs 28:25 it says something about trust in the
lord and you will be made fat. So I shared that scripture and told everyone
that we gain weight on a mission because we are trusting in the lord. Everyone
laughed! It was pretty funny! But then, of course I bore my testimony about
trusting in the Lord in all things. He knows what is best for us, and in the
end, we will be happier if we just trust in him.
Freitag: It was a holiday. Not sure
why, or which one, but it was. We ate at a member’s house, then we practiced
music again, (I was a little rusty on the piano) and then we went by on some
contacts.
Samstag: We went to Hameln. It takes
2 hours by train, so we got some good German study in, and also some good naps.
We met with Fana. We were planning on showing the restoration video, but she didn’t
have a dvd player. (We need the iPads) but we had a good lesson anyway. We also
were dooring apartment buildings. This guy let us in and we go up like 3
flights of stairs to then see him in just his underwear, standing in the door
way. He was old, on the fatter side, and hairy. Awesome. Missionary work is awkward!
(Another word they don’t have a translation for in German) but it makes for
funny stories!
Sontag: We went to church, then ate
by the Stake President! He looked a little like Pres. Uchtdorf! Very German. It
was really fun, and I had just been fasting so it was like the best food I’ve
ever eaten! Chili (not spicy) over rice. (They don’t really eat soup on its own
here) And bread! And then ice cream! Which is my favorite here in
Germany! I like it way better than America!
Sorry it was a little shorter today
than last week! But this week we talked to more people than I think I have ever
talked to in Stadthagen! We made it a goal to go finding where ever we are
going! It’s been really good, and I feel as we show more effort into this work,
then Heavenly father shows more effort on his part! I think that goes with
everything in life. When we put all our effort, really ALL that we can do,
Heavenly Father will bless us with what we need to help us get through! I’ve
really learned that we can do anything and everything with his help! No matter
how crazy it sounds! We can do it! I’ve also been studying a talk called
"The Fourth Missionary" By Lawrence E. Corbridge. It is one of the best
talks I have ever read! It really has changed my attitude around, and I think it
will change my mission! You should read it if you haven’t already! Or, if you
have, you should read it again!
Follow the Spirit, try to recognize
how it talks to you! I love you so much! Have a great week! I will talk to you
in a few days!! Love you!!
Sister St. John
(Note from mom: these are all unedited pictures which means...it is really pretty there right now!)
Sunsets, I still love them!
These yellow flowers are all over! Fields and fields of them! They are called raps and they make oil out of them for cooking! But they are beautiful!
Just a few pictures of me.
Plus a selfie!
Just one more! Sorry that these are all the pictures that we took this week!
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