Monday June 29, 2015 Gera, Germany

*Note from Mom: Cassidy’s last email title was, “Who would have thought THAT would be a problem.” We didn’t really know what she meant by that…*

Well, to start things off, I didn't really explain my last email title. The problem is that we have TOO many people to teach, and not enough time to find! Don't even ask how that happened! Especially in this mission. We have been so so blessed. It's not even us who has found all these people, they have just been given to us. Work hard, and be obedient. It is just easier.

Montag: We taught the Meckel family. The two oldest girls are now on baptismal date. Not until October. We are working on moving it up. We will see. We also just got a text that they canceled our appointment for today:(

Dienstag: We taught Frau Dhillion from the Bible because she doesn't like/accept the Book of Mormon...yet! She also always feeds us peppermint tea with fresh peppermint from her garden. It’s really good! We made our way with the car to Dr. Hoofalon straße (road). We went by on a less active and also the crazy lady that we meet out in the pouring rain a couple weeks ago. She's now safe in her house:) We went by on a contact and he is like the nicest German man we have ever met! He bought us mugs and then filled them with candy! It’s really cool and has some cool Gera stuff on it. We also met with Michael this day. He actually READ!! Yes!! This has been what he have been waiting for!! Progress...he's making progress! 

Mittwoch: Distrikt meeting. Then we went by some Werdau members that Bishop asked us to go by on. Elder Young was mad because the less actives all let us in, but before they wouldn't let the Elders come over. Sometimes...people just need sisters. We also found a guy here from Brazil. He’s a ballerina for the theater here. He’s cool and we get to give him a Book of Mormon sometime soon. A new kid also came to English class. He is from Syria and we are starting a German class for him! He is going to bring his friends...which means like the whole ausländer heim (foreigner’s home)! 

Donnerstag: I have written down that I need to do a better personal study because I fell asleep during my personal study. Woops...I'll work on that! We taught Michael. He's still doing well! Had some concerns about the Golden plates. But we focused on having a testimony instead of worrying about the little details. Then Frank. He is all hung up because he thinks the Book of Mormon has bad grammar in German. We will clear that up next time. It's hard to have a controlled lesson with him. Then Schwester Riemann, she is SO sweet! We talked about the Book of Mormon. She has a hard life, but we think that she is starting to gain some hope because of the things she has started doing again! Prayer, scripture study…good things! We then had an appointment with Lutz, another less active! He’s SO funny! But he was also serious for our lesson and we all felt the Spirit really strong. Claudia, his friend was there. She started crying in our lesson, and then when Lutz said the closing prayer. We are bringing her a Book of Mormon tomorrow. See what I mean by people are just dropped into our hands?

Freitag: We helped Sch. Dörlitz in her garden. Sister Medley mowed grass for the first time! Sch. Dörlitz made us wear these huge guy sweatpants so we didn't get our crappy exercise/work cloths dirty. People are funny! Herr Strauss bailed on us again because he had to work. Then we did weekly planning.

Samstag: It rained…and rained. Herr Strauss fell out again! But we got to teach Micheal! We talked about the Sacrament! It was a good lesson! Then we got to teach lucy! We had the feeling that we should talk to her about missions. We also had the feeling that we should ask her if she has ever thought about going on a mission. She said yes! She had an experience the other day with a friend and she told her friend kind of randomly that she wanted to go on a mission! God has a plan for everyone. He knows what He's doing! 

Sonntag: Michael came to church! That was really fun! Then we ate at another Kosak family’s house! With President Kosak’s dad, and brother, and his brother’s wife! We ate Rouladen! First time ever in Germany! It was good to say the least! I had some pretty funny, embarrassing moments in German this day. If you thought I was blonde before, you should see me trying to communicate in a different language! I’m still the same person...just a little more spiritual! 

Well, not a lot of time, and I didn't really take any more pics this week! Sorry! I will send some next week! Oh! And maybe from my Ipad I can send a couple! 

This week I’ve just realized how blessed I am! I don't know, my heart is just filled with gratitude. I’m SO blessed! I have a great family, great friends. I have the Gospel. I’m on a mission! I feel have the Spirit with me every day! I have joy! REAL joy! Not just worldly joy. Really, there isn't much more in life to ask for. Remember to be grateful for what you have in life at the moment. Remember especially to thank Heavenly Father for it. I love you! 

Liebe, Sister St. John

 

Our district! Ignore my hair...it needs work. It has almost no layers. Maybe ask Brooke what I could do about that? I'm terrified of going to a hair cutting place here! They don't know how to cut hair! I'm really actually worried that they would shave half of my head or
something! That's really in style here right now! Along with mc hammer pants. No joke. I think of Brittney every time I see them for some reason! Ok...but our district. So fun! Four Sisters and two Elders. Elder Young, by Sister Medley goes home in 5 weeks. Elder Thompson served in Gera right before we did. They serve in our area with us.

Monday June 22, 2015 Gera, Germany

Hallo! How are you? Everyone sounds like they have all had a super fun week! Really, thank you everyone for the emails, and pictures! It means a lot to me! Chelise sent me a video of Mykell hula hooping, and I was amazed that she actually remembered me! I feel like I’ve been gone for a REALLY long time, so I guess I’m just always surprised when the littler kids remember me! Also, I thought I would let you know that seeing pictures of all the Aunts and my sisters is making me feel really ugly! Geez. Everyone is so beautiful! I’m like the ugly duckling of the bunch! Ok, I’m kidding...kind of. Maybe because I have the Spirit with me so strong it helps me look a little better than I actually do! Ok, but in all seriousness, everyone looks very good! And I believe I saw a picture of dad wearing a shirt I have never seen before. I’m impressed Dad! Branching out a little bit;) 

For a quick update about Germany. It’s cold here. Probably in the upper 50's lower 60's every day. Plus it rains almost every day. I now know why Germany is so green! But, I have to say, I’m not very jealous of the 100 degree weather. I would rather have it in the 60's! That’s about all I know about Germany right now. Oh! I also know a LOT about the DDR now! Do you know what that is? It's East Germany, behind the wall. I get told stories every day on the street! I should write some of them down! They are very cool! 

So, for my week....

Montag: We were supposed to go on Tausch. However, the sister from Chemnitz missed their train, and there wasn't one for a long time. So they got here late, and just decided to sleep over! This was actually really fun! Especially because It’s a new sisters program and we got to tell them all about it! We all 4 went and gave Schwester Dörlitz a flower because she likes flowers and does a lot for us. 

Dienstag: The sisters were still here! We did studies, bought a Bratwurst! Oh! It was sooo funny! Sister Hahn wasn’t planning on staying over, so she didn't have any missionary clothes, (they came straight from playing b-ball) so they were in their work out clothes. She borrowed a skirt and shirt, but she didn't have any shoes, none of our shoes fit, so she was just walking around Markt with just socks on! It was pretty funny! We then went on splits! I went with Sister Moffet! We found a couple of new contacts, and it’s always fun to learn some new things. Sister Moffet is very good at giving advice. I had kind of felt like I fell into a rut of missionary work, and that I wasn't really progressing personally. She gave me some really good tips. One of them was "change your prayers, and it will change everything". This week, I have witnessed this to be true. Prayers are answered. By saying sincere prayers, we see miracles. If you are feeling in a rut in life change your prayers to be more meaningful! I promise it will help! We also had Geminde Abend this night! Lutz, a less active gave the thema. It was very cool to see him share his testimony that he hasn't shared in a long time. I think it was good for him to realize that he still has his testimony! 

Mittwoch: We missed our bahn, so, this made our WHOLE day late. We got late to Sch. Kretchmar, and she took us to this member who now lives in an old folks home! He's 80 something and learned English in school and likes to talk to us in English! It’s pretty amazing that he can still speak it! Sch. Kretchmar then invited us over to eat. Even though we didn't have an appointment with her, she had everything prepared like she was going to feed us. People are funny! I ate a new vegetable. It’s called korabie (have no idea how to spell it) and it was good! We don’t have it in America! We then went to an appointment with Frank. I love him. He makes puppets and worked illegally for the U.S. army somehow. But, he also frustrates me. He talks a lot, and doesn't let us teach very much! We somehow got the restoration in! We then went to Schwester Rieman, another less active. Her husband who is a non-member was there. He asked a lot of questions that were actually good questions, just hard to answer. Bruder Krause is good friends with this family! He is now our new Ward Mission Leader and we are very excited! We then went to English, played scatigories. People here can already speak perfect English! Sometimes they even teach us some new fancy words! 

Donnerstag: distrikt meeting. We almost got on the wrong train, but luckily the zone leaders saw us, called us and told us to run over to the other part of the train. Trains.... anyways. Good distrikt meeting about planning, and preparing. The war chapters are good for this topic! We were then planning on going home and doing some stuff...but, there was a Chinese guy who got kicked off the train at our layover stop because he bought the wrong ticket. Luckily he spoke a little English so we were able to help him buy the right ticket. In doing that we missed our layover train. So...we were stuck in this little town for 2 hours with this Chinese guy. He was very nice, showed us pictures of China. Cool. We also found the best bakeri I’ve ever been too! I hope we have another train fall out there again! But we finally got home, quickly went to Frau Dhillons house for a lesson. We taught about Jesus and the atonement. She doesn't like when we use the Book of Mormon, so we just used the Bible. It was actually a little hard! 

Freitag: Our lesson with the Meckel Family fell out! But, we got to talk to Schwester Meckel and got some things settled. We go over every Monday at 17! Good! We did some finding, then went with Lucy and walked a dog from the shelter here in Gera. He was cute. I miss animals sometimes! We had a short lesson, and talked more about goals. Lucy has really good goals, better than the ones I think of! She helps us out a lot! We then had Herr Strauss. During our lesson we thought he was going to drop us. We just bore testimony, and then he asked when we could meet again. That was a miracle. Then, my favorite part of the week...weekly planning! 

Samstag: We had a ward "Get to know you" party! It was fun! We got to play sports with the little kids! It reminds me of playing with my cousins! We then met really quickly with Raymond. Very African but very cool! We still aren’t sure how much interest he has in our message, because he keeps telling us he doesn't want to change! We will see what we can do, or, what the Spirit can do for him! 

Sonntag: Church! We were there for a long time today because Bishop wanted to talk to us. Then we went to a member’s house and I ate fish with scales on it for the first time. I was joking with sister Medley in the morning because we knew we were eating fish, and she doesn't like fish...I said that it would be funny if it still had the scales and stuff on it. I need to be more careful with what I say. It was actually good! And you don’t eat the scales, if you were wondering. We went finding for a while. We haven't found anyone new in a long time. It’s a little frustrating. But, life keeps going, we just need to keep doing our best! 

Well, I don't know if I have a very good spiritual thought this week. Sometimes a feel a little spiritually drained. And emotionally drained. And physically drained. But, I’m still doing well! Remember to always do your best in all that you do. I've learned that that is sometimes all we can do. Trust in heavenly father, He really does know what’s best! Sometimes I wish I could explain things in person, but I guess that will come! Oh! And on Saturday we got transfer calls! I’m going to…just kidding. I’m staying, and Sister Medley is staying! She will be the longest I’ve had a companion. The Lord knows what he is doing! I feel so blessed to have one of my best friends as my companion also! I need to remember to be more grateful! Love you!! 

Liebe, Sister St. John

 Some scenery!

Monday June 15, 2015 Gera, Germany

Hallo!! Sorry if this email is a little short...I forgot my planner. Does that sound like me? Probably. So, I don’t know if I remember all that I have done this week! 

Montag: We met with the Meckel Family! The mom is a less active, she has 3 kids, and then a boyfriend. Her boyfriend is our investigator, and now two of the kids are too. I love that family! We had a pretty good first lesson and talked about reading and praying together as a family. We also had another appointment with a guy who makes those wooden puppet things on strings! He's cool! But talked a lot, so we didn’t get a lot in! 

Dienstag: We had a lesson with Michael. He’s cool. Still doesn't have his answer, but it will come! I promised him it would...so it better! :) We met with a less active and showed some videos about the atonement. She almost cried! Which means I almost cried too! I don’t think she’s had visits from the missionaries in a long time. I would like to think we really brought the Spirit back into her home. People have hard lives...I’m glad I get to help just a little bit. We also gave out 2 Books of Mormon this day! Sister Medley just accidently grabbed a Russian one and guess what?! A lady on the street only spoke Russian! So we gave her a card and a book! Things work out! 

Mittwoch: We had Distrikt meeting! I like Distrikt meeting! Our Elders are really good missionaries and I learn a lot. We got to drive the car back! That’s always fun! I like the Auto Bahn. We can’t go very fast, but I like watching all the other nice cars go by! We then met with Herr Strauss. He's a golden investigator! Has tons of questions about if God is there and how he can find him. He doesn’t really do anything in life, so we can meet with him a lot. We did our best how-to-begin-teaching we have ever done and really set up what we do as missionaries and how it can help him really well! 

Donnerstag: It rained a ton this day! Which made it hard to do anything, because we do everything outside! Even German and English class! Because we don’t have a church building! But, it worked out today because we met with a lady who wanted to come to English. She invited us over and she made us tea (the ok kind) and she is now a new investigator! 

Freitag: We went to Werdau to visit a member! She was sooo sweet and fed us TONS of food! They Elders didn't eat a lot, so that means we had to eat a lot! Good thing it was good! Sauerkraut, Bratwurst, and potatoes. We then did weekly planning. It still takes forever! 

Sammstag: This day was crazy! Had a lesson with Lucy, and in the middle of our lesson outside it started to downpour! The hardest rainstorm I’ve ever been in! We went to McDonalds and finished our lesson! Then, later that day as we were finding, this very old lady asked us for directions and so we tried to help her. But then realized that she was not really all there in her mind. We walked with her for about 45 minutes and she led us right back to where we started. It then started to rain for the second time that day. And this time it was harder than the first! We called Sch. Dörlitz and she saved us! This lady lived like 4 miles away and was trying to walk all the way back! I’m glad we got to help her though! 

Sontag: Very normal. Church! Always good! I’m going to run out of internet time! Love you! Thanks for your emails! Have a great week! I'll try to send some pics!

Whoa...just kidding! I still have 20 minutes! Good! Because I wanted to tell you about Sunday! We did ALL that we could to get the Meckel family to church. Set up rides…a couple members were helping us…we were in touch with them often. They told us 3 times they were for sure coming! Then...at 10 pm on Saturday they called. They said they decided to go over to a friend’s house and sleep over so they weren't going to make it! To say the least...we were heartbroken. Totally heartbroken. It’s hard when we do all that we can, and then people choose to not do something. I honestly don’t think I’ve felt so sad on my mission! Oh if they just knew the blessings that come from church! It’s ok though! We will try all we can this week too! 

I think the hardest part of serving a mission is loving people with all my heart! It’s not hard to love the people, it’s really easy! Loving them just makes it hard! Every time someone doesn’t keep a commitment, or can’t meet with us, it breaks my heart! Every. Time. Oh it’s harder than I ever thought it would be! I imagine it being a little like how parents feel when kids make the wrong decision! Or how our Heavenly Father feels when we don’t keep our promises to him. That makes me want to be really good! Because the feeling of sorrow that I have when the people don’t keep their commitments is awful! Do good! Don’t let your Father in Heaven feel broken hearted! 

I love you all so much! Thanks for all of your great emails, prayers and support! I feel them! 

Alles Liebe, Sister St. John

Car ride from Berlin with the Elders! that doesn't happen every day! 

 Thüringer Bratwurst. The best in Germany. Which is the best in the World. Just look at it! Oh! so good!

Typical life in Germany.

 Including the Porsche

Monday June 8, 2015 Gera, Germany

Poked and Prodded…

Hallo!! Meine Gute (my goodness)! Your week was crazy busy! I forget how busy summer is sometimes. But at least you can go swimming. For some reason, I have missed that this week. Wait...maybe it’s because it was like 85 degrees, and I was wearing garments and a skirt and not swimming like everyone else was in all of the public fountains. Germans do not wear very much clothing while it is hot.

I am also so glad to hear about your good temple celebration! It has been my dream to go to one, or be in one. So you should feel lucky that you all lived my dream! I can't wait to actually go to that temple! It’s beautiful!

Really quickly my week!

Montag: I ate SO much crap today! I don’t know why, I was just starving when we went shopping and bought a bunch of chocolate and candy. Stupid. Then we ate a Döner which is like 3 times the size of my stomach, but I eat the whole thing anyway. Colten would like it. We did contact sheets at night after P-day (but really hours) ended because it was raining. Sometimes we feel that we need inspiration to translate the things written in the area books by the Elders! But then we also got to talk to Pascal and Sch. Meckel on Markt because we saw the Elders talking to them (the Elders were sleeping over in Gera in the empty couple apartment). That was good because all of our appointments had fallen out these past weeks.

Deinstag: I woke up, and threw up. Awesome. If you know me, after I throw up I’m like done for the day. Except for today. We were supposed to go to Berlin for our last Zone conference with President! We had to go. So by some small miracle, I got ready for the day and felt fine the rest of the day! I got to see so many old companions, and I learned a lot. President talked a lot about Joseph Smith. He was an extraordinary man. We also had to say goodbye to President and Sister Kosak. I cried to say the least! If I would have known that I would have to say so many goodbyes…ugh! But! This day was also fun, because we drove with the Elders to Berlin! (President told us to)

Mittwoch: I went to bed a half hour early, and woke up a half hour early because I did NOT feel good at all on Tuesday. It really helped and I was able to do the work today. It was SO hot! SO SO hot! I don’t remember the last time I’ve sweated so much in my life! To make it better we had a white day of finding (nothing scheduled)! We also had a spantan (?) lesson with Lucy! She is amazing!

Donnerstag: We went by on some less actives that we are trying to get in contact with. None of them were home. We had German and English class! In English class 2 teenage boys came and asked us a lot of questions about the church. That was really cool because that just doesn’t usually happen to us! Then, we did more finding, with little success. It was also very hot this day. And yes, I have been wearing sunscreen!

Freitag: We helped Sch. Dörlitz in her garden again! It was SO hot! Like 80 in the shade! Then we went by on less actives that were also not home. And then did some finding. I think we switched numbers with someone today, and made out an appointment for next week. All the finding pays off, slowly. But it does. We then did weekly planning.

Samstag: The Meckles said they wanted help in their garden, so we went over, not in dresses to help, but it was too hot so everyone just hung out, and Pascal wasn’t even there. Kind of sad, but it was good because we met some of their friends and got to know Schw. Meckel a Little better. We then met with Lucy, and made some good goals. She is really awesome! Tells everyone she knows about the church, and brings people to English! I love her! Went by on the less actives again...and again...they weren’t home! None of them! We then met with Raymond. He is very African. We will see if we can make any progress with him.

Sontag: Church! Then to Schwester Kretchmar's house. She taught us how to make Klöße (dumplings)! She talked a lot about the DDR which is cool to hear now that I’m back in the East and actually understand what they are telling me. She served a mission in this time and it was very cool to hear about how it was all really about strengthening the members! We then tried to find a couple contacts in Bieblach (City part) and had no luck. But! We talked to a few people and they actually had interest. Also, I used my photography skill and there was a guy who was just about going to walk away when I asked him about his camera he had around his neck. He did photography real estate for a job. Not many people do that here. So we talked for a while and he actually wanted a Book of Mormon. He wasn’t from Gera, but he knew the missionaries number from where he was from and said he was going to call them. Sometimes...just sometimes I feel like I have my talents for specific reasons! Also, our old lady neighbor wanted to show us her cats so we went in and she was amazed by my blue eyes, like she had never seen blue eyes before! She said I looked like I came straight from heaven. I told her I did! She laughed and actually, we then had a really good talk about heaven. She had a Book of Mormon already and said she was going to read it again.

This week is called poked and prodded because....ugh! I have to go, but we are going to McDonalds in a couple hours to finish our email time! I will tell you more about it in a few hours! Love you all!

Ok, as I was saying....poked and prodded because, well for a lot of reasons! I've been physically drained! Emotionally drained! I get very attached to people, and having my mission president leave is kind of very sad! It's like losing my mission parents! Also, finding just drains me. Especially this week! Everyone that we talked to said something mean about the Book of Mormon, or Joseph Smith. It just really makes me realize how strong my testimony has become. I don't think I realized until this week how much stronger it has become. When I can testify with the utmost sincerity of my heart that I KNOW Joseph Smith was a true prophet. That he was called of God. That he translated the Book of Mormon. That the Book of Mormon is the truest book on Earth. It changes lives. I've seen it. I've seen people change with this Gospel. I've seen myself change. God loves us, he wants the best for us. Ask him for help. He will answer your prayers.

I love you! I hope you have a good week! But never forget what is really the most important in life. Never lose sight of that. Love you!

Love, Sis. St. John

 Our study room

Our bedroom

 

 The hall with towels we need to get rid of (Elder's towels)

 Kitchen

 Us

 Bathroom

 

From the final Zone conference with President and Sister Kosak

Monday June 1, 2015 Gera, Germany

Well...Hallo! It’s kind of nice to just sit down and write an email! I don’t usually have time to just sit and write here! I am exhausted. Completely worn out. Going, and going and going sometimes is hard. However, somehow we all manage to do it! I'll go through my week
really quick!

Montag: P-day. But as usual a member wanted us to come over and feed us. (2hrs) then she wanted to take us to this mini zoo thing where her granddaughter was playing in a band that her son runs. It was cool! (2hrs) and that was our P-day. Luckily we had time for a 15 min nap before we had to go out finding in the rain. As I said...I’m exhausted! Oh! And we also met this guy from Africa who was the Elder’s investigator a long time ago! We made an appointment for Saturday!

Dienstag: We had to anmeld in our city. So...I guess that’s like signing up or something. But it took FOREVER! We were waiting for 2 hours! We both slept. Then we had 2 appointments fall out! One lady wasn’t there where she said we could meet, and she wouldn’t answer her phone. Then Pascal, he’s on baptismal date, but he was sick. :( So, we did finding.

Mittwoch: We had Distrikt Meeting in Werdau! Our Distrikt is us, sisters from another little city and then our elders in Werdau! I like it! It was a good Distrikt meeting and we discussed the question that we always get. "I can’t believe in God. There has been so much fighting, so many bad things! Why would God do that to us? Or to all those people? If he was really there, he would make those things not happen!" That quote about sums up my mission. If you have any suggestions for me... let me know! We also had a fireside at a member’s house in Gera. And it was just for the "Gera" members! It was interesting!

Donnerstag: We went and tried to get me a German driver’s license. I have to get one. Weird. We then went by on contacts. No one was home, or they couldn’t understand us over the klingel. It happens. We then had a termien (appointment?) with Michael. We invited him to be baptized and he said that when he finds out it is true, he will be baptized! Oh this just about made me want to do a flip for joy right there in the park! YES! We will be working very closely with him! The members are always surprised here when we tell them that we find new people, or that Michael wants to be baptized. They keep saying "Wow sisters! You are doing more work than the Elders did here in like a year!" I don’t think that’s true. But I do think this area was ready for sisters! Where our Elders are serving, before it had Berlin missionaries there they only had 1 lesson in 3 transfers! That’s NOTHING! The work is being sped up! We just have to work hard! We also helped Schwester Sorge in her garden! That was fun!

Freitag: Went by on contacts. I was NOT feeling it this day. I don’t know why, but I just was not my happy self! I didn’t feel motivated, I didn’t feel happy, and I was tired. But I did the work anyway. We went by on like...a lot of contacts and did finding along the way. We then did weekly planning at the end of the day! Good idea came from Sister Medley! It was WAY better than at the beginning!

Sammstag: We helped Schwester Dörlitz in her garden! She is one of my favorite members! She loves the missionaries and has a record and a picture of every missionary that has served here since like the 1970's, it’s so cool! We also had a lesson with Lucy and used some conference talks from our Ipads (still weird!). We also talked about making a plan to actually start making steps to her baptism date! It will be really good! She is only 20, so planning is still a little hard for her. Especially with money. Which is really what she needs in order to move out. But then after that we went by on MORE contacts! (We have a lot if you can’t tell!)

Sontag: Church! Good as normal! I sat by a lady and it turns out she is married to Pres. Kosak’s brother! Everyone here is related to him! Funny! Then after church we went to Pres. Kosaks other brother’s house for lunch! It was SO good! Typical East Germany food! Potatoes, gravy with pork in it, and rohtkohl (that red cabbage stuff). So good! Then we took the car back to Gera. Sister Medley drove on the Autobahn for the first time! It’s crazy! Kind of just like the freeway, without a speed limit! Ah! Then we ran into Raymond. The African from Monday (his appointment fell out on Sat.) He talked to us for like an hour! Then one of his friends came up and was all interested in why we spoke such good English. That’s one of my favorite questions to answer! So we got this kid’s number so we can tell him when English class is! He’s black, but was born in Germany, so he wants help with his English homework and stuff. He’s cool and like our age. Hopefully he will bring friends too! We also met with some less actives. We have a lot here. I have NO idea how to help people become reactivated. We will see.

So, this week was good! Just tiring! Friday was hard! Sister Medley asked me on Friday if I thought the transfer was harder than I thought it would be. At that moment, I realized that it maybe was! I put my whole heart, and soul into the people in Stadthagen! It’s hard to leave
a place when you have your whole heart there! Even when I put my whole heart here, everyone in Stadthagen will have a piece of my heart. I really am better now. Back to my normal happy self. But I just wanted to tell you that yes, a mission is wonderful. But it’s not all blissful. I have HARD days! But it’s worth it! Have such a fun week! Enjoy summer! It’s still cold here. Like in the 60's.

Alles Liebe, Sister St. John

 From Pday a few weeks ago, before we left Stadthagen.
*click on the picture to see it bigger*

 Gera...very East German, and green.

We live here...on Markt!