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!
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
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