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.
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Gera...very East German, and green.
We live here...on Markt!
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