January 24,2011

Hellooo.

 So, Life is Gute. The nice weather just ended and its started getting cold again :( Oh well. Soccer was okay. So instead of basketball courts they have Soccer platz, which is basically a basketball court for soccer. Except this one had a giant tree in the middle of it, and we played with some really annoying German kids. We called the jerk one "Choncho" (Nacho Libre reference) We did everything we could to hurt him without blatently hurting him haha. Then we played Ultimate Frizbee. It was fun. It was just our distrikt, so only 6 guys. OH, so I gave myself a haircut like 2 weeks ago. Its not half bad. But I dont wanna do it again haha. I finally got Uncle Frank & Aunt Linda´s package. It was pretty awesome. I got rootbeer, PB, hot chocolate, and some other stuff! I just finished reading the Book of Mormon for the 1st time, and now Im doing it in German. Suprisingly I can undertand most of it. I also just finished Our Search for Happieness and Our Heritage. We went to a funeral on Thursday morn. for one of our ward members. It was snowing, and German Graveyards look really creepy, but soo cool. OH. I gave a talk last week. It was on the prophecies of Isaiah and John the Baptist and their Revelations of the Savior's earthly mission. It was all in German too haha. I think everyone understood me. I guess I can pity you guys now cuz of the snow, cuz we havnt had any, so, you have my pity.  Germany lowered the prices on stamps from 1,75€ to ,75€, so its affordable now haha. I was gunna send a letter out to everyone at home like this week, so that'll be my reach-out. But yeah, thats about it. Im gunna put more pics up today. Nothing really exciting going on this week. Transfers are in 2 weeks or less, cuz half our distrikt is going home. Ill prolly stay here, and I dont know who could be coming in. Hopefully its someone I can handle haha. OKay, I think thats about it. If I think of something else Ill let you know. K, tschüss!

January 17, 2011

Hello home! 

Week was pretty good. Finally went to the concentration camp on Monday. It was really cool. Ill have to put pics up next week cuz I dont have alot of time this week cuz we're playing soccer in a bit. Its like 60 degrees here. Its been like this for the past week, but we`re supposed to get snow sometime this week. bummmmer. I had brusselsprouts for the 1st time yesterday...theyre NOT very good. BUT I eat everything on my plate, and luckily Germans love blending their food with others, so it usually taste pretty good. Stinks to hear about the snow you got. Now I kinda have pity for you, cuz its so nice here. I had another split on Wednesday with our Distrikt leader. It was pretty cool. We have a real cool distrikt, but 3 of them are going home in like 3 weeks, so Me and Elder Sorensen will take over our areas....weeee. For packages, I would just send them to the mission address. Ill just get them at Zone conference. Im kind of sorry for Zak B. hahaha. (our family friend who just got his mission call to Moscow)Russias like the 2nd hardest country to serve in. Greece is the hardest cuz your not allowed to proselyte or youll get thrown in jail, or worse. Russia is almost just as bad, but not quite. Im sure Moscow will be alittle easier, but Ich habe kein anüng (Ive never been there) haha. Thats about it for this week. It was rather boring. OH, so we have a ward member that died. She was 97! So, our ward wants us to go to her cremation. So, we`re gunna go haha. Apperantly she ran in the olympics! So, yeah, thats about it. K, i gotta go write lots of people in a short time. K tschüss!

January 10, 2011

HEllo everyone!

 

I did get your letter in the mail like last week! Thanks for having everyone sign it! Ill try to write back when I get more envelops. Im glad to see that Travis may be going back to school...lol. My companion loves Travis's Random movie! We watch some of it like everyday. Tell Präsident Stratford I said guten tag! hahaha. Im getting used to the speed of the language, but its still a little tricky. Probably will be for a little while, but im working on it. I did get your package in one piece. Im just glad customs didnt charge me haha. I have not gotten Uncle Franks package yet, BUT it IS in Erfurt, so im gunna get it on Thursday. Not much goin on here. Its 50 degrees and awesome! Weimar flooded yesterday. Im trying to get 700 pics up in like an hour, so its a little tricky. They definatly won't all be up today. But its a work in progress. I am gettin fatter, but only because Im being polite...and German food is awesome. But i think ive lost some weight from walking everywhere. Not quite sure on plans for Pday. Its always never really planned. We just wing it. Oh, and we had zone conference in Nürnburg again. I had to say the blessing on the food...auf Deutsch. It went well. Luckily i can speak german hahaha. But, yeah. Thats about it. I gotta another split this week in Nordhausen with our distrikt leader, so that should be good. OH, When we got back from zone conference, we found out a pipe in the house below us was busted and the guy there blamed our shower for it. So we called the office to see what they could do, and they never called us back haha. But we dont care anymore, so we're taking showers anyways. And he's still blasting tehcno at 2 in the morning. So we just turn on the shower and it stops hahaha. Thats about all i can think of. I have alot in my journal, so i may have to recap in 2 years. K, i gotta do alot of stuff. Tschüß!

January 3,2011

Hellooo
      So, Im good. Week was pretty slow. For New Years we ate at a members house (schnitzel, carrots & taters) OH, ive gained like 13 pounds. Just letting you know. Then we cleaned all day, watched another movie at the church, went to bed regular time, and woke up at 12. IT WAS A WAR ZONE. So, Germany doesnt really have firework restrictions, so they just light them off anywhere they want. It was pretty chaotic. I got a cool video, so Ill have to upload that. Funny story about my package. So, as I am writing this, I dont have it. BUT, i got a slip to pick it up here in Erfurt. Apperantly it got held up in Customs, so I have to go pay for it. Next time you send something, be as vague as you can on the customs slip so I dont have to pick it up anymore. Its prolly the Ipod and new shoes. Apperantly that happens with new shoes...and mp3s. But yeah, Ill pick it up today. Sorry to hear about mckenzies sledding accident, but thats what happens. Sledding is a mans sport...About "Today I taught YW. We went over King Noah, Abinadi and Alma. My point in the lesson was for them to know that by living the Gospel, you can change one life, which ultimatly can change hundreds!! After Abinadi died, Alma preached what he learned from Abinadi and ending up baptising 450 people..which led to more baptisms later on... So, keep that in mind.. you may be there to change one person, which ultimatly could change hundreds of lives!! And that one person may not happen until the end of your mission!!' I actually read that part in Mosiah like last week. Im up to Alma 53 as of today, so im cruising right along. This would be my 1st time going thru it. So its starting to warm up a bit. I have no sympathy for the snow CT got, because we´ve been getting hammered. Um, yeah. Nothing really exciting happened this week. OH. SO I went on my first Golden split (thats with someone I was at the MTC with) So, while we were at the train station, some reallly tall & big guy approached us & started talking to us (Me, my comp, & 2 other elders). My comp and the other elder had to go otherwise they were gunna miss their train, so they left him to us 2 new guys. I couldnt understand him for jack. Luckily he kinda spoke extremly broken english. Unluckily he was nuts. Like, completely crazy. He was telling us how we can't go back to the US because its gunna have a big depression and a fault line is gunna break & kill everyone. So he was telling us to join fallout communities. He gave us a list of websites so we could arm purselves with knowledge. I set up a meeting again with him this thursday hahaha. OH, and during that split we went dooring, and I handed out my 1st pamphlet! WOOO. It was pretty cool. But yeah, thats about it for this week. Maybe something more exciting will happen this week. Apperantly today is stare-at-missionaries day. Its funny. Okay, im gunna go write & download videos & pictures, so ill talk to you later. Tschüß!

Dec. 20, 2010

HELLO. so, the number here is xxxx-xxxx-xxxx. I dont know the area code, or zip code, or country code, so find that out! For 1st christmas we're going to a concentration camp, and on 2nd christmas we're eating over peoples houses. (Germany celebrates Christmas for 2 days). I have not gotten my package yet. My passport isnt ready yet either. Im glad to hear broadway was cool. I love dodgeing cars in the city. Its awesome. Sorry to here about the crazy stuff with the plumbing. If it makes you feel better, theres a group of Satanist rising to power in the city, so it makes work alittle tricky. I have heard about Jolysa's mission and Scott's wedding. Shalese told me last week. I havn't heard from anyone else tho. I got letters from Aunt Mel, the Jankowskis, and the Shellys. So, im not entirely without mail. And uncle frank and aunt linda sent me a package, so i'll get presents to open on BOTH christmas's! Oh, I have to give a talk on Sunday. Im pretty sure im gunna slaughter the German language, but thats okay. I found out EVERYONE in my branch speaks english, but they dont speak it to me! But its fine. Its good practice. We got a tree yesterday from our Printer lady (whose not a member). She invited us to lunch with her and her husband, so we went with her to her dorf (Dorfs are REALLLY small towns out in the middle of nowhere. Theyre really old and pretty) and had an awesome lunch. We were there about 3 hours. We also got fed yesterday. I'M pretty sure ive gained like 4 pounds. Its exciting. I'd send pics today, but our computer doesnt have a USB input. Its still snowing. But not too bad. It getting cold. The sun is the brightest at 9 in the morning, and then it sets the rest of the day and is down by 4. I can understand people more! WOOHOO. And im tying to parrot everyone, and that seems to work. We really havn't taught anything. Its really slow during Christmas, which is to be expected. It should pick up after the holidays. But yeah. I cant think of anything else exciting (which is weird, cuz stuff happens all the time) So, hopefully i'll hear from you all on the 25th! K, ima write more. Bis Samstag! (Until Saturday).

Dec 13, 2010

Hello everyone. It is monday once again. And its suprisingly a nice day! Week was pretty good. Its been raining/snowing for awhile, so its a tad cold. If you think its cold there, come here. The sun never breaks over the horizon, so its usually 20 during the day, without the wind. The sun is down at 3:30, and thats when it starts snowing and getting windy. So, its usually 17 degrees at 4 and around negatives at 6. I guess this is the coldest winter Germany has had in 1000 years, and its not even winter yet. My testimony and knowledge are both getting a pretty good boost. We do alot of studying and reading during the day, so im definatly getting my fill. And the things we see during the day are also pretty solidifying for my testimony. YAY FOR PACKAGE ON THE WAY!!!! We´ve been anxiously awaiting my ipod, so i hope it comes soon. and i need shoes hahaha. Poor sick kitty. Thats what happens when you get one without me. Yay for your aniversery coming up and going to broadway! So, the language is still goin. I can basically understand almost everything, but saying what i want is still alittle tricky. It should come in about 5 months. We're not teaching alot of people. December is a hard month for missionary work, but we're trying none the less. P-days vary. No idea what we're doing today. I wanna do something cool. Alot of guys just wanna stay inside, but Im in Germany, so I wanna do stuff. Transfers are in 2 weeks. Ill probably stay, but theres no guarentee. I dont see why theyd seperate us yet. But, its not for me to decide. Zo-Ko was pretty cool. Nüremburg is quite pretty. Could you do some research on the knight statue you said the Sporbert side has? I wanna look for it. So, at the Nüremburg Bahnhof (train station), there were police everywhere, all with machine guns. Apperantly theres a nation-wide terrorist alert that we didnt know about. So, they were checking passports, and us Goldens dont have ours yet, so we had to hide and walk around and speak German. It was exciting. So, at the confrence I saw alot of the guys I came over with. It was only the Erfurt and Nüremburg zones, so I didnt see everyone. But I saw alot of people.It was awesome. We did alot of roll-playing too. those stink.  but they're good help. That was basically it. We had splits on Friday to Saturday. It was cool. I got to be in Gotha with one of my buddies companions. Hes also our distrikt leader. Hes pretty cool. And on saturday was our ward christmas party. It was small., but nice. I ate alot of sweets. OH. So ive basically been eating things that I would never eat back home. Its not too bad. Nothing gross yet. Its pretty cool.  And we had interviews with Pres. Ninow on Sunday. Those went really well. Hes awesome. So we've basically had a pretty chaotic week. But a good one. Thats about it for now. Hope all is well. OH. So, basically, I cant call home, So im gunna give you info on how to call on Christmas. We cant go anywhere, and cant call from our cell phones, so ill give you more info on Monday. K, gotta write more people. Tschüß!!!

December 6th, 2010

So,I guess its monday again. With the ipod, dont send headphones.We cant use them.Ill have to buy a charger for it or something. And peanut butter sounds great!  So yeah, its pretty cold. Its snowed like 4 days straight, so theres alot of slush. I hate slush. If you send me anything for christmas, I could really use some rockports. They dont have them here. And everyone says theyre really sturdrdy and waterproof. My shoes arent doing to well,so I got another cheap pair. Theyre not doing to well either lol. I just need something to keep the water out. Thats about it. So heres some things I thought I could write about: So, apperantly starting to learn russian was a really good idea. So many people speak it here, and we have a new investigator who is from eastern Ukraine (which is russian speaking). She just showed up to church on sunday after talking with one of the ladys from another ward. The lady felt compelled to talk to this non-member lady, and they talked for a while. She'll prolly get baptized really soon. We have Zone Confrence tomorrow in Nürenburg. Our train leaves at 6:30 am, so we gotta wake up really early. Im gunna see elder Prussy's buddy there,so itll be cool. Oh, and the money here is really cool. Alot of it is coins, like a 1 cent, 2 cent, 5 cent, 10 sent, 20 cent, 50 cent, 1 euro, and 2 euro. The smallest bill i've seen is 5 euro, then 10, then 20, then 50, and i havnt seen past that hahaha. I just got your letter today. So, about the non-alchoholic beer hahaha we only drink it at home, so no one sees us with it. we're very careful about our image. So, you got a kitty...without me. way to go. I hope you have to give it away. lol im kidding. but not really. but i am. So, yeah, lots of snow. So english class... Yes, we do teach english lol. But the past 2 times we've talked about religion alot, which I guess has never happened, so we're excited. With the duck and stuff on Thanksgiving, my comp did the cooking hahaha. He enjoys it. So.. no dangerous parts in Weimar. No dangerous parts inGermany actually. Its the safest european country. No real anti-america feelings. people here are kinda scared of us actually haha. Last p-day, we went to the Weinachtsmarkt in Erfurt, and its right below two huge cathidrels (i'll send pics real soon, prolly today). One chapel was catholic, and the other was lutherin or protestant. We went inside both, and they're soo cool. But they're kinda dark. I can imagine why most catholics dont go to church hahaha. So, yeah. Im not quite sure what else to write about. Transfers are in like 2 weeks. Not sure what goes on there, but we'll find out. So, yeah. Lots of fun and work out here. Um, so im not quite sure what else to write. OH YEAH! So, Presidant Ninow is awesome. Ive heard hes one of the greatest mission presidants in the field. He's really strict, but for a good reason. Hes supper nice and is just over all awesome. So, I just found out I can send picture over the internet, so im gunna do that in a seperate email so I dont have to waste money on post. K, i think thats about it. If I think of anything else, Ill let you know. K love you bye