September 25, 2011
hi
yeah, not much to write about. nothing overly exciting going on, its missionary stuff: We do the same thing every day, from 6:30-10:30, for 2 years. Little things happen in between, but its all the same. Not much going on here. Its been pretty average. I had a last minute talk on Sunday, luckily I had one pre-prepared. But im pretty sure I can give one off the bat now. I have better german than a lot of people in the ward lol. Now, about the guidlines again haha, im not breaking commandments. I still follow those. Now, as to matters with Jake, you just gotta let him do his own thing. Dont force him to do anything. He´s gotta figure things out for himself. Thats about all I can say. We cant make people do anything. We can only promise the blessings that comes from doing things . They have to know for themselves the importance of stuff. Sometimes that takes awhile. But I´ll do what I can, praying and fasting wise. And you can't think I'm a bad missionary, you're my mom. It defeats the purpose. Well, we had a busy day today, so sorry you didnt get your letter earlier. Thats a pretty sweet dream you had. Ive had some pretty intense dreams, from waaayyy deep revelation to Shalese yelling at me haha. I swear, thats all she does in my dreams. Im always getting yelled at for something. I hope she reads this haha. STOP YELLING AT ME I DIDNT DO NOFFIN. K, now that thats over with, I dont have much more to say. Im gunna start uploading more pics next week when my camera´s charged. Well, thats all Ive got for now. Im way exhausted, and Ive got a thema in DDM in the morning, so ima gunna go. Have a great week! Tschüß!
September 18, 2011
The less-active who gave us the wine is a little weird, and crazy, and italian, and he hasnt been a member very long, so it was kinda expected. We told our bishop, but he laughed at it too haha. He´s way cool. I gotta start uploading pictures again- ive been slacking off, and i need more room on my camera. Yeah, we got a new phone. Its about the same as our last one, but when we got it, the PIN didnt work, so it brought us to a PUK number, and then we got locked outta our phone, so we had to wait a few more days for a new SIM card. But its all sorted out now. So, with facebook on my ipod, i cant even use it cuz i dont have internet ever, and if i do use it, its on pday. Ive learned alot in the past year. Pres. Ninow once told me that the reason I wasnt seeing any "success" was because I wasnt following little "rules". We dont have "rules". We have guidelines. True, when you follow guidelines you´ll be happy, etc etc, but I have also seen many miracles without following all the tiny rules. When I had 2 batisims and 20 lessons, I wasnt keeping all the little rules. Its a little weird to explain, so maybe when I get back i can share some more info. I hope this doesnt make me sound like a lazy or bad missionary, Ive just learned a lot in the past year to be able to decide what works and what doesnt. But yeah, this week was still kinda slow cuz of our lack of phone, but this week coming up should be better. A girl came to church yesterday who read about us somewhere, and wanted to learn more. We´re meeting with her on Thursday. We also have Zone Confrence in Heidelberg on Wednesday, so dass sollte spaß sein. I ate alot of schnitzel yesterday, that was awesome. We also saw Joe Burns, but I dont remember what day it was. He´s gunna play soccer with us today. Its starting to feel fallish (thats prolly cuz fall starts this week) and its killing me inside. I love fall, and it just reminds me of home. Its kindof an awesome sucky feeling. Awesome cuz its a very homey feeling, sucky cuz im not home lol. eh, 11 months. In 6 months, I have to start "6 months to Sexy", which is when I have to work off the mission weight and start looking buff. But, i havnt gained, or lost, any weight. I weigh the exact same as when I left CT. Crazy. Well, ima go now. We gotta go pick up the other elders at bahnhof, so talk to ya later! TschüßSeptember 11, 2011
So, this week was good, and bad at the same time. Well, not really bad, but we lost our phone on thursday, so we´ve been phoneless for a few days, which kinda takes a toll on our numbers and getting in contact with people. I even asked some girl (who just happened to be very attractive) if we could use her phone to call ours. She didnt believe that we lost it, and thought we were just hitting on her and her friend. Then I asked another guy who was sitting next to us if we could use his phone and he let us, and I gave him the numbers in german, then the girl didnt even think I was american. oh well. But yeah, Elder Bednar was cool. he was pretty funny. All the missionaries were there, so that was also pretty neat. He basically talked about:
spiritual gifts,
pray to know to act,
how to be sucsessful as a parent,
how kindness is a good way to soften hard hearts,
we dont need to feel the spirit all the time,
at some point in our life we should memorize the family proclamation
It was really cool. Thats basically the only cool thing that happened this week. We went to a birthday party of a less active last night, and accidently had wine. He said it was non-alcoholic, and because he´s a member we believed him, but it was all lies. Luckily we only had a swig, and it was pretty easily identifiable. But other than that, nothing really exciting. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE AND MCKENZIE!! I forgot to send out letters, but I didnt forget. And yes, I am hitting the "Hump Day". Im pretty sure ive learned alot, but too much to put in an email. Ill just tell you guys in a year. K, we´re going to see a cool cathedral in Spire today, so I gotta say Tschüß. Have a great week!
September 4, 2011,
So, Mannheim is a blessing and a curse. BLESSING: I guess the ward is cool, there wernt alot of people there on sunday cuz alot are sick or on vacation. My comp is awesome, we get along way well. His name´s Elder Bennett. He´s from Texas too; I guess its just an overall cool area. Not overly pretty, but its cool. Do you remember Joe Burns? He´s studying here right now hahaha. Ill most likley see him around. Im not really sure about the investigators yet- they´re all on vacation. We´ll prolly get in contact with them this week. CURSE: I have never seen so many attractive girls in my entire life. No joke. It stinks, but is awesome at the same time. gaahhhh. And the weather here is way different from Solingen- its so hot here, but today was way nice. We went to Heidelberg to check out the castle. It was the perfect day outside. We see Elder Bednar tomorrow, so that´ll be cool. So, new address:
T6.26
68161 Mannheim
As for things to send me for the 1-year package, I only have this:
its for the yoyo that TJ sent me for christmas. I havnt been able to use it cuz it needs new friction pads, so if you got those that you be awesome <3
But yeah, that about all I got for now. Im glad you liked you mini-letters. I dont have time or room to write full ones, so those will have to do haha. Tell Mr. C I said Hi! Thats way cool. K, ima go now. Ill talk to you next week. Tschüß!
August 26, 2011
Sounds like the east coast is getting destroyed (referring to hurricane and earthquake)...good thing im in Germany BAHAHA. So, we got transfer calls on Saturday. Im....going to Mannheim! Its really cool, but sad at the same time. Im gunna miss Solingen, and Im gunna try to see if I can visit the Bapt. on the 18th, cuz I basically taught him everything. But im way pumped. I hear Mannheim is an awesome area, and I already know my comp haha. His names Elder Bennet. Oh, guess what. On Sept. 6th. Elder Bednar is visiting the mission, so we´re ALL going to Frankfurt to see him! And the summer is over. We had a few hot days here and there, but it was basically freezing. And now im wearing a hoody AND my winter coat (its pretty cold) and will only get colder...WOOO. Thats basically it from my side. Ill prolly have more to write next week. We´re getting together with the district today cuz Elder Telfer (elder Prusse's friend) and I are the only ones moving. He´s going to Frankfurt. And Elder Wilde is training. so, DONT SEND MY PACKAGE YET. K, i gotta go. Bis später!
