November 21 2011

FAMILY LETTER


BANGARANG

Eh, not much going on this week. We have Zone Conference on Wednesday, and Thanksgiving dinner with the other missionaries on Thursday, so that´ll be sweet. Other than that, its pretty boring. The Weinachsmarkt in Mannheim opens on Wednesday. We went to the one in Speyer today, but it wasnt as cool as expected. We´re pumped to go to the one in Heidelberg, tho. Oh, I found out this week that I can't pray in english anymore. I tried, and I struggled way hard. Its so much easier in German now haha. Ive also heard that if you pray in your mission language after your mission, you´ll be able to keep it (the language, I mean). I find myself not being able to remember english words or phrases, and sometimes I use the German grammer when I make sentances. Its pretty cool haha. Austin Smith going to Italy for his mission? Thats sweet. I know he wanted to go there pretty bad. Im pumped for him, especially with the temple going up soon. So, Ive been thinking about how I only have 6 more cycles left, and Im dreading coming home. Im freaking out. Im sure I'll have nothing to worry about, but still, like, ive been doing the same thing for the past almost year and a half, and to be thrown back in the ocean is kinda scary. Eh, but I dont let it bother me too much. My biggest fear is that when I see Shalese, that im gunna puke lol. Dont ask me why, but thats just my fear haha. Um yeah, so other than that, thats about it. Wait, why were you at the Sedgwick? AND on the day she got my letter, none-the -less? Id send pictures, but I need to write letters first :) And im trying to do better with putting them online. But alas, it always evades me. Maybe on like my 18-month mark ill send pics home or sumtin. K, ima go now. Have a great week! Tschüß!

DADS LETTER

hey pa, week was pretty good, but kinda slow. You should stop getting sick lol  Here's something new I learned this week that I thought was pretty cool! Get this: So you know how some talk about how when we´re in the lower kingdoms of Heaven, we cant progress? And that damnation is eternal and stuff? Well.....Its not! It doesn't say that ANYWHERE in the scriptures! In fact, it says the complete Opposite! It says that we´ll still be able to progress, it'll just take a little longer than if we lived right while we were on the earth! Pretty nifty, right? Weather here is cold, thats about it. For Thanksgiving we´re going to the ward haus in Limburgerhof with the other elders to have a dinner. Should be sweet. Yeah, not much happened this week. Same old stuff. K, have a great week! Feel better! Tschüß!

November 14, 2011

So, Transfer results...IM....staying here, and so is Elder Keetch. WOO. Yeah, Sister Uchtdorf shook our hands. We were basically like, ´"Follow us if you want to get back to your husband" haha. It was hammer. Also not too much going on this week. Its gotten pretty cold, the Weinachsmarkt is being set up, Thanksgiving is in like 2 weeks, Ive been in Germany a year as of tomorrow, yeah. Not much going on, so this letters gunna be prety lame. On Sat. night, we did like a member Missionary Training Center which was pretty sweet. We (Mannheim and Speyer elders) bought all the food, called members, told people what was going on, and taught lessons kinda like in the MTC. Pres. Schwartz even came as a guest speaker, which was pretty cool for the members. There were more people than expected, but luckily we had enough food. We were freaking out the whole time thinking we wernt gunna have enough lol. We also had 2 eating appointments yesterday, and another one tonight and on Friday, so hopefully I start gainging weight. But i doubt it. Im special lol. But yeah, that's about it. K, hopefully something cewl happens this week. Oh, thanks for the package! Um, I noticed there were no yo-yo stickers in it, so im gunna send you the link again:

http://www.yo-yo.com/index.php/site/products/3152PK

This is implying that I REALLY need yo-yo stickers, so if that was in a christmas package or something that would be hammer. I cant think of anything else I would need for it, so thats it for now. K, ima go now. Have a great week! Tschüß!

October 4, 2011 - November 7, 2011

November 7,2011

Sorry, we've been in a rush, I think I can do a better job writing today...

Interviews were good. Yeah, they´re always w/ our Mission President. He was telling me about my potential that I have but I havnt unleashed yet. I told him people have been telling me that my entire life, I just dont know how to do it lol. So we´ll see how that goes. President Uchtdorf was awesome. We brought an investigator, and we sat in the very back until someone came to us and told us we could sit in the 1st row, so we obviously moved. He talked in German, which was way cool to hear. it was also his birthday yesterday, so we all sang to him. Afterwards he told everyone that he´d be making his way around, so we got in line to meet him. Elder Keetch got to shake his hand, but I followed him the WHOLE NIGHT trying to get in. it was pretty funny. We (Elder Bullard and I) were even asked to go find Sis. Uchtdorf and bring her back to the group, but never got a hand shake or a picture. Epic Fail. But it was good anyways.

   Yes, I got your package this morning, but havnt had the time to open it. Ill prolly get to it sometime later tonight. So, the exact day that I´ll be home is Sept. 6th, so Im actually only a week short of two years. Another fail.

   Sounds like a fun time (week of no power and snow) lol. I wish I coulda been there. Its still cold here, but not cold enough to snow. And yeah, I still hear from Christian. AND, Like 4 days after I left Solingen, another guy, Uwe, also got baptized! Dang. A golden stole my hard-earned baptisim lol

   Chad....oh gosh (referencing Chads drivers licence). Travis...tell him to play more videogames to up his coordination.

As for Sedgwick B-day party's they are always fun lol. I remember the dating game. I lost, but won anyways haha. Yeah, I honestly kept forgeting to send her letter. I had it all written out and everything, but kept forgetting. That, and I didnt want to send it imediatly after cuz it makes me look desperate for mail. Which im not lol. Im at the point of mission where I dont even know what to say in mail anymore, and everyone kinda forgets about you anyways after a year. its sad, but one gets over it relativly quick. But yeah, I sent it to her on Friday I think, so she should get it this week. 

    Sounds like some pretty intense dreams mom. I like the one about me with the blonde hair and dark routes, tho. Remind me to tell you about that later...

    Frankensteins castle was awesome. Most of the castle was closed off tho, cuz they were doing like a haunted graveyard type thing and it was only open at night, but we still got to see it. Then we went to Heidelberg for a YSA activity. I got my face painted like it was in the Haunted graveyard. It made me trunky lol.

   But yeah, everything here is doing good. its kinda slow, but at the same time its flying faster now that the time is arriving soon. Nothing much more to say. Ill have the transfer results for you on Monday, cuz we get calls on Saturday. other than that, have a nice week and talk to you later! Tschüß

October 31,2011
Hi, way to not email me last week. But its okay, i forgive you. Kinda gotta write kinda quick today, we´re going to Frankensteins Castle, cuz its Halloween. Um, yesterday was stake conference in Keiserslautern, and the missionaries sang in the choir. It was pretty good. Then we had interviews, which went also pretty good. On Sunday we´re gunna go to Darmstadt to see President Uchtdorf, so we´re pretty pumped for that. Other than that, not sure what to write about. Sorry, kinda in a rush. But im doing great, and my winter gear is still fine from last year, you dont need to send me anything wintery. K, gotta go have a great week tschüß!


October 17, 2011
Im doing good. Still happy, still healthy, and still taking vitamin D. Weather here´s gettin´ colder, so im pumped. Yeah, in the way of snow, Germanys the same. We´re good with flu shots. Sounds like lots going on back home. Cant say ive seen the movie RM, and Pres. Schwarz doesnt talk about adjustment, at least not till we´re ready to go home. Interviews should be coming up pretty soon. No new investigators. If anything, we´ve lost some. it was a tricky numbers week, but this week should be better. We wanted 14 lessons, but we only got 4. Alot of fallen-out appointments. For Pday we´re gunna go to Speyer. What we´re gunna do, we dont know. Elder Keetch & I just spent 2 hours in an orthipedic clinic for his ankel (spelling?). Apperantly he´s got a random piece of bone floating arounnd his foot, and its been like that since January (German health care stinks) So we´re trying to fix it. he´ll prolly have to get minor surgery on it, but we dont know yet. For Halloween, we´re gunna go to Frankensteins castle, which should be awesome. Tranasfers are in...4 weeks? kein anung. but we´ll prolly both stay for kridmus, whichll be cool. Other than that, not much going on. I always forget to tell something, but im never shure what it is. Eh, ill have to write it down when it pops in. Well, thats about it for this week. Hopefully this week is a tad more exciting. K, ima go get my haircut, so have a great week! Tschüß!


October 10, 2011
Im glad Im staying in Mannheim. Its a pretty sweet area, and the members are pretty cool, but I think Solingen is still my favorite area. Not many investigators, but we´re working on it. Mannheim hasnt had a baptisim in over a year, so we´re gunna attempt to change that. Sounds like life back home is exciting...lol. Ill be partaking in boring life in like 10 months...weird. Tell Travis to do it, take guitar lessons. Didnt he try, like, along time ago? I have been thinking of writing Frau for a while, I just gotta not be lazy with letter writing. I was just gunna ask how that package was coming along lol. Did you ever find those yo-yo stickers? Ive started juggling, its pretty intense. Ive picked up alot of useless skills out here lol. But Im sure they´ll impress someone someday. Well, today we´re going to Heidelberg cuz half our district is new, so that´ll be fun. Its getting colder here, but the leaves dont really change color- they just die. Its kinda boring. Oktoberfest is over. I didnt even really know it was going on. But yeah, thats about it from me. maybe Ill write/mail that letter soon. We´ll see. Oh, and could you get me Giselle´s address too? I got the family letter from them, but not from her, so ima chew her out. K, ima go now. have a great week. Tschüß!

October 4, 2011
Sorry I didnt write yesterday- apperantly it was the 4th of July for Germany, so EVERYTHING was closed. We went on a day-hike with our ward. Thats was pretty fun. Transfercalls came in- Im staying in Mannheim, Elder Bennett is going to Duisburg, and Elder Prussey´s buddy Elder Keetch is gunna be coming in! I also found out that Elder Bennett knows Elder Rapp! So tell him he says hi. Yeah, not much happened this week. Except for confrence and transfer calls, nothing really happened. We had alot of fallen-out appointments, and one of our investigators is going on an new england vacation. And this week is transfer week, so I dont even know whats going down. For pday we´re gunna chill in Worms cuz half our district is leaving.  Id say that nightly Book Of Mormon reading is a good idea, no matter how little or how much it is, as long as youre reading in it at least once a day. I guess you could use the reward system, but they´re all old enough that they shouldnt need it. Thats about all I have to say about that. K, ima finish uploading pics, so Ill let youz goz. Have a great week! oh yeah, Christmas is in 11 weeks. Tschüß!