March 26, 2012

Hello,

thanks for Giselle's address, ill prolly get a letter out to her soon, and the rest of the giminezesheybgjs 

yeah, this week was pretty slow. We had schedualed alot of appointments, but basically all of them fell out. Its kinda stressful. Going down to Frankfurt tomorrow for interviews, that should be exciting. Yeah, I think the members are starting to open up a little more. We now have a ward mission leader, and I have a talk on the 22nd. Its only 5 min., so it should be a piece of cake. I figure, if I can whip out 10 minutes of german out of my butt, a prepared 5 minutes schould be nothing. Um, had an eating appointment yesterday. We had lasagna. Its funny that all the food you cooked at home I get here, basically. Sorry for being such a punk eater. Ill prolly eat everything when I get home, plus other stuff. Ill have to get a German recipe book. As to sending stuff home, Ill prolly keep it all. Costs too much to send, and I dont really have that much stuff. I have like one winter coat, and thats about it. Oh, thermals too. I prolly have more socks than anything. Yeah, if this makes you any more anxious, I have 22 weeks left :D. Tell joey Im a punk and have been real busy, but Ill get a letter out to him within the next couple weeks. Other than that, not much going on. Weathers been awesome. But, alas, with great weather comes 2 great downsides: Attractive women, and punk kids. Punk kids just chill at bahn stations and make fun of us. Its actually kinda funny. They know 2 words in english, the F bomb, and the B word lol. So its really easy to make them look like idiots. We´ve been doing a good job at that.Na ja, thats about it from my end. Not much else to say at the moment. Mothers Day is in, like, a month, so I guess Ill talk to you in a month lol. K, ima go now. Tschüß!

March 12- 19, 2012

MONDAY MARCH 19, 2012
im way glad to hear that the package made it lol. I had a nightmare that I got home, and it never got to you lol. I was just gunna ask about it today. Elder Light...he´s so funny lol. He´s in the same group as me. I cant even remember what the chocolates were. I hope you liked them- legit German chocolate. The bible is way cool. It was a gift from a member in Solingen. it was made in 1868, and its way fragile, so DONT TOUCH IT TOO MUCH. The same with the stein. That was a weihnachtsmarkt find for like 25€. Yeah, german zoos are the same. It was way cool, tho. It was only 4€, and there was like no one in the zoo. it was way sweet. D. Todd talked alot about alot of things. I dont have any notes infront of me, but he talked about working with the ward, repentance, Q&A, finding stuff, yeah. And in the German fireside (he had a translator) he talked about how hard times would be coming and how the people (that were at the fireside) said they would see the Lords work fufilled in their lifetime. And pres. Schwartz has been preping us for a "Ship the books" scenario, which is when we evacuate the country. He says hes got a bad feeling. Mal schauen. Transfers. Were staying together. This cycle is only 5 weeks long. Ive only got 3 more after this one. My return date is on August 31st (friday). But we havnt got trunky papers yet. Those should be coming fairly soon. I love Austin lol. I think he´ll do great in Italy. Im kinda jealous. But not really at the same time. I was thinking, Trav will prolly not be able to use my suitcases lol. They´re basically destroyed. Well, one of the wheels on the big one is. The cobbelstone is the worse enemy of missionaries. Itd be sweet to fly out to utah when you drop him off. I could stay with mission buds lol. Hey, you should get me Giselle's address before she goes on her mission thing. Did you know i havnt gotten mail since I was in Mannheim? And you know whats weird about it? it doesnt even bother me anymore lol. I figure, ill be back in like 5 months anyways, and im too busy here, so yeah. funny, gell? As to this week, it wasnt too bad. We had a couple lessons, but still doing alot of finding time. Oh, and between now and August, theres 51 new missionaries coming in. crazy. just like when we came in. But yeah, nothing much to report on. I think thats all I got. Ima go now. Have a nice week! Tschüß!
MONDAY MARCH  12, 2012
short letter, going to the zoo today. um, week was good, but slow. we tried to set bapt. date w/ an investigator like 6 times. she´s a dry member, she´s gotta say yes. D. Todd was sweet. there were only like 20-30 missionaries there, so it was pretty personal. Afterwards, i went to pee and one of the couple elders asked me what I thought of it. As I was talking about it, D. Todd came in and peed right next to me. Most awkward moment of my life. I dont think i had ever washed my hands so well after peeing. We held a nice conversation, tho. Yeah, im still in one suit. Ill prolly get a new one in August or something. You know, like, right before I get home. But yeah, he´ll be able to use alot of the stuff I have. Cant think of anything else at the moment. Transfer calls on saturday. Prolly staying here, but I never know anymore. K, gunna go now. Have a great week! tschüß!

March 5, 2012

Hello,
yes, i got the munz. thanks a bunch, we were able to get toliett paper and food to last long enough to get us to msf time. Its not really dragging, its actually going faster. this time last year i was saying, "I have a year and a half left", and now its, "I have less than 6 months left". pretty crazy. So, you don't have to get Travis some mission stuff, he´ll be able to take some of mine. And i can help decide from the list of things what he needs, cuz when I look back on it, I haven't used half the stuff i came over with, and you can usually find that stuff anywhere. You don't have to get him a backpack, either. Mines in perfect condition. And you should get his papers done by, like, may. Thatd be cooler. D. Todd is this Thursday from 2-9. The 1st 3 hours are just with us couple missionaries, and the other hours are for priesthood leadership/fireside. Should be pretty sweet. We think he´s gunna grill us. And no, my license isn't a big deal, its just kinda upsetting that we put so much money into it and have nothing to show for it. We´re playing füßball with the zone today, so thatll be pretty intense. Other than that, not much going on. Was another slow week. Lots of finding going on. We did however have 3 people at church yesterday. OH, get this: So there's this crazy lady here who gives the missionaries stuff. We´re not aloud to eat it cuz Pres. Ninow said it could be poisoned. But shes off the wall. She was also a former member, but i think got kicked-out. Anyway, she comes to church on fast Sunday to bear her testimony about how everyone is of the devil and she can see devils in the congregation and stuff. Not a good environment for investigators. Well, yesterday was Fast Sunday. And she was there. And Elder Owens and I had to bear our testimonies for a really long time so she couldn't. He only went up for like a minute or 2. Nearing the end of the meeting, as she was getting up, I bolted to the podium (having no idea what i was gunna talk about) and talked for 10 mintues about the Gospel of Jesus Christ (3rd lesson in Preach My Gospel). I basically taught the 3rd lesson. That gave her just enough time to talk for like 30 seconds. It was pretty close, but we got it. That's my fun story of the week. Oh, and on Wednesday this entire area of Germany is on strike with buses and stuff, so its gunna stink trying to go places. K, don't have much else to say. Hope you have a great week! Tschüß!