Dearest Family,
Ha,ahhh, I'm not sure where exactly
to begin. I have to keep checking
that my head is in place because things are crazy and we have been all over the
place this week!
Monday
we helped get the Elders out
of here and got Sister Sadler packed. Tuesday we split and I went with
Sister Harris to Berlin. I ended up staying with her and Sister
Chevalier in Spandau (Berlin). Oh
my goodness, those two are awesome missionaries. We worked really well
as a dritt, and we were all able to calm
each other down and not be so nervous about training. It was weird
being so close to the airport
for those few days in Berlin. It kind
of felt like I was at the Campbell’s in West Valley. We kept looking at
the planes on Wednesday wondering which one
our trainees were coming in on. Thursday
morning I was reminded of my love of running for buses and the relief
when you
make it! Picture 3 Sisters with
big backpacks, one had a suitcase, all running as fast as the can, which
is not
fast at all for a bus that was a whole stop away. Ha, it is quite a
sight to see. I can't wait for the slow-mo replay we'll all watch in
Heaven
;)
And
then we had a fantastic
training meeting. 28 trainers. Big group. It was so awesome and
wonderful hearing from President Kosak,
flash backs to a year ago when I met Sister Lartey. Seriously, has it
really
been a whole year?? Then Sister
Kosak brought in the new missionaries. My new companion is Sister
Means. She is so sweet! She is from California and has 5 sisters.
After the meeting we traveled back to
Schwarzenberg. Ha, the new
missionaries were so tired and so jet-lagged. Again, flashbacks for me.
We got to work right away. Even though she can't speak German,
Sister Means is great at following the spirit and talking with people. We were talking with one man in a
wheelchair. He didn't have
interest, but his friend who was standing on his balcony yelled down to us and
asked who we were. I introduced
us, he said, ''Oh no, you're not Mormons are you??'' Ha, we talked back and
forth for a little bit. Then he told us to wait a minute. He wanted to talk to us while he
walked his dog. We ended up
teaching him the first two lessons and we have another appointment this week. He loved our message and believes a lot
of the same things. We are excited
to meet with him again. The Lord
does have prepared people, even when they are not interested right at first.
Also I miss air conditioning. Ha, I have almost forgotten what it is
like to not be sweaty all the time. It's fun :) We do get air conditioning in the car when we have that
though. BTW driving in Germany is
not as bad as I thought it was going to be. The Elders have been very ambitious, well at least Elder Glad
is. They try biking everywhere. On Saturday they took the car and we
took their bikes to our home. Two
problems: 1. we are not as tall as the Elders, and 2. we live on a steep hill
and the Elder's brakes are very worn down. Ha, we did make it safely, though it was quite an interesting
experience.
Also, a miracle that happened with
training. My German has shot
through the roof. I am still not
perfect by any means, but the Lord has really blessed me these last few
days. Crazy how much the Lord
blesses you when you don't have any other option than to trust Him.
Well, I hope you have a great week.
I LOVE
YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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