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| Happy 4th of July! |
One thing this part of Germany doesn't have--mountains. It's weird not to be surrounded by them, but it is really, really beautiful trotzdem. Thankfully the weather has been really nice this week. Maybe a little toooo nice...We sweat a lot, lol. But I know that during winter I'll be complaining about how cold it is, so I'm just trying to enjoy the warmth while it lasts! I can't believe how fast this transfer has already gone by. Five weeks in Hanau already!! Next week is transfer calls. Sister Wilson and I are pretty sure we'll stay together a couple more transfers in Hanau, but hey, that's what I said about Frankfurt, and then they kicked me out, lol.
But I got to go on a split back to Frankfurt last week! It was so fun. I traveled up the night of the fourth, and there's this place right by the apartment that advertises "XL Burger Day Thursday 5€." And I'd always wanted to go there the three months I was in Frankfurt, so we finally went Thursday night. A bunch of other missionaries from my old district came too, and it was really, really fun and the burgers were actually really good! Don't worry--I was American and ate the burger with my hands. Most of the missionaries were too Germanized and ate it with their knife and fork. Soooo embarrassing...lol. But that's a picture of me eating corn on the cob on the Fourth. I wore that shirt and blue skirt. I was an American flag! Haha. I'm shiny with sweat and butter in that picture...always looking the classiest. You know me!
The ward here in Hanau is really, really awesome. They are still soooo excited to have sisters in the ward. We visited this old lady last week, and then she got up on Fast Sunday and like bore her testimony about us. It was embarrassing but really nice of her but still really awkward. She was like, 'We are so blessed to have these sisters in the ward and everyone needs to love them and I am so glad because the Elders NEVER came to visit me so I'm so happy for these sisters!' Poor Elders, lol. The Elders in our ward were in the MTC with us as well. We four in the Hanau ward are just really young all together! Haha. They are really nice Elders and really good missionaries. It's just weird being out of Frankfurt and not seeing like anybody else. Because Frankfurt is the central place of the mission, I saw tons of missionaries all the time. But I love Hanau still! Our Bishop is so cool. His wife is American, too, and they are both RMs, so they really know how to help us in the work. The ward is really starting to get member missionary work rolling. Pretty much every single testimony on Sunday was about missionary work. It was so awesome.
Mostly right now we're doing member work. The thing about Germany is that no one will talk to you about God. The LOVE talking about anything else, but as soon as you talk about religion they shut down. And that's hard, because that's the only thing I'm here to do! Lol. So we are really trying to get member missionary work rolling, and so we visit members a lot. It's also difficult because the Hanau area is HUGE. It's one of the biggest in the mission, so it takes over an hour to get to some of the members by car, and then two hours by train/bus. So we do a lot of traveling to and from member appointments. We also do some proselyting, which hasn't been given us any really good results yet. But we have faith! If the Lord had a secret way to find a million people, I think He'd tell us. But as of right now, we're just knocking doors and working with members. So...yeah. A lot of walking around being rejected, lol. But it's okay. We laugh about it, but then we are sad because we know that the message will help them!
Actually, will you keep my old investigator in your prayers? He is really, really sick, and I was going to have an appt. with him on Thursday when I went on a split, but he's way too sick to meet with us. His name is Mahari. He's just this little old guy, and I love him so much! So maybe pray for him for a little bit, if you wouldn't mind. But I know Sister Imbach is taking good care of him. She goes home in about two months. That is sooo weird too! My two trainers are both almost dead...Sister Mosher is dead, and Sister Imbach is dying, lol. We have zone training tomorrow, so I'm excited to see everyone in the zone. We also got to teach a lesson on Sunday in Primarvereinigung (Primary) about families, and that was fun.
Mom, my best advice for your lesson would be to listen to this talk called 'The Missionary Next Door.' It is GENIUS. I was like...hmmm yes excellent...Gathering ideas we could use in our house. It is a really good talk and just talks about examples of how we can be missionaries without having to wear name badges and stuff. ALSO the Worldwide Broadcast on missionary work!! That was so awesome. It was a couple weeks ago, but you can watch it online. It was so cool. The little films with the songs in the background made me cry, lol, especially the one where they show people preparing to go on missions and then getting their call and going. It was a really, really good broadcast. So everything I could think of to say is said better in those two things.
But I got to go on a split back to Frankfurt last week! It was so fun. I traveled up the night of the fourth, and there's this place right by the apartment that advertises "XL Burger Day Thursday 5€." And I'd always wanted to go there the three months I was in Frankfurt, so we finally went Thursday night. A bunch of other missionaries from my old district came too, and it was really, really fun and the burgers were actually really good! Don't worry--I was American and ate the burger with my hands. Most of the missionaries were too Germanized and ate it with their knife and fork. Soooo embarrassing...lol. But that's a picture of me eating corn on the cob on the Fourth. I wore that shirt and blue skirt. I was an American flag! Haha. I'm shiny with sweat and butter in that picture...always looking the classiest. You know me!
The ward here in Hanau is really, really awesome. They are still soooo excited to have sisters in the ward. We visited this old lady last week, and then she got up on Fast Sunday and like bore her testimony about us. It was embarrassing but really nice of her but still really awkward. She was like, 'We are so blessed to have these sisters in the ward and everyone needs to love them and I am so glad because the Elders NEVER came to visit me so I'm so happy for these sisters!' Poor Elders, lol. The Elders in our ward were in the MTC with us as well. We four in the Hanau ward are just really young all together! Haha. They are really nice Elders and really good missionaries. It's just weird being out of Frankfurt and not seeing like anybody else. Because Frankfurt is the central place of the mission, I saw tons of missionaries all the time. But I love Hanau still! Our Bishop is so cool. His wife is American, too, and they are both RMs, so they really know how to help us in the work. The ward is really starting to get member missionary work rolling. Pretty much every single testimony on Sunday was about missionary work. It was so awesome.
Mostly right now we're doing member work. The thing about Germany is that no one will talk to you about God. The LOVE talking about anything else, but as soon as you talk about religion they shut down. And that's hard, because that's the only thing I'm here to do! Lol. So we are really trying to get member missionary work rolling, and so we visit members a lot. It's also difficult because the Hanau area is HUGE. It's one of the biggest in the mission, so it takes over an hour to get to some of the members by car, and then two hours by train/bus. So we do a lot of traveling to and from member appointments. We also do some proselyting, which hasn't been given us any really good results yet. But we have faith! If the Lord had a secret way to find a million people, I think He'd tell us. But as of right now, we're just knocking doors and working with members. So...yeah. A lot of walking around being rejected, lol. But it's okay. We laugh about it, but then we are sad because we know that the message will help them!
Actually, will you keep my old investigator in your prayers? He is really, really sick, and I was going to have an appt. with him on Thursday when I went on a split, but he's way too sick to meet with us. His name is Mahari. He's just this little old guy, and I love him so much! So maybe pray for him for a little bit, if you wouldn't mind. But I know Sister Imbach is taking good care of him. She goes home in about two months. That is sooo weird too! My two trainers are both almost dead...Sister Mosher is dead, and Sister Imbach is dying, lol. We have zone training tomorrow, so I'm excited to see everyone in the zone. We also got to teach a lesson on Sunday in Primarvereinigung (Primary) about families, and that was fun.
Mom, my best advice for your lesson would be to listen to this talk called 'The Missionary Next Door.' It is GENIUS. I was like...hmmm yes excellent...Gathering ideas we could use in our house. It is a really good talk and just talks about examples of how we can be missionaries without having to wear name badges and stuff. ALSO the Worldwide Broadcast on missionary work!! That was so awesome. It was a couple weeks ago, but you can watch it online. It was so cool. The little films with the songs in the background made me cry, lol, especially the one where they show people preparing to go on missions and then getting their call and going. It was a really, really good broadcast. So everything I could think of to say is said better in those two things.
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