March is Here! 3/3/14

March is here already!!

And with it comes the chilly, gray rain, haha. Hopefully it'll clear up, because I am definitely not a fan of these tights...I've taken to wearing a lot of different colors to try to mix things up. Black and gray and brown get really old really fast. I was hoping it would be nice today because of PDay, but it's a little drizzly. Hopefully it'll clear. It was Fasching this weekend. Fasching is pretty much the Mardi Gras of Germany. It's the celebration people have before Lent, before they all give up something for 40 days. Basically another excuse to drink a lot, haha. But people wear crazy costumes, and there is a tradition of cutting off people's ties! So the assistants sent a text around last Friday warning the Elders to wear their least-favorite ties, because they run the risk of having them get cut off, haha. Tomorrow is the last day, which is good. There have been some parades and things, which mess up the trains, and yesterday we ended up walking to an appointment at the Bishop's because NO trains were running. Only an hour or so late...hooray Fasching!! :) But it actually is pretty crazy. There's a carnival here with a Ferris Wheel and other rides, and lots of little booths with delicious food, so that's what we're doing today for PDay with our district. Fasching festival!! Don't worry. No beer and no costumes for us. :) But we're actually really excited to go. How often do you get to ride a Ferris Wheel in front of the Wasserturm? Probably like...never.

I feel as if Germany has made me a much better driver! Actually we'll see...Maybe it's because all the Germans are such good drivers and they can avoid me?? Haha. But there has to be a reason they kicked me out of Hanau and took me away from the one Sister area with a car. Mannheim is doing great. The ward had a Fasching party last Friday night. It was a pretty crazy day, though, so we got there late and had to leave early, because President has asked us to be home before it gets too dark because of Fasching and all the crazy drunks wandering around. Blehhh got sick again this weekend. Not too bad, just a gross cough and head cold, but it feels like it's clearing up. Hopefully never again! This is stresssful enough without feeling physically gross. Friday we had to give over our really, really nice train tickets to some Elders in Rammstein. That wasn't fun. Now we have these dumb little dinky tickets that don't cover a lot of our area. Grr...Hanau all over again!! It was really cool to be able to go places without paying to get there. But...so ist es. At least the Rammstein Elders felt bad enough to give us Cadbury Eggs they managed to get from the Military Base. Score! If Sarah goes to Germany, they'll have access to the base and everything, so they will never be in want of American food, haha. I mean, the German food is amazing and delicious...but there really is no peanut butter, no brown sugar...you know, a lot of little things that would be nice to have sometimes. I might have to go over and visit her and teach her some things about Germany if she gets stationed there, haha. :)

Zone Conference is in two weeks. I'm sooooo excited! I'm thinking about all the people I get to see. It's going to be so fun! I get to see Sister Beck AND Sister Wilson!! And answering your question, I've been senior comp uninterrupted since my third transfer. So...7 transfers total? Something like that. I really have loved all my comps. It definitely hasn't been easy with some of them, but I really do love all of them. (Some got more love AFTER we were transferred, lol.) We have Zone Training next week. Should be good, too!

Haha, German. I try. Some days it comes easier than others. But I really do feel like the Lord has blessed me. I really do have better German than I deserve. I don't know why, but I really am grateful for that. Missions are so hard--they're hard enough without a new language, and so I think Heavenly Father just gave me one less thing to freak out and stress out about. I have plenty of other things, lol.