This week was awesome! It took me a long time but I am finally in Germany!!!!! Tuesday at 3 in the morning I left the MTC to go to the airport and then on Wednesday around 9 I got to GERMANY! We got there and we rode public transport to the stake center. There we were greeted with pretzels and basically apple juice as well as apples. I thought that was a appropriate thing to be our first food in Germany. While eating we did boring paper work and was told once again that I can not get a drivers license in Germany because I am from Georgia....lame.
   We went to teach our first person it is a YSA and her family. It was about reading scriptures and she committed to try to read every day. It was also he father's birthday so we got to eat cake and sing to him. During that I realized I can understand some German but not much. I also noticed it is even harder to speak! After that we went back to the stake center and had pizza and salad and yummy brownies with President Schwartz and his wife. I also had an interview with president and he said 3 times be prepared to train soon! So I am thinking after my first 6 weeks I will be training...woot!          Then we went to the hotel and I got to room with Sister Lamen she was really awesome and I took some pictures of our room. When we got to our room we showered and then immediately fell asleep! We slept 12 hours then woke up and ate yummy German breakfast I had bread with cheese and hot chocolate and a croissant with Nutella yummy :) then we had a meeting where we found out our area and our companion!!!!! SO I am in the Frankfurt International and Offenbach ward and my awesome companion is Sister Tuschling. So my area is pretty big we teach like everyone that speaks English and a couple of Germans. My companion is a ginger like me woot!  This is her last 6 weeks so I am her last companion! She is from Wyoming and is 24 and a convert for about 3 years now.
      So after we found that out we rode a bus to the train station but because we just socialized for a while and then walked to our apartment, it is a really good apartment we just got all new furniture and stuff I didn't take any pictures but I will take some next week and send them then. It is modern so mom you would love it haha. Then we went to this members house Frau Seipel and taught her this was in German she was really nice and I could understand the gist of what she was saying but I only spoke once I think. haha Then we went to the testimony meeting of the leaving missionaries.
     The next day my first full day we studied for 5 hours then we went to find this guy that other Sisters met on the train his name is Mulle Sium so we went to his address and it was really creepy so we called him and he told us he was expecting us at the train station! So 45 mins later we get to the train station and there he is waiting for us! Soo cute! He has horrible German and I know, how could I really tell but Sister Tuschling told me so there....anyways it ends up he speaks this crazy African language so we told him we would try to find a book of Mormon in his language and later we found out there is a guy in our ward who speaks his language so we are going to have him come with us next time :) Then we went to the Offenbach ward and taught this investigating family English this week it was good then we talked to them about baptism too. Then we went to the Stake center to teach Delphin and on the way I was feeling brave so I turned to this lady and said how are you in German and she turned to me and said I DON'T KNOW YOU and then turned away.... this was really awkward because we had to stay on the train for like 10 more minutes! Anyways now I know that it is weird to ask strangers how they are it is better to give compliments or if it is a holiday it is ok to ask if they are having a good holiday haha oh well lesson learned.
     The next day we had our first District meeting and it was really good I like the other sisters and elders in our district. Then we went to Shana and Andrews for lunch he is from Scotland and she is from Pakistan and they cooked us yummy burgers and this really good coconut cream pie. He is like a master chef and is in love with cooking and iron chef just like me soo I really like him. He has a hard time believing in God though but he is making progress. Shana believes but won't tell Andrew because she is afraid he will leave her. Then we ate dinner at the Shields who is a family in the military where the father is not a member but the rest are and that was really fun. Then we met with Alejandra she is a recent convert that is 21 and she is awesome!
     Next day was my first Sunday! It was awesome I got up and bore my testimony and everyone was so nice to me. After church we went to the Craven's for lunch and they served us don don don....SALMON!!!!! I was good and ate it ...and guess what I actually liked it! She also made yummy roasted vegetable and rolls, German rolls and then we ate these yummy chocolate and almond covered marzipan cookies then we went to the Branens and the went with us to our appointment with Justine who is this lady who is from Japan but speaks English and she referred herself cool right! Anyways she has trouble in believing in God but she has been praying and she read in the Book of Mormon which is pretty sweet! So that was my first couple of days Ü love you all

-Sister Wrathall

 

                                                            The first family she taught in Germany.

 

                                       At the hotel with her roommate for the night.

                                       With her new companion, the other red head.

 

Her first German breakfast.