Transfers are this Saturday!AHHHH i have no idea what is going to happen! Sounds like your week was pretty good though that is cool that you got to go to the temple with Jared and Rachel and no I didn't know they got a new video! I went to the temple this week and it was the same one. I wonder why they are changing it? I like this one.  I am still practicing my German it is fun because when we talk with people that are not native German speakers we can understand almost everything but when it is a native German then it is so much harder! That would be cool to stay here and see Kasmin and Jordan! And that is cool that Elder Stevens is in Everett! Dallin better get his papers in fast because he says I can't get married without him there haha. I don't know what I want for my birthday haha I can't believe I am turning 20! EWWWW anyways here is on to the week.

 

So Monday was just normal p-day stuff shopping for food and cleaning and stuff but for dinner we went to the new senior missionary couples house the Peerys and they were really cool and it turned out the senior missionaries were having this progressive dinner thing so that was cool because for salad we had the Peerys and 2 other senior missionaries and then for the main course we stayed and 2 other senior missionaries came and so on till dessert it was really cool because we got to see lots of different people. I already knew most of them but there was a couple that I had not met before so that was fun to get to know them.

Tuesday was my 5 month mark and I woke up and I was super tired and it was dark out side and I just wanted to back to sleep but I got up and said my prayers anyways and I get out of my bed and I see Sister Stoker isn't in her bed and I think hmmm that is weird but oh well. So I get out of the bedroom and I see on my desk a plate set with balloons and a piece of paper that says HAPPY 5 MONTHS SISTER WRATHALL! I went to the kitchen and Sister Stoker had woken up early and was making me breakfast :) I came and hugged her and she told me to hop in the shower and once I was out breakfast would be ready! She made me hashbrowns pancakes and eggs and toast :) This is super special coming from her because she isn't the best cook so I know it took her a long time to get everything perfect. I saw quite a few burnt pancakes in the trash can...She is so cute! Then we also ended up getting the car that day so that made it even more special. We got to meet with this new lady in our ward Sister Larsen and she was really nice she had just moved here and she is excited to try to do missionary work! Then we met with the Kearon Family and they were awesome as well we asked them if they would want to do a family mission plan and they said yes but could we each do our own mission plan???? UMMM YES PLEASE! Sweet right! Then we had dinner with the Eyres and that was fun they are such nice people :) Then when we were done with that we had to give the car back and we were riding home on the bus and Sister Stoker said I am sorry that we didn't get something special for your 5 month mark because everything is usually closed at this time and I said that what she did was enough and when we got off the bus we saw that the bakery that is super close to our apartment was still open but I was like ya but they probably don't have what I want ( This thing called a hornchen super yummy) and we go in and they have 3 left! Those things are usually sold out by like 5 so it was a miracle and I bought one haha yummy perfect day!

Wednesday we met with Li and had lunch with him he is so cool because he is just so new and such a firm member it is really nice to meet with him. After Li we met with Alejandra and she is also really fun to meet with because she is like our age and it is nice to help her strengthen her testimony. Then we had dinner at the Jensen's and that was cool turns out they were mission presidents for this mission a little while back. We have so many people who were mission presidents and such in this ward like on Monday at the dinner thingy brother Hunt was just talking and he was like ja and when I was working with Gorden b Hinckley blah blah blah! Cool right anyways dinner with them was fun.

Thursday was interesting because we had district meeting and that was good and then our we were on our way to our weekly appointment with Frau Seipel and we were running a little bit late so we called her to tell her sorry but when she answered she said she was at a doctors appointment....that would have been nice to know. So then we decided to go by on this member then got totally lost and just decided to go home and study until our dinner appointment with the Robertsons. When we got to the Robertsons they were so nice! They are doing such a great job with missionary work they have friends that seem to be getting really close to be ready for baptism! So that is always fun to hear success stories and they were just so kind I love them. Oh funny story so when Sister Robertson dropped us off at the train station there was this man that was wearing a cape and no pants holding a purse and a puppet kissing it and wearing a jokers hat...crazy Oh also we got a voice mail from Ammoron our ward mission leader that said the DC lady I met last week said she would come to the relief society activity! COOL RIGHT!

Friday we went to the TEMPLE!!! It was awesome but funny thing when we got off the train we saw the crazy guy again but he was dressed normal but still carrying the puppet and purse...strange. But anyways the Temple was really good but also funny because the session was actually in French haha so even though I wanted to listen to it in German I still had to wear a head set haha silly Germans oh well.

Saturday We heard that the Pfernders we really stressed so we went to the office and heart attacked their room then we went and to go and have our newly scheduled lesson with Frau Seipel and on the way this man yelled across the street hey are you guys Mormons and we were like yes and he said I have some questions for you and he seemed pretty cool and had actually read parts of the Book of Mormon which was pretty cool so we ended up getting his name and number and I hope we get to meet with him! Then we had our lesson with Frau Seipel and that was good then we had to rush to get to the spittlers. But on out way we met this other guy from Peru that was really cool and said he had a friend that is a member and severed a mission and we talked to him for like 15 mins about the gospel and he seems pretty cool too we got his name and number and hope to meet with him too. So then we get to the spittlers and end up only having like 10 mins but it was a good lesson I am glad we just didn't cancel. Then we went to the church to do VOLLEYBALL but no one showed up :( But Sandra came and we had a good lesson with her so I guess it worked out

Sunday we had no investigators at church Shama was supposed to come but didn't. Then we had dinner at the Chjaves house with Shama and Andrew and Dinner went well and the spiritual thought went well until Luis asked Andrew questions and then it went in to a rant...Andrew doesn't believe in God at all and it is really sad. Then the Chaves played us some music Luis played  the piano and he was amazing while Bishop played the clarinet and he was really good too!

But ya that was my week I hope these two people we met we can met again and teach them! Hope everyone has a good week love you all

Sister Wrathall

 

So Tuesday we were going to have a lesson with our investigator Rita so we called her in the morning to make sure it was still ok. Once we called her she said she didn't want to meet on Tuesday or Friday and maybe not even next week so after she told us that we realized all of our investigators are slowly falling out and now we really don't have any so that was a really tough day for Sister Stoker and I

Wednesday well we decided since we don't have any investigators it was heavenly fathers way of telling us we need to do member work so the rest of the week we focused on that so on Wednesday we met with Sister Kraft and she is awesome she is very kinda and is sharing the gospel with this family right now! So that made us happy. Then we decided to make a format for a Family mission plan so we did that and also made fliers to have members give out for volleyball which we got so we can do Volleyball every Saturday night.

Thursday we had district meeting and i gave my first little talk thingy and I was so nervous but i think it turned out ok. Then we met with the Ebert family and this family is awesome too so kind and good at sharing the gospel too I love our ward members such good missionaries they got us through this week. Then after them we went to see the Spittlers and that was good as always Sister Spittler seems to be doing good and her boys are always very kind. After them we went on a split I stayed in Frankfurt with Sister Chard

Friday was really good Sister Chard is the Sister Training leader and she is amazing I love her so much she helped me a lot. That day we met with Sister Woite and that was fun because we met with her at a thing that is called like a movable park for kids that is free I took pictures don't worry it made me wish I was a kid! Then we went to the office and on the way to the office this lady turned to us and asked if we were speaking English and we said yes and she asked where we were from and we told her. Turns out she is from DC and just moved her last week and she actually was going to have dinner with her finace and his friend that just so happens to be a member of our church! Cool right! She doesn't have a phone yet so she gave us her email and we gave her our number I hope things turn out with this lady she seemed really cool!

Saturday I had my first baptism it was Alison Tascon she is the girl we have been teaching that her whole family is members but wanted her to have the lessons before she was baptized. I think it is funny that my first baptism in Germany was in Spanish haha but oh well you could still feel the Spirit. While she was changing they asked us if we could teach the plan of Salvation so that was kinda cool to do. Then after that we had District lunch and we did weekly planning then we went to Volleyball and that was sooo fun the Kraft family and Johnson showed up and a couple other people I don't know and also other missionaries it was really fun I am glad we get to do it every week now :)

Sunday was good we went to church and that was good like always and then after we had lunch at the Lucas's house and that was good then we  went home and finished planning and we also did a p-day eve activity where we put chocolate on our faces hehe. Ya but that was my week Hope everyone is doing good and is remembering to pray for missionary opportunities and then taking them! Love you all
Sister Wrathall

Waiting for the bus.

She says this is the park thing

Alison Tascon's baptism

District Lunch

Ok before i forget....I want some more recipes! So Fudge bubble bread, pumpkin chocolate cheese cake....I think I will get stuff from the Americans so I can make it for my b day :) ok now that that is off my mind I am sorry so many sad things happened this last week but I am also glad so many good things happened to you guys this week too.  Thanks for freezing me a cupcake :) (From Rachel and Jared's open house) Ya we can never wear sun glasses and that sucks we are always squinting. I am fine with you reading dad´s letters. Oh I sent a package home with my fairy tale book and 2 of my journals today I didn´t want to have to carry them especially when I can´t even read my book. You can read the journals if you want. Sister Stoker and I are doing good. Oh I have lost some weight! YAY! Thanks for the pictures and encouragement! Sorry I couldn´t be at the ice cream social to entertain you :P ok now on to the weekly report:

Tuesday we met with Rita and it was a pretty good lesson except she brought up one concern she doesn´t like our church service.......which isn´t good at all she says it is because she is use to the African churches where they sing and dance and clap....our church definitely doesn´t do that. We hope we can get over this problem with her....if she really has a testimony then it shouldn´t matter that we don´t do that stuff. After that we had to go to a Golden trainer meeting which didn´t make much sense because I am not a Golden and Sister Stoker is not a Trainer anymore but our Zone leader asked us to go so we did. The meeting was pretty good but just time wise it caused a lot of problems. This day a STORM also came and it was soooooooo windy sand got in our eyes also tree branches were falling down like crazy don´t worry I have pictures. We then went and taught the last lesson to Alison Tascon and now she is ready to be baptized so we will go to that next Saturday even though it will be in Spanish haha. After that we went and go Sushi with Alejandra because it was Sister Stoker's 6 month mark and Sushi is her favorite food. I was going to be brave and get something with fish ( I don´t really like fish) But I by accident ordered a vegetarian dish hahah whoops! It was really yummy though...also have pictures hehe.

Wednesday we were going to have an all Friedrichsdorf day so we rode up in the train and had appointments lined up right in a row, on the way up our first appointment cancels and we can not proselyte there so we had not much to do. We decided to get purses because we have a rule that we can´t have backpacks anymore...not even the Elders so we thought we would make it so we could follow that rule so we did that. We started going to our next appointment when Sister Stoker realized she left her planner at the store! We decided we would go back later because we didn´t have time to do it before. So we get to Shama and Andrews and they tell us about their trip to Prague and it sounded like it was a lot of fun. Then we headed over to see the Chaves and we had a nice chat with them. Then we literally ran to the train stop because Sister Hannigan was picking us up there for the dinner appointment we had with her, once we go into the car we asked if we could stop at the store where Sister Stoker left her planner and see if it is there and she said sure so we hopped out of the car and ran in and it was........There! thank goodness then we get to their house and the Elders were coming over too but they were late so we sat and talked for a while and they are AWESOME!!!!! Dinner when the Elders finally got there was super yummy as well then because we had an hour train ride home and the elders were late we had a rushed spiritual thought... :( Then the Hannigans drove us to the corner of the train station because that was as close as they could go and we RAN! I bought the tickets and Sister Stoker held the door open and right when I got on the train left...we would have had to wait 30 more mins for the next one and by that time we would have been home super late!

Thursday we had District meeting and that was really good then we went and dropped by Joy at her work and she was happy to see us turned out she burnt her hand pretty bad and had to wear a cast and everything so it was good we went to see her. Then we had our weekly lesson with Frau Seipel and she was awesome as usual. Then we went to the Spittlers like every Thursday night and that was nice we had Pizza :)

Friday we went to go have our lesson with Rita and we get to her house and she isn´t home. Turns out she went to the hospital because she was feeling sick :( So that was sad because of that we didn´t really have anything planned so we went home and read in the German Book of Mormon to catch up on our challenge that we have. Then we went to brother Raeolina´s house for dinner ...he is going through some hard times I wish we could help him out more. He ordered pizzas for us too it was really good. I really like him. Then that night we did a split so I got Sister Wood.

Saturday was a pretty blank day we were just going to go by on 2 referrals we had so we go to the first one and we get to the street and we cannot find the building! So finally I ask this person and he said that it doesn´t exist... :( So we try calling the number and .....He picks up! And has interest in learning more!!!!! So he gives us his email! WOOT! Then we call the other Referrals and both pick up and have interest! Who knew phones could be so awesome. One of them has a Book of Mormon and wants to finish it before she meets with us though but that is still great news! Then that night we split back and we head off to Volleyball! Yes Volleyball sister Stoker and I did a  lot of work to get this going so we were hoping for a good turn out. It was awesome we had one of our investigators Johnson come and Sandra´s Husband who is not a member come too! So I call it a success! Plus it was super fun! We are going to try to do it every week now :)

Sunday we had no investigators at church but it still was really good. I love this WARD!!!!! After church the Cravens invited us over for dinner :) they are sooo nice I really like them :) Dinner was amazing! After that we did weekly planning and then we went and gave Rita a get well basket which was really good because when we got there we were able to meet some of her friends as well. Then we made cookies and a card for Bro. Raeolina as well. It was a good Sunday full of service!

So that was my week pretty good but could have been better that is why I have next week right :) Love you all!

Sister Wrathall

The Big Storm.

Bright Star

Sister Wood

AHHHHH I CANT Believe JARED IS MARRIED!!!! CRAZY!! AND TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY!!! Happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear MOM happy birthday to youUUUUUUUU!!! Sounds like the trip is and was a lot of fun :) That sucks about the rain but glad everything still turned out well :) I am so proud of you for being soooo healthy! I don´t know how you do it but Sister stoker and I are trying to learn. We made a meal plan that we are going to have every week and also a work out plan so hopefully this weight will come OFF we are also trying to learn how to deal with stress without going to food. So we are learning good life skills haha but anyways I guess now to the weekly report:

 

Tuesday we had a lesson with Rita and we planned on bring up a touchy subject but for some reason we both didn´t feel right about it so we talked about how we know we are on the right path. It went ok but for some reason we both felt strange after the lesson. After Rita we went to the Mcgills for dinner and that was fun we had spaghetti and ice cream sundaes :) These people are senior missionary couple and are awesome! They are both super nice and really helpful :)

 

Wednesday was an exciting day because we were doing both Sister Stoker and I first street display!!! Kinda scary but I also thought it would be good. So we went to Offenbach with the Frankfurt Sisters and then we got in the van with the Offenbach Elders and drove for about 45 mins which I think is weird that we go out of the normal area to do a street display but whatever ha ha. It was fun getting to know  the other missionaries better. So we get to the place and we carry all the stuff to a nearby park and we set everything up the table the posters and then I took the job of handing out candy and balloons to people hehe it was soooo fun. We got to talk to lots of people and we got a couple of referrals so over all I think it was successful. But a funny fact, on the corner there was Jehovah witnesses handing out pamphlets haha. So we did that for 5 hours and after that we were all so tired and it was late so we just headed home. I think it would be good to do another one :)

Thursday ok so we decided that we want bikes so we told the tech elders and they said ok well you have €150 and you have to find the bike soooo we were like ok sweet that is sooo much money we can find a bike for that price no problem. So Thursday we tried to look for one because we had about an hour open and we look and we look and we look and nothing so we finally ask someone, everyone has bikes here you would think it would be easy to find a place to buy one. They tell us a place they think they sell bikes we get there and the cheapest one was€200 and that was for a kids bike! SOOOO we decided we would have to go to a flea market to find one. So after that unsuccessful adventure we went to the Spittlers and that was nice the day before it was Robberts birthday and we were going to  Heart attack him but we ran out of time because of the Street display so we talked with sister Spittler and left her with a Spiritual message and then left...but we really didn´t leave we actually "left" the apartment and then came back and heart attacked his door! Success haha after the Spittlers we went to Sister Maynes house for dinner and that was really awesome she is soooo cool and it is a pity that I am just getting to know her because really she is cool. One of her friends was there too and it was soooo cute because they are like best friends it reminded me of how Carah and I act together haha so that was really fun :)

Friday we had Zone Training and that was really good I feel like it is just what Sister Stoker and I needed to hear. It made us realize what we need to focus on and that is working with the members and giving the Lord our time not just letting him Borrow it. It was really good. Then after Zone training we studied for our lesson with Rita and this time we got the Pferdners to come with us and the lesson went sooooooooooo well our studying really paid off. After Rita we stopped by on Grace with some cookies, cookies makes everyone love you, but she wasn´t home but her daughter was and she said thanks for the cookies :)

Saturday was a strange day because we had an appointment with Frau Seipel at 10 and usually we don´t leave the house till 12 so it was strange but our lesson with her was good like always it is nice to at least have one German lesson a week! After Frau Seipel we went home and studied a little more and then we decided we would stop by on Justine and Jay and they live in KÖnigstein and that is like and hour and 30 min travel time so that is a big deal so we got there and they were not home not even their dog! Weird! But we left cookies and a note hopefully they will call us or something. Then we ran back and got on the same train because they come every 30 mins so that would have been a waste of time if we didn´t catch it. It was fun because the guy that drives the train came out and looked at us weird and was like weren´t you here when we came haha we even were sitting in the same spots haha. After that we took the long train ride home and then we went by on Pamela Lemon and she was actually home! But she was about to leave so we talked really quick and found out she has a new number and gave it to us so I count that as success :) Then that night we made a calendar for food so we can lose weight! But it was our last night of freedom so we decided to do what we have always dreamed of doing and that is to order pizza from Joey´s in German and I wanted the CHUNKY MONKEY Ben and Jerry's ice cream :) So we called the number and it didn´t work! So we almost gave up but then we called the tech elders for help and they told us the zip code we needed so we called and it was a Joey´s that was too far away but they gave us the right number and we did it we ordered pizza so we did some paper work and stuff while we were waiting and then all of a sudden we see this Joey´s pizza guy ride off on his bike and Sister Stoker yells Entshuldigung which means excuse me and he asked if we ordered pizza and we say yes turns out we need to say our klingel name....anyway we got our pizza and ice cream!

Sunday was depressing because we had no investigators at church. Shama was in Prague and we don´t know why Rita wasn´t there but church was still good. I mean church can´t really every be bad. Then after that we just caught up on paper work and set up appointments for the coming week. It was Stressful but now are coming week will be awesome! I am so excited!

This week was strange but good in lots of ways I am so grateful to be a missionary and I love doing the Lord's work. One story that happened this week is I really really wanted to talk to a person and get a referral this one day. So we get on a bahm´n and this lady sees me standing up and asked if I wanted to sit down and I say sure and I told her that I liked her sunglasses just to start up conversation and then she said like you should try them on so I did and then went to give them back and she told me to keep them. I was like no no no they are yours keep them, plus I can´t wear sunglasses on my mission anyways, but she was like no I have tons and they look good on you! So I kept them then I asked her if she had heard about our church and she said no so I told her a little bit about it and then she talked about her and her family religious background and to be honest I didn´t understand most of it but I just kept having the feeling to say well we have four lessons we teach would you like to hear them so I said that and she said sure and gave me her name and number! Sweet right! So I will have to keep you updated on her :) Anyways I am so glad I am able to be here and I love it and know I am growing soooo much and at times it is really hard and frustrating and stressful but it is all worth it! Love you all

Sister Wrathall

The balloon says "I am a child of God"

 knodel

The view from her apartment patio.