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.