Sister Allison Wrathall: Transfer to Essen

Ok first to answer your questions I rode a Train there but not by myself I was in a drit(trio) though and it was one train for like an hour and then another for like 6 hours! AHHHHH soo long but super super super pretty! Sister miller.2 is awesome she is super nice and we are getting along really well she is 21 she has 2 sisters and a brother she is from WASHINGTON! So automatically cool. She likes running woot! She is way better than me because she has ran marathons and such. She studied at BYU-I before she left and health science and she is spring fall track so we will have on Semester together. She has been out one more transfer than me ( like all my comps besides Tuschling ) and she has been in Essen her whole Mission! But now the week:

Monday for my last p day we played Soccer with our district and then we went to Family home evening for the young single adults and we really went to use our hour of Computer to see some more of General conference but then towards the end this guy that we talked to 2 weeks ago showed up at family home evening, cool huh? He is so ready. He would already be a member if it wasn´t for his wife. He can Quote scriptures from the Book of Mormon and he knows the stories and everything and he has a testimony of everything it is just his wife is against the church and it is so sad :( But he told us he wants to share the gospel with people at his work. So he wants to get the Book of Mormon in their native language and give it to them as a present for Christmas! So cool!

Tuesday we did a lot of moving of furniture to get the apartment ready for the new sisters coming in. And then we met up with this girl from another ward that wanted to spend the day with us. So first we went to see Renante Best and we talked to her about Family history and that went ok. I think she is keeping secrets from us though. After that we went to Marli and we get in and she tells us her husband said we can´t meet with her anymore but she really likes us and the church. She says she will keep reading the Book of Mormon and she has been sharing the Gospel with her friends and if one of them wants to meet with us maybe she could come. Also she said if we started a program to stop smoking she could probably come to that. So I am sure we will meet with her again, well Sister Miller will meet with her again. It was really cool when we left we each said a prayer for her and the Spirit was really strong. I cried after that appointment. I will miss her for sure. After that we met up with Herr Kessler and did some Family history work and he liked that a lot.

Time to move furniture so that there can be four Sisters in the apartment.

Wednesday we went out to Bickenbach to meet with Senel and Ali (The bakery People) and they were all sick so we couldn´t meet with them but we set up another appointment. That is good. After that fell through we stopped by on the Whittaker Family and they were super nice and it was cool to feel the Spirit there too. Then we visited a member, Sister Tak and she is going through a rough time and it was really good to help her. Once we left she said she felt lighter. Then that night we played soccer with our ward and with a couple nonmembers. Then I finished packing.

Bickenbach

Thursday the big day! So we went to Hauptbahnhof in Frankfurt and when I got there I found out I was going to be going around with the Frankfurt German speaking Sisters till four. My new companion was not coming to Frankfurt that I was Meeting her in Essen which was a surprise. Other than those facts I knew nothing haha. So I went out with the Frankfurt Sisters and it was cool to see all the familiar places. We taught a lesson and the Lady was super nice and then we headed back to Hauptbahnhof and I found out I would be in a drit (trio) and would be riding trains forever! Good thing elders were with us because loading and unloading all the luggage was tough! So the train ride for the first train was like an hour then the second train was 6 hours. It was a long day haha. Especially since I had nothing to eat except a sandwich the whole day and thanks to my new district leader some candy haha. The train ride wasn´t that bad. I spent it getting to know my new district and some of my Zone. The view was BEAUTIFUL hills of trees in all different colors, lakes, rivers, castles and cathedrals sooo pretty! Then I finally got to meet Sister Miller .2 and she was very nice but all we had time to do was go home and sleep haha.

Transfer Day

Friday was Zone Training which was nice to meet my Zone Sister Leonardson (my MTC comp) is in my Zone and also Elder Watherböhr. So at least I knew some people and others I kind of met and then the train People. Zone training was good though. We even got to break a board of wood in half with our bare hands. That is right! After that we went straight to the baptism of Sister Braun, a lady Sister Miller has been teaching forever, and that was really cool. I got to meet the Bishop and he is super nice and also our ward Mission leader who seems cool. The baptism was great. I liked hearing the members bare their testimonies. That was probably my favorite part.

Saturday I went to the Temple with the ward! That was a 2 hour drive and yet another BEAUTIFUL drive! I can´t believe how lucky I am with getting to go to the temple. I have done it with every companion except Sister Miller 1. After the temple I went to another baptism but this one wasn´t ours but there were 2 girls there that were referrals for us. So we met them and talked like forever and now we have their numbers and I am pretty sure we will meet with them again.

Sunday was wonderful we taught the Primary which was 4 children including a nonmember little boy! Crazy huh! Then I was able to say my testimony in sacrament meeting! So that was great. After we went with the Elders to give Sister Heerhorst a blessing and she gave us lunch. She was super nice and kind and funny haha. After that we did a little weekly planning and then went to our former ward mission leader’s house for dinner (he was released that Sunday) That was really cool. He was super nice when we came in he played Georgia on my minds by Michel Buble for me haha.

So a pretty AWESOME week I would say. It is so cool that Heavenly Father knows exactly where we need to be and at what time and with who. This is something I have gained a strong testimony of being out on my Mission. I am excited to work here in Essen with Sister Miller!

Hope everyone’s week goes well love you all

Sister Wrathall