I know if she leans on the gospel and savior for help she can always feel comforted

WOW that sounds like an exciting week! Lots of fun stuff which is good because you had a lot of things to celebrate this week :) That is funny you chose Schnitzel as your dinner. But don´t blame you it is yummy! Also your cake looks really good :) OH speaking of yummy stuff I wanted to ask you and everyone in the family what they want me to bring home from Germany, any requests, does everyone want chocolate or for Jared does he want a certain gummy candy? Ok anyways good job serving others on your Birthday! I remember the store house and that is weird how it is set up now but it sounds like it is better so that is good. That is good that you were able to do it with Sister Giles and that you work well together, that is always helpful. OH Provino’s yummy! That place is soo good! That was nice of Stef to take you out to the Cheesecake factory! I miss American cheesecake so much! The German cheesecake is not the same. Also sounds like a good anniversary! It looks pretty where you guys were and nice that dad is no longer a vegetarian he almost lasted my whole mission. Fried green tomatoes! YUM! The mouse hunt sounds really fun! All in all sounds like a great week and sounds like the next one will be good as well. Ok on to my week.

 

Tuesday we went to Karlsruhe for district meeting so that was good but also took forever! After we went and met with Monika and that was really good every now and then she slips into a more depressive state but I know if she leans on the gospel and savior for help she can always feel comforted and that is what we are trying to teach her. After meeting with Monika we met with Damieon, who is now our ward mission leader for the Spanish branch. He is so good and in love with missionary work! It is great. I really want to find a Spanish family to help the branch out.

 

Wednesday we first went to eat out with Nadine but we got there early so we were waiting for her and I put down my bag with the Buch Mormon on top and I noticed as people walked by some would read the cover so I told Sister Miller and then turned the book so it would be easier for people to read haha. Right after I did that this man walked by and totally read it, Sister Miller and I burst out laughing! Then he turns back and talks to us! We end up teaching him about the restoration a little and then give him the book and invite him to volleyball. Nadine shows up and we have a nice lunch together. After that we go to the church and Sister Miller does some area book work and I start writing my mission history. UHHH that is going to take forever! But it makes me realize why each area and companion was and is important, guess that is why they make you do it.

 

Thursday we met with Sister Breitenhuber which was good she really has the desire to stop smoking so we told her we could meet twice a week because she says the days we come she doesn´t smoke. So we will see if that helps. After that we split with the Darmstadt Sisters. I went with Sister Eschemann to Darmstadt.

 

Friday was the split day. It was a fun one. We met up with the Darmstadt Elders at 8 then went to this member’s house from 9 till almost 3. We picked blackberries in the woods yes we all got stinging nettle but it was great the member had 3 kids and they were so cute. The member is less active and I think Sister Eschemann started a good relationship with her so that was good. The only bad thing is this member lived in Georgia and she hated it so she railed on GA the whole time :( After that we met with Nadine which is this member that got baptized right before I got there so that was fun to see her again she is doing great. Then that night we split back and no one was on the train, well at least where we were sitting so we had some fun haha.

 

Saturday we had a street display which was good except I got stung by a bee and Elder Henderson told me that it helps the pain when you spit on the sting so he was like let me spit on you! Then Sister Miller wanted to lick me but elder Henderson said that would be bad because then the poison would go into her. They both ended up licking their finger and rubbing their spit on my sting...yum...I totally could have rubbed my own spit on me. HAHA oh well. But anyway after the street display is when we really saw the miracles because we ran into people we saw and talked to on the bus one day and we ran into the guy that we gave a book of Mormon to and got his number and he says he will come to volleyball! After that we did weekly planning only 4 more left!!!!!!

 

Sunday was interesting. Church was good we went to the Spanish ward. After we ended up asking for the car from the Leonhardts to go to Monika the Elders drove us there because we were all going to a lesson together after that. Monika wasn´t doing so well but I think she will be better next time. After Monika we jumped in the car to go to this Spanish member’s house that is out in the middle of nowhere. We all had never been there before and we are driving a long and then the GPS dies....after an hour we find it by a miracle!! The lesson goes well but we don´t end up getting out of the appointment till 9. Then we had to find our way home without a GPS in the dark. Takes us almost 2 hours! We drive in the woods forever! I really don´t think we made wrong turns it was just really far away! SO we end up getting home around 11!!! Good things the Elders had a mini missionary because if we had to take the train that would have been bad!!!

Road trip!

 

Anyway that was my week! Hope yours was great! LOVE YOU ALL

 

Sister Wrathall

I guess this is what happens when the train is empty.

Their apartment is having some plumbing problems. I guess the pipes in the wall are leaking. So the solution of course is to hook a pipe up and then send the water out the window.  Hmmm.  So with the pipes going through the bathroom door they had to put a sheet up to give them some privacy.