Hey Family,
This week has sure been an interesting one, one that I do
not think I will forget. But there is a little background story that
needs to be added first.
So about two weeks ago, Elder Morton and I received a phone
call from one of the Assistants in the mission and he was calling us to tell us
that we were going to receive a mini missionary for one week! Do you know
what that is? It is ok, I have learned that here on my mission. A
mini missionary is one of the members, usually a youth, that will come and
serve with us for a short amount of time. Usually, it is to fill a spot
of a missing missionary, but this time, we were told that we would be in a 3
way companionship. So we had a mini missionary with us the whole
time. His name is Elder Schlüter and he lives in Hamburg! It was
really fun because I knew him from serving in our Hamburg days and I got really
excited when I heard that he was coming with us for a week.
Unfortunately, he leaves back for Hamburg tonight, but I wish he could stay
longer. He is a great missionary. He has been by far one of my
favorite mission companions. He taught me so much about being more
personal and sincere with missionaries. It was amazing to see him just
open up with members and friends of ours, and even during our studies, he had
the greatest ideas. I feel like this week has been such a blessing that I
needed. It was great to have him with us and I was very grateful for what
he has taught me. And another side note to add, it was really fun to
speak German for most of the time. I would say, that we spoke German
almost 85-90% of the time. He wanted to speak English and practice it a
little bit, but mostly it was all in German. Its crazy to think that I am
a year and a half out on my mission, and I still get excited to speak German
when I have the opportunity to. And it goes to show that my German is a
lot better than I thought.
But this week we spent most of our time on the street or
going to meeting to meeting. Either it was a Ward meeting like Ward
Council or we had Missionary meetings, we kept ourselves busy. Transfer calls came along this week too. Elder Morton
has been transferred. I am staying here for another 6 weeks in
Kiel. My new companion will be Elder Lauder. I do not know if that
is how I spell his name right or not but all I have heard from Elder Lauder is
that he is always happy and that is nice to know that. I am excited to
work with him and it will be fun to take over the area again. I still do
not know my way around and in Kiel it is all buses so I am still trying to get
used to the bus times, but it will be fun. We had alot of changes in our
mission this last week too, so I am somewhat excited. I feel old, but in
a good way. If that even makes sense. I feel like I have had alot of
companions so far. Most of my companions, I have only stayed with them
for about one transfer. Well, I just counted and Elder Lauder is my 8th
companion so I do not know if that is alot or not.
Yea, when I read that today is the one year anniversary of
Grandma's passing, I was really shocked to hear that. I cannot believe
that time is really been so fast. But mom, the best medicine and advice I
could ever give is that she is not gone. I have thought about it
alot. And maybe that can help Aunt Denise to know that there is no
end. There are little breaks and waiting rooms in life, but no end. And
that helps me to know. It was like whenever we went to the doctors when I
was little. I was terrified whenever you did not come into the room with
me with the doctor. And when it came to that time that I had to go in by
myself, I had to think about that you were just waiting in the waiting room for
me to come back. I dont know but that is how I see it. We celebrate what
she did and we remember the good things. And when it is the communication
we are missing, then that will only be enhanced with the communication with our
Father in Heaven. That is something that I have to work on better too is
my prayers. Sometimes I am just tired and (sometimes I start off badly by
praying on my bed) I just want to sleep. But by working on my prayers, I
have thought only on the good things.
thank you for the photos and the video. Who is the kid
on the left next to you? I did not recognize him. Well, I got to
get going, but I know that everything will be ok. It has been so far, so
it will only continue to be ok. But stay active and I hope you all are
going to start having family home evening soon. I will be following up on
that.
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