Dear Family & Friends-
There are a lot of things that people don't expect about
serving a mission.
The funny thing about being a trainer is seeing your
Golden trying to comprehend these stereotypical aspects of missionary life.
One of these things that I don't think Americans will ever really
appreciate is having to run for public transportation :P I can count on
one hand the mornings where I have NOT needed to run for the Straßenbahn. There is just a certain panic that comes from the idea that you are going to
miss a train that won't come again for another hour.
Poor Sister Henry!
Good thing she can run fast.
We were at a member's house this
week with the Elders for an eating appointment, and we realized that we had all
forgotten to check return train times.
The member quickly looked up the
train times and we realized that if we wanted to make it home in time, we had
to catch a train that was scheduled to come 5 minutes later (and it is a 5
minute walk to Bahnhof.)
We quickly got on our shoes, thanked her for the
meal, gave a quick spiritual thought, and BOOKED IT!
I have never run so
hard and so desperately in my life!
Just imagine 4 missionaries, running
through the rolling hills of the Black Forest, seeing a train drive by and
screaming 'THAT'S OUR TRAIN! RUN! RUN! WE CAN STILL MAKE IT!!'
Oh
man, we definitely burned off all the calories from that eating appointment!
But guess what? We made the train ;)
I just found out from a member that Migros is going out of
business in Freiburg and in a few other surrounding areas. Migros is a
Swiss grocery store, and pretty much my last 'in' to Switzerland foods.
Guess who is stocking up on Frey chocolates this week?
THIS
MISSIONARY!
Now to missionary related things...
I think it is really interesting the different focus that
various missionaries and companionship's have on missionary work,
and how the
focus changes from transfer to transfer.
I told you last week that Sister Jenson and I were all
about finding people.
But Sister Henry and I have really focused on supporting
the ward and visiting less actives.
I have seen such a change in the
attitude of the ward members as we have really taken the time to serve the
members and get to know them.
I think a lot of this new excitement that
the ward has developed is due to Sister Henry, she just BLEEDS love and
enthusiasm. I also think it's funny that we have become known as the
'twin sisters', not only in the ward, but among our investigators as well!
We really do act like it sometimes, but I guess that's what happens when
you stick two green-y 19 year old missionaries together :P
In all seriousness, the work is going great.
Freiburg
is absolutely amazing, I dread the day I have to leave!
I wish I could
take the time to tell you about every investigator and every story,
but Leide,
habe ich nicht so viel Zeit.
But thank you to everyone who supports me in
any way! I love you all so much, and hope everything is going well!
I don't have a lot of pictures for the week-
food pictures... do you think all we do is eat???
In my defense, we had worked really hard all week
and we treated ourselves to eating out!
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| My attempt at eating a Doner |
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| Sister Henry eating a Turkish Pizza |
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| I love these flowers in front of an apartment building |
-Sister Peterson
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