I have had way way too many sweets in the last couple days and it
has been wonderful - ha ha. We bought Peachio Ring candy last P-day and I
was eating them. I asked my companion, "Man, have you had these
before?" She then asked, "Are they Haribo?" (obviously referring to the
brand) I replied, "No! They are DELICIOUS!!" (thinking she said, "horrible") Ha ha ha ... we had a good laugh about that one. We
have done so much walking this week, it has been insane. But, at the same
time, it's a blessing. I need some way to work off all this sugar.
We have quite a few investigators in our books. We have 5 right now, and
we have one whose name is Nelie and she is from Africa. She totally
committed to baptism this week!!! It was so amazing! I am so excited for
her! She just visited Africa this last month and asked if she could
take a couple Book of Mormons to her family and friends. She handed
out like 5 or 6, which is just amazing! I am so excited for her.
We
have a sister in the Ward named Sister Loredo. I am not sure if I
have spoken about her, but let's just say first off ... she is AMAZING! But, she
speaks German like super super fast because she is from Columbia. So, she called on Thursday
on the German phone (which I normally try to avoid), but my companion was in
the bathroom, so I paced a couple times back and forth deciding if I was
going to answer it. I did and MENSCH (man!), it was hard to understand her,
but I DID IT! We talked for like 15 minutes ... it was crazy.
I didn't understand everything, but I understood what she needed and we
planned a meeting with her. I'm pretty proud of myself. My
companion came and laughed at me because she heard me pacing before I answered the phone.
You
always hear of America being the 'Giant Melting Pot'. I think they are getting
mixed up with Germany ... there are so many people from all over the
world here. This makes it a little hard tracting because you finally
get the courage to go up and speak to someone in German and then they
say, "I don't understand you." Or, "Oh, you're American ... I know English!" Bunches of stuff ... it is interesting. But, yesterday I was sitting across from this guy and I kept chickening out to say something, but I
finally said, "Wie geht ist ihnen? (how are you)" He was like, "I don't
speak German," BUT ... that was in English! So I then asked, "Where are you
from?" and he said, "Croatia!" So cool! We had an awesome talk on religion,
so that was amazing and I'm glad I didn't wimp out to talk to him.
I will be getting my Visa on November 3
and then I can apply for a drivers license in Germany. That is
exciting that I am slowly, but surely getting things done. I guess there
are elders that have had to wait for a year before they are approved, so I'm pretty lucky.
Well, this week flew by, but
many blessings have come throughout the week. I am so grateful to serve
here and I can't wait for the next year and a half. Something to
remember in the week: Smile! The easiest missionary work is smiling. You
never know who is watching you and you might be busy in life, but you
can never be too busy to smile. People notice, I promise. Also, one
other cool thing I read in studies: God has a perfect plan for his imperfect people! We are imperfect, but through Heavenly Father and
Jesus Christ, we are saved, and that is the perfect plan that He has given us. Have an amazing week, everyone!
Tscuss!
Sister Brown
View from my bedroom!
My District: Elder Anderson (top left) Elder Schmidt (German native, middle left), Elder
Swallow (bottom left), Elder Malansen (top right), and my awesome companion, Sister Taylor (bottom right).
Dinner of Champions ... waffles, Nutella and syrup! Mmmmmm!
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