Week 11: Castles and Monk Klosters

Today we were able to go on a tour with one of our investigators to so many places in Weisbaden and Eberbach.  We went to an 800 year old Kloster, which is where monks used to live and worship, which was way cool!  We saw so many small parts of Eberbach with the cutest, most authentic German houses ever!  It was super happy!

Monk Monastery 800 years old!

 

Adorable Germany!

So, this is not something I'm proud to say, but I had my first taste of alcoholic chocolate by accident ... I bought a box for 5 Euro (7.50ish US$), and I ate one bite and thought, "This tastes a little weird ...?"  I looked at the ingredients and sure enough ...  Why would someone ruin chocolate like that, and put chocolate with alcohol in it??!  Whelp, now I know that I need to look really hard at the ingredients to check to see if it is good!  Lesson learned.

I have also decided I love Pakistani food ... The Gills are members from Pakistan and they lived in Italy, so their children speak Italian and they are in Germany, and he speaks English, too.  It is crazy, but he makes the most weird-looking food, but it is pretty much the most delicious thing of my life!  We have had so many meetings this last week, it is hard to keep track!  We helped a less active member in the American Ward pack their things and get ready to move back to America.  The Elders even watched the dad burn his uniform, so that was pretty cool.

This week we have focused a lot on missionary work that the members can do, and also family history.  Sister Taylor (my companion) is so awesome with family work and she gets so excited whenever we get to talk about it.  It is really funny.  She is so cool.  I read a talk from last October's conference and it talked about how we are all one "team" in this life.  We all need to work together to help others come to Christ.  It is not just one person's job or the missionary's job, or just the ward member's ... It is everyone's.  We need to work together to accomplish the task because we can use the strengths that other people have to help us.  The wards here are so amazing and I am so lucky to serve with them.  They are so willing when we ask them to do stuff, so we just need to ask.

 Our fantastic investigator, Diana!

 Knocking doors ...

I also got the opportunity to bear my testimony this last Sunday in German.  That was interesting ...  It was going really well until I tried to say that I knew that God called Thomas S. Monson to be a prophet, but the way I used "call" ...  I said that God "called" Thomas S. Monson on the phone to be a prophet ...  Whoops!  I said, "Anrufen" instead of "Berruft" ...  I think they understood what I said.  Lots of people came and said my German was getting really good, so that was a confidence boost!

I love all the little markets of food here ...  They are everywhere and they have fresh food.  It is hard not to just eat all the time!  So, wish me luck in my endeavors.  Well, this week just flew by, so I am not sure what else to add in here.  Germany is so amazing and I know that I am here for a reason.  I am already seeing changes in people, which is awesome!  I love our Church ... it is truely a message of happiness.  I hope that everyone has a great week and thanks for reading my Blogs :)

Tschuss!!

Sister Brown