Sister Taylor has been trying to pronounce 'Eichhörnchen' properly
for the last two days because she just found out she was doing it
wrong. Anyway ... this week has been slow
and fast at the same time, which makes no sense to me. I
have learned to realize that Heavenly Father seems to always place us in
the right place at the right time. Yesterday Sister Taylor and I had
to run for a bus that ended up being the wrong bus. BUT, we met this
man named Tito from the American Military Base, and we had an awesome conversation
with him. It was kinda a "planting the seed" moment. He was leaving
back to the US in two weeks or so, but it was a blessing we got on the
wrong bus.
The ward members here are so great. I have been sick for the last week and they are so kind and want to help. It is funny because they give me chocolate ... I guess I would like to believe that chocolate cures everything, but in this case I am not so sure ... haha. Sister Taylor and I have just gotten P90x and I think we laugh more at each other at times then we actually do the exercises. It is a pretty good workout and I'm excited to use it rather than to go out and freeze to death outside.
This week I have been in charge of the navigating and finding directions. It was super hard, but I never once got us lost. I think that deserves a pat on the back for myself :) Also, something new that will be taking place is we had "transfer calls." I will not be leaving Wiesbaden, but Sister Taylor is now the Sister Training Leader. Also, we will now be in a "drit", which is a 3-person companionship. So that will be a good test sticking three girls to one bathroom. Cross your fingers we make it! But, I'm really excited to meet our new companion on Thursday.
We have a German Ward Mission Leader and I am pretty sure I left a bad first impression with him ... I was sick and I wouldn't shake his hand, so I tried one of the 'elbow hand shakes'. I'm pretty sure he thought I was a doof, but we had an amazing dinner appointment with him. We almost arm wrestled, which was hillarious. But, he arm wrestled with the elders instead. Then at church he came right up to me and shook my hand. This proves that you can fix first impressions with a little hard work. I am glad that I get along with everyone in the ward; they are amazing and so strong in their spirits!
Oh last thought ... I totally gave my first talk in German this last week! I didn't read any notes and it was totally amazing! Heavenly Father has helped me so much already on the mission. I hope everyone has a great week! You are all in my prayers!
TSCHUSS
Sister Brown
The ward members here are so great. I have been sick for the last week and they are so kind and want to help. It is funny because they give me chocolate ... I guess I would like to believe that chocolate cures everything, but in this case I am not so sure ... haha. Sister Taylor and I have just gotten P90x and I think we laugh more at each other at times then we actually do the exercises. It is a pretty good workout and I'm excited to use it rather than to go out and freeze to death outside.
This week I have been in charge of the navigating and finding directions. It was super hard, but I never once got us lost. I think that deserves a pat on the back for myself :) Also, something new that will be taking place is we had "transfer calls." I will not be leaving Wiesbaden, but Sister Taylor is now the Sister Training Leader. Also, we will now be in a "drit", which is a 3-person companionship. So that will be a good test sticking three girls to one bathroom. Cross your fingers we make it! But, I'm really excited to meet our new companion on Thursday.
We have a German Ward Mission Leader and I am pretty sure I left a bad first impression with him ... I was sick and I wouldn't shake his hand, so I tried one of the 'elbow hand shakes'. I'm pretty sure he thought I was a doof, but we had an amazing dinner appointment with him. We almost arm wrestled, which was hillarious. But, he arm wrestled with the elders instead. Then at church he came right up to me and shook my hand. This proves that you can fix first impressions with a little hard work. I am glad that I get along with everyone in the ward; they are amazing and so strong in their spirits!
Oh last thought ... I totally gave my first talk in German this last week! I didn't read any notes and it was totally amazing! Heavenly Father has helped me so much already on the mission. I hope everyone has a great week! You are all in my prayers!
TSCHUSS
Sister Brown
First Schnitzel! Yum!
Redskins fans are everywhere in Germany! This is an awkward picture of the
elders and me trying to get a picture of the guy behind them in Redskins gear!
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