Traveling Hotdog

Hallo Familie!!

 

   I hope everyone had just as a wonderful week as i did!! Wow I don't even know where to start. Well i guess Monday. It was so much fun!! I am so grateful for P days. They save me... So last week the whole zone was planning on going to Erfurt to Oktober Fest. We were so excited!!! so we get there and we were the first ones there so we went and got ice cream. Which is incredible here. Its a problem. Well we finally meet up with the Elders and there was this little carnival thing going on We had to do bumper cars.. Let me tell you, if you want to see how immature 16 missionaries can be, give them bumper cars. It was so much fun there were like little kids in our group and they just like rode around in circles smiling and the rest of us just tried to hit each other as hard as we could For some reason it seemed like they got going pretty fast, mine wasn't working very well so at won't point this German man wearing lederhosen jumped on the back of my car and was just standing there as I drove around I almost peed my pants it was so funny. He said something to me in German and I just looked at him and he said 'All Is Klar' I was like okay and He jumped off. It was like a freaky dream but it was so normal because I am in Germany. Then there was this huge ride the other side of the park all the elders were like "Sister you have to come with us!!" I was like um okay... Even though I was terrified. I told them not to let me chicken out. So we got closer to it. and It was 5€ I was like nah. And Elder Goodrich was like no you have to come I'll pay for you! So I had to go now. Well this ride. I cant believe I didn't get a picture of it. It was like a swingy thing that went upside down and swung back and forth .I don't know why I went on it. .So we start going and I just scram the whole time I was terrified. I got off and felt so sick I almost passed out. Never again will I go on a ride like that. But we had such a fun day at Oktober fest. Elder Boyd and Hawker wore Lederhosen that was funny. Also its official we are Elder Watts favorites. He asked me to write in his Tschus book and he hasn't asked any sisters too So its pretty great. Also since it was his Birthday his family gave him money to buy his presents and he bought a tie and Sister Schendiman the senior couple, she was like "nice birthday tie. I guess its better then wearing your birthday suit".. oh my life it was so awkward we died. Also Hawker told us we are probably going to get married I'm not sure why all the elders just assume I will marry all of them.

 

 

But whatever its pretty funny. so for FHE we were at the church and Ian is the British man that speaks perfect German. He writes down things I need help with so he was writing this down and he needed a pen I reached in my bag and I felt something squishy. It was a half eaten hot dog. I just ignored it but then when we got home I looked at it and it had a face on it. I called the Elders and they just laughed, it had been in my bag for like 3 days. It stunk so bad and then I found a napkin and it was his blanket and it said his name is frank... We died.  So of course I added a tie to him and wrapped him back in the napkin and we hid it in the Elders bag and its just really funny.. I am not sure where he is now but I think I will be finding out soon!

  

 So this week I got to do splits with Sister Gardner. She is comps with Sister Ferris!! So that meant I got to see her!! EEKKK it was so nice to talk to her! I love her so much!! But I had fun with Sis Gardner we got to have our service at Bernd the crazy old guy. we got to cut down a tree and put away everything for winter. and he always feeds us lunch Soup. He made like 5 cans of soup and we have to eat it all. I love the chicken noodle soup so I ate a pan of that and he just like keeps pouring the soup until its gone I almost barfed I think I ate 2 cans of soup myself. It was gross. And we had to get back on a train to Bamberg to switch back comps.. But we had enough time to stop at a notebook store its really bad for me to know about it. I love paper and this store is filled with cute notebooks and everything. I mean I bought a birthday calendar because it was really cute.. I have no idea what I am going to do with it but so far I have added all the missionaries birthdays. I don't know. its just so cute. I also got a notebook and its my questions of the soul book. .I write down deep questions I have or my investigators have and I search the scriptures for answers and record them. Its been really cool to see how many scriptures apply to every question But anyway, we get on the train. I spent 8 hours riding trains in 2 days I was dying. But it was really fun!! I was glad that I had my companion back and that i could talk to Sister Ferris she was struggling really bad so it was great to help her and talk to her.

  So we really don't have any investigators except for Huiying who is getting baptized on Saturday!!! EEEKK I will talk more about it next week. But we really wanted to be teaching we prayed and decided we would go to this student housing and do doors. We called all the Elders and asked them to pray for us! We really needed help. Soooo we started out we were on our way and of course we got lost and we ended up on this random street and the only person who was there was this guy we talked to him at first he had his phone out and didn't want to listen but we started talking and asking him questions and he put his phone away and was like "yes I actually have wondered that" We asked if we could meet again and he said he didn't feel comfortable with that but he asked if he could have the Book of Mormon and he said he would read it and if he had further interest he would call us. So that was cool. and then we finally found our student housing and we got inside and klingled every door. Most people just laughed at us but the last door was this really cool girl from Ghana. .She was like I would love to learn I would invite you in but I don't have a couch so we don't have any where to sit but can I meet with you in 2 weeks? we were like heck yes!! We got her information and she took ours and we are going back in 2 weeks to talk to her!! YAYY and then we helped a girl move in down the hall and talked to her about the church a little bit and gave her our info if she needed more help moving in.. It was awesome but we still had some extra time and a couple months ago another sister ran into a guy he said he was interested but he didn't have time until oktober so we went by on him. He had us come upstairs and he wanted us to come in and teach right then, but we explained we couldn't be alone with a man so we had a 30 min discussion on his doorstep about the Book of Mormon and our favorite scriptures and he asked if we could come back and share more with him. We set up an appointment and it was so awesome!!! It was such an amazing day! We called and thanked the elders for there prayers and it was just incredible to see the power of prayer and if you really have faith in Jesus Christ he will put the prepared people in your way. I believe that will my whole heart sometimes it just takes longer then we want to see success especially here in Germany. But its also a test, a trail of our faith that I now realize is what I need to help me grow and to become the person I want to be. To become the best Missionary I can be.. to become who the Lord wants me to be. I  am so grateful for this gospel I am grateful for all the amazing experiences I am having on my mission! I love being a missionary I learn so much everyday and I learn how I can better myself so I can help others come unto Christ. Its amazing watching someone grow in the gospel to see them gain a testimony. It helps strengthens mine and I know that its only through the spirit that that happens. I am grateful for the influence of the Holy Ghost in my life I see how it has blessed us in our work as missionaries! I know this church is true. I know God lives and loves us I know Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer, he died for the sins of the world. I am so grateful for the Atonement I am learning so much about it and how I can apply it in my life! I am grateful for this church and the knowledge I have from it. I Love this work! I love all of you so much!! You are in my prayers and thoughts all the time ! I miss everyone so much but I know I am being blessed for this work! And I love it! I hope you all have a wonderful week!!

Keep on Keeping on!

Much love Sister Megli

Hiking, Birthday Heart Attacks & Conference

Hallo Familie!!

   How is everyone doing!!I hope you have all had a wonderful Conference Weekend. Yes, we watched it but I will save that for the end. This week I have really missed home. I'm not sure why just alot of things that remind me of home. This week was so crazy.. Oh man we did so much stuff that most days we didn't even have time for our studies. So Monday after we had everything done we weren't really sure what to do for pday. We didn't want to waste a day in Germany sitting inside so we called the Elders, they said they were up hiking so we were like sure why not. Well they said that it was just a walk up the hill and then you will see us.. They didn't mention that this hill was the entire mountain.. I was dying. It was like the steepest hill I have ever seen and it was like 7 miles, I swear. It was really funny the way they described it they said it was past the houses in the forest past the windy road past the old brown trailer. I thought for sure it was a joke. These random people live in these old gross trailers in the mountain. But we got up and it was so pretty! There was this cool little tower thing and a fort it was just really fun! I also bought new shoes and a new scarf. I love all the clothes here way to much, its a problem. And today we are going to Erfurt to Oktoberfest. That will be fun. 

 

The Hike

 

  Well Tuesday was an exhausting day I was already tired from hiking and my calves where burning. and we had to go help Sister Etkhause in her garden. It is so strange, papa will know what I am talking about. They don't have yards here so they buy a land somewhere else and grow a garden. Like its just miles of land cut in different sections, Its really cool! But she needed help with hers. She needed a tree taken out. We know how much fun that is to do.. So the Elders just started taking it down and then they had to cut up the stump.. they gave me and axe and a saw and told me it was my turn That was a bad idea. I just started going crazy. I felt like a lumberjack, I was chopping the tree into pieces. I think the Elders were shocked. But it was good it was like a stress reliever. I just let out all my anger on this tree. It felt so good! She fed us some lunch, The Germans love potatoe salad. We have it all the time but its really good! we also had eggs with it. They cooked them sunny side way, whatever its called. I have never eaten an egg like that in my life. I panicked a little bit but I made it. It was really good! And then after that we had to meet Eder Robinett so we could plan our topic the next day. We had to give a talk thing on Confidence. Which is hilarious they gave me that topic because I am probably the least confident person. So we were planning and we also had plans to  heart attack Elder Watts for his birthday! So we went and did that before he got home that night.

  So the next day his actual Birthday the whole zone had planned this big surprise. We had zone training and we all panned to sing happy birthday to him. But first zone training. We talked on Confidence really well. I just laughed the whole time because I wasn't confident in what I was saying. I guess my motto was Fake it till you Make it.. I am good at faking. I don't think I ever made it. But it was really good we had a few other Elders talk about finding and Unity. We played this hilarious game with animal noises and someone had made cinnamon rolls so we enjoyed those and all headed back home. Ian, he is in our branch, wanted to have a surprise party for Elder Watts. We were invited to come over and help set it up. It was real

y good! We all just had alot of fun. Elder Watts was a little teary eyed and he said it meant so much for him because he really hasn't had a birthday like that since he was 12. He was very grateful for his Best Friends. It was awesome! So we decided that it would be fun to play the animal game with everyone. So we had the 4 Americans 2 Chinese and 3 Germans and 1 British who speaks German. It was so funny with the culture difference. So pretty much you pick an aniamal and make a sound and action to go with it. So sister Weber decided to pick a cat throwing up. Its so hard to explain but it was so funny. I was laughing so hard. I started crying. You know how I get when me and Best friend (Ryan) laugh so hard we can't talk.. That was how I was. I was trying to talk and it was just bad, After I had finally calmed down Ian said Wilkommen to Jena meine Frundin! Elder Watts told me that I had finally come out of my shell. He said in Germany when that happens they call you a naked slug because you are out of shell. So we laughed about that It was so fun! 

Elder Watt's "heart attack"

Elder Watt's Birthday

  Thursday we had service again at Bernd Studz this time we got to throw rocks down a hill... He has this big hill with stones at the top and sometimes he likes to move them I don't understand so we just did what he wanted us to, then he had us move some wood over by the bunnies because he likes it over there better. Pretty much he finds pointess jobs for us to do. While the Elders build things for his yard. Like this past week they built a grave.... We aren't really sure about that one. So we don't ask. Later that night we had an appointent with Siter Bösemann.. She is the sweetest lady I have ever met she is in our branch and we wanted to check up on her. She was really sad because none of her kids have joined the church and she writes them a letter everyday with her testimony in it telling them of the blessings of the church. I thought it was amazing. She is so sweet. We had planned to share our favorite scriptures with her. I had mine, my mission scripture. I had the book mark you made me mom. and Papa was right they love stuff like that. She admired that for like 20 min. and in my best German I could I bore my testimony I felt the spirit so strong I started crying. I talked about my family and that didn't help the tears. I am pretty sure she couldn't understand what I said. My German is horribe but she felt the spirit and it was really good. Everything reminded me of you mom. She had made us Pero and she told us at least 100 times don't worry its not coffee!! It was funny! We talked about families and how important they are to us. I had my bookmark with me and the leaves are changing here and I think about going with you and Lisa and Kristen and filling Lisa's car with bugs again. But I guess that will have to wait!

  Well Friday we helped a couple move. That was intersting we carried stuff up and down 6 flights of stairs probably 100 times. We were dying. But it was alot of fun. There was this sassy little 8 year old. She remined me of me.. It was fun, Also Watts told me he knew exactly who I was.. And he really did.. It was kind of freaky. He told me the minute he saw me at the train station he knew I would be a mom and I would have a big husband with a big bank account. I'm not sure if that was a complement, but oh well I will take it. He also said I am the type of person who likes beards and facial hair.. and that I will probably marry a poly or someone of different color.. I was like well I love Facial hair and polys... So there you go! It was really funny!!

Conference with the Elders

Okay now for Conference. Yes we watched Conference. All the missionaries get to go to Erfurt and watch it in the building they have. It was so fun to watch it as missionaries! So with the time difference we started watching conference at 3 on Saturday. We watched the Womens meeting from a week ago. And then at 6 we watched the Saturday morning session live. Then on Sunday we went back to Erfurt and at 2 we watched the Saturday afternoon session and had the 2 hour break and then at 6 we watched the Sunday morning session live again. And then we had to go home because it was like 9. So we dont get to see the last session until next week or when it gets posted online. But It was so good! I loved the Focus on the blessing of the Gospel and the focus on the importance of the Atonement and our Savior Jesus Christ. I loved the talk at the Womens Session from Uchtdorf. And how he said the most important thing we can know is that we are children of God. And how Heavenly Father is raining down blessings for us but most time we let fear get in the way like an umbrella shields the rain. We need to put our umbrella down, trust in God and have faith to fight our fears so we can be showered with the blessings from Heaven. Seriously it was so good! If you haven't read or watched that I would invite everyone to! I just loved confernce It was so good! Everything about it! I cant wait to go back and re read them! Well this letter is aready long enough. I hope you have a wonderful week! I love you all so much! Never forget Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you! They want to the best for you! Learn to rely on them and you will be happier in this life!

Have a wonderful week!!

Ich liebe Dich!

With Huiying our investigator who is getting baptized October 18th!!

Liebe Sister Megli

Bike Rides and Other Adventures

Hallo Liebe Familie!

  I hope every ones week was a good as mine! also I hope you are ready for a bombard of pictures because I have 2 weeks to send home. So we got to go to this place called Dome last p-day its in Erfurt and its a beautiful Catholic Cathedral. Since me and Sister Weber are the only sisters in the zone we always have to plan everything. So we called all the Elders and set up times. We were so excited!!! We all meet up.. Which your supposed to avoid large gathering of missionaries.. But it was really only like 10 of us. We have the smallest zone in the mission. We went to the dome and walked around it was so beautiful the pictures look horrible because we couldn't have flash but it is what it is. We then went and got a brot.. They are everywhere. Lisa they put those hot dogs in New York to shame.. These are huge brots and they put them on these little rolls.. I don't know why. But its so good, and they were only one Euro. so not too shabby. We then met up with the Elders again to play sand volleyball. IT WAS AWESOME!! I love volleyball. So it was starting to get close to 6 where your p- ay ends and we had made this huge point that you have to be on a certain train to get home on time.. Of course all the Elders make the train and we don't. so we were like okay we can catch the next one and have 30 min to get ready and have an hour to proselyte. So were on this train we have ridden it a lot of times.. We kept looking out the window and there were all these little towns we kept passing we were both like these are so cute.. like 45 min had passed and we should have been back to Jena by now.

Dome Cathedral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





This is where we got lost in Bad Kösen ha ha

We realized we were supposed to change trains at one of the stops and missed it. We jumped off the train and ended in Bad Kösen.. No idea where that is. We were another hour out of where we needed to be. We were going to get to Jena at 6:55 and FHE starts at 7:00 We were in jeans from p-day so we got off the train and ran to our apartment and back to the church. We got there at 7:05 very impressive. But that was a very exciting day! 

Tuesday we had service at Bernd Studz we got to paint with motor oil again.. That is always an adventure. We painted these bunny cages that he was building for the bunnies; obviously. But they are going to die from the oil. It was sad. We were talking to the Elders, while we painted the cages, they built a headstone for the grave he was building. Not sure for what, but that's what they had to do. Elder Bezzant was there on a split with Elder Watts and they kept asking me stuff about my life. like random questions, and then they said okay we have you figured out.. I was like oh okay.. I didn't know it was like every ones goal to figure me out. And then later Elder Hawker called and says Sister Meggles your weird and I cant figure you out. They are so strange! But I love them! And no one can tell me and Sister Weber apart of the phone, even though we sound nothing alike. I sound like a man and she sounds like a normal woman. So we mess with everyone.. But it was really funny I was like we sound like a girly man.. And I was like but a beautiful man!

Speaking of Sister Weber, everyone seems to want to know more about her. She is from California but goes to school at BYU. She is seriously awesome! I got to so lucky to have her as my trainer. Its really sad, so normally you have a trainer for 12 weeks.. Which would mean the end of the transfer right before Christmas. But She goes home the end of this transfer so October 31st. I have to have a new trainer for the last half.. I about died when I heard that. I love her I don't want her to leave. But we have so much fun together. We are a good balance. I am crazy and she is just quiet and mellow She keeps me in line for the most part. But I also think its hard because a lot of the times the Elders just come and talk to me because I am loud and funny I don't know. But she mostly just sits there. So I try and get her to talk to everyone but its not her personality. But really I learn so much from her of the missionary I want to be. She is one of the best missionaries in the mission right now. She had her exiting interview which was really sad.. It means she really is going home. But I am grateful that I was able to know her.

We also had splits this week with Coburg.

 

 

 

 

 

 I feel like that might be the closest I ever get to Nürumberg. But it was really cool to see a new place.. I had a split with Sister Goodrich.. And lets just say after that split I was even more grateful for Sister Weber! But we get there and we were talking about our plans for the next day and she mentions biking to the church.. I was like um what? And she was like yeah this is biking mission. And I told myself I wouldn't get called to a bike area because I won't wear a helmet​                     I  guess the joke is on me.. But It was seriously so much fun!! I loved bikes. My legs were on fire after that day was over. And also we woke up late that day because Heaven knows I won't be the one to get us up on time, so we woke up late.. 7:30.. And that's sad that that is sleeping in on a mission, We hurried and got ready and I was in personal study at 8 it was a Coburg Miracle. I also had my first Ice cream in Germany.. Its delicious.. Its a problem. I gain weight by looking at a piece of bread. But that day was crazy.. We had a 2 night split because it takes 2 hours to get there so we got there Thursday night and left Saturday morning. On the train home we had to listen to a conference call that was funny.. and then we had to catch a train to Erfurt because we had a meeting and Sister Weber had her leavings interview. So I was just with a few of the Elders all day it was so much fun! I am everyone's favorite I am not even going to lie.. They all tell me that I am one of the best Sisters because I don't get overwhelmed with everything. I though that was funny.. But then me and Elder Robinett were arguing about something dumb and they all told us we are going to get married because we fight all the time. We laughed but neither of us denied it. Elder Robinett said. ' Okay 

I also had my fist döner

I will become an Alcoholic just so I can hit you when we get married' He is so mean to me. But after he told me he really is grateful for me and that we are friends., And so am I. Some of the other Elders also complemented me. One called me a stud.. One told me I looked like his red headed sister but then he said it was just that I reminded him of Her. So it was a good thing. Elder Watts said I was salty and saucy.. not sure what it meant but he said it was a good thing. Elder Mayne He is one of my favorites He told me I am sassy and Chill I was like okay I can handle that. So we chatted awhile we have a lot in common we are going to be good friends. But It really was a great day, I met a lot of really cool people.

Sunday was fast Sunday.. Its so much harder to fast as a missionary because you are always going so your always hungry. My stomach was growling in church it was embarrassing. Bruder Gottschaft kept laughing at me and He asked if we would like to join them after church for lunch. We said sure thanks. We went over to there house, and of course Germans don't eat anything light so we walked in and it smelt amazing. We sat down and I saw Rot Koh. and I knew we were going to have roladen.. I'm sorry I don't know how to spell anything. But sure enough they put rolanden down. It smelled so good. They made theirs kind of like grandpas but it had carrots in it and the gravy was like this mustardy tomato basil stuff it was incredible. I loved it. After they gave us a ton of chocolate and gummies and we left like puking, we were so full. We had an hour before we were supposed to go eat again at the Schwendimans the senior couple that is here. We got there and it was quiche, It was so good but I couldn't eat all of mine and its rude to leave food on your plate. When Sster Schwendiman left and bless his heart Elder Watts was like here switch me plates and He ate the rest of mine. After he told me that he had never done that for anyone especially not for a sister. But he said He didn't know why but he would do anything for me. I told you all the Elders love me. It really is always an adventure. 

​Some of my favorite Elders Norman and Bezzant



I am learning so much and have such amazing opportunities. I wouldn't change for the world. I am learning so much of the person I want to become. The things I am learning now I wouldn't change for the world. I am so grateful for the gospel and the blessing it brings to my life. I know this church is True. I know that Heavenly Father knows each of us. I know Jesus Christ lives and loves us. I am grateful for the Atonement and that every Sunday I have the opportunity to partake of the sacrament and renew my covenants each week. I am grateful for the opportunity that we have this week to listen to conference and to hear words from the prophet. I invite all of you before conference starts to think of something you need help with or you want an answer to. And if you sincerely listen to conference with an open heart and mind the spirit will testify to you the things you need to hear. I love you all so much! I hope you have an amazing week! I pray for you and think about you all the time! Don't forget to read the Book of Mormon and pray every day . And you will see blessings in your life. I love you and miss you! have a great week!

Keep on Keeping on!

Love Sister Megli







This one's for you Diggity (aka Mama)

A cool little castle by our house

Oh. My. Worte

Dear Familie,

  Well this has been yet another exciting week in Deutschland! I love it here! Its so beautiful and green and lovely. So after I got off email we went and did our little errands for the day. I also got this really cute wallet, its red Lisa, you would love it! But we just kind of walked around before FHE. There is this store kind of like H and M but better and they have these reallz cute shoes I am going to get. hehe.. But anyway we went to family home evening and we had a really good lesson on gratitiude. We all talked about what we were gratiful for. Of course I cried when I talked about mine because that week I was grateful that I was able to call home and that I didn't pass out on the plane. YAY! But it was really good.

Tuesday we had service. It was so funny we were walking over to this old mans house where we serve and this guy was across the street and waving and was really excited to see us. He ran across the street luckily there were no cars and he ran up to me and awkwardly held out his hands for me to hold so I like sat there for like a second and was like okay.. and he was like are you a pretty mormon girl too? I hesitated and said yeah... And then he jumped up and down and then put a hand on mine and sister Webers head and started stroking our heads and looked into sister Webers eyes and said I am in love. She was like oh really, with who? And he says you are just so lovely. My soul gets so warm when I see you, and he looks up to the sky and says Thank you Jesus. We both were like okay we have to go and we ran across the street. Seriously one of the weirdest things of my life. He was crazy. So we went to our service and its for a man named Bernd Studz He is this old man that lives almost to the mountains if you can call them a mountain... But he just has little random jobs for us to do. We painted his fence with motor oil.. We were like okay. He was like it makes it water proof. The wood was seriously decaying. He said make sure to get really good in the parts that have like holes. like the knots So we poured the oil in the holes. It made him very happy. so after 2 hours of random jobs he made us lunch it was like raviollis. not bad i guess.. So we left him with a message about the Atonement and we were on our way. When we got back to our apartment I had all the letters from the plane every where so I decided to go through them. I remember in some of the letters everyone mentioned something about not being able to read grandmas letter.. But on the plane I didn't see one. I figured it got left out or something so I had the letters and there was something sticking to the botton of the envelope and it was grandmas letter. I started crying. I really needed that. I had been thinking about grandma alot so to read that was really special. The rest of the day was okay I was still kind of sad and well I was really missing everyone so I wasn't in the best mood.

The next morning I was still sad and missing everyone. We had personal study and I had a question in my mind and I couldn't figure out the answer I got so mad so I feel asleep. I was also crying because I was missing my family. So I just tried to push it to the side. We had district meeting it was soo good to see Elder Robinett. He was in my MTC group. We were happy to see a familiar face. I'm glad that I have a few of my Elders with me. Because It makes things easier. I also got to teach my first lesson!!! YAAY! But it was in English so that was also good.. haha We taught Huiying about Chirstmas and the importance of the Saviors birth. I don't know how I am going to make it though Chirstmas. I started crying in the lesson thinking about it. But It was really good. I loved teaching about the Savior. I just love teaching about the Gospel! It makes me so happy!

One night we had institute, we talked about the importance of covenants and the eternal perspective of covenants After Institute the Schwenimans, the senior couple and they fed us. So we were all eating dinner and Elder Watts he is one of the Elders in my district but they are also the zone leaders. So he's pretty funny, we were eating and all of a sudden he was like sister Megli we just ate at the same time.. .I was like what the heck, are you watching me eat? and he was like I took a bite and looked up and you had jsut taken a bite.. I was like okay your a freak. It was funny, And also I'm not sure what started it but every time I say a word is german we look at each other and like point and say Deutsch.. Its so strange but yet its so great and we do it all the time.

Bestfriend.. Get this my compainon is seriously the best! I started singing I like to singa about the moona and juna and the springa.. the Owl Johnson one and she knew it! We have been singing it everytime. She also does the other part when the father hears that voice and I come in and say STOP STOP!! Sing boy sing!! And we sing and dance to the song! I love it! Also we were heading out to Erfurt for a day to do some visits and I needed to see if it was hot outside so we are on the 8th floor and we have a window open. I didn't think about this but I ran and like jumped out the window. I put my arms so I could stick my head out but my arms locked and I starting falling out and I was laughing so that didn't help. I was so scared I starting kicking my legs and was able to pull myself back in the room. Sister Weber just sat there and laughed. It was so scary but really funny.. Mama your probably not thinking this is funny.. But it was. Then we were walking to the bus and there is this like street car train thing that runs right by where we walk. It is never there so we just walk across I didnt even look and I just walked in the street and looked and heard the train but it was so close and Sister Weber grabbed my arm and pulled me back. Thank goodness for her or I probably would have died. Okay well on the postive note! We made it to Erfurt safely. We got to go teach 3 sweet ladies and I was acutally able to talk! I bore my testimony in one and Sister Weber told me it fit perfect with what was said. Yahoo for the spirit!! So that was a really good day! I also had my first Döner!! It was so good.. I am so mad I forgot my camera so there will be a ton of pictures next week!! Sorry about that.

On Saturday it was like service day in Jena. Everyone goes and does a service project. We were with 2 other Elders in our zone and we went to this glass house. We were walking there and we had to go under these water pipes and I thought there was only one but there were two.. I hit my head so hard it was like Instant headache all the Elders laughed at me. So we go to service and we literally took everything out of a room and moved it to a new box and then put it back in the room.. I was like okay.. Whatever you want. They also gave us pizza. its so weird here. This pizza had hotdogs, and pickles and onion rings. I almost threw up. The Elders knew it and were trying to help me eat my portion. because its rude to leave any food. So I have been dying I am eating the weirdest things. Then it starting raining like pouring. Everyone like freaked out and ran inside. I stood in the rain and was dancing and having a wonderful time! Everyone was like now your all wet.. like it was a horrible thing. but who cares I had fun! On our way home sister Weber told me that people are drawn to me. I have this personality that eveyone loves to be around. It really took me by surprise because for as long as I can remember everyone hated being around me because I was mean and negative. I hadn't realixed how happy I am actually am. I have decided its so much easier in life to be happy. to enjoy life and to smile. I seriously say hello to everyone. I love it! Also in Church they talked about how everzyone from Utah is always happy. They said look at Sister Megli she is always happy. It made me feel really good. This is the kind of person I want everyone to know me as. They have this joke that 'Alles Möglich mit Sister Megli hier' because möglich is possible and thats what megli is. So everything is possible with sister Megli here. It makes me feel special.

I had some really cool studies this week. I was really feeling depressed and discouraged. I read in Mosiah 24: 8-12. Its about adversity and how we have to find peace and joy in adversity. It was something I really needed to hear. I was so used to the MTC just having someone there to teach. Where here I actually have to find people. After like 3 days of literally talking to everyone I was really mad. I was thinking I am doing everyting right. I am talking to everyone I am trying my best. Why can't I find anyone to teach. Part of having adversity is being humble. Maybe that was what's stopping me was like I am not being humble enough. I just couldn't figure it out. and I still haven't maybe I never will. But the next day I was studying about Charity and again being humble was what it came down to. I prayed to Heavenly Father for help. I wanted to know what I needed to do. I wanted to have charity I wanted to be humble I want to be the best missionary I can be. Everyday whatever I am studying I feel like it helps me become more like Christ and maybe one day I will fully understand but for now I am just going to keep giving my best and rely on the Lord for guidance and listen to the spirit because thats how I am going to understand. I am so grateful for this Gospel. I know its true I know that I am supposed to be in Germany. I'm not sure why but I know if I trust in God and have hope and do everything I can I will be able to touch the lifes of many. I love you all so much! I pray for you everyday. Remember Heavenly Father lives and Loves us. He knows us personally. If we follow Jesus Christ we will make it back to Heavenly Father. Pray every day and read your scirptures and your life will be blessed.

Have a wonderful week! I love you all so much!

Leibe, Sister Megli

I made it....barely



The last picture of my MTC district!  I love them!

Hallo Familie!

 Oh wow what a crazy week.. Seriously I hope your ready.. And also the z and y are in different places on the keyboard so it's weird and I don't always catch it.
​Okay, So lets see the plane ride was awful. Well I LOVED all the letters, I will try and write back as quickly as possible but we are so busy I barely have time to sleep... haha. But so the plane.. After I talked to you I literally had to run and find a store to buy some medicine. I had 5 min before I was supposed to board the plane. So I found some dramamine...? I have never taken motion sickness pills so I wasn't sure how it was going to be. So I took like 2 to start as we were heading off.. I was litterallz going crazy I was so excited. I am actually going to Germany! Oh and of course on the plane it was so fun.. I was sitting by Sister Ferris.. and Elder Kress. Man they made that flight bearable. Elder Kress is really nice he could tell I was struggling when we left the SLC so he tried to talk to me to get my mind off things. he showed me pictures of his family and talked about them. I was doing better but I still felt like throwing up. But I didn't. Spoil Alert. He had also given me a blessing the night before and He came up to me and thanked me for letting him do that. He had never given a blessing and It was a really good one. I could feel the spirit so strong. He told me He had never felt the spirit like that. It is something neither of us will forget.. It was really hard to say goodbye to him.

Okay that was random this whole letter is going to be because it was a random week. But we are on the plane and it probably took me 3 hours to read all of it. Seriously it was the best thing ever. Thank you for everyone who took time to write one. Well after that I starting feeling sick so I took more of the medicine. That was a bad idea.. I was out. I think I slept the whole flight. I remember waking up to eat food but that's it. So we get off the plane, and also they had to check all 3 of my bags because it was too big... oops. So we go to get our luggage and of course the belt that they are on is broken, So we wait like an hour before we can get those, then we headed out that's where Sister Norvak.? was and she took pictures of us. She talked to us for awhile.

Thank  you Brother & Sister Nowack for posting pictures from the airport on the facebook page!

We thought the President and his Wife would have been there or anyone reallz... They forgot about us. So we called and they freaked out and sent the APs over. We got out stuff and put it in the van. Then thez told us we were taking the trains back to frankfurt.. That took a million years. We got on and off at least 17 times. The Trains are crazy here.

Riding the train from the airport to the mission office!

 

Oh and keep in mind I am drugged from the medicine on the plane so I am litteralz falling asleep walking. I was so dizzy,. It was the weirdest I have ever felt in my life. We finally get back to I think was the church.. We had interviews with the President. I think I feel asleep I don't remember it.. All I remember was him asking me Are you tired sister Megli and I said yes and He said maybe we should get zou to bed.. And I remember eating pizza and then next thing zou know its 6:30 the next morning. I slept for like 15 hours. Crazy.

Sister Megli with President and Sister Stoddard.

 

This was the hotel we stayed in for the first couple nights. It was so cute & small.  Dino Liza is enjoying it too!

 So the next morning we were to get up and go have breakfast which was seriously bread cheese and meat, and nutella and crissants. It was lovely. I can feel me gaining weight by looking at the food. So we sat there until we were called to come into the conference room where we would meet our new trainers!!! YAHHH I was so scared I almost peed my pants.. Which is another thing they don't have is bathrooms anywhere. And you pay 1-2 euros everytime. So you hold it. Anyway, so we go in and they tell everyone there new companions.. except mine and Sister Ferris. We were last. really.. I let out this weird squeal thing I was so nervous. They held up our pictures and I thought seriously this is so cool me and Sister Ferris are going to be with each other.. But we are close she is over by Nurmberg in fochs? I am horrible at spelling. I also freaked out because I knew that was the other area that was open and I thought I was going to where papa had served but I am sure I will make it over there. They tend to keep the missionaries on the East over here so that would be cool.. So Then I knew it was me! Sister Weber stood up and I did and we were like yaahaha!! I didn't even hear where I was serving. So we met and I was like where are we going and she said... .JENA!!! My first area.. I didn't even know where that was. I was so excited! So normally we would have just gone there but because Elder Ballard.. Close dad.. was speaking the next day we just stayed in Frankfurt. We went out contacting for 8 hours.. That's along time IT also started pouring. while we were walking. It was so fun! So we get to the street display and I was like okaz great what do we do? Sister Weber just starting talking to people so I figured okaz sweet. She handed me a Book of Mormon and I was like I will talk to anyone but zou have to take over after she said okaz. so I had my one liner..`´ Haben Sie yea dass Buch Mormon gehört?` and then she would talk about it. It was scary but fun!! I was talking to real people! I couldn't believe it! We did that forever and I was like I need food. So we got my verz first german food. It was a currywurts.. It was gross. It was a brot with curry sauce on it. I decided I would get it without the sauce next time. But it was good. kinda. We had a drunk man sing to us and I didn't know what he was saying so I just smiled and waved. Apparently Germans are mean when they are drunk. and I saz Hi to everyone that's also something they don't do.. So I am going to change Germany!! I will say hello to everyone. so that was fun we also had this guy come and bible bash us. lucky there was like 12 missionaries so we could all back each other up. Elder Strong was there he is hilarious. He makes funny faces. He kept looking at me and my face must have been in shock because he kept laughing at me. I hope I will get to serve with him sometime. So that was an eventful day we were late getting back so it was dark and they don't have alot of street lights here so we walked back in the pitch dark. all sisters. We finally made it to the hotel and slept.

Next day we got up and headed out to hear Elder Ballard. It was so good. It was amazing to hear from a apostle. He told us to work harder and to treasure up the words of Christ and in the moment the words will be delivered unto us. When we have the spirit with us always. Reallz good. So right after that we had to say goodbye and head to our areas. I found Sister Ferris hugged her and bawled.. Haha I love her so much and am so grateful that I have met her.

 

Sister Ferris and I handing out the Book of Mormon
 



So we meet our zone and headed home. We are the onlz sisters here. But I am in Elder Robinett's district.. haha he cant get away. it will be fun to still have someone I know. The zone leaders cant say my name or choose not to so I am sister Meggles. I love it. There are some really great elders in our zone. I am excited for zone P-days. 



This is our apartment. It's so cute and surprisingly big for Germany.

 

Sis you will love this.. I am have to shower in the morning and every day.. I hate it.. hah And I actuallz wake up on time.. Its a miracle. But its funny Sister Weber is a runner so she runs in the hall and I just kind of sit on the floor because I dont know how to work out.. I did a few sit ups I think I slept for some of it. I'm not really sure. So this is going to be interesting. We also study for what feels like 10 hrs everyday. But I am learning alot. We have this thing once a week called GEMIKO? I'm not sure what it means or what it is. I just go and sit and I have no idea what's going on because why.. Well I can't speak German. I am reallz starting to get overwhelmed by the language I feel like I can't understand anyone. But I am being positive. And I am trying my hardest. It wils come I know I have onlz been here for 5 days. The people are reallz nice in our branch.. of 20 people. I guess I'm not in utah anymore. everzthign is different. In Church there was no one there so I didn't have to bare my testimony so maybe next week.. this z and y thing is reallz annoying. But the branch is so cute and lovelz people. They all want to help me so they said they are going to have me speak german to them more.. yay. I am so scared And so they made me say the closing prayer. It was the best prayer in German I have said thus far. . But on an exciting note we alreadz have a babtism! October 18 her name is Huiying. She is chinese and speaks english.. YAHOO! she has been investigating the church for a year and half and finally decided to get baptized that will be so cool! random note we had to go to the store and so we went in this mall like clothes all around and there was this random grocery store in there. It was so strange. but I guess that's Germany. I will get used to it.

 

Well that's just a glimpse of my week sorry its so long I just have so much to tell everyone! I love you all so much! I love this gospel I know its true! I am grateful to be serving with Sister Weber in Jena! Its amaying! I love it! I cant wait to go out and work and actually have a real lesson! I alreadz love it so much! Don't forget to read your scriptures and pray zou will see changes in your life! Learn to rely on the Savior. Let Him be your best friend! I love you! I hope you have an amazing week!

 

Love Sister Megli


The view from my room.  It's been foggy everyday.



Classic picture! I feel so European in my trench coat. The buildings are so  cute? I love Germany!



Just realized this is the only picture of my companion, Sister Weber. I will send more later.

  

Random street we were walking along to the street display!

I LEAVE TOMORROW!!!!

Hallo FAmilie,

 

  Well this is it. I leave tomorrow. I am so scared and exciting and terrified and feeling every emotion I think I can. I just want everyone to know how much I love each and every one of you! I love this gospel so much! I love being a missionary I love my life!! I feel so honored to have known all of you, and to see the blessings I have in my life because of you. I know I wouldn't be able to do this with out all of you! I know the Lord is helping me with everything. I have learned so much on how important it is to rely on the Lord. They tell us in class here to get to the point that he is our best friend. I can honestly say He is my Best Friend. I can tell him anything. He will always listen to me. He can help me with my problems. He lives and He loves me. I know Jesus Christ died on the cross for me. He atoned for the sins of the world. I know the Atonement is so real. I have seen it bless my life every day. My favorite thing to teach investigators is the importance of the Atonement, it always brings tears to my eyes. When they understand that we can be forgiven of our sins and they can be happy again, You just cant help but thank Heavenly Father for everything we have been blessed with. I can see the Lord's hand in my life and in the life of my investigators. I have felt the power of the Gospel and I feel the spirit every day in my life. I know without the spirit I could not teach it even says it in the Book of Mormon Without the spirit you can not teach. I believe that with my whole heart. I feel the spirit so strong everyday and I never want that to leave. I love all of you so much! I'm sorry this letter is so short. But the next one I will be in Germany!!!!!!!! It will be amazing! I cant wait for tomorrow. I will be starting this new wonderful chapter in my life! I love this gospel and I know its true! 

Don't forget to read your scriptures every day and Pray every night and morning and you will see the Lord's hand in your life! 

 I love you! 

  Love Sister Megli 

Week 5---Last P-day in the MTC!!!!

Halllo  Familie! 

 

One of the last pictures of my District.  I love them all so much and will miss those going to Berlin.

   Well this is it. This is my last p-day in the MTC!!! Yahooo!! This has been the fastest yet longest 6 weeks ever. I am so excited and terrified!! I feel like spiritually I am so ready to go and serve. But I feel like I cant speak German as well as I would like to. But I know I will learn it soon in Germany. This week has just been crazy from everything as soon as we got our fight plans it was like oh man we have so much stuff to do!!! But we couldn't worry about that we had to focus on our investigators. And when we did this we had the best lessons. I'm sorry I feel like this letter is going to be really scattered because my mind is going like 100 mph... I don't even know what to think. I am SO excited to talk to you on Tuesday! I will be crying so hard I probably wont even be able to speak. Just to hear everyone's voices I cant wait!! I have been praying every day that I wont pass out on the plane again... That would be super awkward. I am going to ask the Elders for a blessing before we leave. Its so sad that we have to say goodbye to 3 of our Elders. I love them so much!! It makes me cry thinking about it. we have became so close. They are like family to me. I wish we could all stay together our whole missions! But I am grateful that I have gotten to know them, I know we will be friends forever. 

 

  Something crazy happened this week. So President Petersons wife, Sister Peterson every time she saw me she would tell me I look so much like her granddaughter, every time I was like oh cool I bet she is so nice and funny and beautiful.... haha just kidding I didn't say that. But then on Sunday they come in our class for our little lesson that we have every Sunday and after the lesson she came up to the sisters and said I have to give you all a hug I love you so much, She came up to me and said and of course one for my Erin... I was like what the heck.. How does she know my name is Erin. So I asked her who's Erin. She said my granddaughter is Erin.. But she spells it Erynn.. I was like that is my name!! We both kind of cried because I reminded her of her granddaughter, and she reminded me of Grandma. I really was homesick that day. By the way grandma, Papa said you were going to sneak in here. I have been looking for you every night. Maybe next week. I wrote in my journal I miss being called precious by my Nana, and being rocked in her chair and all of her kisses. I am crying trying to type this letter. I think it is finally hitting me that I am leaving and I wont be home for 17 more months This has been a very emotional week. I am sure this one will be even worse. But along with it being so emotional It has been so spiritual. We are teaching R.J he finally was understanding the whole concept of the gospel every time we would talk to him you could see the joy and happiness that our message was bringing him. Yesterday was our last lesson with Him. I knew I wanted to commit him to being baptized, We started talking about the importance of it and why its important. I asked Do you think its important to follow Christ in everything we do? He said yes! So I said even Christ was baptized and went into the blessings that we get from baptism. and I asked him if he would be baptized. I didn't have the whole baptism question memorized but when I spoke it and I asked Him it was the perfect German I have ever spoke. It was amazing I really felt the Lord helping me.I could feel Heavenly Father softening His heart so He would accept baptism. I was so happy! I couldn't even explain to Him how much Joy He was about to experience. There was so much love and the spirit was so strong in that room. We closed and were leaving and he said thanks again Ill see you latter. I started to cry. I knew I wouldn't get to teach Him again. Even though it was just a role play I never once thought of it that way. I loved him as a person and I wanted Him so much to just accept the Gospel! And when he did you cant help but be excited and happy for them, and you cant help but thank the Lord for putting them in your life. After he always gives us feedback, He told us we are wonderful our German is not perfect but the amount of love and passion we are trying to say it in comes across and you cant help but feel the spirit. It was a testimony builder for me for sure I finally felt like yes I can do this! I am a missionary, Heavenly Father is going to help me. All I have to have is Faith. 

 I love this gospel so much I love everything about it! The people I have meet the experiences I have had. Everything I wouldn't trade it for the world. 

I was reading in D&C I believe 34 and it talks about the second coming and how its our job to prepare the world for the time of the Saviors coming. I couldn't help but get goosebumps as I read it. I am helping bring the good news of the gospel to the world. I am helping them prepare for the coming of Christ. I thought about when we reenacted the Book of Mormon and when we got to go up in the middle of the night and the Savior came. I will never forget the feeling of touching the Savior. I gained a testimony of the Savior. He lives and Loves us. He wants us to help bring this knowledge to the world. I am so grateful for Jesus Christ. 

 

I feel like I don't really have much to say. I am just so excited to go and serve in Germany. This is really happening. This is real. I am so nervous and excited! I love all of you so much!! I hope everyone knows that. I am sorry if I haven't emailed or written you back. Time is limited but I want everyone to know I am grateful for your love and support. I keep thinking about when I get home. And how it will be. I cant wait. Maybe everyone could be in lederhosen (?) at the airport. But until then I am giving everything I have to the Lord! My whole heart is in this. I don't want to look back and have regrets. Everything we do we either learn or grow from it, So we shouldn't really look at it as regrets but rather learning moments to help us be better people in the future. I know my life has been forever changed because of my mission. I am so grateful to be a missionary and to Teach the gospel to the world I love it so much! I love all of you so much!! Thank you for being a part of my life and helping me grow and become the person Heavenly Father wants me to be. Don't forget to pray and read your scriptures I know it will bless your life in ways you wouldn't even think. Never take anything for granted. live each day to the fullest. 

I love you all so much!! 

Leibe Sister Megli 

 

We had Christmas in September!! Me and sister Ferris wore plaid skirts and the light hit the pine tree perfectly it looked like snow.. It was a magical moment for me. I love her so much!!

 

Sister Ferris and I love LOVE taking pictures haha We decided that we are going to be best friends forever! She is from Washington but she goes to BYU so it will be really fun!



Classic Missionary photo. I love this gospel so much!! It brings so much joy to my life! I seriously everything about it. Sometimes we think its so hard to be a member of the church. But really it couldn't be easier. God has given us the book of Mormon and the gift of the Holy Ghost to help us. We have familes to help us learn and grow. Everything good that is around us in our life is from Heavenly Father to help us in this life so we can be the best we can be, so we can live with him again.! I love this gospel!! I love being a missionary!! Never forget to thank Heavenly Father for the blessings he has given us! I love you all so much!

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--God Be With You Till We Meet Again-- 

HHHHAAAALLLLLOOO Week 4~~

Halloo famile!!! 

 Well another week here at the MTC come and went so fast! Its seriously so crazy how fast its going! nothing really special happened this week.. I sent more pictures so that's why this email will be short.. I don't have too much time! But seriously I am loving it here! I finally just decided this week I need to quit being so selfish and realize this isn't about me. After I feel like I have been teaching and feeling the spirit so much stronger. On Monday we were teaching R..J we didn't know we had to teach so we got there in the morning and they told us Sister Megli and Sister Aldred your up for teaching...We both just sat there.. I made this hideous noise.. Like oh no oh no!! So after I had this little freak out session we knew we had to go teach.. We said a prayer and asked if Heavenly Father could help us teach. The time before we had taught about Plan of Salvation so we decided we would talk about that. So we got in just kind of chatted and then I was like well can we say a prayer? and we were like um okay yeah.. So we prayed. And started our lesson. It was probably the best lesson we have had thus far. I was whipping out scriptures out of nowhere. The spirit was so strong. We ended our lesson it was only like 15 min. but it was one of the most spiritual 15 min of my mission thus far. After the investigator. our teacher, He gave us some feed back. he told us we were the missionaries who have made the most progress. he told us we actually feel like missionaries!! It was so exciting!! We realized that pretty soon this isn't going to be pretend. We will actually being teaching real investigators! We are going to be changing peoples life! ITs the best feeling in the world! 

 

  I love all the packages as you can tell I have gotten so much stuff!! The elders love it but so do I! Amy and Cliff that summer sausage and cookies were the hit of the week!! Everyone loved them thank you!! It was so good to hear from everyone this week!! I feel so loved every day! I can feel all of your prayers! I hope you know I pray for you each and every day! I know we are being blessed for this! I wouldn't. change it for the world! 

Enjoying the summer sausage and cheese from Amy and Cliff

 

  So on Sunday we had to teach the lesson on the Book of Mormon, it was so good!!! I loved teaching about it! I love the book of Mormon, I don't know why people wouldn't want to read it all the time! I have really come to understand it and It helps that I keep a study journal next to me that I write down how I'm feeling and what that scripture meant to me. I challenge all of you to read the book of Mormon and if you don't have a testimony of the truthfulness of it. Take Moroni's challenge and ask with a sincere heart and the truth will be made know to you! 

 

I cant believe I only have less then 2 weeks left here.. Time is flying!! I am so happy here! I love being a missionary!! Its the best feeling in the world! I have never felt so close to my Heavenly Father and Savior in my life. When we can truly understand the Atonement and use it our lives we will be so much happier!! 

 

Oh random thought everyone says I am the mother of the district because I have something for everyone! It doesn't matter what I have something that if someone is sick or needs to be cheered up or is hungry...You name it I got it! haha so thank you everyone!! I am the most popular sister in the zone! 

SPOILED ROTTEN.  She loves her dinosaur--her name is Liza



Trying to act like she doesn't love this flower clip from Lisa

 I wish I had time to write more but I sent pictures this week, I promise next week will be much better! I love you all so much! I know this gospel is soo true!! I love the blessings that come from this church. I love being a member of this church! I love being a missionary! I know this church is true. I know Joseph Smith is a prophet called from God. He translated the Book of Mormon. i know that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world. He died for the Sins of the World. He lives and He loves us. Never forget that he knows whatever we are going through in this life. He has taken it upon Himself so we don't have to bare the Burdens. I am so grateful that I have this knowledge of the Gospel so I can go and bring the truth to the world. I love you all so much! I cant wait to hear back form you! You are all so wonderful! Never forget how much you are loved! Keep on Keeping on! 

I love you so much!! 

 

Love sister Megli 

oh p.s.. The Netherlands/Belgium mission is where its at.. Oh man they have some really good looking Elders.. Not that that's what we are looking at but its hard to not notice.. haha I mean Ben is already there.. and there is this other Elder we don't know his name but we call him Elder Kent. Because he has these glasses when he wears them he looks like Superman. So yea that's what entertains us here! And that's my random thought for the day! I love you all! 

The German Sister's with cute Sister Malone that is serving in Oregon

The Elder's all wearing PURPLE ties

Showing off their purple ties

Not to be outdone by the Elder's ties, the Sister's all wore polka dots

The serious side of Elders

Fun in a rain storm!