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.
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