Hallo famili ud freunde, ich dachte das ich dieses ganze Email auf Deutsch schreiben könnte. Nah? Wäre das in Ordenung? Oder soll ich noch das Email auf Englisch schreiben....das wäre am besten.
A little Deutsch to brighten everybody's day. German is a weird language, but at the same time, it makes a lot of sense. It's definitely hard to learn, but also very possible when you put your mind to it. All it takes is practice! ÜBEN ÜBEN ÜBEN! (Sagen die deutche Menschen) I'm really grateful that I'm here in Germany and that I can learn such a cool language.
Last week was....meh. We had zone konferenz, but it was definitely a lazy week, which I really hate to admit. Since coming out here, I've been doing really well with being a real, responsible, hard working person. But last week was....meh. It's coming to the end of the transfer, and we need to finish strong! I'm excited for this coming week, and hopefully we will get a lot done.
So last week:
Montag: Monday we left early in the morning to go and have district P-Day in Zwickau, a city about an hour north of us. It's a way cool and old city (actually where Dieter F. Uchtdorf found the church), and the elders there are really cool also. We got there kind of early, and did emails in a really ghetto internet cafe. After that, we got a little something to eat (Leberkäse....oh my gosh so delicious) and then headed to do sport. We played football and real football the whole afternoon as a district. It was really fun and good exercise. But it was incredibly hot. I heard the SD is pretty hot right now...so is Deutschland. Na ja, it was really fun. After sport we went and got more food (more leberkäse...my favorite. It's basically Germany's meatloaf, but way more greasy and delicious with mustard). We hung out and talked for a while, enjoying the shade. Unfortunately, we got home kind of late, and missed an appointment that we had with our new Polish investigator. That was really too bad, because I was looking forward to it. But we got back really late haha...
Dienstag: Tuesday morning, we went by on an appointment that we had made out a couple days before, but the lady wasn't there...schade. (That seems to happen a lot...) so after that, we went by on the nose doctor, because of Elder Huber's nose bleeds. We couldn't get an appointment then, but we made out an appointment for Thursday. We then walked home and went to go do weekly shopping. This week was tunafish and rice, and brats again. The cheapest way to eat, and still stay alive. Our weekly food bill is about 15€, which is like 20 bucks. So we're basically living off of around 3 dollars a day, when you factor in other small thing. Pretty solid. A missionary is thrifty. After shopping, we ate our lovely rice, tunafish, and curry ketchup. And we did some planning. During lunch, our only other appointment that day called and canceled...so we had to do some planning for what we wanted to do. Nothing else that special the rest of the day. We took the bikes out at night, which was really fun.
Mittwoch: Wednesday was OK. In the morning we went by on a couple of contacts, who didn't end up living there, so the battle against our 150 name contact list goes on. We came home for lunch and ate brats...mmmm. I think I could eat brats the rest of my life. It's the most perfect food on earth. This time, we made Kartoffeln Puree (basically instant mashed potatoes) and I ate it on the brats. These are my nutrients...bread, meat and potatoes. After lunch, the companion wasn't feeling awesome, so we hung out a little. It was terribly hot this whole past week, and I never really felt awesome either. We did some planning to, worked on our contact list, made calls, and so on. Nothing else that special. We took the bikes out at night, which was really interesting, because it was my turn to lead. I may or may not have accidentally led us through a trail full of stinging nettle...that sucked haha. But it payed off because we found this hill with a good view of a soccer game. We watched the 11 meter kicks at the end. It was kind of intense.
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| The back side of Elder Pollard's nametag... |
Donnerstag: Thursday morning was elder Huber's nose appointment. He said they shot a laser in his nose. It sounds like the just cauterized a broken vessel or something. They stopped the nose bleeds though. I waited in the waiting room and tried to withstand the attempts of 3 little Turkish kids to try and drive me insane. I succeeded. After that, we visited Bahnhof to see if the train to Leipzig was delayed. All of Germany is always under construction, so the trains are more often than not delayed. We then wet home and ate lunch. Tunafish and rice. After lunch, we had weekly planning. That was good. After that we visited Bruder L., a less active. It was kind of awkward, because he was in a really bad mood again. Oh well. I hope we're helping. When we took the bikes our this time, I found out that my gears are broken. Which isn't fun. I have to find a bike shop and see if they can fix that.
Fritag: ZONE KONFERENZ! I love zone conference. It's super cool. You hear the most awesome and inspiring themas and workshops and talks. The only not cool part is waking up at 4.30.....yeah. To be in Leipzig at 8.30, we need to catch the 5.52 zug, which means we wake up at 4.30. But I'm kind of used to it now. I had a really good doughnut at Leipzig Bahnhof. THAT was exciting. ZoCo was super cool. I got to see 3 missionaries from my golden group (the group of missionaries that was in the MTC with me). Elder Schole, Elder Beckstead, and Elder Guccione. That was AWESOME to see them again! I loved it. Lunch was good. We had some rice and veggie dish with bockwursts. We heard some really awesome themas. Sister Kosak talked about Psalms 23. I liked it. ZoCo went super long, and we missed our train leaving Leipzig, so we were stuck in Leipzig for another hour. Not cool. Hof elders returned home at 10.00 at night. It was such a tiring day.
Samstag: Saturday morning, we went by a referral, who said the had no interest. After that, we went by on more contacts. We came home and ate tunafish and rice. The meal of champions. Puts hair on your chest. After lunch, we got the two hours back from waking up early on Friday. I vegged. We then went by on Schwester E. We chatted for a while, and then left her a BOM that she could write her testimony in. She said we could come back this week on Thursday to eat with her. Hopefully she remembers this time haha. She also gave us a box of frozen "American" hamburger patties. We had to go home then, because I had frozen meat in my backpack.
Sonntag: Sunday is always a good day. Church was fun. I blessed the sacrament. There was a record breaking 36 members at church yesterday! A bunch of families from Plauen came down. I'm not sure why. But it was cool. at one point, I went to the bathroom and, because we meet in a hotel, the were playing the radio through the speaker. And of course, what song is playing when I go in? Purple Rain by Prince. I had an Elder Pollard moment, singing to myself in the bathroom of the Hotel Quality in Hof, Germany. After church, we ate at Brother M's house. A sister in the ward made us food, (Schwester M. is out of town) so we ate that. It was really good. I would call it German chili. Potato, goulash, stew. It was delicious. I love German cooking. We ate ice cream too. We then talked for a while about the Olympics, movies, the BOM, and Lord of the Rings haha. I had a conversation about LOTR in German. Beast. Then Bruder M. gave me a copy of the book in English to borrow. That is my new fascination. It's approved to read, so in my free time, I'm glued to that thing. Too bad we don't have too much free time. It's actually a goal of mine to read a book.
That was the week! Kind of awesome, kind of lazy though. I did reunite myself with my one true love though. Haribo. Haribo is delicious! Especially Pico Balla. Haribo macht kinder froh! Und erwachsene ebenso! The candy of choice. Also, we cleaned the apartment really well on Sunday.
Next week will be awesome. I can just feel it. I really want to work my butt off and just collapse at the end of the transfer. I've been a missionary for over 7 months now! Kind of crazy, but I still have a long ways to go. I'm really happy that I can be here. I am so blessed and honored to be able to do this work.
I hope all is well with the Emily fest. I am actually really sad that I don't get to see Emily super happy at her wedding. I wish every day that I could be there. But that's life. I hope that the whole family is doing good! I miss you all a lot! I pray for you all too.
That's it! Bis nächste Woche!
Love,
Elder Pollard
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