Week Seventy-six

Hey Family and friends! This last week was just hard haha. It was a good type of hard though and very rewarding. Elder Loitz and I (commonly known as the dream team) basically worked ourselves into the ground and at the end of the week I couldn't even keep my eyes open ahaha. We came home late almost every day this week because of appointments and work. And for some reason, I haven't been able to sleep super well lately. I wake up a lot at night. So I was running on low battery like every day. But we did work and saw a lot of miracles because of our efforts.

 

Montag: Monday was just great. We went bowling with the district and visited a really big and famous church in Hamburg called St. Michaelis. 

 

St. Michaelis Church

It was HUGE and like super old-school creepy style. #apostasy. It was good to spend time with the district and get to know them better and just enjoy the p-day. That night we did some work. We went by on Frau S. because we hadn't seen her in a really long time. She was home so we just kind of talked about her week and about meeting again. She is so nice and really likes missionaries and the church. The church plays such a big role in her life already. Like all her remaining family are members. We're going to be making some invitations soon!

 

Dienstag: Tuesday was a long day. We left early in the morning to go to an appointment (early is 10:30 haha). We went all the way out to this ladies house and there was just no way to contact her. The telephone number she gave us didn't work and there were so many names on the klingal that there was just no way! So we just doored the place instead. But nobody was home haha so we're going back later. We decided to mob some lunch at this Asian place called Thai foo. It was pretty good. But the Thai foo hurt our stomachs. We did some more doors in that area and then had an appointment with R B. We found her in the area book and we had a really solid first lesson with her. She was really listening and super attentive. But she wants to meet every 2 weeks......that's not enough! We have to tell her that next time. That night we had a bomb appointment with Bruder D, the recently baptized member here. He loves American football and I love him haha. We talked about missionary work. Because we love missionary work.

 

Mittwoch: Wednesday was district meeting in Lübeck. It went well and we got to do some sweet role plays and improve our teaching skills. Go team. We celebrated our county's independence by eating KFC. Good stuff haha. We then went to Bad Oldesloe, a city in our area. It felt like we walked about forever haha. And it was really really warm. We went by on some old investigators, found out some didn't live there, and talked to one lady on the street who took a Book of Mormon and wants to meet with us! Success in Bad O. We then came back to Ahrensburg and ate ice cream and met with Frau S. We really just had a good talk. After that, on the way home, we met another man who made out an app with us. Then we went to Berne and had a 'walk in' eating appointment with the R's. They're a family in the ward. The man is from Bolivia and she is German. Their kids all speak German, English and Spanish haha intense. And we just wanted to stop by but they fed us, too. It was cool.

 

Donnerstag: America day. It was wonderful. We did a lot of work. We doored a lot and had a great appointment at night with H. We made Hotdogs (Kind of) with him and talked about faith.

 

Freitag: Friday was weekly planning, doors, and gemiko.

 

Samstag: Saturday was great. We played soccer in the morning with the ward. We wrecked. The American missionaries are surprising everybody. After that, we got ready and got on a train to Hamburg/Kiel. We had district leader schooling in Kiel so that took the rest of the day. It was pretty fun.

 

Sonntag: Sunday was wonderful. We got to church super early because we thought ward council was happening....not haha. So we just kind of chilled and church was great. Frau S came and was in sacrament meeting and the investigator class. Bruder Z did an excellent job teaching it. And after we had a good elders quorum class. We ate at the N's house the afternoon, which was wonderful. They made really good chilli. We talked about the contacts that he wants us to go by on, too.

 

That was the week! It was a lot of work. A lot of dooring and talking to people on the street. And a lot of planning. We're doing well though.

 

I started reading the new testament in German. I love the scriptures. Every time you pick the book up, ´what it tells you means something different. It's non-stop and current, up-to-date, personal revelation for everybody. I find that pretty sweet.

 

Well I hope you all have a great great week. I love you all!

 

Elder Pollard