Week Eighty

Wundbar.

 

So like the email I sent last week just blew chunks. A thousand pardons.

 

This week was more interesting though! With a high of 37 degrees Celsius and a low of no Joint teaches haha. It was just interesting and hard and I'm happy that it's P-Day and we're looking at a packed week ahead of us. A lot fell out this week! Like the good old days in Hannover! Fallen out appointments with Africans. It's not racist, it's true. But Elder Loitz and I are champions and made it through the week. Let me tell you about it. Come with me, and you'll be in a world of pure Imagination!

 

Montag: Monday was P-day. Not much happened, because our area is actually really boring for P-Day. But we did our Shopping and Hood rat stuff. And then we went back to work and found a great African girl named V from Kenya. She was really open and interested in getting a Book of Mormon in English, so we talked a little about it and made out a new appointment. That was about it! Other then that, a lot of doors and fallen out appointments.

 

Diesntag: Tuesday was great! It rained though, so boo. We met with T K and talked about reading in the scriptures, which went really well. We actually read 3 Nephi 27 with him and tried to apply everything that was said to us. T is such a great guy! He has a huge heart and I like meeting with him. And then we did some doors and found a really interesting guy who took a Book of Mormon and we talked for like an hour but he wouldn't make out a return app. Too bad. Then it rained forever. And we went and had a 'door app' which is when the person doesn't let you into their apartment and it's just awkward haha. And after that we had an app with an older investigator who is a pastor in  some crazy Seventh-day Adventist African church. It went ok.

 

Mittwoch: District Meeting! Always a pleasure. We talked about our goals in the district and how to teach people on the street more effectively. The zone leaders were there, so that was nice. Our zone leaders are great and they work really well with the district leaders. Tomorrow I have to go to Kiel to a district leader schooling thing. When we got back to Hamburg, we had an eating appointment with the R's! My second favorite half-Bolivian family in the world haha. It went super. Then we met with Bruder D. He's been so busy at work and such that it's hard to get to church and his life just sounds crazy right now haha. Oh my then H came and helped us with a joint teach. But this guy was just super drunk and not all there, so it just ended up being kind of scary. Then this guy kissed me on the neck.........

 

Donnerstag: We were supposed to meet with V on Thursday but she bailed on us. So we were just let out in the horribly hot weather haha. Neither of us felt good though, so we followed the Spirit to an investigators house and he let us in to use the bathroom...then we sat and talked for a while. We also had an appointment with Schwester S in Bad Oldesloe, which went well. She's so sweet and just loves the church! And she's been back for 2 weeks in a row. Reactivation nation. Oh and then we contacted an old investigator named 

L S. Nuff said.

 

Freitag: Friday was the hottest day of my life. 95 degrees and humid. Add a white shirt and tie and that's just asking to be cooked. I disliked it. But the appointments we had were great. We met with E and K from Ghana who said they'll be baptized if they receive their testimony that the Book of Mormon is trued. Slap hands. And then we planned (thanks goodness, it was so hot) and had an appointment with E! Who is doing basically the same. He doesn't really understand us because he speaks French, but he likes us and likes our message.

 

Samstag: SOCCER. I own. Like 4 goals again. Pollardinho. They're already selling jerseys. But the rest of that day was silly because we had joint teaches fall out which meant that we had to cancel appointments. And it was just great.

 

Sonntag: Sunday was interesting. We met with Herr R who was in church again. He's strange. He only believes in the Gospel of John. And if we try to teach out of the Old Testament, it's totally invalid in his eyes. We mentioned that God has a body and he couldn't put that idea down. I mean, it totally makes sense that he has a body. I could talk about it for hours but it's not too important or essential to receiving a testimony of repentance or the Holy Ghost.....just strange. But church was good. Testimony meeting was bomb. And H gave a solid testimony. And then we ate with the D's. That was great because I got to play guitar for the first time in forever. And we ate real German food. Win. We get fed a lot of weird like taco salad because people think that's all Americans eat. I love it. After that we met with H and we celebrated him becoming active again. #GOINGTOWORK

 

The week was just FULL and this next week will be even fuller. We have a lot of train riding to do. And a lot of appointments. Wish us luck and pray for us that we can find joint teaches because we meet with a lot of single women.

 

But Elder Pollard and Elder Loitz are having a Grand old time!

 

Have a great week!

Love you all!

 

Elder Pollard