Week Ninety-four (58 days/8+ weeks left...)

I'm sorry to hear that you have to work on V-Day. But money is cool, too. It makes things easier haha. It's crazy to think that Javier is home. And that Momo is leaving. How many missionaries are there in the ward? It sounds like a lot. What ward are we even in? Is it Rancho Bernardo? I have no idea. The computer and my missionary profile says I'm in Del Sur and Bishop Whatcott is my bishop. Let me know if that is wrong....I assume that we're in RB with Bishop Brockbank.

There's like not much that you could send me mom! Haha save the money and use it for something else. I'll be home 2 weeks after Christmas, so I'm not going to be upset if I don't have presents. That's just more weight to bring home! Like I thought about it, and I can't think of anything that I NEED for the two weeks after Christmas! So I don't know!

Hof has started to feel the Christmas spirit. Especially in downtown and in the shops. Christmas starts at the beginning of November in Germany.

Well my last week was pretty cool. It went by really really fast haha.

This is what happened:

Monday night I went on exchanges with Elder Vaughan from Plauen. He's such a funny guy. We enjoyed our time on splits. We were together for all of Tuesday basically. He runs in school so I learned a lot about track and cross country. It was really motivating and made me want to get good at running. We'll see haha. Actually, Elder Donner and I have been going hard with our workouts. Usually every morning and night we're doing whatever exercises one could do in a small apartment. Slowly but surely haha. We ended our night with an English class though, which was pretty cool. Germans who learn English commonly make the mistake of saying the sound and a w instead of a v, so when I asked an older man what he likes to eat, he said wegetables. I died laughing! And then on Wednesday, we went by M in Hof and caught her at home. We were able to show her some cool things about the gospel, which helped her on that night. She is having problems with her daughter so it was nice when she told us that she believes that we're messengers of God who can help her. Thursday we went to Naile, a smaller city outside of Hof and got to know the area. It was an adventure.....to say the least. Our first order of business was to find a shop that would sell us a map of the city haha. Like we had no idea where we were. But it ended up well. Friday was just depressing. Hearing someone say they're giving up on God for reasons that prove to them why they need God more in their lives is frustrating. Pride is a powerful emotion. Naja. No names. We're working on it though ;) We also planned for the next week on Friday. Saturday we were in Oberkotzau, another little city outside of Hof. 

 

Elder Pollard and friends...

THAT WAS SICK! This 17 year old kid named C let us in and listened to our message. He totally understood what the spirit is and had a lot of good questions. But he didn't want to make out another app. We'll see! And then Sunday. During the sacrament, a random couple came in that I had never seen. Apparently Elder Donner had spoken to the lady while I was in Plauen and she came! We'll be meeting with her this week on Wednesday.That was a real miracle. We ate with the F's, this awesome family and got to know them a lot better. And then we met with Herr B that night. He's interesting and knows his Bible very well. He's read all the way to 2 Nephi, so good for him. We're working on that as well.

 

Overall, a good week. Like I said, time is flying by so fast. I feel like I was just emailing you all last week haha.

 

 

Free yogurt on P-day...

 Well that's about it! I love you all and pray for you daily. I know that God loves his children. I know that!

Elder Pollard