Hello, all.
Well. This week has gone by SO fast, and it seems like we did nothing, but we actually had a couple of little adventures. I can't remember everything, and I unintentionally left my other planner at home, so I have no reference, unfortunately. So this may not be as good as some of my others, but I will make up for it next week by writing an extra good letter.
So, here goes.
Basically the whole first half of the week is in a fuzz, because it went really fast, and was basically the same as it has been the last couple weeks. So nothing new there. We got stood up by Tina, had a couple good lessons with Wolfgang, and continued New Year’s resolutions. I ran about a Kilometer this morning, (and by ran, I mean I jogged, not sprint or walk). Sister Blackhurst and I have had good Morgan Sport (morning exercise session) and went running almost every day this week. Except when it was raining. Then we did body weight workouts in the house. It was actually pretty great. I have noticed some changes in my body from eating good, exercising good regularly, and from having to do 3 flights of stairs every day. I can officially say that I can make it up 2 flights and only be a little winded. And I run up them, too! AND. I've officially lost 15lbs since coming to the field. I'm pretty proud of myself.
Also, I'M GETTING A NEW COMPANION!!
Transfer calls were on Saturday, and Sister Blackhurst got called to Coburg, Bayern as an STL(Sister Training Leader), and I am to remain here in Wetzlar with Sister Ferris. She's been out a transfer longer than I have, and seems like a really cute girl. She's a redhead, and looks athletic. I haven't met her yet, so you will get more details on this next week. I'll see if I can send pictures too. I feel really bad that my camera is so stupid. I may just need to get a new one. We'll see.
Friday was super eventful. Not really. We did studies as usual, and then went to go find a sister who is less active because of health issues named marlies (Mar-lease). She had been in the ICU at the hospital since I came because she had a seizure right before I got here, and then they moved her to a rehab home in Gießen. So Friday, we went to go find the home. We did that easy enough, we had the Navi (GPS), and it was just a forever and a half walk. So then we went inside. It was SCARY. Like, seriously, it felt like a mental hospital. There were people in wheelchairs, and straightjackets, making weird noises, and I think there were even a couple padded rooms. But then the workers told us that Marlies was in the Wetzlar Hospital. So we leave, and head to the hospital back here in Wetzlar. The secretaries (all three of them) looked in the system, and said that she wasn't there. We told them that the home said she was supposed to be there for a week. So then they had to call the home, just to sort things out. Nobody knew where she was, or where she was supposed to be. It was nuts. We didn't end up finding her, and we had a termin (appointment) with Wolfgang that we had to get to (which was all over the place. all three of us were so scatterbrained), and then we tried to go by on a Less Active in Wetzlar, but couldn't get to her house because the busses were all messed up. And it was raining, so that was fun. (Not really!) So, then we went home, had some cocoa and went to bed. All in all, it was a pretty weird day. We did a lot of running around, and didn't seem to get a whole lot done. It was ein bissien nerfing (a little frustrating).
We had another fun little escapade on Saturday. We went to go visit a less active in der pampa (in the boondocks) of Marburg. We took the train out to see a couple of other LA in Wetzlar and Dutenhofen before and it was raining, and windy. Just a drizzle, really, but it still was not my favorite because the wind was, like, hurricane status. We just missed the train we wanted heading out to Marburg so we had to wait half an hour for the next one. Then our train got delayed, so we got to sit in the cold for an extra ten minutes. While we were waiting a train came by at over 100 MPH, the driver laying on the horn for some reason and it scared us both half out of our minds. Then we started talking about which way we would run if the train had tipped off the tracks to make the time go a little bit faster. Then it took us almost an hour to get out there once the train came. So we get to the Marberg train station then we had to walk 45 min to get to her house because there was no bus that went out that way. Like I said, she lives out in the boonies. Literally. Man, was that an adventure. Our Navi (GPS) kept telling us we were going the wrong way. It supposedly took us on the "fastest route" to her house but it was like a trail in the middle of the wood, and I swear it was all uphill. And then it started pouring rain and I had forgotten my umbrella so we squished under Sister Blackhursts. Then the Navi took us through a cemetery. BY this time it was about 5:30 and getting dark. Thankfully, we both had a little flashlight that we carry around so we had those for light until the batteries died. And at this point we were super muddy and wet and cold, but we couldn't go back yet, because we actually had a set termin (appointment) at six. So we finally made it to her house and she wasn't even there! So then we tried calling her. And she didn't answer. Sister Blackhurst was not happy. So then we walked back to the train station in the pouring rain but this time we decided to take the longer way home though the city because we didn't want to walk through the cemetery again. It was like one of those moments where you really want to cry and feel sorry for yourself but you had to laugh because it was just SO ridiculous! Also, we saw a deer, while we were trying to find her house. It just came out of the woods, and was wondering though people driveways and yards in front of us. It was so cool!
Sunday, Sister Blackhurst got to bare her testimony because she'S being transferred, and she was super nervous. After church one of the members, Brother Gentile (Jen-teal-ay) was talking to Sister Blackhurst, telling who to visit in Coburg (his daughter lives there), and then the member we were going to lunch with came over and say "Brother, the sisters are hungry, let them come with us so we can feed them:" So we went to lunch with the Merkels- active members. They live out in der Pampa also, but they have a car, so it wasn't so bad. The weather was like, doing a weird combination of rain/sleet/hail on the ride over after church. They took us through Weilberg- a down that goes over the Fluss River, and has so much history. There were a couple castles, and some really cool runes. They drove us through the historical part and gave us a mini-tour. Then we went to their house and had lunch. We had soup, and potato/chicken salad. It was really yummy. Then we gave our spiritual thought on the first lesson, and how to use Preach My Gospel, and challenged them to study PMG, and they agreed. Then the almost didn't know what to do with us. So we asked them question. We learned that Bro Merkel wasn't born in the church, which he investigated for 7 years before he was baptized, and that Sis. Merkel is from Holland. That was a fun tidbit of information to gather. Then Sis. Merkel gave us a tour of her house, which was actually pretty big for being a German home (they're usually pretty small). The basement/storage area was like a hobbit hole-short and wide. We had to bend over while we were down there, and you know that I'm not the tallest person. And then the house just got taller and taller the higher you got until the ceilings were about 8 ft. high on the 4th and final floor. it was really nice. After the tour, they took us back to Weilberg, and we walked around the palace. It was gorgeous! I wish I could send pictures, because Sister Blackhurst got some phenomenal pictures of the place. We spent about half an hour in Weilberg, and then they took us home. And the rest of the evening was a quiet one at home finishing studies.
That was about my week. Hope everyone is happy, and well.
Remember: Every cloud has a silver lining- but you have to face the storm to see it.
-Sister Montgomery
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