'ello, 'ello, 'ello!
SO. Here's what's new.
Tuesday, nothing really new or exciting happened, except
that we got the paperwork to get our German drivers licenses, and set up
appointment for one of the members to come with us to the DMV to help us with
those. Last Zone Training we learned that it was a new mission policy for all
of the missionaries to have their licenses ASAP so that if they got put into a
car area they didn't have to wait to drive. So we're working on getting our
licenses. It's a bit of a slow process. Also, Tuesday was my 6-month mark, and
we got Döners (dooners- basically a really yummy meat sandwich) as the only
part of our celebration because we were out and about literally all day, and
didn't have time to have an actual party. Oh, well.
Wednesday was my first Gemeinde Abend (ward FHE) and it was
really fun. the ward missionaries had the lesson, which means that, yes, we got
to participate :) I gave a minute spiel on Tugend (I forgot for a second that
that means "Virtue" auf English) and I basically read the section on
Virtue from Preach My Gospel. (Chapter six, if anyone is interested in reading
about Christ-like attributes.) The other subjects covered were charity,
knowledge, humility, and hope, all of which are also covered in PMG chapter
six. I challenge you to read the chapter and take the attribute test at the end
of it. I will be checking up on that, next week.
Thursday, we went to visit one of the elderly sisters of the
ward, Sister Kremann (Kray-man). We made pancakes and helped her figure out how
to use this premade mix, and then I got to cook the pancakes. I gave up on
trying to use the spatula about halfway through and just used the pan to flip
the cakes. Sister Bates and Sister Kremann were both impressed, and it made me
feel good, because I have virtually no cooking skills.
Okay. Time for an explanation on my subject line.
So, there is this inactive in the ward, Sister Peterson, and
she hadn't been to church in about 6 years. She was a rock before, (return
missionary and everything). So we'd mean trying to meet with her, and help her
come back. So, Sister Bates had met with her once before I got here, and then
we met with her a couple weeks ago, we read out of the Book of Mormon with her,
and she said that she wanted to read on her own. And so, we made 2 follow up
appointments for this week, for Tuesday and Friday. But Tuesday, she called and
canceled, both appointments on us. And then she said that she'd be at church on
Sunday. We were SO excited. (Just wait. the story's not over, yet). So at
Gemeainde Rat, Tuesday Evening, we told bishop that sister Peterson said she
would be at church, and he didn't get very excited -- we figured this was
because he's used to people saying things and not following through, which is
really sad. So bishop told us to call her some time during the week, and ask if
there was anything we could do to help her get to church. Friday, we call Sister Peterson, and she gets
super excited. She tells us "I'm going to be there. I am a normal member,
not one of your investigators! When I say I'm coming to church, then I'm coming
to church!" I may or may not have fallen to the floor and gotten a stich
in my side, I was laughing so hard. it was the best! Even sitting here
remembering makes me start laughing again.
Yes she came to church (15 minutes early) yesterday, and we plan on
seeing her next week as well. We’re super excited and happy for her as she
makes changes in her life. Bishop was really surprised and happy to see her
when he walked in to church. it was really fun to watch his face light up with
joy. It was amazing.
Saturday, was ridiculously crazy busy. We had cleaning
checks, and Brother and Sister Bentsch (Bench - a married couple from Hagen --
an area to the south east of us) came to visit us, and helped us with some
culture things as well as cleaning. Brother Bentsch fixed our toilet
seat--which was loose and cock-eyed -- and one of the supports from our shower
curtain which had fallen off. While he was doing that, Sister Bentsch got
talking to us about Family History. Her other calling is a stake indexing
specialist, I believe, and Sister Bates is also a big Family History fan, so
they had a fun, and Sister Bentsch gave us some useful information or get
records it was really cool and nice of her. Also, after emails last week,
Sister Bates and I both got on Familysearch.org, and did some Family History.
Sister Bates actually did stuff, and I just kind of had fun tracing my lines back
trying to get to Adam again. And guess what I found: I found someone down
Grandpa Montgomery's line, I believe, and guess where she was from? At least
for a little while because it said that her death place was GIEßEN, HESSEN!!!!!
I was just there!!! Why didn't I find this woman's information on the website before
I got transferred out???? Anyway, as you can tell, I was a little bit excited
about that.
After cleaning checks we had an appointment with Sister
Arnold, but while we were unter wegs (oohn-tur vehgs= en route) the bahn driver
said that he couldn't go through a part of town because there was some sort of
emergency going on, so everyone had to get off. SO. Sister Bates and I went on
an adventure trying to find the next halte stelle (halt-uh sh-tell-uh=stop) we
needed. Sister Bates had fun trying to figure things out because even though
she's been here for 5 transfers, she still can't get certain places without a
bahn. So we had fun getting to our appointment.
After that we had to eating appointments scheduled back to
back (but 2 hours apart). Thankfully, neither of the sisters fed us a ton, just
one plate, but they were big plates, and they were full. They were fancy
looking meals, like when Danika plays "master chef" and has to set
stuff up really nice with garnishes, and fancy cheese, and spices. They were both
really good. The second appointment was with a Columbian woman, Sister
Kretchmann, married to a German (who, unfortunately is deceased) who just got
back from Orlaub (vacation) visiting her son in Colorado. While she was there,
she got a new tablet, and after she got home was trying to get it hooked up to
the Wi-Fi in her house. She asked us to help. It took a few minutes; several
tries and lots of drama (mainly sister Kretchmann falling back to the floor and
wailing "Heavenly Father, why??" with her hands over her face) but we
eventually figured it out. Later, I told Sister Bates, that I learned a few
tricks from my IT Tech, Masters Degree brother (shout out to you, Jedi!), and
that she was lucky I had had to figure out how to get my PC and iPod hooked up
to the Wi-Fi at home and school, or I would have had no idea how to help
her. It was great fun.
So, yeah, that was my week. it was a lot of fun. I quite
enjoy telling everyone stories. Apparently I'm good at it, because Sister Bates
is continually asking me to "tell me another story, :D" I have no
problem with it. I think it's funny, and quite fun because I miss being able to
write/read stories.
Yeah . . . Hope you all are doing well. I miss you and love
you, and can't wait to hear from you, letters are always welcome, and transfers
aren't for 3 weeks, and it takes about 2 weeks for a letter to get from your
mailbox to mine or the other direction.
Oh, yeah! The sun is shining right now, and it's warmer than
it has been all year. We're hoping spring is around the corner, because we love
spring and sunshine because it makes us happy:)
-Sister Montgomery
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