Hey Friends,
I once again don't have tons of time to write,
but I am running on a nice little wave of motivation, so let's see what I can
get done.
Starting with two weeks ago, the week was kind of crazy, but
also a little dissapointing. The main point was that it was my first zone
conference as a zone leader. We were supposed to give a Thema as zone leaders,
but that didn't end up happening. I was relieved and dissapointed. I had spent
the better part of a week stressing out about it, but I was feeling pretty good
by the time I was supposed to give it. Naja, not the end of the world.
I also ended up giving a talk on church on very short notice
and it absoutely sucked... My German was out the window... But, I still felt
like it was a good message despite the presentation.
This last week was kind of interesting because Elder Hughes
had the Flu (which I might now be getting), so we spent a good chunk of time at
home while he recovered.
Anyway, a little more specifically:
We kicked off the week with a great district P-Day on
Monday! We went to the City hall here, which is massive. You'll get some nice
pictures of that. We also played ultimate frisbee, and ate cake for my birthday
=p
On Tuesday I had a super fun tausch with Elder Ashby!
Because of some dumb transportation, we spent more time getting around than
working, but it was still good because we got to talk and to relax a little
bit.
On Wednesday Elder Hughes and I went to another district to
help them with a finding day for a program that was just opened and is kind of
struggling. We had a good time and managed to find them someone in our little
bit of time there.
On Thursday we had our last district meeting as a district.
We are going to miss each other a ton! This is easily the tightest district I
have been in, and we got kind of ripped apart for transfers (I'll talk about
those at the end.)
On Friday we had a street display in Hildesheim that was
absolutely rained out, but we were still super successful! I got to use my
little bit of russian to place a book of mormon with two women who only spoke
russian! that was super cool.
On Saturday we were supposed to have a street display here
in Hannover, but Elder Hughes and I got super short notice that we needed to go
to a funeral for someone in the ward. We ended up being pall bearers, and
missing our own street display. The district did it without us! The did pretty
well, though.
And today was my birthday! I had a great day, and I want to
tell everyone thanks for the well wishes!
Anyway... Here are the transfers!
I'll be staying in Hannover, but I'll be getting a new
companion, Elder Heywood. I've only heard good things, so I'm excited! I am
really sad to see Elder Hughes go, though... I love you man!
One of the sisters in the district, Sister Anderson, is
getting transferred, and Her companion will be staying and training.
Both of the Elders in Hildesheim are going, and we will be
getting sisters in Hildesheim instead.
A solid half of our district was wiped... =( I'll miss them
all!
Anyway, I wish you all a wonderful week!
Elder Austin Spaulding
