Hey everybody! Fun fact for yall: With the way I do the
titles of my emails, in every area there comes a point where I am no longer
able to remember how long I've been in a place. This week is that week for Potsdam.
Anyway, onto the good stuff.
Last Tuesday was a pretty normal day. We did some finding
and had Ward Council meeting. We did, however, have an extra little nugget of
fun. We got to help a girl in our ward prepare for an English test that she was
freaking out about. We went and helped her to study and had a good time.
Wednesday was another day of finding, and we decided to find
through a park which is nearby. This is a pretty big park, and being Germany,
was full of castles. We didn't know that going into it, but we quite enjoyed
our discovery! We also got to have family home evening with our Ward Mission
Leader, Brother Richter. I absolutely adore this man. Despite being quite the
DDR fellow, he loves having a good time and loves the missionaries. He lets us
know, too, and makes us feel like part of the family. After we ate and talked
about the Easter Initiative, we played a poor man's version of a game that I
had seen before. We all took a sticky note and wrote the name of a character on
it, and then passed it to the person next to us. You then stick the sticky note
you get on your forehead without looking at it, so that everyone but you can
see it. You then get to ask yes or no questions until someone answers no, at
which point it is the next person's turn. The first person to guess who they
are wins. It was a hoot!
Thursday we did some more finding! We got to spend a little
more time in that park, and saw yet more castles! Potsdam is a beautiful little
place.
Friday was another day of finding, but nothing too
noteworthy happen.
Well, you know it was an interesting week when the main
event involves a Deutsche Bahn Flub. Not to point any fingers or anything, but
I'm looking at you, German engineering.
On Saturday, we had a number of things planned, which all
kind of fell to crap when a train we needed to take to catch a bus (which only
comes every two hours) fell out while we were standing and waiting for it. It
was supposed to come 3 minutes later, but so it is! This led to a 75 minute trek
through the mud, during which we got to know the new addition to the district,
Elder Buetler.
After reaching our destination, we had our district
meeting, and then were able to be present for one of Elder Blackham's piano
concerts (actually, his last one). Sadly, our investigator, Olga, canceled on
us and wasn't able to make it. But, all in all, it was a pretty great leg day.
Yesterday was a very interesting day. In addition to it
being the last Sunday for the Schwichts (a missionary couple who attended
church in Potsdam) Elder Hillary (a missionary who was just released) came with
his family. The chapel was about twice as full as usual with everything going
on, and then we ate some cake! I also had my first Russian eating appointment
with a member family here. It took me back to the good old days of Bernburg,
understanding about as much. Meine Güte is Russian hard. Got some Borscht out
of it, though.
That about does it!
Anyway, I hope that you all have a good week. I pray often
for just that. ;)
Love you all!
Liebe Grüße,
Elder Austin Spaulding
Elder Austin Spaulding
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