Or as we hear it more often: The Hills are alive in spring with the sound of music
With that in mind, guess where I am right now.
Elder Field and I decided to go to Salzburg this P-day. We actually ran into Sister Holmstead from my MTC district and
her companion as we came off the train and we will meet up with the
Salzburg Elders later when we tour some of the city. Unfortunately, our
time got cut short here because the trains were having a lot of
construction issues (I thought those were only in Utah) so we had to
switch between them and buses and we have to leave on an earlier train
now. However, we will still be able to go see some of the inner city and
where Mozart was born and raised. And we'll probably just end up coming
back again anyways for a p-day so it's not too bad. And by the way, last
week we went hiking in some of the Austrian Alps in a place called
Kufstein/Kiefersfelden so between the two I think this week would be a
good time to send home some pictures mom. I'll send the card later. Oh
and by the way I've noticed that whenever you attach pictures to emails
(like Tysons baptism) I can't view them. You might have to send them in a
letter, but only in the next letter or package you want to send so that
you don't have to spend so much money.
Probably what I should have started with is Happy
Birthday Amber! You are definitely one of the two best sisters in the
world and I hope you have a fantastic day. Ever since the time I thought
your birthday was March 16 instead of April 16 I have never forgotten
it. Hope all goes well today.
Now the important stuff. This week was actually a
little slow because we had about 9 appointments fall out which means a
lot of dooring since no one was on the streets to contact due to the
rain. If there is one thing that Elder Field hates, it's dooring. The
good side to this is (as he says) he needs a lot of pick-me-ups to keep
him motivated which is usually a lot of chocolate. I don't mind dooring
that much when it means we can grab a Milka bar to eat for it. It was
also sad because we found out that Elder Fackrell, one of the Elders who
came with me in my group from the MTC, went home this week. That was a
little depressing. Although it might have been a little slow and sad at
times, it was nonetheless, actually a really great week. First of all,
we got to ride around on our bikes in the rain which I think is very
refreshing. Second, Familie Bobi and Familie Dos Santos are back from
vacation so we can get back to teaching them this week. Third, I got to
test a lot of chocolate. Fourth, we finally found a working scale and I
found out I've lost 10 pounds since I got to Germany (235 when I entered
the MTC, 219 at the end of the MTC, now 209). Fifth, we have interviews
with President Miles this week and he always makes me happy when I can
hear from him. Sixth, its about a fifty-fifty chance that Mohammed and
Ali can stay in Germany which is a much better chance than it was
before. Seventh, Elders Davies, Gubler, Chapman, and Niedens and Sis
Holmstead who all came in my group are all still doing really well and
enjoying the work. Eighth, Elder Field is a really good cook and makes
awesome food everyday. Ninth, and most important, we have three new
investigators that we can possibly see making a lot of progress.
Our first appointment with one of these
investigators was really cool. His name is Stephan. He was an old
investigator from previous Elders but they had never met with him more
than twice because he was always so busy. We were making a few calls this
week and decided to try inviting him to church. He ageed to come
rather enthusiastically. He came to church and really enjoyed it. After
the meeting we were to have a dinner appointment with Sister Buchholtz.
Without us asking or mentioning anything she went ahead and invited
Stephan to come along to dinner. He agreed. At the dinner we had Elder
Field and I, Sis. Buchholtz who has been a member for 12 years, Thomas
Lübke who was invited originally because we needed a third man to go to a
single sisters house and Thomas has been a member for 1 year tomorrow,
and then Stephan. We got around to teaching Stephan and what was so cool
was Thomas and Sis Buchholtz contribution to the lesson. They really
ended up teaching about half the lesson and their testimonies were so
powerful that Stephan knew without doubt that he needed to read the Book
of Mormon and receive the answer from God. With the German culture the
people tend to be a little more reserved and not really open up, but
Thomas and Sis Buchholtz didn't stick to that and it just made for such a
wonderful lesson. As Elder Field put it, it was the best example of member missionary work that he had ever seen.
Well that's about all the time I have today but I
hope all is going well. Thank you all so much for your support, and mom
and dad thanks again as always for keeping me updated on whats going on
and how every one is doing. I love you all and I know that our Savior
has an infinite love for us that can bring us such great joy in our lives.
Because of him I get excited to work everyday in order serve him and our
Heavenly Father.
Elder Bodily
Gott sei mit euch bis auf wiedersehen
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