We got to see all of General Conference but the Sunday Afternoon Session - I'm told that most german wards get it recorded and watch it for church in a later week. They didn't in Bad Bentheim though.... and most of the people watch them on the internet anyway, so I guess we'll see. I very much enjoyed it. It's kind of all a blur already, but a very nice blur. That's what notes and Liahona magazines are for. One of my favorite talks was Elder Eyring's talk where he started out with "Give me this Mountain!" It was a really good reminder to me of the purpose of trials and the opportunities for growth. I've been having a pretty rough time in some aspects, and it helped me to refocus on the fact that if I endure it well, I'll overcome the challenges and become the person that I want to be, and that if I just give up, those weaknesses will just become more deeply ingrained. So here's to working hard.
Another magnificent highlight to Conference was seeing so many friends singing in the Salt Lake Institute choir during the priesthood session. It made me so happy to see some of my friends that I haven't for over two years. I was kind of giddy.
The rest of the week was pretty redonkadonk. On Tuesday we had to go to Kiel for a District leader training thing, Wendesday we had district meeting, and Thursday we went to Hamburg for a leadership training. That was all perty krasy. And added to that the craziness of not having a car - so we've spent a lot a lot (which is a whole bunch of a lot) of hours taking busses and walking. Hehe. One thing's for sure though - I've gotten to know the city a whole lot better in the last two weeks than in the six before. It's been really tricky to make out appointments and stuff though, just because it takes so long to get anywhere, and pretty much all the members live quite a ways away from the city, and all that jazz. Not to mention that this week we spent most of our time at those meetings anyway. One thing about Tuesday and thursday though - Since all of our senior companions were in the leadership meetings, I went out to work with the other junior companions, who were all Goldens. So I by default was the temporary senior companion. It was pretty relaxed and we just went out and talked to the people on the street, but I was scared to death by the idea of being the one in charge. And president keeps threatening me that it's time for me to step up in the mission, especially with all of the older people dying in the next couple transfers.... gulp. Hopefully I'll manage somehow.
Tuesday I also had a Tausch with Elder Cottrell after the DLSchulung deelio. It was quite the party. None of our appointments went through, but we found some cool people and I discovered and purchased a big bus plan for the region, and that puppy has made my life about a million times easier. I feel like I'm talking in circles, but hopefully they're good circles.
That's all that's coming to mind of the specifics of my life... I think it'll suffice as well.
So I love you all, I hope you have a marvelous week, and the church is true!
Tschüssles!
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