Germany Week 73

So the big news of the day, which I'm pretty sure I've already told you about, is that joining Elder Linderman and I for the next two weeks will be one Elder Spencer Baker - Yes, the very same as is from Uncle Mark and Aunt Barbara's ward, and the same with whom I spent 9 weeks in the MTC, and the very same who has been my district leader for the last four weeks. Yep. That one. But we all ready knew that. Part of me's really excited, but part of me's not - It'll just be quite the adjustment, especially hopping back and forth between Lauenburg and Bergedorf. Of course, hopefully it will be a great adjustment, because we haven't been seeing the most success here of late, and maybe this will somehow help things get going. One thing's for sure. We're gonna party like it's 1699. If not later. So we'll be meeting up with him in Hamburg later today.

 Some highlights of the past week: We went around and talked to people, we went around with a member and talked to people, we got talked to by a person, named President Richards of the Seventy/Area Presidency. That was good. He talked to us a lot about how we can work more effectively and live more effectively. It just reminded me that I'm terribly ineffective.... But really it was good. It was also another half-the-mission deal - so we got to see everyone from any of the zones I've ever been in. I also got some post for the first time in several months (not that I deserve any, I've been wretched at writing people myself....) among which was a wonderful little package full of nummy dried cinnamon apples which I was secretly delighted that the missionaries around me didn't want to take part in. Lunch was provided for the approximately 100 missionaries there by the relief societies of our branch with a couple of others. It was pretty intense - I was in relief society translating while they were planning out who all was going to cook the meat, then which checkpoints they would bring it to, and who would pick them all up to bring to Wartenau, and who would sacrifice their firstborn in order to feed the missionaries. It was a good meal, and I was a fair deal more thankful for it than I usually think to be. Overall, I really enjoyed the conference even though my nose seemed to be confusing itself with a firehose.

 I've been pretty sick for the remainder of the week, and we've taken it a little bit slower, but mostly we've just gone about things the same as usual - of course, our schedule wasn't really usual, because we spent quite a bit of Friday and Saturday helping M take apart, move, and reassemble a... Schrank... piece of furniture which one uses to store clothes and stuff... So yeah, that was a party. Then yesterday we had church. And then we filled up a taufbecken. I mean baptismal font. and then we watched a baptism from Lauenburg. And then we locked up And shipped Elder Patterson off to the mortuary. Or the Premortuary? Or maybe it's more like an Old Folk's Home.... No idea. And then we went and had lunch at about 8:30. It was a good day. I love ya Mom! Thank you for everything! Have a marvelous week! Don't worry, dear loyal reader, I love you too. Especially if you still exist.