Moinedy Moin moin!
It's a little too southerly down here to expect any real moinage, but I've been saying it anyway. I've been surprized by how many moins I've gotten back. It's pretty intense! I'm still loving it here in Halberstadt. There's something I really like about the feel of the area. I really love small cities. A lot of missionaries talk about the good places being the huge cities, where there are more people to talk to, and that definitely is an advantage, but I feel so much more comfortable in the smaller places. I feel like I have more of an opportunity to get to know people, and the people are a little more willing to talk. They're still not super willing, but there's a nice feeling in the air. Our area includes a good deal of the Harz, a mountainy forest thing, and I love it. We were working in a town that's snuggled into it, and we ended up going off on a path for a while. It was glorious. I suppose there are better ways to find people, but trudging through that snow surrounded by trees and hills was so nice. It can be marvelous to just take a moment and enjoy the "pleasing of the eye" part of creation. And there was quite a bit of snow. It's just been gently constantly flowing down into heaps for the last few days. It's made driving a little sketchier (Thank goodness Elder Olson does most of the driving) But it's actually not that cold, so walking around in it hasn't been bad. Slippery though... And a little wet. Anyway, I'm enjoying it.
On Tuesday I had a great Tausch with Elder Sullivan. I was with him in Magdeburg, where we did doors in a Studentwohnheim -college housing. It was nice. Well, doors are never "nice" but it's definitely one situation in which you'll find more open people. We had some cool little chats with a few people. When we met up on Wednesday with Elders Olson and Williams, we headed down to Leipzig for Zone Training Meeting. They had planned to have a "Bonfire" and we would be in our Pday clothes, but due to the weather and the slight problem of them not having keys to get into a garage or something for the stuff they would need, we had a much more traditional meeting. It was nice. 6 of the 11 remaining missionaries from our MTC group were there, which was super cool - Elder Sullivan, Olson, and I, Elder Baker, and the APs, Elders Fullmer and Bangerter. Quite honestly I've been seeing quite a bit of all of them recently, but it was still awesome to all be together.
On thursday I got to meet R, who is set to be baptized this coming Sunday. She seemed really ready. It was cool to get to meet her, and I'm excited to keep working with her. I'm getting pretty good at this coming into an area just when someone's about to get baptized thing. I just need to work on my finding people and helping them come to baptism.
Well, I love you! The Church is true! Have a great week!
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