Moin Moin from the lad where they don't say Moi quite so much. (Though I've still heard it a couple times)
First off, groundbreaking development. Yesterday at gemeinderat, oe of the members asked me if i was German. That's been one of my goals all along - that Germans would mistake me for German. Ad I've been slowly making my way in that direction. I don't think I'd have anyone fooled for long, but It was really cool that someone felt the need to ask. I still think my German can use a lot of work, but that was cool. Also, just so's you know, the n on this keyboard is havig some troubles, falls that should lead to any misunderstandings.
Well, I've been pretty darn sick this whole week. Monday last week was definitely the worst of it, but those train rides on Tuesday were not the happiest moments of my life. blleeeechh... I got into Halberstadt and napped my life away.
That's what I did through a lot of the week, actually. Each day I was feeling progressively better, so we made it out a little more each day and we were able to get to appointments, but we only went out otherwise a couple of times. And then Elder Olson was talking to people and I was mostly wiping my nose.
Now I feel a lot better, but I'm still packed with Phlegm, which makes normal functioning obnoxious.
Oh, before I forget, my address in Halberstadt is
Elder Jacob Cloward
Kirche Jesu Christi HLT
Mozartstr 7
38820
Halberstadt
Germany
I really like this place already, despite my limited exposure. The Gemeinde is pretty small - my smallest so far, I think there were 18 people in Church on Sunday, but it's got a similar feel to those in Bad Bentheim and Nienburg - though here there are a lot fewer kids than there were in either of those branches. I'm really excited. I also just love the look of the city. There are a lot of Churches and quite a few Old Buildings, which I just love having around. Some of it's pretty different for me, just because it's in the East and I've been up im Norden this whole time.
It's also suuuuper cool to be with Elder Olson. He's so hilarious, and we already knew each other pretty well, We've got a lot to talk about and I think we're going to have an excellet transfer together. The Elders in Magdeburg are cool too - Elder Sullivan was Elder Olson's MTC companion, and Elder Williams, the young'n of the group is a total stud of a missionary.
We've got a few investigators here, I'm excited to be teaching. One is frau K, who I met, we had a nice lesson, though she admitted she was a little out of it. There's also R, the wife of a recent convert, who is going strong toward her March 3rd Baptismal date - I didn't get to meet her though because she was sick this week. I'm really looking forward to the work here.
Saturday we went to Leipzig for a "Distrikt Leiter Schulung" - basically where the Zone Leaders talk to the District Leaders about what they and President Kosak have planned for the Zone. Elder Olson is the district leader, but they said president wants the companions to start taking part in these meetings, so I got to sit in and witess the lower levels of the bureaucratic mammoth. ;P It was kinda fun. We're going to be going to Leipzig again on Wednesday for Zone Training Meeting, which will be a bonfire. Sounds like quite the party. It's a heckuva trip though - we had to leave around 1:00 and got back home at like 11:30. So we'll get to do that again on Wednesday...
Then, once I got home from that, I got to go to sleep so I could wake up the next morning and write my 15 minute talk for Sacrament meeting. That went surprizingly well, and I'm pretty sure no one even tore their eyeballs out while I was giving it. I was super tired though, and after our eating appointment I totally passed out on the couch. Someday my body will be able to function properly again.
Well kids, I love you, the church is true, have a fantastic week!
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