Harvesting of Hay near Neubrandenburg
Hallo hallo! Gruß und Kuss!
Well well well here we are again. Another week in the ol'
Mecklenburg has gone by. Except actually we have been driving all over the
place for the whole week so we have been around too much. On Monday we went to
Schwedt which is all the way on the border of Poland for the funeral of a member’s
wife that lives down there. Something that I have always found special about
funerals of members in the church is, if there is any room at all to call a
funeral special, that there is an entirely different focus. Although death is
sad and I am not here to tell people not to mourn for the death of their loved
ones. But in the end they are not lost and it is always a wonderful reminder,
especially in instances like this were one is grateful for the knowledge of a
lovely Heavenly Father who has given us his Son so that there is no end in
death and ultimately death has no sting. Truly the wife of this man is being
greeted by her parents and other family members and friends with open arms and
is now in a state of peace to rest from her worries.
On Tuesday we missionaries from Neubrandenburg went to
Berlin for our interviews with president. Which was somewhat a string of luck
for us because we had to switch our P-Day to Tuesday anyways because of the
funeral the day before. So we got to spend our P-Day in Berlin before having
our interviews with president Fingerle. However I cannot stress enough of how
much I loathe having to drive through Berlin, it is just an absolute mess and I
don't think I will ever be a fan of how Germans set up there roads, it just
isn't logical and just confusing sometimes. But it was fun to wander around
Alexander-Platz and do a little bit of shopping and sight-seeing. After that we
went to the mission home where the interviews where taking place. There were a
little bit behind with interviews so we were told to go finding in the
neighborhood haha that was interesting but of course about 20 minutes into it
we find a small family that is interested. Cool but also pretty lame because we
somehow can't do that in our own area. Boo! Anyways afterwards we had
interviews and even had a little bit of dinner with the president's family,
that was fun and they are a very nice family.
Wednesday we went back to the Prenzlau area and had
District-Meeting, so once again the third day in a row where we had to travel.
And was also on exchange again because I have to exchange every week now haha.
That was fun and I also have a picture of me getting eaten by a dragon in
Grimmin but na ja I will send that later. Thursday we had our street-display,
luckily no crazy incidents this time and had our English slash turned into
German class right in the middle because I don't know how to teach English to
save my life but don't have any problems teaching German. Friday we had our
sport-evening activity that was good as per usual or at least quite a few
people showed up. And also either on Thursday or Friday we had to take the car
to the dealership and get some new front and rear headlights. And then of
course on Saturday the sisters were driving the car and hit a curb and
flattened two tires on the left side so that pretty much took up our whole
Saturday and we had to dig out our bikes and use the until we could get new
tires actually today! Which meant the senior couple had to take the sisters to
Prenzlau and we had to take the bikes to the church in Neubrandenburg. Not complaining,
just it was a whole lot of wasted time.
In ending this letter all I really want to say is.....its
tough being a missionary. Haha but worth it don't forget that. I just mean it
in the fact that we are with people all the time that have real-stress and
problems in their life and then we come along and tell them how to live their
life, not in what ways that you may be thinking right now. It is just hard and
really eye opening. We can't force them to do anything; they just have to take
a leap of faith. But I know when they do muster up the strength and the faith
that to do just that, that it will be a blessing in their lives and it will
change their lives. I wish I had a little more time to give examples but to say
the least it is a building experience for me.
Schön und Süß!
Tschüss,
Elder Foster
