So recently has been full of change. I am still here in Gelsenkirchen, but I am
just in the other Apartment. In my new apartment,
we shower sitting down and we spray ourselves with lukewarm water. If you hear the water heater box click, you
have 3 seconds until you have freezing water. I recently found out the trick to hot water so
that is nice. I have had lots of good
experiences with it so far. My new
address is:
Overhofstrasse 12
45881 Gelsenkirchen
Monday evening we went to the main train station and we met
up with the Elders in Herne. Elder Stout
then joined our companionship for a couple days. His companion went home early :( We had
a lot of fun being in a 3 man group though. He was with us until mid Thursday until we got
our companions. While being in a drit, we were in charge of the appointments in
Herne and Gelsenkirchen. We did lots of
traveling. We also ended up spending the
night in Herne for one night. It was not
ideal. Their water heater is broken and
that means the showers would suck. We
ended up taking a pot and heating it up on the stove. You would then go to the shower and use a cup
to pour water on yourself. It felt
really nice once you were finished because you then pour the rest of the pot on
you and you enjoy the warmth longer than 2 seconds. While we were together in a drit, I learned
about a new card game. Mom, you would
really like this game I think. You need
to go look for Hanabi. It was only 4
bucks for me because it was on sale, but normally about 7. I ended up getting myself a copy of it the day
we went to Dortmund to get our companions. As I might have said in my last Email, my new
companion is Elder Trippe (Pronounced Trip). He is really cool and we get along great! He is from California and has been out on his
mission for about a year. He has only
had negative experiences with the showers.
Then on Friday, we helped a ward member move for about 7 or
8 hours. I was pooped. We carried out a lot of boxes and other stuff.
We disassembled a big wooden sauna and
had to carry the pieces down 4 stories. We
then brought it up 5 stories in the next house. We were all sweaty and just
done. I was still feeling energetic once
we were finished, but then about 30 minutes of doing no work hit and I was
drained. We went to Spiel Abend (game
night) at the church and I was not all the way there. I was tired and not in a people mood. To make it worse, I had to talk with the
participants in German and listen to them talk really fast and loud. I was super out of it. We then went home for
the night and I just took some time to relax.
Saturday, we weekly planned and tried to figure out exactly
where the work is and what is going on. We
have both been thrown into this new place with new people. Right now, we have two baptismal dates. One of
them is just a 9 year old girl in the ward who needs the lessons simply because
she is over 8 and is considered a convert. Kinda dumb in my opinion but you know. So yeah, we have two baptisms coming up on
April the 25th and I am excited for that!
That has been the week for the most part! I hope you guys are still doing good and I
will see you guys next month for mother's day!
Elder Grow
Photo 1: My comp
Photo 2: The new Gelsenkirchen Crew
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