This week was pretty
good! Last Pday was not great because we simply has a lot of things to do so
that we could get the week ready. We had to take in our bikes for repair which
we just got this morning. I am super excited to lose a little weight. Christmas
is going to destroy me. I am working on not snacking on things that we have
sitting around the house. We also did a lot of cleaning and stuff. Kinda sucked
but I am glad it is mostly out of the way.
I can't really remember
too much of this last week. It went by pretty quick. We had about 5 or 6
appointments fall out, but we still were able to work a lot and speak with a
lot of people. We spoke with one Lady on the street and we asked if she
believes that God helps her. She said no and went on about this whole thing
about how her faith is getting weaker and weaker. She said that she tries to do
good but bad just keeps coming back around. She does not believe that God is
there for her. She believes that she is hopeless. We talked to her for a good
while but she would not even try. She said that she has tried everything and it
does not work. It was really sad. I don't really know what to do for people
like that. We talked about it for a bit afterwards, but I guess it comes down
to agency.
This Saturday, we got enlisted to sing for Stake Conference in Offenbach. Oh
man. You know me, I am no singer. Yeah I sing the songs in church and stuff,
but I would never ever take place in a Choir. We had some practice that evening
at 4:30 and then we sung that night at 6. It actually
turned out pretty well. Most of the missionaries from the Zone were there to
compensate. There was a talk given by a Lady from Colorado and she talked about
how she was at Jerusalem and she was on a hill taking in the scenery. She then
heard someone singing in Arabic. As she waited, she saw the man walk by on the
path on the hill singing as his sheep followed him. There were a lot of sheep
and they all followed him in a single file line as he walked. She then talked
about how that was so different from the lifestyle back at home where there
were Cowboys and rodeos. She then compared the Savior is more of a Shepherd
than a Cowboy. He will not man handle us like a cowboy does with his cows or
bulls. He leads us with his voice and we follow. We are not forced to obey. I
thought that was a pretty interesting analogy.
Sunday, we
had Stake conference again. It was in Darmstadt. It too was really good! On our
way back, we are at Darmstadt train station and there was a man sitting on the
stairs. I thought nothing of it because people sit on the stairs all the time.
I then heard him saying repetitiously, "Hey, can someone help me?" I
talked to him and asked what he needed help with. He told me he needed to get
to the Frankfurt Train Station. I immediately realized that he was mentally
handicapped. I told him that we were in the right place for the train to
Frankfurt. He asked if we could help him get on the train. I said sure. He
tried to stand up, from the steps, but it was kinda hard for him. I offered my
hand out to assist in pulling him up. He took it and stood up and held on to my
hand until we found a bench. We talked with him for a bit. He was a super nice
man. As you know, one of my few soft spots is reserved for handicapped people.
I really enjoyed helping him out. While we were waiting for the train, two
Italian people start asking us for help with their tickets and about train
stuff. They could not speak much German or any English. Language barriers are
always fun. We tried to help them find the right train platform. I told our
handicapped friend that we would be back real soon and that he should wait for
us. We are running back and forth reading machines and Travel Plans trying to
help these people. Eventually we were able to help them out. We then went back
to go and find our buddy. We found him walking around asking the same question
as before. I run up to him and we tell him we are back. We help him on the
train and we start riding home with him. Our stop was one stop before his. We
tell him we are leaving and that his stop is the next one. He tells us to stay
because he needed some help. We decide to stay and see the job through. We got
to Frankfurt and we went to the next information box with him. He held my hand
the entire time at Frankfurt. It was kinda weird bit it was reassuring to know
that he was handicapped and that his sight was not so great. We found out where
his train was and we noticed we had about 6 minutes until it left. We still had
a distance to walk. In the mean while, our train back home left two minutes
after his. We told him that we needed to hurry to catch his train. Elder Murray
walked ahead to make sure he found the right platform and I kept walking with
the man. We got him on the train and we told him that it will take him to where
he needs to go and that there are more people to help him on this train. We
then sprinted back to our train. As we were running up to it, we realized that
the entire platform was empty. That meant that the train was already loaded and
that it could be leaving soon. We made it luckily and we rode home.
Frankfurt Train Station
So that was the week.
Today we were going to go to the Frankenstein Castle but we just realized that
we kinda ran out of time for right now. We will try again another time. I do
not really know what we will do today. Hopefully something fun. I love you
guys! Have a great week!
Photo: Me at Darmstadt
Train Station. Yeah I kinda got my hair cut a little shorter than normal.
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