This last week was pretty good. There is not too much that is new though.
Last P-Day, we went to Nürnberg with the other Elders here in Erlangen
and with a Member named Andreas. Andreas lived in Nürnberg for a long
time and knows it really well so he showed us around. We toured a
couple of Churches there, visited an old Torture Prison, and went to
the Nürnberger Castle that is on a hill which overlooks the city. The
Churches were way cool! They had some cool WWII history behind them.
They also had really cool stained glass windows and art and other
stuff inside. One old lady at one of the chapels noticed that we were
taking our time and really checking things out, so she came by and
gave us a mini tour of the building and of some of the history and
stories of some people and paintings. It was pretty cool.
We then went to the Torture Chamber. It is called Lochgefängnis. The
literal translation of this means 'Prison Hole'. We had a tour guide
for all that and it was way cool! It was pretty crazy though. The
corridors were really tiny and even I had to duck sometimes. People
used to be really small back in the day. The walls of the place were
also a meter and a half thick. The lady took us to different rooms
where people would be held and described the torture mechanisms that
were in each room and some of the torture tools that were there. It
was cool to learn about, but it was really gross to think that
everything that she was describing to us really did happen to someone
at one point and that I was standing in that exact room that it
occurred in. The Germans were pretty ruthless.
The Castle in Nürnberg was way cool! It was really big and had some
huge walls going around it. It was not really effected during WWII
because the castle was super tough. We walked around it and checked
almost everything out. I took a ton of photos of the place. It was
super cool! There was one point where you could get a complete
overview of the city of Nürnberg. This was like the first legit castle
that I have had the chance to visit. I've been to the ruins of one or
two and that was way cool, but it's just not the same. Nürnberg is
such a sick city! It is super pretty and has a history that is
absolutely amazing. I like it a lot.
On Thursday, we had our district meeting and were able to get to know
the three new people who joined. One of which is a Greenie, brand new
on the mission. He seems way cool. He was still kinda jet lagged
during it all. He is also way tiny! Maybe like 5'2". It's nuts! I'm so
used to being the shortest person in the room at 5'8". We then got
another guy who is also young on his mission and then another who is
going home a month and a half before me. I'm excited to have more new
people in the district. It's fun to get to know them.
Saturday, we went by a previous investigator who is from Mexico. We
finally made contact with her! She said that she would have interest
in meeting again because in the past there was kinda a language
barrier between her and the missionaries. She can't speak a ton of
German she says, but she can speak a lot better English now than
before. She said that she is currently working on a presentation for
school and she won't be able to meet until about 3 weeks from then. We
swapped numbers and we said that we would give her a call then. She
seemed really nice and we are excited to work with her once she has
time!
That's about it for the week. I hope you guys have a good one! Love yall!
Elder Grow
