But really, it was super good. We had a dinner appointment with one of our members this week. I love her because 1) she reminds me of mom and I'm convinced they would be friends if they ever met, 2) she lived in America for ten years so her English is perfect, American English, and 3) she always knows when I need a hug at church on Sunday and she is more than happy to give them. She is awesome, and I love her. Anyways, we had an appointment with her and she was kind of going through a hard time so we added her to the (exceedingly long) list of people we wanted to Heart Attack. Then the next day, we miraculously had some time to go by her house and heart attack her door! It was amazing! So we stuck hearts all over her door and left her a "very original" poem and then went on our merry way to our next appointment. On Sunday this member saw us and came straight over and said, "You guys are crazy," and then gave us a HUGE hug. It was awesome. And then she invited us to the next Young Women activity to talk about the Book of Mormon and how important it is. It was super cool, and it felt so good to do just a little thing but have it mean so much to her! It was super cool, and we had a similar experience giving brownies and valentines to other people in the ward. It was awesome.
So, last week we went shopping for P-Day and Sis. Montgomery bought some things to take home to her family and I bought a pair of jeans and some plants. One thing that I am really loving about Germany is that everywhere you go, there are plants. Every apartment building will have at least one potted plant sitting on the windowsill inside. It's super awesome. I got two little pots with seeds last week and one is Sunflowers and the other is supposed to be Daisies but they haven't sprouted at all and it's been a week. Also, the pot was WAY too small for the amount of sunflower seeds I was given so I hijacked one of our bowls from the kitchen (it's cracked on the side so we don't use it anymore and if we don't use it for plants then we'll just end up throwing it away) and planted the rest of the seeds. They're doing so well! It makes me so happy to have something to grow here. In fact, I was so happy about how well they are growing that I bought a basil plant from the grocery store this morning. I have to get an actual pot for that one, but we're going to do that when we go look for a shower curtain today. We have a very small balcony so when it gets a bit warmer I'll move the plants there so they're outside. But yeah. It's good.
I really don't know what to say this week. Sis. Montgomery is super cool, but I've gotten a really good lesson of how hard it can be to be obedient when your companion isn't as obedient as you are/would like to be. Not that we've done anything bad, but little things add up and eventually you just feel horrible about it. We had a really great talk about it in companionship inventory though, and set some good goals to help keep us focused. It's really hard because Sis. Montgomery goes home in 3 weeks and it's hard to even care about helping her know the area and the people when we know that she's going to be leaving and someone else will be coming. And for her, it's even harder because she's the one who's leaving and finally going home after 18 months. Her unfocused-ness has been making me unfocused and it's been kind of hard. I think that's a large part of why this transfer has been so stressful. But, this is why we sometimes have hour and a half long companionship inventories! All-in-all, I am super grateful to have Sis. Montgomery as a companion. She's been awesome, and I have learned a ton from her. Together, we've been able to really see the difference between being exactly obedient, and cutting the corners a bit. We decided that we don't want to cut the corners anymore. Neither of us wants to be the missionary holding the other one back. It's going to be an awesome last three weeks! I am so excited!
The Sister Training Leaders are coming from Frankfurt to spend P-Day with us and do splits today and tomorrow. We sent 11 sisters home last transfer, so we had to close some of the sister areas in our mission. They closed the Coburg Sisters so now there are only 2 sister areas in the Nürnberg Zone and that's not enough to have Sister Training Leaders here so we get the Frankfurt Zone Sister Training Leaders!!! Their names are Sister Godwin and Sister Landine and they're super cool. It's kind of stressful to have them coming though, because we had to try and plan two sets of appointments for the days they're here because it's a 2 hour ICE train ride from Frankfurt to Nürnberg so they're both going to stay here. Normally, Sis. Montgomery would go back to Frankfurt with Sis. Godwin and spend a day working with her there. But it's too far, so they're both going to stay here and then go spend a day working with the Feucht (foy-ck-t) sisters. They're going to be gone for about 3 days so they can do splits with us. That is a long time to be away from your area. They are amazing, and I love them. Even if it kind of stressful to have two sets of sisters in the same city for 24 hours.
We got to do some unexpected service for Georgiana (an investigator) this week. She had surgery recently and called us because she needed to refill her prescription but was in pain and couldn't walk to the U-Bahn station to go and get it. So we went and did it for her. Then she mentioned not having groceries for tomorrow and the next week, so we did her grocery shopping for her! It was so cute because she kept asking us if we were still on missions and if we could do these things for her. We kept telling her that yes, we are on missions and we can go fill prescriptions and get groceries because service is a part of what we do. It was awesome. We have a lesson with her and the Romanian Elders over Skype this evening and I'm super excited.
Anyways, I think that's it. I hope you all are having a fantastic time at home. I know that it seems kind of hard right now, but I honestly don't want to be anywhere else. There is so much going on in this great city and amazing country. The prophecies about our mission are being fulfilled and it's amazing. I love being here and I love the people that we get to work with. Sis. Montgomery and I are hoping to set a baptismal date today and set another one before the end of the transfer. The work is moving forward, and we get to be a part of it!! How cool is that!!?? :)
I love you all! Have a great day, and a fantastic week!!!
Liebe Grüße,
Sis. John
P.S. They finished our mission website! Our Tech Elders are very
talented and we love them a lot for all of their hard work. Y'all
should go check it out!
www.frankfurtmission.com
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