I ran that first part through google translate, and this is what it said:
(hmm? companion?)
Dear Family,
Say hello to you!
This last week was REALLY cool. I got a new employee!
Lieber Familie,
Grüß euch!
Diese letzte woche war ECHT cool. Ich habe einen neuen Mitarbeiter bekommen!
Im going to have to write fast to kinda relay all the info from this last week because it was an exciting one!
Tuesday we had our last district meeting together- and we said
goodbye to Sister Linford- shes been here since my first transfer and
she is going home! It was so weird to talk to her the day before her
mission was finished. She really didnt know what to say- it hadnt really
hit her yet that she was done. She didnt seem like she wanted to go
home. In district meeting, Sister Judd shared a though about obediance,
and she had us imagine the preexistence, and think about why we chose to
come to earth- what our personal reason might have been. It was such a
strong spirit as she testified that we knew why we wanted to come, and
we knew it would be WORTH it to be obediant, becaquse we could see the
prize too.
Wednesday we woke up super early because we got invited to come
offer some service on a farm in a little dorf called Böheim Kirchen- but
we still wanted to work out before because we are crazy like that, so
we got up EXTRA early to work out, then we caught a train at 6:30
to Böheim Kirchen to stack Hay rolls in a barn- its was super fun. It
made me want to be on a farm someday! That day we had 4 lessons in a
row, plus a dinner with a member for Elder Horlachers last day. Then we
came home to do some last minute packing to get elder Horlacher ready to
go to Stuttgart!
Thursday was the transfer day... we went to Wien early in the
morning to say goodbye to E. Horlacher and the others. There were a
couple who were going HOME- like they were done. It was emotional for
them- its super weird to see these missionaries who are my friends and
imagine that right now they are sitting at home in America. WEIRD!
Elder Mongia and I spent the day together, getting the apartment ready
and baking cinamon rolls (ok I didnt actually do any of the baking, but I
cleaned while he cooked) then we went back in the evening to pick up
our new companions! Elder Mongia got Elder Herzog and I got...
ELDER PARKINSON!!!!
My new Golden- he is from New Mexico, and he is super cool! He
went to a year of BYU, but he lived in Heleman so I never actually met
him. He is super excited to be here, and its nice because he never
complains and he does pretty much everything I ask him too- dont worry
im not abusing the power. Im still doing pretty much everything while
hes getting used to life here, but when I feel like he can handle it I
give him tasks and he does them gladly. ITs great. That night after we
unpacked him for 20 minutes, we got out the door to go CONTACTING! It
was super fun and I could tell he liked the experience even though we
didnt even find any potentials. As long as hes happy I think were good.
Friday we had lunch with Sindl- she made a traditional Austria
salad- Wurst Salat. Its pretty much 3/4 diced onions (Austrians love
onions) and a little bit of meat slices- all in basalmic oil. Its
interesting. Poor Elder Parkinson didnt understand any of her crazy
Austrian German. He had a fun time though.
Saturday we had a meeting in Wien, and on the way we actually had
someone come talk to us on the train! and he spoke english, so that was
good for Elder Parkinson.
Sunday it was 39°... sheesh that is so hot. we are roasting like
toasted cheese curds here. Someone just needs to send Europe a memo and
say its time to get AC! We had an impromptu lunch with the hirschman
family, and it was actually a miraculous experience! Elder Parkinson and
I rode the bus to their house because they didnt have enough room in
the car- and Br. Hirschman just went straight up to the bus driver and
started bearing his testimony of the book of mormon! That dude is a
missionary through and through- they he introduced us! at first the
driver was super skeptical, but we he heard out testimonies, he got
really quiet and serious- super strong spirit! At lunch, they invited
all their neighbors over to play music and sing with us- and a couple
came! We sang hymns from the hymn book together, and suddenly in the
middle of it all, Br. Hirschmann announced that I was resonsible in the
church for giving "sermons" to those who want to learn more about
Christ, and that I sermon prepared for them (all the catholic
neighbors)- luckily they had Jesus der Christus close by, and I pulled
out a section I had read the day before and talked about the strenth
christ gives us to perform miracles through us- its was super fun. one
of the neighbors actually filmed me to watch me later! It was a funny
experience.
Well thats this week! Thanks for the prayers- we really appreciate them! The work is going forward! The church is true!
Adventure is out there!
Elder Bartholomew
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