Well, whos ready to be surprised! because i surely was! Im getting
TRANSFERRED. again. Ive only been here in Göppingen for 6 weeks and Ive
getting moved again. I guess thats what they do to the trouble
missionaries. Ive be going down to Singen, Germany. Its a town on the
border of Switzerland, on Lake Constanz. Elder Janis (my trainer) has
been serving there for the last 6 months, and now Ill be taking his
spot! Crazy stuff if you ask me. And it gets wilder! My new companion
is... Elder Steven Chapman! From the Aspen Stake! I will be his last
companion because he goes home in January! Ill be serving as the new
Zone Leader there, so I will be pretty busy the next few months! Good
thing thats just how I like it!
Now for the week at a glance!
Tuesday we had Distrikt
Meeting, like usual, and that afternoon we went to Eislingen (our
favorite little dorf next to Göppingen) to go by on some less actives.
We managed to talk to all three of them, but no one let us in. The last
one talked to us on the door step for forever, so we ended up sprinting
down the mountain to catch our bus (which then came 10 minutes late so
we sat there panting on the bus stop haha). that evening we taught Fritz
again all about how important attending church is. and he agreed to
come finally! We had a young man named Piero there, he is 17 and wants
to go on a mission, so its way fun to have him as a joint teach!
Wednesday was a LONG day. We worked hard and we collapsed at the end of the day.
1 day.
2 Missionaries
5 cities.
1 Alpine German Speaking Mission.
It
was that epic. We litterally visited 5 cities. Göppingen, Kuchen,
Süssen, Eislingen, Gruibingen. We talked to a lot of people, and visited
a ton. and it actually was pretty successful! Its funny, on the train
line, the cities go Gingen-> Süssen -> Kuchen -> Essen. those
are the names of the cities, but if you were to read those words as a
sentence, it would mean " We went to eat sweet cakes" silly germans.
Gruibingen, the last stop of the day, turned out to be on top of a
mountain in a little village covered in snow!!!! It was crazy! So we
took tons of pictures haha. We werent just city hopping for fun, i
promise. We actually visited a ton of potential investigators or less
actives- no worries!
thursday we also visited so more less actives, and ended the day in
Stuttgart for a stake priesthood meeting. that morning was the transfer
call, so naturally that was the talk of the missionaries. The meeting
was AWESOME! all about the joint effort of members and missionaries. I
loved it!
Friday, a lot of things went wrong. We missed a bus, got on a wrong
bus. Got back on a right bus, just to ride outside of town, to figure
out we didnt even need to take a bus in the first place. Walked home in
the rain. The moral of the story- even when things go wrong, you still
have the choice to be happy. So it wasnt so bad. That evening we ate
home made German Pancakes at the Fingerles- holy smokes those things
were awesome!
Saturday
we were in Heidenheim again doing a lot of service. We helped Bruder
Djantar officially get ready to leave. When he said goodbye and drove
away for Serbia, we all just stood there and cried. The Djantars arent
getting divorced, but Bruder Djantar wanted to die in peace because he
has given up with his health problems, and now after 23 years of
marriage hes leaving. It was one of the saddest things ive even had to
witness. It taught me a lesson though- Things like that depend on our
free agency, and I will never let that happen to me in my life!
Sunday
I had to say goodbye in the church- it just felt weird after only 6
weeks to say goodbye! But the kids were all really sad... which made me
happy. is that messed up? I guess its just nice that someone will miss
me haha. In the afternoon we taught Thomas, and we guilt tripped him for
not reading the Book of Mormon yet- but hes going to try to get it done
before I leave thursday.
And now its monday again! We are going to Stuttgart in about 20 minutes to have...
THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i miss america. thanksgiving doesnt exist here, so us americans are doing it as a zone.
At this time of grateful reflection, I want to say im grateful for
all of you who support us missionaries. Im grateful for the gospel of
Christ, and for the effect it has had in changing my whole life. I love
you all and Im grateful for my family and my savior. He is our King.
I love you all! Dont send mail to Göppingen!
Adventure is out there!
Elder Bartholomew
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