Sali!
Its funny... the way
to say happy new year in german is: Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr- which
directly translated means: Good slip into the new year! i dont really
think it makes sense, but whatever!
This week was so fun. first off- THANKS THANKS THANKS for the
christmas presents! That really made things special :) The holidays were
so much fun! Skyping with you guys was the best part though :)
Monday last week we had a christmas party at the Gurneys house! That was our.. christmas kickoff!
tuesday (christmas eve!) we left early in the morning and
delivered secret santa gifts to the new convert family in our ward, the
Amubekes- i wish you could all see the look of Ivys face when she opened
the door. she started jumping around like a 5 year old! I dont think
theyve ever really had christmas, so it was really special. Afterwards,
in the afternoon, we decorated the Gurneys tree (because in Germany, you
have to wait till the 24!) and then we spent the evening at a members
home in the middle of nowhere, on a little german farm. it felt SUPER
traditional. we ate Rabbit, and sang old german songs with an accordian
and a tuba. oh yeah! Then, we went to mid night mass at the Herz Jesu
Katholisch Kirche. A really bizarre experience- but something worth
seeing!
Christmas day we opened our presents at the Gurneys house (once
again, thank you!) and then we went to Benjis house to have traditional,
"English" christmas- right proper! The day after, we spent the WHOLE
DAY with the Zimmerman family- those little kids never get tired of
playing games. We ate some awesome roast duck, and played Just Dance and
FIFA for many hours- we only get the exception to the rule one time a
year, so we had to play! haha
then it was back to work! I did an exchange in Bad Säckingen with
Elder Mongia (fun to work with him again, in germany this time!) and we
found some awesome people to teach, including a female evangelical
priestess, and this guy named andreas with a sweet mullet.
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