Man, does time fly on the Lord's errand! Hahaha. April already...
Halle 2 is now CLOSED! That's right, we are both transferred and no one is replacing us! the ZLs will take Halle on by themselves now. I am headed to Werdau, about a 1.5 hour train ride away.
I will be working with Elder Cameron, another Aussie! I met him at Zone council and ZoKo this past transfer, and he is awesome. This will only be his third transfer (it will be my 5th) so he is still a bit young...though I am too! Two still relatively noobies together! Hahaha I am sure it's gonna be intense! I do NOT feel old or experienced whatsoever. I think this transfer will be the metaphorical ''growing up and leaving home'' transfer of my mission. Then again, I am looking forward to an awesome transfer with an amazing guy (finally!) where we will tear the trash out of Werdau and baptize the devil out of them. Really, I am stoked to finally be working with someone who can be my friend. His accent is still really thick so it's a blast just talking to him. So. Anyway. That is my news.
Was Conference not AMAZING!?!? I will definitely need an Ensign when you get them, please. We did not get to see the Sunday afternoon session cuz of time change, so could somebody give me a brief rundown of the speakers? I know Emma always takes notes...Man, Pres. Eyring is the MAN. Both his talks were amazing. And Elder Holland and Christofferson and Pres. Uchtdorf's Gospel Path of Discipleship and so on. Wow was it good. Hr. Wozniak had to tend his grandkids so he couldn't come, which was a shame, cuz he needed it, but he is still making progress, as we taught the Word of Wisdom and prayer and scripture study this week, and he accepted them, though coffee is his problem. The ZLs will take care of him alright though, I'm sure *wink*
So I am glad to hear your trip went well. Hahaha trash art. That's what we get for allowing Democrats in the White House...*sigh*...hahahahahahahaha. We meet peeved people on the street so often who just want to rag on Bush and who think he is still the President sometimes and so on...it is all I can do to just be like, 'that doesn't matter to us, we are talking about Christ...' Man. Funny most of the time though. Especially with a German companion who doesn't like Americans either...hahaha.
''...slightly organized crap...'' We all got a kick out of that (I just quoted that little bit to the ZLs). Präsident gets the boot in the summer, yes. Around the 2nd of July, or something like that, I think. The zones in the mission got a tid bit rearranged, and reorganized from 6 zones to 5. So yeah.
Ohhhhh, I love that Reader's Digest WWII book. It is just about my favorite WWII history book I have ever seen, though the red book you gave me for Christmas a year or two back is very good too. Idaho used book stores seem to be treasure troves, man...
I am glad you liked the I, Em. And a tuition scholarship!!! Woohoo way to go! That is my sis! You show that NHS! I don't think it should prohibit transferring to BYU, but I have no idea really.
So as for cooking, we eat regular meals. We actually cook, especially with the four of us here in Halle. We often get these things called 'Maggi packs' (Maggi is just a brand) and it is mixings for some kind of sauce, and we make noodles or meat or...well those two normally feature prominently, hahaha. But I have been able to hone my cooking skills in the past 6 months. At school though, I ate in the cafeteria A LOT, and other than that we had bread and PB&J and snack food and yes, lots of Ramen, and we made cookies a couple of times, and ate in the Cougareat several lunches a week (Freschetta, baby!). I did alright, I think. Didn't get scurva, at least...hehehe.
I will check my other email for that pic!
How is school and seminary, Taylor? What is your favorite class?
Love you family, and I am ever grateful for your prayers and support. And letters and humor. I am leaving for Werdau tomorrow morning sometime, and may never see Halle again out here on the mission. *Tear* But that is how it goes! If you could send me my BYU Jazz CD when you send the Conf. Ensign, that would be awesome. I have been missing that, and the ZLs say jazz is fine, so...thanks for the peanut butter too, btw! And the red vines...I love red vines...they disappeared quick...
Well. Ok. I love you very much, and be excited for stories of wonderful success in the next weeks! Tschüß!!!
Elder Sterling J. Mason
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