Well, well, well, it sounds like you all have been having a bit too much fun without me back there... :D
Ok, ok, I will get my old sd card in the mail this week. I will force my golden (we have goldens here, not greenies, mind you) to pester me about it.
So my new companion is named Elder Downing. He is from American Fork, and he is just barely 19 as of February. P.S. yesterday I was told I looked 22-23. Alright by me. Wonder how old I would be with my beard back...anyway. He is a cool kid. His German is........well, he is working hard at it, so it will get going in no time. He is a good guy, and really wants to find people and be a missionary, so we'll do great things, I think. Plus he came in with money.... :D Hahaha jk...but he likes marching band, and plays the trombone, and likes playing soccer/bball with friends, but outside of that I have not found out too many of his hobbies. But it is going well, he seems to be good and tired at the end of our days, so he's fitting right in and we're getting work done:) It would just be nice to finally find some totally prepared person that we could teach. We will need to really just pray dafür...I mean, pray for that...
Sweet! New EQP! A good squad they got there, though trying to rebuild the Bulls after Jordan left didn't work so well...haha just kidding, they should do well. Br. Chandler is a hero...actually, they're all good. But I will miss getting to tell people my father runs the EQ back home...and we learned at our sunday eating appointment yesterday that Germans do not really understand the concept of Priest Quorum advisors. They don't have any here, and as I did not know the exact word for advisor, it was a bit hard to explain exactly. Na ja.
We certainly have a lot of ground to cover here in Werdau. Most of our investigators are not willing to make progress, and that means after a while we have to move on. it is sad but just the way it must be. Maybe I am a bit too much like Bond, a bit too unfeeling when it's time to move on, but we need to concentrate on finding and teaching the people who are ready for it. So we do a lot of finding. Actually we mostly just do finding these days. Elder Downing is settling in well, and his jetlag seems to be non-existant (lucky devil) so things have been good this first week. As a trainer I have a good chance of staying in Werdau for about the next 2 months, unless I do a really bad job and they get somebody professional in here to replace me :P
I will be going in to the optiker later today to pick up my glasses and pay for them, and then I will take some pics and send them home, ok? I am still melancholy about how expensive they are, but it will be nice to have a good pair again, and I really like them, so...na ja. I will update you. Thanks so much for the socks again, they are great. And the goldfish are already mostly gone. I am saving the cornnuts for Elder Parsons; I will see him at Mission tour on thursday and this is his last transfer, so...I am gonna miss him. Since he fell in love with cornnuts during our time in Halle, I figured he could use some 'fore he heads home. At zone konferenz in 4 weeks he is gonna give his farewell testimony and then head home a week later. But he said he'd be coming back to Germany in 2010 and so I think I might get to see him right before the end of my mission. Anyway. Good times, sad times...
I think I will send these glasses home for you to check them out and see if they can be repaired instead of a whole new pair. I don't want you guys spending more money like that...
Yeah, graduation? Who spoke? I still wnat to see if I can get a hold of the graduation peech from Mrs. Stewart from the year before I graduated. I hear it was ridiculous...
No more works required for salvation? So I can call it quits out here and just come home and wallow in sin? Excellent! No seriously, what was the answer, A? C? Who's leg was he pulling? I think 2 Nephi 26:23 is ''..we are saved by grace after all we can do...'' I think it is verse 23. Na ja. Controversy indeed...haha!
We discussed the life out of our AP tests. Then again we were a woeful and sinful generation, so...*shrug*
Skipping out on SAN??? No worries, it was an ok time when I did it, but if you had fun with other stuff than don't feel like you missed out too much.
I hope I train well. We are getting along well, it's just the language barrier makes it a bit harder now. It would be cool to be remembered as a good trainer. That is a good stimulus to do weel on my part, I think. We'll be working hard, believe you me...
Well, I think that is about it from my end. Glasses should be taken care of later today, I think I WILL get the extra 40 € of insurance, it is good for 2 years and a mission is a wild thing so I might need it, I will mail home my sd card, thank you for the packages! I was just thinking I could use some goldfish, and BAM! the package came. Cool beans. IMPORTANT ALERT:::In the future, I do enjoy S'mores pop tarts quite a bit. :::WE WILL NOW RETURN TO YOUR SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING. Just when you come around to sending me something else. Far in the future.
Well, I love you all and thank you for your kind support and prayers. We will keep you informed about our crazy adventures here, and 'til next time! Tschüß!!!
---Elder Sterling Mason
P.S.
Leo-''...And Sam goes on the list.''
Sam-''What? What for?''
Leo-''For mocking the story...'' (or something like that)
--Toby makes mocking comment--
Sam-''Hang on-Toby doesn't go on the list?''
Leo-''No.''
Sam-''Why not?''
Leo-''I'm...unpredictable.''
Sam-''So it's just...me...on the list.''
Leo-''Yep.''
Nothing like a little WW to brighten your day :)
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