Arrived 12/6/09

Hello! Sup.
The first week has been ok. We are still out of contact with all our old investigators, but we have been working with this older woman to help her quit smoking. Problem is, she's moderately mentally handicapped, and just can't seem to get it through her mind how she is supposed to quit. But there is this other young guy named G who is a bit of a rebel but has shown some real interest in finding out if God is really there. So we've been trying to work with him but he works so much that finding a time is pretty hard. But I have high hopes for him. Elder S was gettin pretty depressed the past few weeks, cuz all our old golden-looking investigators have dropped off the map, and so we've been fighting through that. Na ja. I've seen worse :P

Hahaha, that was a cool story, Em. I remember getting a call one night from some of the girls in the ward asking if we couldn't somehow help them get one of their big trucks (it was known as The Beast) out of the snow. It was all snowed in in one of the parking lots there by the lady dorms. So I wrangled Danny and Josh and a couple other guys and we went and pushed this massive vehicle out of the snow. It was lots of fun. Didn't get brownies though :P

Actually it's been FREEZING for several days this past week. Not too bad today, but it's pday so we can wear whatever we want, and don't have to trudge around in suits and dress shoes...

Father, have you been listening to my Good Morning Maxfield CD??? I don't even remember most of those songs. I just heard them playing in front of the WiLK my first semester and thought they were great and so I bought a cd...

No progress on my camera yet. I ought to just take it into the local media place and see if they can detect a problem and recommend anything...but yes, I'll be sending 9 GB of pics home for Christmas, so be excited!

Let's see. I had a really good döner this past week. We eat döner maybe once a week, but this one was noteworthy. Have Taylor ask Fr. Boshier about Balli Döner in Berlin. They ARE all they're cracked up to be. What else cool happened...not too much, apparently...

I have been trying to overcome a cold for the past few days. Lots of juice and sudafed...

So on Saturday we get called and told what's happenin with transfers. I'll be sure to let you know what's going down! I have no idea what is gonna happen--though Präs keeps making jokes about how long I have been here...so we'll see.

I may have some things to send home for you along with pictures...stay tuned..

I am really kinda out of things to share, so I think I'll wrap up. I love you cats and thanks for all your support. I do have a favor to ask, when I know where I'm gonna be next transfer, if my address could get up on Facebook, I am getting letters from the office with my Werdau address on them that the Elders there just put into the office mail at Zokos and it takes about an extra 3-4 weeks for me to get them. So that yould be excellent *coughEmmacough* Please and Thank you! Hehe. Well you all have a great week, and I will hit you with Calling information as soon as I know where i will be. Love and Tschüß!
---Elder Sterling Mason, Brandenburg