Well hello there family!

So Präsident Uchtdorf is an Apostle of the Lord. Did you guys know that? We found that out all very personally as he shook each of our hands!!! :D BAM! Spiritual confirmation! No doubt about it. He spoke to us in German too!! His German is very good. I wonder where he learned it so well...

He talked to us a lot about preaching the Gospel with power and keeping the Spirit and being the best companions we could be and perfecting the language and all sorts of stuff. I'll share my notes with you when I get home :)

So that was way sweet. It DID feel a bit like a vacation heading up to Berlin and getting to see all of my mission buddies and seeing some sights in Berlin with the Ms afterwards and whatnot. Got some good photos. If ye treasure up those photos which ye have already received, ye may yet receive more added unto them....we'll see though, ay? ;)

Yeah, I hear from Danny. Every couple months. I'm a bit behind in replying to him, but he just has to deal with that. Life is busy here. Did you hear that J got called to Wisconsin or someplace like that on his mission??? Any idea where they are, those Langfords? A F told me about J. She must have some way to find them...

We hear stories now and then from members about the War, but mostly old ornry dudes on the street who use it as an excuse as to why there cannot be a God. Man, sometimes I wonder if the DDR stamped out everybody's ability to think reasonably...it certainly stamped out faith in a lot of people, that's for sure...

that man who resurfaced didn't show to the appt. we set with him. Shrug. Like that never happens :/ I shouldn't treat it lightly but let's be honest: one can only get SO down when appts fall out. about 1 in 30 go through, I'd say. That is the revised statistic I am working on. Outlying data suggests it is closer to 1 in 45, but I need more precise calculations to really get some precise measurements....stay tuned...but in any case, when appts do go through it a glorious day.

Looking forward to those pages, family...

Glad to hear things are going well, sisters. How is driving that new car there, Taylor? And how did midterms end up, Emma?...........you had a......pillowfight? Did you...uh......survive?

Well. Not much happened this past week, 'cept we were over at a member's house and she went into diabetic shock and fainted like 5 times in 45 minutes! We kept waking her up and forcing her to drink some juice, but she didn't really get stabilized until about 11:40.So it was a late night. I'll have to describe that one with pictures when I get home....man....but we went by again last night and she's doing fine. So. D S and S L are still doing great, and D's wife E is coming along as well. getting to that VERY pregnant stage. She'll be baptized, no worries. And they are teaching their daughters reverence and stories outta the Bible and the BoM! Cool cool.

Well I am outta change, and my time is dangerously low. I outta wrap this one up. Thanks so much for your love and support, and prayers, I have some Elders in the district here who are not getting along and I could use your prayers this week especially as I try and sort things out. That would be much appreciated. Love you all, be safe, and know that the Church is true. Be good! Tschüß!

---Elder Sterling Mason

P.S. Emma, if my Nordhausen address could get up on Facebook, that'd be wonderful.

Also, btw, I look really good in a nice suit... :D JK jk...