Ustach M&M's: Letter #23

family!!

well this week it much better than last. let me tell you! lol. tuesday was crazy because we had to wake up at 4 am to get on a train and go to hamburg for the 4 zone wide conference. we slept a lot on the train obviously lol. we showed up and seeing all the guys from my golden group was so much fun!! we have such a close connection and we are all such close friends because of the MTC. its crazy. everyone of us had the biggest smiles on and it was so cool. we were all there except elder brereton and as he walked in the door we mobbed him! lol. he was so happy to see us to. crazy stuff. really good training. subjects were obedience, the 8 missionary fundamentals and we are all children of god. i didnt really pay attention to pres kosak before but after his lesson, i love him so much! its funny, i thought he was a little wierd and awkward, but after that lesson, he ahs such a depe understanding of the gospel such an amazing teacher!!! its crazy how well he teaches the gospel. his lesson was so good. our lunch sucked but then we did our white elephant gift exchange thing lol. i got an earnie stuft doll. (from seasame street). i gave a buddha sculpture. LOL. i forgot to buy a gift and elder clayton had this staute about 6 inches tall of buddha that was left to him from elder james. he didnt want it to i took it and wrapped it up. lol. one of the senior missionaries got it. it was so funny. well the training lasted until 6 that night so we had to book it out of there ot get back in time to get to bed. so we had no time to eat after or have fun in hamburg, rela bummer. so no railroad dad. sorry. i wont ever have time for that until i serve in hamburg, sorry.

wednesday, umm not much. we taught this gator named frau lange. she is so cool. she is older but she is so nice and we are teaching her 3 times a week now. hopefully as time goes on she will grow and learn the truth of the gospel but for now she is stuck in her catholic ways and tradition because her family has been catholic forever! thursday was a little boring. not a whole lot except for a meeting with an inactive stser. she just talked our ears off!! but we love her and she is awesome. friday, probablys the second best day behind tuesday. so much fun. the begging was normal but then we met with sophiano, whos story i think i explained last email because we met him sunday, but we met with him and it was such a spiritual lesson. started out as a conversation to get to know him and spread to the gospel naturally and such and then our lesson turned into how to recoginze and have the holy ghost in our lives. also about what the job of the investigator is. we as missionaries cant do it all and it really clicked for him that when we ask him to read or pray, its not just random stuff, its for him and only for him. its not repetition for us. we pray and think about him constantly and about what to teach and discuss with him. i think it clicked for him which is way cool. also on friday was our visit to the munzers house, our branch pres. his wife is from arizona and so she makes a thanksgiving dinner every year and makes it a big party for a lot of the people in the ward. we showed up and then there were 5 people from the ward plus two of the munzers friends plus their daughter(innactive, and her story is kind of sad, but oh well, maybe we will work on her. she lives on her own and got involved with the "world", so ya,) we had a lot of people and the dinner was amazing!!!! we had eggnog!!!!!! oh my gosh was it amazing lol. have not had eggnog in a while. thankfully pres munzer is has lactose issues as well so they had some lectose pills and i was able to drink the liquid gold!! lol. we drew on the table cloth (which was paper) i took pictures and will send them.

saturday was normal. we did weeklyplanning. no big deal. sunday was also normal. nothing special. we did break the fast with all the young adults in the branch. it was fun. today not much, just emails and grocery shopping so far.

well notes for the week, i got your package on the 29th, so thursday...dont worry i didnt look at the package slip, but because i didnt and didnt know if it was my christmas package or not, i opened it and saw wrapping paper. so i took the socks and put the rest under the tree. im wearing the socks right now. LOL. i took a picture. they look sweet with my dress pants and dress shoes. LOL. thans really it for notes. wow. lol. boring. but this weke was way better than last.!! this coming week should be even better. we are planning on going to the christmas market in the innenstadt this week which should be a blast. i heard other elders went to theirs already and that are all sweet. ok love you all and until next week.

elder ustach