Letter # 35

family,

well this week was good. i went to a funeral and my companion dedicated a grave. i got over my sickness and had some good lessons. loads of fun. monday we just played board games with our district. its really boring being in a 4 man district but next transfer we will be gettign two sisters and maybe two elders. way cool. tuesday we met a family in the ward from geramny. such a cool family. the dad is not a member but the mother is so strong in the gospel. way cool. we also met with a single mother. we doored into her and she doesnt really believe in god but she is looking for something more. hopefully we can continue to meet with her and she starts to progress. she is really cool. on wednesday we helped someone in bergedorf move. and on that day i realized how much i miss physical labor and especially moving. i love it. i dont know why but its just so much fun and a good workout. germans also have a lot less crap than americans so it was really easy to move this family. we also met a really cool man in lüneburg on wednesday. we have yet to meet with him because of how far away he lives but he actually gve a correct number to call him. so thats rare and then he agreed to met later even though we cancled on him. so he sounds promising. thrusday was nothing special except for the funeral of one of the members. we were invited by another member to be his "companions" is the literal translation in german. it was cool. we were the only mormons there. the rest of the family was evangelisch. kind of awkward to talk to the pastor, but she didnt ask us any questions or anything. i bet she thought wewere totally wierd and we had the same thoughts about her LOL. we had district meeting and just a normal day. friday we had exchanges. i went to bergedorf with elder lindermann. cool kid. bergedorf sucks though. i feel really bad for the elders there. they have no investigators and nothing else really. there are TONS of j-dubs in their city and aparently they get around a lot. we tried to go on the street and talk to people but they dont even stop to talk or even acknowledge us. i think its because of the j-dub infestation they have. hopefully they get it turned around. we had a spiel abend that night witht wo of the youth and we played ping pong and uno and other card games. elder lindermann and i owned them with out american ping pong skills LOL. saturday was nothing special.  hopefully you guys can post them on the blog soon. sunday was cool. we outfitted mirco and sam with baptisimal clothes for saturday. they get their interviews on wednesday and hopefully when they both pass we will have two baptisms here in lauenburg on the 9th!!!! pray for them please. then weekly planning and now today.

 today we are going to hamburg to go to MINIATURE WONDERLAND!!!!! the largest model railroad in the world. im so excited. we get in cheaper because we are "pastors" technically. im excited. hopefully my camera will laste the many hours we will spend there. i will send the good pics next week.

love you all loads and i will talk to you all next week,

elder ustach