Well hello

good morning from lauenburg!

this week has been brutal. all day everyday was doors. no real need for a play by play of just knocking on doors everyday lol. nothing exciting even like a dog attack or anything. so heres the week. monday was just lüneburg and elder marshall bought a suit, which we found out later that day was to big in one way and to small in another. haha. tuesday we were supposed to ahve a joint teach, but it fell out. so we drove ou member all the way out there for nothing. we drove him back and did doors. w did 172 doors that day or a little over 7 hours of doors. wednesday we had our district meeting which went well. i came a lesson on using scriptures. then we had an eating appointment\lesson with the mengels. they are suuuuper old and love the missioanries and just feed us but dont let us talk or anything. so funny. the rest of the day was doors. we did 125 doors on wednesday which was about 5 1/2 hours of doors. thursday we did nothing but doors until the end of the day when i gave my first baptisimal interview!!! that was the highlight of the week and a really spiritual experience. so solomon is from spain and his family are members, but he isnt. he only speaks spanish. his family has lived here for 1 1/2 years. so none of them speak amazing german. so the interview was done through his daughter who translatted from german to spanish. it was really cool. i would ask a question and he would explain his beliefs with enthusiasim and hand jestures to try and help me understand eventhough i dont know spanish and then his daughter would translate with much less enthusiasm and less words. it was really cool though becuase at one point as he was speaking i could really almost understand what he was telling me. the spirit was so strong at that particular point. it was super cool. my first interview and it was a very unique one. thursday we did 130 doors which was about 6 hours of doors. friday we did weekly planning and more doors. 172 again! which was about 6 hours ( we did a lot of apartment buildings that day). saturday we had an awesome ward party!!!! we celebrated 20 years of the lauenburg ward. it was great. they showed some videos that a member made of each bishop for the last 20 years. it was very funny. the kids just love us. if i could just work with the children all day instead of their lazy, busy, and boring parents, misionary work would be super easy. we also did a few doors that day. sunday was a great ward conference that we had denise and stephan (her boyfriend) come to. it was cool. the talks that were given were awesome. we also had an innactive come to church. church was good. we then had a good eating appointment who afterwards gave us a bowl of food for todays lunch. score!!! afterwards we had doors. only 3 hours of it but it was tough. ask julie for the details on that afternoon. haha. no bueno.

so you can see that this last week was very slow. but this week should be a lot better. we already have some appointments and we are excited for all the progress we should make. we are also doing service twice this week which is always fun. our transfer calls are on friday morning so we shall see if i go or stay. probably and hopefully go, but anything is possible. 

something i realized this week, when i come home my suitcases will be full of nothing but books. haha. i look at my desk and its just full of books. on it and next to it. church literature is just awesome and as a missionary i just cant find the time to read them all. bummer. 

well i love you all and i wish you a wonderful week. bis nächste Woche.

elder ustach