Well i hope your week went well. The week here was pleasent. we had some training and some good meetings and some good lessons so i cant complain. the stress of training and missionary work is getting to me and elder p so we had a day where we blew up at each other, but it was good because we now understand one another a lot more and are working together on fixing the problems and making it more enjoyable for the both of us.
The week
monday was good. we did emails and then right afterwards we met with emmanuel! he is sooo cool. he is from ghana. such a cool guy. we ahd a great lesson and then invited him to baptism. well he didnt agree ebcause he is worried about having to be baptised twice. we invited him to pray about it and he accepted. he also accepted the invitation to read. so he is solid. we then had FHE with the dessin family which was so cool. we didnt have a gator there but the sisters did and it was a lot of fun. that night since we didnt do it earlier, we went shopping.
tuesday we did some service which is always fun. we also met with br g. we had a fallen out appt so we went by a lot of contacts and talked to a lot of people on the street. we then had an appointment with herr s. he is so cool. we figured out that he meets with the j-dubs as well once a week. thats a bummer.
wednesday we had zone training meeting. at the begginign it wasnt so great but then it got better and my mood improved so i wanted to learn more. it was good. we then helped br g move some stuff. and then talked to people on the street the rest of the day. nobody wanted to meet with us but we had some solid conversations and gave a young man a book of mormon.
thursday we did a lot of walking and talking to people. we also did some doors. then all of our appointments fell out...bummer eh? haha. but its all good. we had a great discussion with bishop at the end of the day and we really did try our best.
friday we met with fabian. such a cool kid. he has a testimony of the gospel and the church, he just has so much opposition that he cant join the church right now. if he did so much stuff will happen. for only being 19 and having to deal with all that he is dealing with, he is awesome! we also met with rene and that was great. we invited him to baptism, but he declined. he said that he is not yet ready. no problem. but now he knows what we expect and where we see all of this going.
we then met with br eichelbaum with the sisters and had a very pleasant eating appointment. we then met with rosa and br dessin. that went well. then some study.
sunday was good. br greb came on time! the lessons were good and after the first hour an older man walked in and said he wanted to look at our church. well he stayed for the next two hours and was really interested in it. i invited him to come on thursday. we shall see if he comes. we then had a great eating appointment with fam richte and then met with fam lindenau to help them with their missioanry work.
thats realy it for the week. we are super busy and trying our best to help our gators to progress and really make a decision. haha.
thank you for all you do and we will talk next week
elder ustach
Sunday, February 16, 2014
It's cold
ITS COLD!!!!
This week has been the first snow of the year and then it just decided to drop down to -18 or so with with and snow!!! -18 is 0°F (about)!!! with wind!!! stupid. look up 0°F with 15 mph wind. what is the wind chill factor there? how cold is that? thats what we were walking through at one point this week. i was tempted to wear two pairs of long johns it was so cold. i wore two jackets, and had my pair of wool socks and my other socks on to keep my feet dry and warm. luckily i have my earmuffs or else my ears would have fallen off. there was one point where it was just so windy and dark, and wet, and cold that neither of us wanted to even move. it was crazy. even the germany were complnaining about the cold. thankfull today warmed up a bit we are now back to 0°C. which is nice...but there is a huge storm hitting berlin right now so we are getting dumped on with snow. we shall see how much it brings.
The week was great. monday was great because we had a lesson with a man we found on the street a few days previous. his name is rene. he is so cool. he is like a professional pianist. cool guy. he now is super interested in the booik of mormon and just soaked up the entire 1st lesson when we gave it to him on monday. unfortunatly he works a lot teaching piano, so we cant meet to often, but we will meet again. we called him and he ahd already read in the BoM and more chapters than we had given him. totally cool. the rest of monda was kind of also shot. we had 3 appointments on monday at wierd times that cuased us to have no "free" time on p-day, just shopping, running ernads and running from appointment to appointmnet
tuesday we had service at the art school again. it was nice to see herr w again and help him out at the school. he is just so cool. at the end we got to help him clean out a plaster mold he was making of someones head and then watched him fill it and stuff. cool stuff. after service we had an appointment with br g. br k came and that was super helpful. we didnt really teach anything, but it helped br g soooo much. he just wants a mentor and someone to be there for him. and br k said he would be more than happy to do that.for him. br k is the man! we then went by a ton of contacts as it started to snow and talked to a bunch of people on the street. a good day.
wednesday we had district meeting which went well. at the begginning the doorbell of the church rang and i answered it. it was a young man, well like 19 or so, who was asking for more info on the church and was looking for a "church change". he wants a new church to go to. unfortunatly we were having district meeting, so we made out an appointment for the next day and i gave him my card. unfortunatly he didnt come bac the next day :( we had a solid lesson during district meeting and then we started our exchange. elder p first exchange. he was super worried about it and told me i was a bad father for leaving him with another elder for the day. he just needs to grwo up and get over it haha. he had fun and learned a lot from elder marshall. i was in spandau with elder o...man can this elder eat! he is tiny, but he out ate me!!! that never happens! i must either be eating less or this kid can really eat. he is a beast. the exchange was loads of fun and we had a lot of success on the street talking to people. unfortunatly some appointments fell out, but thats no problem. we met with rosa, a new investigator of ours and the lesson went super well.
thursday we taught a member some english. we had a breakfast appointment with him and helped him out with his accent for his work. he works at the airport. he is super cool. we then had a fallen out appointment from the kid from wednesday. we then switched back. i picked up elder p and we did some oyms on the street. we found one lady who accepted an appointment for tomorrow (tuesday) and who actually meets with the j-dubs every monday. so we shalls ee how that goes. we will intorduce her to the BoM and she will say goodbye to the j-dubs. we then had another fallen out appointmnet and then our "open door" at the church. nobody came but it was a good time to call people and make out other appointments. we then met with familie simon. they are so cool. we taught them about missionary work and how they can do their own work. we made some good progress.
friday we had some training on the computer for our comp study which got us suuuper excited about family history work. it was awesome. we then ahd weekly planning and went with a member to his home teacher family to give the wife a blessing. we had an appointment with frau fleischer nad br g that night which went well.
saturday we had a good talk with the family history advisor in our ward. he is a cool guy. hopefully we can work more with him and the ward and our investigators through family history. we then had some fun egtting to br eichelbaums. because of the cold, the u-bahns were not working. so we had to use some s-bahns and busses to get to him. we had a great eating appointment. kohl rouladden....man its sooo good. who new you could stuff cabbage with meat and it would taste like that? amazing. we had had it before, but that was the first time for elder p. we then went by contacts and talked to people on the street the rest of the day. we had an appt fall out which wa really sad, but all is good.
sunday was a great day. churhc went well. br greb didnt come, which is wierd, but it was because his car is broken and he cant drive his moped in the cold and he had to take care of his daughter. so hopefully next week it is better. our eating appointment went well and we also had a good time on the street talking to people. this one man we talked to didnt want to have anything to do with us after we told him we were talking about families and such. he told us " my family is broken and there is nothing after this life" or something along those lines. i was tired and didnt have the energy to think of anything spectacular to say.
thats the week i hope you all have a great one.
Elder Ustach
This week has been the first snow of the year and then it just decided to drop down to -18 or so with with and snow!!! -18 is 0°F (about)!!! with wind!!! stupid. look up 0°F with 15 mph wind. what is the wind chill factor there? how cold is that? thats what we were walking through at one point this week. i was tempted to wear two pairs of long johns it was so cold. i wore two jackets, and had my pair of wool socks and my other socks on to keep my feet dry and warm. luckily i have my earmuffs or else my ears would have fallen off. there was one point where it was just so windy and dark, and wet, and cold that neither of us wanted to even move. it was crazy. even the germany were complnaining about the cold. thankfull today warmed up a bit we are now back to 0°C. which is nice...but there is a huge storm hitting berlin right now so we are getting dumped on with snow. we shall see how much it brings.
The week was great. monday was great because we had a lesson with a man we found on the street a few days previous. his name is rene. he is so cool. he is like a professional pianist. cool guy. he now is super interested in the booik of mormon and just soaked up the entire 1st lesson when we gave it to him on monday. unfortunatly he works a lot teaching piano, so we cant meet to often, but we will meet again. we called him and he ahd already read in the BoM and more chapters than we had given him. totally cool. the rest of monda was kind of also shot. we had 3 appointments on monday at wierd times that cuased us to have no "free" time on p-day, just shopping, running ernads and running from appointment to appointmnet
tuesday we had service at the art school again. it was nice to see herr w again and help him out at the school. he is just so cool. at the end we got to help him clean out a plaster mold he was making of someones head and then watched him fill it and stuff. cool stuff. after service we had an appointment with br g. br k came and that was super helpful. we didnt really teach anything, but it helped br g soooo much. he just wants a mentor and someone to be there for him. and br k said he would be more than happy to do that.for him. br k is the man! we then went by a ton of contacts as it started to snow and talked to a bunch of people on the street. a good day.
wednesday we had district meeting which went well. at the begginning the doorbell of the church rang and i answered it. it was a young man, well like 19 or so, who was asking for more info on the church and was looking for a "church change". he wants a new church to go to. unfortunatly we were having district meeting, so we made out an appointment for the next day and i gave him my card. unfortunatly he didnt come bac the next day :( we had a solid lesson during district meeting and then we started our exchange. elder p first exchange. he was super worried about it and told me i was a bad father for leaving him with another elder for the day. he just needs to grwo up and get over it haha. he had fun and learned a lot from elder marshall. i was in spandau with elder o...man can this elder eat! he is tiny, but he out ate me!!! that never happens! i must either be eating less or this kid can really eat. he is a beast. the exchange was loads of fun and we had a lot of success on the street talking to people. unfortunatly some appointments fell out, but thats no problem. we met with rosa, a new investigator of ours and the lesson went super well.
thursday we taught a member some english. we had a breakfast appointment with him and helped him out with his accent for his work. he works at the airport. he is super cool. we then had a fallen out appointment from the kid from wednesday. we then switched back. i picked up elder p and we did some oyms on the street. we found one lady who accepted an appointment for tomorrow (tuesday) and who actually meets with the j-dubs every monday. so we shalls ee how that goes. we will intorduce her to the BoM and she will say goodbye to the j-dubs. we then had another fallen out appointmnet and then our "open door" at the church. nobody came but it was a good time to call people and make out other appointments. we then met with familie simon. they are so cool. we taught them about missionary work and how they can do their own work. we made some good progress.
friday we had some training on the computer for our comp study which got us suuuper excited about family history work. it was awesome. we then ahd weekly planning and went with a member to his home teacher family to give the wife a blessing. we had an appointment with frau fleischer nad br g that night which went well.
saturday we had a good talk with the family history advisor in our ward. he is a cool guy. hopefully we can work more with him and the ward and our investigators through family history. we then had some fun egtting to br eichelbaums. because of the cold, the u-bahns were not working. so we had to use some s-bahns and busses to get to him. we had a great eating appointment. kohl rouladden....man its sooo good. who new you could stuff cabbage with meat and it would taste like that? amazing. we had had it before, but that was the first time for elder p. we then went by contacts and talked to people on the street the rest of the day. we had an appt fall out which wa really sad, but all is good.
sunday was a great day. churhc went well. br greb didnt come, which is wierd, but it was because his car is broken and he cant drive his moped in the cold and he had to take care of his daughter. so hopefully next week it is better. our eating appointment went well and we also had a good time on the street talking to people. this one man we talked to didnt want to have anything to do with us after we told him we were talking about families and such. he told us " my family is broken and there is nothing after this life" or something along those lines. i was tired and didnt have the energy to think of anything spectacular to say.
thats the week i hope you all have a great one.
Elder Ustach
Meter pizza
Hello everyone :) i hope your week went well. sorry, i dont have much time so this will be a brief email.
monday, we ate a meter pizza!!!! man it was so easy this time with 8 people. it was loads of fun though.
tuesday, we had service which was fun and then we had to go to an appointment that fell out. we then had another fallen out appt with br greb which didnt make us happy, but it was because thepower and water shut off at the school so he was running around trying to fix it all. we then met with ahmet, which was wierd. we wont be meeting with him again.
wednesday we had zo-co which was loads of fun to see my friends and stuff from further away, but the zo.co was kind of a bore. sorry to say. but everything we learned, we were already supposed to have learned from some training videos that they required us to watch theweek before. so it was just review. we also met with ali that night what was a good appointmnet.
thursday we met with br g which went well. we also went out to falkensee to give a man a book of mormon. long story. i need to copy th explanation from another email.
there it is :)
so ya. emmanuel is awesome. that night we went to gesprächskreis which went suuuper well. the bishop came with br greb and the sisters brought wichian and two other gators. awesome stuff.
friday-we had gmk which went well. we also met with rosa who is super cool. the rest of the day kind of fell out and elder johnston got sick so he called sister kosak and the rest of the day was us sitting in the appt and studying and him sleeping and taking meds. i hope i dont get it.
saturday-we met with the geneaology advisor which went really well. we then met with br eichelbaum and we then had weekly planning.
sunday- was great! church went great. then the eating appointment went well. we then went dooring in an area which also went well. just a good day yesterday. elder johnston got a migrane in the middle of it so we had to run home so he could take his prescription strength meds.
thats the week. some pics also of the pizza and stuff. :)
Elder Ustach
meter pizza.
i photo bombed elder johnston. LOL
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