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Hey Mom! Spring break sounded really fun! I want to hike Angel's Landing. Sam McKinnon told me about it and it is her favorite, so I have always wanted to do it. I wrote you a letter and the boys postcards and sent it on Thursday.. So you should get it in a few days. I got your letter on Tuesday and it was awesome! Thank you. Also, Sarah Van Dam wrote me! I love mail. I get my Ipad on Thursday. Happy day! I am excited to see my MTC friends.
Happy Birthday Benjamin! And Jacob yesterday! Happy days.
Last
P-day, we found a mexican place and we bought burritos. So good. We
went out and ate them by the water, and then went to H M to go shopping.
It was fun! Some weird guys came and handed us roses and showed us
pictures of a generic cancer kid and asked for money. I have heard not
to take the roses, because if you don't give them money, they start
screaming. freaky. We met with Farshid later that night, and he told us
via google translate that he has felt the power of Satan less in his
life since he received the priesthood on Sunday. We love him a lot. He is such a cool person!
We
also went grocery shopping, but forgot to bring bags and didn't want to
buy any, so we carried our groceries home. We got lots of weird looks
because we were just these silly americans carrying their carrots and
eggs and chocolate. Haha.
Tuesday,
we went to go find a contact we had never gone by on, and we took a
'shortcut' through this HUGE park that turned into woods. We eventually
found a road and a graveyard was on the other side. So naturally, it
made total sense to go through the graveyard (thank you, Sister Porter).
It was also great in size and after an HOUR of walking around it, we
were thoroughly freaked out and lost. There were lots of bushes and it
was overcast (it was probably really peaceful) but I was just thinking
how it would be a great place for someone to kill us because no one
would ever find our bodies. We eventually found the road and tracked our
way back to civilization. We never found that contact. :(
We
went on tausch (exchanges) this week. We live close to Sister St. John
(sister training leader) and Lichtenberg, but we just went to their
area. I was with Sister Lichtenberg for the 2nd half of Thursday,
and we went to an appointment that fell out. So we kligled a building
and when someone would let us in, we knock on doors and talk to whoever
would talk to us. We asked them questions about if they believe they see
their families after they die and if they could ask God a question,
what it would be, and we had some cool (from what we could understand)
discussions. We talked to a lady on the street with her little baby and
she believed she will see her family after she dies. We talked about the
Book Of Mormon and I gave her one. They are going to meet with her next
week!! It was awesome!
We slept over that night and ate
german food. The next morning we got up and did out studies, then Sister
St. John and I went to an appointment that also fell out. We went by on
a couple contacts in really sketchy Hamburg. It was cold and really
rainy, so not super fun. It was nice to talk to her, because she is at
the end of her mission and she started like I did (no german), but she
can speak really well now.
We went to help an investigator
who is super pregnant clean her apartment. She is super poor and it was
so cool to be able to help her, because I was literally getting nothing
out of it. I had a realization while I was scrubbing walls: I am a
representative of Jesus Christ and I KNOW for a fact that if he came to
that apartment complex, he would spend time with her and help her
because He loves her.
We had district meeting on Saturday
night (because we messed up the regular schedule.. oops). We came out
of the church and it smelled like smoke. Worse than summer fires in
Boise. Most of Hamburg smelled like it (I don't know why) but we all had
headaches because it was so bad. Also, in Germany, they have no school on Friday and Monday, so Saturday
was a party day. The bus stops were completely full of teenagers and
young adults. It was a little crazy. Some people drove by us and asked
us where the party was (like we knew). Elder Nay gave everyone we passed
pass-along cards, although most of them were probably drunk.
There
was a baptism for a YA that some of the elders in our zone taught, and
they sang a song that Sister Porter accompanied for, so we went to that.
On the way there, we saw a cute african family with an older german
couple, and they sat by us and we talked to them. They were from Berlin
and came from Hamburg for Easter.
MOM QUESTIONS: How was your Easter? Did you teach anyone today?
The
weirdest Easter I've ever had. I didn't understand most of church, it
wasn't really focused Christ, and we had no eating appointment.
How is your ward? How are the members? Do they struggle or are they solid?
Our ward is awesome. There's 60-70 active members, I think. They are super cool.
Is there just one ward in Hamburg?
No there's more than one.. It is a big city. We are on the outskirts of Hamburg, so like a suburb.
Have you met with Peggy lately?
We
went to Mass today with her! I was thinking I wanted it to be in Latin,
but then I realized it would probably be in german, so I wouldn't
understand it anyway. It was interesting. I've always wanted to go to
mass and it was a cool experience even though I didn't understand most
of it.
What does the architecture like in Hamburg? Any old beautiful churches and buildings?
It's
pretty cool. There are cool parts and normal parts. I lost my camera
charging cord (have you seen it?), so I will take more pics when I get
my Ipad.
I love you all! Have a great week!
Sister Simpson
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| The Church in Hamburg |
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| Hamburg Zone |
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| We found Mexican Food |
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| This Mustang and the bld. behind are the same color |
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| German food and Exchanges |
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