This month's favorite hymn, Oh Strallin der Morgen, is such a
fun song. It is so.... jolly?... Bayerisch?...wonderful.
So you asked to tell you a little more about German culture…
Well, It's just different than ours, but not like opposite side of
the world different. Something I find interesting is that Germans typically
have 1-3 really close friends. Everyone else is "acquaintances." They
trust these few people. People aren't really open to talking about what is
close to them. They go shopping very regularly. We look like FREAKS when
we are buying enough food for 2 people for an entire week. Everyone is always
unterwegs (on the way). Here, many elderly people take public buses and are
completely independent, living on their own. There is senior community housing,
but compared to America, the German elderly population is much more
independent. They are very punctual. ummmmm. I don't really have that many. This
week I'll pay more attention to it :)
This week I worked on my Bayerisch and my Krio. B___ taught Sister
Smith and I a bit more Krio. Now I can say a lot more than " How de
Bodi." However, it is close to impossible to understand. Also, on our
finding day, I met the coolest lady! She is seriously amazing. We had a good
chat on her porch. And when I say chat I mean, she spoke and asked questions
and I tried my best to keep up and understand her questions. She spoke RICHTIG
Bayerisch (CORRECT Bavarian). It was so crazy. She was so, so funny though. She
taught me the word, Fescher Bursch. Definition, not important, but it may take
me my whole mission to be able to say it correctly.
This week I had my most awkward encounter yet. I am still not ever
sure why it was so awkward. We were visiting prior investigators. A guy, around
our age, answered the door and just stared at us. I introduced us and asked if
he had met with missionaries before. He only said one word..... it was so
awkward. He was just looking at us. After me blabbing on trying to make it not
awkward, Sister Smith just said, shönen tag (nice day). It was SO weird. I
can't even give the situation justice. No wonder returned missionaries are so
awkward.... haha.
We went along with the elders to one of their lessons as a joint
teach. It was really cool. It was with this woman who has a very interesting
situation. She seems really interested in the gospel and when we were telling
her how we can know truth through the Spirit, she told us her own personal
experience, agreeing with what we were teaching. I am really excited to meet
with her again. She seemed really excited to read in the Book of Mormon.
We had a couple lessons this week. Which is a lot better than the
last two weeks. We also were able to meet with the S___s for dinner and a stop
in with Schwester L___.
This week Sister Smith and I made Zopf, a bread from Switz. It was
really fun. But we will definitely have to try it again so as to perfect our
skills.
My personal favorite part of this week was the Relief Society
meeting. Schwester S___ gave a lesson on trust. It was really cool. She started
out with giving us paper and asking us to write words we relate with trust.
Then on another piece of paper, we wrote words that we do not relate with
trust, or rather, we relate with mistrust. We then talked about how these words
made us feel. I thought a lot about what makes a person trustworthy. Then of
course my mind comes to Christ. In the preexistence, we trusted Him. We were
told the plan. He told us that we wouldn’t go it alone, he would always be with
us. He told us that in time, He would also come down in the flesh. He would
come to help us and to save us. And we chose to go with him, we chose to trust
him. Now, we are here on Earth and essentially do the same thing. Using our
faith, we trust in the His plan, we trust our Heavenly Father and our Savior
Jesus Christ. After that lesson, I decided to study it a bit. I really liked
these scriptures: 2 Nephi 4:34, Mosiah 23:22, Alma 36:3, & 2 Chr 32:8. We
really need to trust in the Lord and be like Nephi, go and do, and know that
the Lord prepares a way.
Have a wonderful week!
Sister Regnier
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