Hello everyone!
So this week, I had my second Austauch (exchange). It was in München
(Munich). So I got to serve with my grandma ( I have a whole different family
out here, haha. that just means she trained my trainer). I never like leaving
Passau but it was nice. We got to give a lesson, that went so, so well. I
really enjoyed it. Plus her German is so great, nothing was holding us back :)
haha. On the way back, Sister Garrett and I had an adventure. The train split,
which I have yet to see, with out ANY warning. So we were stuck in a city for
an hour, which made us miss our English class. It was very surprising and all
the people were not too happy. We then had a finding day in Neuötting. Where we
encountered more train problems forcing us to stay in Pfarrkirchen for a
while. At first, I wasn't too happy, but this is the cutest town! (the picture
with the horse in it). I would totally love to serve in such a little town, it
is too bad it is so far away from any churches.
This week was Hochzeit. It was cooler than I imagined. We saw lots
of performances, and even though we didn't have tickets to see the big things,
we got to see so much! Like the really strong guy that was lifting up the kids
on a stick, the coolest flag performance I have ever seen! (they were throwing
the flags at each other to really fun music), human towers, amazing human
gymnastics, and then there was the city. The city was the coolest part. It was
an area where these people were just living as they would have back then. So
they were making dinner, playing games, just living life. The people that do
that, pay to do it and are just living like that for the week or so. We also
hiked up to a castle and went inside the church. It was really fun to be with
the district and see so many cool things. I would have loved to live in that
era with how happy they were making everything, maybe just with less beer. They
were roasting a straight up cow. I have never seen so much meat. There was a
lot to see!
Church was really nice yesterday, I really liked Relief Society. I
have not been able to go to Relief Society for a long time, so it was really
wonderful. We talked about Relief Society, its purpose, service, and such
things. It was wonderful and you could feel the spirit. It was nice because one
lady who had never been to church before came, and she really could use the
support of the Relief Society. Also, someone who hasn’t come to church in a
while was really excited to be there and is really warming up to the members.
It was just a great feeling the whole time. She anxiously asked questions and
pondered what we were saying. In German it is called Frauenhilfvereinigung. I
am not the best translator but it includes the words woman, help, and unite.
How cool.
This morning I studied the parables in Matt. 13. The Plan of
Salvation is so wonderful. It is referred to everywhere. We have had people say
that they would be fine if they didn't make it to the top kingdom. That is so
sad! I couldn't imagine not being the Tares in the Barn. Or not giving everything
I have just to buy the field that the treasure is on. Parables are really a
cool thing that I haven't given much thought to before. So that is what I am
going to work on studying this week, so I can really understand and know them.
Have a great week!
Sister Regnier
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| The city of Pfarrkirchen |
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