Abby's Mission!

Wunderbaren Tag Alle! Hello! I have a confession to make: I have not been journaling very well, and I frankly have no idea what happened this week. With that said, I thought that I would describe my missionary life in terms of the places I go. Should be interesting.  Neustadt Easily one of my favorite parts of Dresden. Neustadt ( new city ) is the cool, slightly edgy, downtown area. Picture lots of weird stickers on every lamppost. And cool looking, quasi expensive restaurants. with little twinkle lights outside.  Our friend, Raudel from Cuba, lives in Neustadt, so we visit quite a bit. Yay!!! Prohlis If Neustadt is the cool, slightly edgy side of Dresden,  then Prohlis is just edgy and not cool . Prohlis is kind of sketch, but I LOVE PROHLIS!!!! We have so many cool friends who live there, and we always end up there at night which makes for an Abendteuer! Abend = evening Teuer = expensive Abendteuer= adventure ??? We visited a really cute family the other day, and g...

Hallo alle, Nur ein KURZ email heute. Tut mir leid.  I would like to begin with a quote from my very German mission president. " Die Kirche macht kein Spaß. Sie macht FREUDE." Translated, we don't have fun in this church. We have JOY. Now, I would argue that we have both, but it's so true!!! And it's been the same for me on my mission. It isn't always  fun  getting shut down by the millioneth German oma on the bus. But OH BOY do I have  joy ! Some joyful moments this week: -running. Always running. We are literally ALWAYS running to the bus or the train, from appointment to appointment. Not a light jog either, I'm talking a 100m sprint that would rival the Ereckson middle school. But seriously. Picture two girls sprinting through an old German castle city at golden hour with Buch Mormons in hand. That's joy right there.  - ZOKO baby!!!!! We met again with all the missionaries in the Dresden and Leipzig zones. It was a delight to see all of my missionar...

Hey parents! Quick email to update you on my life and my inner feelings.  We had transfers on Saturday, and both me and my companion are staying here in dresden. Yippee!! I am excited and happy for that. There is seriously so much work and people and things to be done here in Dresden. WE are on the brink of a Spanish branch here, seriously. The proportion of Spanish to Deutschers in church rises every Sunday.  I LOVE the ward and the people here. There are so many people that I want you and the boys and the girls and everyone to meet. It's kind of cool how there are parts of people that are teh same, like some people were woven out of the same premortal thread a little bit. I see you guys everywhere and in so many of the people here! It's really cool.  The mission is being split!!! AHHH!! I am really excited for that. Our mission leaders are amazing. THey are excellent and push us to excel as well. The Berlin mission does not settle for mediocrity. We do things thoroughly...

WIGEZ .   wie geht's  (Sister Olsen and I met this guy who can speak a little German, but over text he just writes it how it sounds. Makes for some awesome texts.) This week I indulged myself with another Rittersport chocolate bar. BUT I only bought one bar to last me through the week, thereby forcing me to ration it. At long last, the night came and I went to eat my allotted two squares. ANDDDD that thing was filled with RUM!!!!!!! What?!? I looked back on the front, noting the glass of alcohol pictured.  Major bummer .  Bautismo Our friends Luis and Yovanni were baptized yesterday. Yay! It was a wonderful, if not somewhat chaotic, day. They have such a good understanding of what baptism is:  making a PACT with God to follow Christ . My role as a missionary is to help prepare others to make that pact. I relish my role as a missionary, and I especially relish extending invitations to be baptized.  - a  word about my Gemeinde  (ward/congregati...