RAT

Hallo all! Is it pday again?! How can that even be possible!?!?! 

RAT
In Germany, there are buildings in each city called the "Rat Haus." Contrary to popular opinion, it is not actually a RAT 🐀 house. In German, rat = council. So a Rathaus is a city hall. 

This week, we had district rat with our mission leaders, the Menzels! This happens once a transfer (6 week period). We talk about our challenges, successes, etc together. It was great to get counsel from our mission leaders! 

Chocolate 
An ode to German chocolate:
It really is as good as they say. I'm undeniably addicted. It is infinitely superior to American chocolate. I love the chocolate here, too much. It's a blessing and a curse. I can't stop. I just downed half a Rittersport, and I want the other half. I NEED the other half. They're already setting out the Christmas chocolates. Send help.

Spanish Ping Pong 
Our ward/congregation in Dresden is ⅓ Spanish speakers. Every Thursday, we have a class where we teach German. This week, we had SO MANY Spanish speakers at our class! We all went upstairs to the gym afterwards and played ping pong 🏓 🙌🫵I swear, I've never had more fun playing ping pong in my life. 

Random Church Building
Our church building is pretty big, but some things need to be organized/updated/thrown away. Here are some of the treasures I've found:
-feather
-boot (singular)
-one sip of soy sauce 
-stale muffin

Dresden Dynamos 
I think I've discovered what the local Fußball team is! The DRESDEN DYNAMOS! We ran into a lot of people wearing red dynamo scarves heading to a game. Go dynamos!?💥✊️this is only an inference though. Someone fact check me. 

War Update
It is heartbreaking to hear about the war in Israel. Especially being closer to everything that's happening. A lot of the people we talk with have connections, and one of our friends lost family. We recently got counsel from our mission leaders and the Church Security to avoid large groups (there have been demonstrations), be sensitive about our dialogue, and to not visit any Jewish historical sites. 

Plan of Salvation 
I got to help teach some friends about the Plan of Salvation yesterday. It was special for me to teach something I've known for my whole life, to someone else for the first time. I really do believe there IS life after death, that God is MERCIFUL, and this gives me hope even when bad/hard things happen! 

Tschau😘
Sister Hunsaker 





Creepy!


I agree!


Neustadt: the hipster cool downtown gangster side of Dresden 💥🤟

Pretty colors!

Latino ping pong night!!!



Austausch!




These oreo bars are yummier than a mug





We really like these Christmas cookies, too much.


Nudeln



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