Freude

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 missionary friends again!

-Ted. Actually, this wasn't a joyful moment. I don't know why it's on the list. We have a grouchy neighbor downstairs that comes up frequently to tell us that we walk too loudly in the mornings. We are working on our levitation abilities. He rang the doorbell the other day, and Sister Olsen answered. They were already in heated discussion when I walked over, barefoot. Rookie mistake. He pointed at my feet: "AHA! A barefooter!! Where are your house shoes?!?!" I couldn't look him in the eye. 

~ Sister Olsen and I are working on a new handshake. Let's just say it's terribly, atrociously, bad. We spin at one point, like it's that bad. We were practicing at the bus station, and then after our grand spinning finale, we hear applause. A group of teenage boys in the apartment across the street watched the whole thing go down, and then proceeded to mock us. I will never live it down. 

But in short, I live by faith not fear, I try to uplift where I am, I laugh a LOT, I eat good food, and I teach about Christ. That is joy for me. 

See ya next week, apologies for the mediocre email!!!!

Sista Hunsaker 

Protecting the new Sister in Dresden from being "Schultzed." Basically, there's a guy who is obsessed with missionaries in the Leipzig stake, and he takes pictures with every missionary and posts them on his Facebook. He is also low key a stalker, but it's funny.