Scarf

November 27, 2023

Hello everyone! Welcome to another email! Yippee!

Peanut butter jars: 5

Vinter (pronounced German)

Winter has officially arrived in Dresden. It was all fun and games until this week. Luckily, I've already bought a winter jacket, but things were so chilly I found myself doing something unprecedented:

I wore a scarf.

And it changed my life.

Past Abby would have mocked scarf-wearers. But you guys: IT IS A GAMECHANGER!!! Those things actually work! I was so warm, it was like wearing a blanket all day. In fact, when I got back home, I didn't even take it off until I went to bed.

It has also started snowing here, and it is SOOOOOO pretty. Also incredibly treacherous, seeing as we run to catch the bus literally every day.

Español/Deutsch Class

This was comic relief for the week. Seeing as we have so many Spanish-speaking members in our ward/congregation, Hermano Juan has taken it upon himself to teach Spanish to the Germans.

This week, here is who attended: me, Sister Olsen, Juan, and Rosi Fuchs. Now, Rosi Fuchs is a character. I have no other words to describe her. I don't feel like words can do her justice.

It was a privilege to be in that class for an hour. Here is a small collection of everything that went down:

- " Yo vivo en the United Kingdom of the USA."

- " Rosi, do you know the song?" as 50 year old Juan starts singing Despacito to us.

- picture a Latino agressively rolling his r's

- picture an old German lady agressively making the "ch" sound in the back of her throat

- picture a Latino and a German yelling at each other over pronunciation of Spanish v's and b's

- picture Sister Hunsaker sitting there, understanding exactly what the problem was, but not speaking either language well enough to de-escalate tensions.

Luis and Yovanni

These guys are the coolest ever, for real. Luis and Yovanni were baptized a few weeks ago, and they are such a strength to the community here in Dresden!

When a someone is baptized, we as missionaries continue to meet with them afterwards to help make sure they understand everything and to support them more in their journey of faith.

So, we met with Luis and Yovanni this week to talk about the Book of Mormon and the Bible and how important it is to study the scriptures regularly.

We asked Luis what he remembered about the Book of Mormon, and this was his answer:

"Well, it all started with the Tower of Babel. There was this group of people that was led out of Jerusalem, the Jaredites I think?" and he proceeded to outline the whole Book of Mormon. Cool!!!

(For those of you unfamiliar with the Book of Mormon, in essence his response showed a deep understanding of the book!)

Christa Kutter

For everyone who is asking how German is going, here's a fun little anecdote:

Me: sitting on the couch, listening to an 86 year old German lady talking. Headache, fighting to keep my eyelids open.

Christa: "naja, bla bla hmm ja, ICH WEIß ALLES UND ICH BRAUCHE EUCH NICHT."

*roughly translates to "I know everything and I don't really need you guys."

Me: oh. I thought we were having a nice discussion about Jesus, dang.

That's All

Tricked you! Here is my spiritual thought for the week:

1. Go listen to the song "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel." It is one of my very favorite Christmas songs.

It is my favorite because it is a little haunting. It teaches me a lot about Jesus Christ. Jesus is someone who understands us. He understands the darkness because He's lived it. Everything that you have ever felt, Jesus has felt too. And because of that, He can bring light to your darkness. I can bear witness of that.

NOW that's all. Have a wonderful week!

Con amor,

Sister Hunsaker

ps. Please write me about all the drama in your lives, I am itching for some gossip and want to know how you all are! I hope you all are doing well!