Rollercoaster (week 11)

First things first. We had exchanges this week. Sister Lartey came here while my comp went to Hannover. So basically that translates to: I was in charge of Hildesheim for a day. And I was terrified. We dropped of a BM to our Muslim contact, showing up just as he got home, then had an appointment with a less-active member (which ended up being a party haha two other member families came over too), then had an appointment with "K L S". One of the members called us and I had to have a conversation with her on the phone... It's hard enough for me to understand Germans period but Germans on the phone... geht nicht [doesn't work]. Wednesday morning we took a train back to Hannover, where Sister Lartey realized that she left all her stuff on the train, which we watched pull away. Great ending to our exchange, haha. It was so nice to have my companion back, haha, things run smoother when she's here. I'm glad that's over.

I'll be honest with you and say that the back end of this week stunk. I dunno what it was exactly but my companion and I were just not on the same page. When that happens then everything else basically falls apart. It was rough. Hopefully things are looking up for this week.

 I think Thursday this past week is worth mentioning. We did our normal study in the morning before heading to an eating appointment with a part-member family and "K L S". We wanted to leave early so we could find his apartment, but ended up getting lost and being late to our appointment, which took much longer than we were expecting. As we got ready to leave after two and a half hours, it starts just pouring. Pouring. But we had a meeting at the church that we needed to be at, so we had to go. On the way there we got so lost and it took the longest time to get to the church and my legs were so shot and I thought I would die. When we showed up we were absolutely soaked to the bone and we had to sit in a meeting looking like classic hobos, haha, it was actually pretty funny afterwards. Right after we had to hurry to an appointment with a contact. The Spirit was really strong, and she even cried when I said the closing prayer. I'm really excited about this one. After that, we hurried to our next appointment with a less-active, where she really opened up and invited us back next week. Since it was a holiday and everything was closed, we got food from a new Döner place. One of the best things I've ever eaten. We came home and flopped on the floor like dead fish.

My first transfer has come and gone. Elder Roberts is heading to Eberswalde and he's stepping down as district leader. Our new DL is Elder Loitz in Celle. Elder Bone is going to be training, which means there'll be two brand new missionaries here in Hildesheim. Thankfully I won't be called on anymore to say all the prayers, haha.

Not much else for this week. I hope everything's going well for everyone! Happy birthday Dex! See you guys in less than a week! I'm happy and I'm learning a lot and German is coming. Alles klar. Be good everyone!

Stay tuned,
Sister Seamons

Elders Weakley and Loitz (Celle),
 Elder Roberts (DL), Elders Atkinson and
Rasband (Hannover, ZLs), and Elder Bone.
Last district meeting with Elder Roberts.

We found a park with a trampoline...

A big plate of spaghetti...ice cream. I'm in heaven.

Eating appointment with the "R's"
on Elder Roberts last Sunday.
Sister "R" is one of our investigators and
her husband is a member.
"S" is the Elders' investigator.