Word (week 12)

For p-day last week, we went to the Marienberg castle in Nordstemmen with our district (except the zone leaders--they're too cool for us). It was our last day with Elder Roberts. Sad day. Early Tuesday morning we went to the train station with him and said our goodbyes before he headed off to Berlin. I'm gonna miss that guy. Because Elder Bone was also in Berlin picking up his golden, we taught the English class! It was way fun watching Germans try to speak my language, hahaha, I felt so justified.

We met with "L S" twice this week. Both were memorable. For the first, he brought me this "mystery tea" to drink to get rid of back pain, because ONE time I told him that SOMETIMES my back hurts. He told me to drink all of it right then. Uhhhhh. My companion saved my life and took him into the kitchen for a sec so I took the tiniest sip of it and my lips and mouth started to burn and I said to myself, "Yeah, this isn't going down," so I ran to the bathroom and poured it out, haha, he had no idea. The second encounter with "L S" this week involved a six course, authentic Cambodian meal. Six courses of death. One thing I cannot do is force myself to eat something I don't like. Needless to say, I had to force myself to eat a lot of things I didn't like. It didn't help that:

1. We had already stuffed ourselves on bakery goods,

2. Anders (our ward mission leader) kept making fun of the way I was eating the whole meal and how I should eat more,

3. In Germany, you have to eat every bit of everything on your plate or else it's super impolite, and

4. "L S" kept piling more food on my plate.

I literally thought I would straight up keel over and die on the floor.

Anyway.

"L S" is actually one of my favorite people here. He's so so funny and he has horrible German and he calls us his "daughters" and how he would gladly adopt us and he is one of our progressing investigators. Baptismal date is next up on the menu. Stay tuned for that.

We got randomly kissed on the cheek by two old men in a matter of two days this week.

We did a lot of finding this week.

I started reading the Book of Mormon in German this past week, and I'll tell ya, my understanding of the German language has gone through the roof. I'm not sure how, but it's happening.

I want you all to know about the cool human who is my boyfriend who just got called as a trainer and district leader at ten months in his mission. You all are welcome to be jealous of my good fortune. [Ed. note: funny girl.] He's the best.

That's all for this week. The church is true.

Sister Seamons

Quote of the week:

We were playing ping pong as usual every Friday night at the church, and we were playing that game I don't know the name of where there's a bunch of people in a circle who take turns and whoever loses 3 points dies. So Hoang lost all his points and someone told him he was dead, and he responds with, "Ich bin Mormone. Ich bin unsterblich" (I am a Mormon. I am invincible).

Bomb district at Marienberg

Father and daughter (and the planner I made him)
for the last time...:(