WE DONE GETTIN' IPADS (week 62)

This week was pretty crazy and a lot more eventful than last week (sorry for how boring my email was, I'll try to make it up to you...)!

We're getting ipads!! Actually, we should have gotten them on Friday, but there was something up with the shipment so we have to wait. Considering all the things we will be able to do (including knowing what the weather will like—SO NICE), I honestly don't know how we've been getting along without them for this long. We'll be getting the actual ipads in the next few weeks and then a few weeks after that we'll be able to use Facebook to post spiritual things and keep in contact with members and investigators to further the work. I could probably cry because I'm so excited!!!!! I wish I had more time to use it on my mission but I'm just glad I get to experience it at all. Our mission was the first European mission to have them introduced to and we were all pumped and excited and we still have to wait who knows how long to get them, haha, it's actually kind of frustrating. Especially because my time on a mission is ticking... ah. I can't wait to get this going.

Other exciting things... Last Monday as we were coming home from emailing, an African guy came up to us and asked us for help to get to the tram stop so we walked him to the stop and got to talking about the church (naturally :)). Turns out he has a Book of Mormon and had read in it and knew that it was a record of Christ's dealings with the people in the Americas... Don't know if you could just stumble onto someone so informed like that! We got his number and he's called us and wants to keep in contact and meet when he has time! We also had another cool African experience this week when we were going through the area book to find people we could contact and see if they had anymore interest. Well we made an appointment out with a guy named "K" and met him at the church and we brought a joint teach. We had a super good lesson and basically just told him why we meet and how it can benefit him if he puts his effort in and all of this good stuff. It was great because he talked enough but not too much (which can be a really big problem). And the best part is is that he's completely normal! Don't get me wrong, everyone we meet is great and awesome but sometimes they're just...different. But "K" is just plain cool. He's Muslim but loves Christ and wants to strengthen his faith. The Spirit was definitely there.

So every week we volunteer our services at the local Catholic church sponsored soup kitchen. We work with this nun and another guy to serve the people food and then clean the dishes and stuff. Well we just wash the dishes and make sure we're not stepping on the nun's toes cause sometimes she can be ornery. This week she had a doctor's appointment and somehow I found myself doing her job on food duty. Meaning I was basically taking people's orders, dishing up their food, and giving it back. It was pretty crazy. But I survived! We were having a really good time until the nun came back and we all scattered, haha, it was fun.

This week was another week of travel! We were in Berlin for this huge mission conference about the ipads and we got to see everyone in the whole mission! And Saturday and Sunday we were in Leipzig for stake conference. I can't adequately tell you how much I love Germany. This place is AMAZING and I never ever want to leave. I'm in love with all of the bakeries on every corner and how everyone walks around with an ice cream cone when the weather is nice and the little markets that they put up in the middle of town and how everyone rides bikes. I'm the luckiest not only to be here but to feel like I belong here. My heart will break when I leave. Guaranteed.

Hopefully that was a little better than last week. :)

I love being a missionary!! It's a good day to be doing the work of the Lord.

Sister Bianca Seamons

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