What's up.
End of the transfer. We're getting close to Christmas I'm sure y'all
are excited.
bunch of little things this week so my email may not totally make sense.
If you're on a mission and somebody suggests half an area be shut down
be sure to slap them across the face and say "Elder Fuller hat gesagt
Nein!" They'll have no idea what that means and will probably be upset
about the pain on their face BUT you gotta think of the people who's
area you're closing. (though I understand it's necessary at times,
it's frustrating.)
Since we got swapped districts last week we're meeting a bunch more
missionaries,
although it's still just the two of us most of the time.
Most people are from Utah (it's like Utah is full of Mormons or
something) some are from elsewhere, some from Britain some from Texas
others from Arizona or born here in Germany. Mostly Utah though.
ON ANOTHER NOTE. Learning a language is pretty easy when that's all
you hear most days. Even though German is a super weird language it's
not that hard. I'll spend two years with it then I'll have to re-learn
English.
We go into Frankfurt a lot and a lot of people will start speaking in
American English, I'm usually genuinely surprised to hear it. The
other missionaries are pretty much the only people I talk to in
English so it was odd. In Offenbach most people can speak a lot of
English but it's clear it's not their first language. A lot of the
members can speak fluently though.
Since last week we have gone from teaching 2 people to 7. two of which
are a couple, Daniel and Nika. The other Elders were teaching them
before. Daniel is a native German who has a fascination with America
and Nika is from St. Petersburg in Russia. She really like that I
named my dog Maula (as in the Russian word for 'little' мальчике) also
it turns out Bailey (my other dogs name) is also very close to a
Russian word белье. Nika wants us to help her learn some English, and
hopefully she can help me remember the Russian I learned. Daniel is so
interested in the gospel it's amazing and he has a baptismal date in
January. I love these two and am excited to meet with them more.
Btw if the Russian words aren't correct please don't smite me. I've
got too much German in my head to be sure about Russian anymore haha.
For Pday we went back to Frankfurt cuz I wanted to buy some
gymnastisch rings and Elder Davis wanted to buy some gifts for his
family before he goes home in a few months. Turns out the rings were
"display only" so I'll have to look elsewhere. But we spent the day
running back and fourth through the Frankfurt Weihnachtsmarkt (I'll
have pictures eventually) and trying some different foods. And Elder
Davis bought a Rauchen Man and some ornaments to send home.
But that's pretty much it.
Hope y'all have a wonderful Christmas
-Elder Fuller
Here be some pictures.
Standing outside the Offenbach Gemeindehaus, it's a pretty nice chapel
I got a new scarf (first of many)
I sent this picture to someone last week, I thought I'd share it with everyone.
it's a bunch of Christmas light reindeer jumping through a mall in
Frankfurt. I should mention that mall is massive, about 7 floors with
weird architecture.
Davis and I got our hair cut by some Turks today. Nice guys
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