August 10,
2015
It has rained pretty much every day since I have been here in
the Bad Bentheim area and it is really cool.
To get to my new area, I traveled by train. We are allowed to
travel alone on the trains but we have to have someone waiting at the train
station when we arrive or we have to change trains or something. I went through
Chemnitz, Leipzig, and Hannover before I arrived in Osnabrück and then my
companion and I drove from Onsabrück to our apartment (mom note: according do
Google maps, this is about an 8 hour train ride).
My companion is Elder Rosenvall and
he is from Magna, Utah. I think he is
been out a little over a year on his mission.
Before his mission, he did a year of school at a community college in
Salt Lake City. He and I seem to get
along pretty well. He is a good
missionary and he is actually the District leader so I get to hear the calls
every night that he has to make to the other missionaries.
We actually live in a place called Rheine which is a half
hour away from Bad Bentheim. We live in the nicest apartment that I have had on
my mission so far and the shower is actually a good one!!! I am so happy!!!
The
other side of Germany is a night and day difference. The western part of
Germany is like America except that everything is in German. The German is
totally different, too, but it takes like a week to get adjusted to the accent
I think and then everything will be okay.
We go to other towns all the time. In most of the German
wards, the ward boundaries actually cover a very large area (even several
cities) unless the missionaries are in Hamberg or Berlin or something like
that. Our area is very spread out and so
we get to use a car (Mom note: I'm sure Elder Fisher loves this!). The next is in
response to a question: The gas stations here are all self-service and thank
goodness because that would be really awkward if someone had to pump my gas for
me. My thought anyways.
The branch (a small group of church members) is about 25 active members and there are like 25
or so inactive families in the area so even if everyone was active we would
still have a smaller ward. Me and my companion are the only missionaries
assigned to this branch so that is fun, I guess so in answer to your question,
we don’t have any senior couples serving in this branch.
(Mom note: The town boundaries of Bad Bentheim are also the
boundaries between Germany and The Netherlands and we asked Elder Fisher if
they saw many Dutch people in their area)
We see Dutch people all the time and actually we have a Dutch family in
our ward here and he (the dad?) is pretty funny.
Scripture for the week is Luke 15:4-6: “What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if
he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and
go after that which is lost, until he find it?
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together
his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found
my sheep which was lost.”
Quote for the week "Stop It!" Dieter F. Uchtdorf. My mind is blank so this is the only thing I
could think of.
I haven't really been taken pictures this past week but I
promise that I will this week and try to send them. Love you and I hope you
have a good week and please keep me updated on what is going on in everyone's
lives. I promise
pictures next week.
Love you
lots,
Elder Fisher
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