Saying goodbye to Vienna was pretty hard. I was only there for one transfer, but the people there were family. On my last P-day, some ward members took us and the Elders to a restuarant accross the opera house in the city underneath the Albertina Museum. We had schnitzel and potatoes and salad. It was a super Austrian meal. It was the husband`s birthday, so that is why they had it, but it was so nice of them to invite us. For dessert we had Sacher Torte of course and it came from the Sacher Hotel, so it was the original Sacher. It was pretty magical.
On Tuesday, I taught English class for my last time and that was just depressing, because I loved teaching English at the YSA center in the middle of Vienna, but it was really good. The Mongolian lady I taught gave me her email address and wanted to keep in touch, so I will be emailing her for sure. She is the sweetest thing in the world.
After a lot of packing and goodbyes, I finally got on the train on Thursday morning. It was just me and two Elders leaving Vienna, so that was interesting because they were technically my companions for the two and a half hour train ride to Salzburg. Fortunately, they could help me with my suitcases, so that was good. The train we were on was a Harry Potter style one with compartments and everything. It was me, a red head, and an Elder with dark brown hair, so we were basically reinacting Harry Potter. It was fun. One interesting thing, is that they both figured that this train ride was the perfect time to start pouring out their hearts about all of their girl troubles from home. For some reason, they thought I could help. I don't know anything really, but it was interesting. I don't think I will ever understand Elders, but it was kind of funny. Well anyways, we got to Salzburg and I got to see Sister Powell for a few minutes. It was so good to see her and catch up with her. This is her last transfer, so she is at the tail end of her mission. She's a beast.
Anywho, after another two and a half hour train ride, I got to Munich where I met Sister Mehr. She is so cool! We get along really well. She comes from South Jordan Utah, this is her second transfer in the field, so I am training her for the last half of the training program, and she is just great. She was at BYU for a year before coming on her mission so we get to talk about BYU together too, which is fun. We are both fairly new at this whole thing, so we are figuring life out here in Augsburg together. It's been an adventure for sure. We are working really hard to get the ward on our side. The thing is, this ward has had really experienced missionaries for a long time now, and they loved them a lot, so we are trying to get them to hopefully like us even though we don't exactly know what we are doing all the time. Yesterday, I was praying throughout church that we would leave with at least one eating appointment that week. Well miracles happen and we did manage to get one eating appointment this week which I am super excited about. It may sound bad, but eating appointments are really the best way for us to get to know members. We cannot do this work if the members are not on our team, so the better we can get to know them, the better we can do this work. I believe in us, I think we can do it.
So yeah, that's my life lately. A lot of packing and unpacking, but that is just part of the adventure. You just have to keep moving and do what you know you're supposed to. I hope everyone is doing well. Keep making good choices.
Love,
Sister Smiley
Pictures:
Sister Mehr and I about to eat a dönner box after trying to find our way around Augsburg all day (don't make fun of my hair, it happens sometimes), me and the Huy's at Brother Huy's birthday party, us on P-day last week. We went to the Belvedere with one of our investigators (the Belvedere is the summer palace in Vienna).
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