Hi everyone! Let me just take a minute and tell you about our P-day so far, really quick. It was going to be one of those nice mellow ones, and it still is, but this morning, we went to take our laundry out of the machine so we could hang it up and we were both standing there so we could take it over to the drying rack. Sister Mehr opened up the washing machine and it literally exploded all over us. We don't really know what happened, but it was done with the cycle for sure, it just didn't drain at all, so when we opened the little door, our washer literally puked water all over. I wish there was a video of it, because it was totally unexpected, but yeah, we gotta figure out our washing machine now. Well, we figured things out as best as we could for now and then left our apartment to go do groceries. We walked down the stairs and both looked at each other because we both realized that no one took the keys. We were locked out of our apartment...that is not the best feeling in the world. BUT we are clever Sister missionaries and we gave the spare key for our apartment to the Elders just this week, so they have already dropped off the key for us, but man that was a bit stressful. Fortunately, Sister Mehr and I are the kind of people who can laugh at ourselves when these things happen. We think that one day, our laughing will get hysterical and then turn into sobs, but we're fine. It's been an adventure of a day already for sure. Anywho, last p-day was really good. We took a beautiful drive into the mountains with a member, and then we went on a hike to this waterfall and IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! Needless to say, we got an abundance of pictures. It was super cool, so that was fun.
Aside from P-day stuff, life in Augsburg is going pretty well. We are focusing mainly on getting Sonja ready for her baptism. It's this Sunday after Church! And needless to say, we are thoroughly excited and nervous and stressed. She is great and has such a strong testimony. Sister Mehr and I just don't want to do anything wrong, I think that's inevitable though :) We have the baptism interview tonight. We have taught all of the lessons, and been over everything, so I think she's ready, but gosh, at this point we are just hoping and praying that everything goes smoothly. I think one of the many things I have gained out of working with Sonja is how important joint teaches are. It is vital to have a member at every lesson with you when you are teaching someone about the gospel, and sometimes, it is SO hard to coordinate schedules. Sister Mehr and I really wanted to do everything we could to get joint teaches though, so a few times we have come to the point where we were literally just going through the ward list seeing if anyone is available, and for some reason, Heavenly Father has ALWAYS given us the joint teach that is perfect for whatever lesson we are teaching. Either they have had experiences with what we are teaching them or they are really good at explaining what we can't, it has always been perfect. It's so amazing to see.
On Wednesday, we went to the funeral for the Stake President's son. All of the missionaries in our zone were there, so about 40 or 50 missionaries from all over Baveria. It was really cool that we could be there. There were so many people there, so we had to sit in an overflow room and watch it on a TV. There was the service at the church and then afterwards, we were all supposed to go to the burial and the cemetary and the missionaries were supposed to sing while people paid their respects. WELL after the service at the church, our Mission President came into the room where we were and told us that there is a train strike going on and that he doesn't really know how we are all going to get home. The funeral was about an hour and a half train ride from Augsburg, so we were kind of stuck. There were some trains going to Munich, but that wouldn't really do us any good because we needed to go farther than that. Not to mention, there were plenty of other missionaries there with the same problem. WELL, there happened to be a member of the Augsburg Ward there who happened to have just enough seats in his car for us and the Elders. It was a miracle for sure. He offered to take us back to Augsburg and it worked out really well. Let me tell you, Heavenly Father looks after His missionaries. It was so nice of that ward member to do that for us.
I have come to this conclusion that being a missionary is literally just trying to do nice things for people all the time. We want to bring people unto Christ and the best way to do that is to be like Christ. What did Christ do? He served and taught the people. That is what we as missionaries are told to do, so that's what I'm going to keep doing. It is such a wonderful thing to be a part of. I get to wear Christ's name over my heart and represent him every day. What an honor. It is easily the hardest thing I have ever done. I have never ever done anything as challenging as this, but I would not trade this experienc for anything.
I hope that you are all doing well. Make good choices!
Love,
Sister Smiley
Pictures: The first two are us on the hike last p-day, and the last one is me eating a giant piece of pizza on saturday (a member took us out)
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