Last Monday we went to Oktoberfest and that was to cool! It was the actual Oktoberfest in München. Sister Mehr and I wore our dirndls, so we looked the part. I have never seen so much trachten in my life. Trachten is the traditional Alpine clothing that people wear here and it was so cool. It was like a trachted fashion show. Sister Mehr and I were just walking around pointing at the dirndls we liked and stuff. There are some pretty crazy ones out there too. I got a pretzel the size of my head and it was so good! We mostly just walked around and watched people, but there were plenty of beer tents and rides. Gotta love Germany.
On Friday we had a lesson with an investigator and it was AMAZING!!! We were talking about tithing and fast offerings and I was so nervous for this one. This investigator has made a lot of changes in her life in the past month because she understands the truthfulness of this gospel and really wants to come closer to Christ. I was just nervous about telling her another thing she needed to change in her life. The thing though was that we had a joint teach who was PERFECT. We taught the lesson and it went really smoothly and our investigator was accepting it and understanding just fine, but at one point we asked our joint teach how being a full tithe payer has been a blessing in their life and they just did an amazing job of really explaining with the Spirit what tithing and fasting has done for them. It was so cool. The Spirit was really strong in that lesson and Sister Mehr and I were extremely glad to have that particular joint teach there. We were trying really hard to get a joint teach for that lesson and we just could not get ahold of anyone. This member was the only one who picked up their phone and after that lesson, we knew it was because they were the only one that could be there with us for that lesson. It was great. After that lesson, the joint teach invited us over to her house for dinner. Of course we said yes, and she drove us to her house. She comes from England and makes really good food. She taught us how to make a pumpkin pie from scratch and it turned out beautifully. We just had a really good time getting to know her and her family a bit better. AND we can make a mean pie now. Sister Mehr and I were really counting our blessings that day. 
This past weekend was General Conference and it was so great! Basically, as a missionary, you camp out at the church for the weekend and watch session after session, but we came prepared. We had lots of snacks and goodies. We got to watch Saturday and Sunday morning live and we watched a rebroadcast of Women's Conference and the Saturday afternoon session. We haven't seen the Sunday evening session, but I guess we will just wait for the General Conference edition of the Liahona to come out. Sister Mehr and I were the only ones there for the Women's conference, so we kind of took over the Relief Society room and spread out. It was a good time. Our investigator who we had just taught about tithing and fasting came to the Sunday morning session of conference and she said she was fasting with a question. Sister Mehr and I were so impressed. This investigator is awesome. After conference she just looked at me and said she got her answer. SHE'S GETTING BAPTIZED ON OKTOBER 26th!!!!! Sister Mehr and I basically just wanted to sit down and start crying. We have about 3 weeks-ish and are so excited to help her get ready for this awesome step she's about to make.
It's been a good week. Doing this work and helping bring others come unto Christ is such and honor. I love being here and I love being a missionary. This is hands down the hardest thing I have ever done, but it is easily the most amazing thing I have ever done.
I hope you are all doing well and making good choices!Love,
Sister Smiley
Pictures: Us at Women's Conference, on a train ride home one evening, us at oktoberfes
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