HAH! Surprised? Look who is emailing first thing Monday morning.
That would be me. I bet you all won't even check your emails until Wednesday or
something either. P Days are getting back on track, and right after this we're
checking out the Haribo Factory, and a castle in Königswinter. Not to rub it in
or anything.
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Hahaha. I probably
should start watching my cholesterol with Cheerios, now that I'm over the hill
with that 19th birthday. Have the wheelchair ready when I get back. But yes,
Tiana is keeping me happy and motivated. She rewards me with a PEZ every time
we study hard. I am now determined to collect the entire Disney Princess
collection, hint hint, so judge me all you want. We haven't been out to eat
yet, but that will come soon!
Martin is indeed still on for this weekend, and he is more
stoked than we are, which is very hard to do! We meet with him every Wednesday
and Saturday at Mickey D's in Köln (no, that doesn't mean we eat there every time
too, I'm not massive) when he has his breaks from work, and we'll meet with him
this Wednesday to cover the last few commandments and figure out the program!
He has been the most simple, easy going person to teach in the world, and I
think I've really been spoiled these last two cycles and am kinda scared for
the future, not gonna lie! Haha so I will let you all know how it goes, and it
should just be amazing.
Martin's baptism does just add to the crazy
shejule, as Dad would say. This weekend is Martin's interview, his baptism,
then on Sunday is the first ever sacrament meeting IN Euskirchen for just one
hour in a member's home, but also Martin's confirmation in the Bonn ward an
hour away! So it's a little hectic, and we obviously don't want to miss either
one, but these are very good problems to have, if I do say so myself. Euskirchen is getting ready for the split into
a branch, and that would just make the success here skyrocket. We could not be
possibly more pumped, and are hoping we stick one more cycle together here
before one or both of us get transferred, but we'll find out Saturday morning!
On Friday we had a "power split" in
Euskirchen with the two elders from Köln, and we just had some blank, white
time in our planners, which means one thing: finding. Yikes. Everyone's
favorite, But when you get four Elders together like the four we had, we take
President's challenge seriously and get our thinking caps on. After a little
brainstorming, we came up with the "Putz-Polizei" (the cleaning
police) and strapped up. On a huge whiteboard we wrote "Putz Polizei"
with all of our offered services, free of charge of course, and carried brooms,
mops, dustpans, and a vacuum with us as we doored our neighborhood. Two ladies
almost died of laughter when they came to the door, and told us they had
already cleaned this week, but we could definitely come back next week, and one
lady thought we were really affiliated with the police and only peeked out a
crack in her door until she realized who we were. But the best of all was our
next door neighbor across the hall in our apartment building was laughing so
hard that she invited us over for coffee this week whenever we want. We'll pass
on the coffee, but you KNOW we'll definitely be going over. Successful split in
Euskirchen: check. I was also in Duisberg (just wait til you see the picture),
Aachen, Düsseldorf, and Solingen this cycle. Splits may be the death of me, but
I'm definitely getting my money's worth out of Germany!
I would also just like to tell you that we just received the
news that this summer in Germany has been and will be the coldest summer in
Germany since 1816. Oh joy. Isn't that when woolly mammoths walked the earth?
So enjoy your sunshine you little jerks, cause there's none here… only in our
hearts. :) Yuck.
We gotta run meet our district at Bonn Hauptbahnhof, but I
just want to let you all know how grateful I am for everything you have ever
done for me. All of you have had such an influence on me that has shown me how
happy families are supposed to be, and what they can be, and because of that
example and knowledge, I can help people find that same happiness out here in
Euskirchen, Germany. I always mean to bear my testimony in German, but
sometimes I can't describe how grateful I am well enough in another language.
Ich liebe mein Erlöser, Jesus Christus, und alles das er für mich getan hat. Er lebt heute, und leibt uns immer noch, und möchtet dass wir zu ihm kommen. Es gibt nur glück wann wir näher zu ihm kommen, also warum warten wir jetzt? Wir bekommen ein neues tag, jeden tag, näher zu ihm zu kommen, und wir sollen es nutzen während wir es noch haben. Ich habe euch lieb, und eine schöne woche noch bis nächstes mal! Bleib glück und lacheln! (
Ich liebe mein Erlöser, Jesus Christus, und alles das er für mich getan hat. Er lebt heute, und leibt uns immer noch, und möchtet dass wir zu ihm kommen. Es gibt nur glück wann wir näher zu ihm kommen, also warum warten wir jetzt? Wir bekommen ein neues tag, jeden tag, näher zu ihm zu kommen, und wir sollen es nutzen während wir es noch haben. Ich habe euch lieb, und eine schöne woche noch bis nächstes mal! Bleib glück und lacheln! (
- Euer lieblings, Elder McGinn
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| Syd, that Grandma disguise of yours isn't fooling me. |
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| The birthday boy doing is thang. Yes, the sisters here in Bonn baked me this cake and rode a whole hour to bring it to me and sing me "Happy Birthday"! |
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| Check it out...the boys and their wahrheit, all three languages in my apartment! (Don't worry Pa, this email is in your language so don't feel bad) |
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