Hi Everyone!!!
This week was a little different. So we had a new group of
missionaries come in and most of them are native German speakers who are
serving in Germany. Some of them are going to Berlin, some to
Frankfurt and some to Alpine. It has been quite the experience to be
more surrounded by German. I understand some of it and can have kind of
a conversation as long as we talk about the gospel. So needless to say
that I am excited to leave, however I am more scarred now that I know
how fast they speak and how little I understand. It is crazy to listen
to them and know that in just 7 days I am going to be surrounded by that
I and I won't understand a word. Then you try and speak to them, and
they get this smile on there face cuz you are totally slaughtering the language. They told me to get used to being laughed at. But they are
also really helpful. They will speak slowly to us if we ask and they
are always trying to help us understand. They have been coming in and speaking to us a lot too in German which really helps. They also sometimes will pray for us in German at night and they speak so fast.
But they are all really nice and really helpful. They have just given
me a sense of what to expect and I am a little scared. Especially since
we leave next week and we fly to München and then get on a train to the
mission home. While on the train we have to pass out a book of Mormon
or as many has we can. In German... So that is terrifying... But maybe
someone will take pity on the girl who can't speak any German and take
her strange book?? We will see I guess.
So tomorrow
we have another finding activity on the streets of Manchester, and
since I can't go we get to have an extra day in the temple again. I am
super excited. I love the temple so much. I don't know what I am going
to do when we don't get to go every week like we have been. So I plan
to enjoy it while I can.
So other than that noting exciting is going on.
The language is
coming. I am getting laughed at on a daily basis, but I am slowly
understanding more. I get told that my German is improving, who knows
if it really is. But I continue to see little miracles in my life
every day with the language and with how much I have grown here. It is
amazing what has happening in the past month, I can't imagine how much
more I will grow in the next months. I love you all so much!!! Miss
you tons! You are always in my thoughts and prayers.
Sister Poll
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