I LOVE THIS TRANSFER

Servus!! First of all, I know that I need to repent for not emailing yesterday.....SORRY!!! We had a service project opportunity that we couldn't pass up, but it went a lot longer than planned. We had to split our Pday in two parts so we decided to email today after District Meeting.

Things in Ulm are going amazingly well and I absolutely am going to LOVE this transfer. Sister Dietz and I get along so well it's as if we'd known each other in the preexistence. I've never laughed so much ever and she really helps me try my spiritual wings and fly. I've learned so much from her in such a short time. It's great and I truly feel blessed to have her here loving the same people I love. It's incredible

Also, WE HAVE A NEW INVESTIGATOR!!!!!!!!! Finally, we've broken the Ulm curse. Karin Horn (the woman we'Ve been speaking English with for FLight Attendant school) accepted a Book of Mormon and her mother has already read it. We're so excited to get another appointment, this time with the whole family, and teach them. They are so ready for the gospel it's phenomenal. We showed up on WEd for our appointment Karin for Englisch, but she wasn'T there. Her mom came to the door and when she saw us, she grabbed hold of me and held on so tight for so long just to thank me for giving her the Book of Mormon. I can'T WAIT to talk to her again.

So, on SUnday I did\didn'T have a talk. Last week, I'd been given a topic for this week. I prepared all week long and had some good stuff prepared. Get to church, they announce the speakers..........I didn't have to speak. BUT, I learned a lot from the preparation. My talk was on the difference between Sin and Transgression. I've got one word to sum it all up - - - - Knowledge. Think about that for a minute and if I have time I'll go into a little bit of detail.

REally cool moment of the week....We had to buy next month's Monatskarten (monthly tickets for bus and train) for which we'D been given 2800€ CASH to pay for. We got to the desk and the asked for them. After filling out paperwork (and the desk clerk asking for a pass along card...also cool) they told us that it was going to cost 60€ more. PANIC HIT!!! I'm freaking out not knowing if I had enough cash. I scrounged around in my wallet for any cash coins anything to help out. Turns out.....I had EXACTLY 60€ in coins and a 20€ bill (since 1 and 2€ are coins not bills). I amazed even myself. Someone upstairs was really blessing me in that moment.

Relief Society activity on Saturday was also amazing. We filzed (felted) flowers. It was really fun and at first really hard but actually super easy. I'll send pics next week. Basically, we took unspun wool and layered it, then poured boiling water and soap on it, then rubbed like mad until it became felt. My flower is yellow with a pink marbled look (like my favorite roses). Pretty awesome. When we went to the Blaschtas for dinner SUnday, we felted some more (Sis Blaschta reminds me sooooooooo much of mom as far as loads of stuff, lots of crafts, etc) and SIs Dietz and I made rings. It's an awesome hobby and craft. Next week I'm hoping to learn how to knit (the GErman way which is faster than the America way I'm told). Sister BLaschta also gave us a 1000 piece puzzle yesterday which is totally aweome picture of superstitions by James Christensen. Check it out online, pretty amazing artwork. Sister Dietz and I play games every single night before going to bed. It's so great, but we're running out of games. Ligretto, Jenga, and TOss up are the only ones we have and it'S amazing. We're getting so good at them too.

SIster Dietz and I have hit the ground running and it is amazig work we've done. She and I are so much alike that it makes the work fun as well as spiritually uplifting. We started by making calls to all the Weniger Aktivs who, beside their name on the ward list missionaries had writing notes about not wanting contact from the church an<ymore. Sis Dietz and I have the same feelings about such ridiculous lists. If it doesn'T come from personal experience it doesn't count. So we called everyone. All of which said they wished for contact and one even said that she'D thought the church had forgotten about her. We'll be going by for a visit this week for sure. This new transfer of actually working has made me wonder what the missionaries in my home ward have as far as area books, investigators and weniger aktivs. I would love to take a peek into their planners and feel what I grew up knowing. I love missionary work.

It's gotten super super super cold this week. Back into boots, heavy scarves and hats.
Lots of Love from the city with a museum abut BREAD

Sister Chocolate