Mon - We traveled to Vienna to pick up Sis Funk's Visa and spent the day bumming around the Christmas Markets there. Tues - District Meeting in Graz...nothing to report.
Fri - To Graz for a play the ward was putting on. We rode down with Sis Bein. It was really fun! (Sis Downs and Sis Alder...we even saw the Frühaufs being lovey dovey...ON STAGE)
Sat - Austausch in Vienna with the Sisters. I was with Sis Chapple and Sis Funk worked with Sis Anderson. All we did, was go by on random investigators and inactives to invite them to the Thanksgiving party that night. THEN, we went to the party. EVERYONE was there!! It was awesome to see all the members again, especially since I didn't get to say goodbye to them since I left after General Conference weekend. The program was based around the 1st Missionary Lesson...The Restoration. Each organization was given a point and they then did a song that went with it. On the way, I called MT Brittinger (Ron and Sydna's friend) and she came. Everyone was so excited to see me and even hid my coat so we couldn't leave. It broke my heart when we couldn't stay till the end because of our train, and had to sneak out in the middle.
On that train ride home, we were checked by the police on board. They came around, undercover, and asked for passports. The policeman hung on to mine and called his colleague over. She had a computer and he spouted off my passport number to her for her to do a check on me. It seemed to take forever until the computer beeped. Not that I was afraid of something coming up, we just had no idea why or what they were doing that for when we handed them our Austria Visas too. One of the people in our compartment didn't have any papers and was dragged out. When we got to the next station (2 hrs later) they were taken off the train. Something had happened in the car behind us and the ambulance was called. Apparently some guy didn't have papers and so he did something to himself (to where they did CPR and needed a defibrilator) so they would take him to the hospital and not deported. I am grateful I come from a land where we can travel as we please with legal documents easily obtained and can feel safe. It was pretty intense!! We stood on the train by the door waiting for our stop (it was in Bruck and we needed Leoben..5 min later) and could see into the car where the EMT were working on the guy on the floor. It was 9:20pm when we stopped and 10:35pm when the train finally left Bruck (we got home late). Pretty exciting stuff for boring missionary work. Sun - we'd been waiting for President to call us and explain what would happen to Sis Funk when I leave...he hadn't called so she called him. She is going back to Vienna to work with Sis Anderson and Sis Chapple for the rest of the transfer. (Yes, Sis Downs, no missionaries in Bruck for awhile). Pres might send her back here as soon as he can get some sisters. We#ll see!!
Mom, am trying to find Hippoes...the ones I sent in Sept are the only kind. Are you sure they weren't called something else.
Dad - those are MILKA chocolate, not Mikita! And check check...got some
Well, that's about it for now. No exciting questions I need answered that I can't wait to have personally answered.
Wednesday to München all by myself
Thurs on plane..don't know when
10/4...over and out
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Alles Liebe SISTER CHOCOLATE
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