Hello hello!
Well, the news this week is that I am feeling much much better this week. I did, unfortunately have to take it easy for the first few days of the week and so we didn´t have as much exciting stuff happen to us as normal. I just had to go to bed early at 8 every day, except it was weird- I couldn´t actually fall asleep until my companion got into her bed. I told her that after and she said, "That´s weird, we´re like an old married couple." I´m really glad to have been able to serve with her. I´ve learned so much about myself and I consider it a huge blessing.
Yes, that does mean that something happened this transfer. My companion is leaving to Cottbus and I, like the title of my e-mail, am moving up the corporate ladder (in the words of my District Leader). I am now senior companion. It totally shocked me when I heard it on the transfer call. I will be companions with Sister Noyes. I know nothing about her because she´s only been out 2 transfers, so I will be her second companion. That is so weird to me because I swear I was just getting my second companion, Sister Stewart. Now I´m someone else´s second companion. I´m quite nervous, but I have 2 ways of dealing with the nerves. A) I just don´t think about all the responsibilities I will have, all the things I will have to remember, and that I will have to be the better German speaker and B) Repeat in my mind that Heavenly Father wouldn´t give this to me if He knew I couldn´t handle it. D&C 6:36. I feel like it will be a time of totally trusting in the Lord, giving Him everything I have, and seeing His hand in the work and in my life. I think it will be the transfer that I will be clay and He will be molding me in any way he wants. I look forward to finding out what the Lord wants me to become.
The work in Rostock is going. I feel like it´s just like missionary work in any other city in the world. Lots of fallen out appointments, lots of doing doors, street contacting, and so on. But it also has its amazing investigators. Sadly, I can´t add anyone to the list of investigators I sent you. I hope we find more people to tell you about. We didn´t get to go to Bad Doberan this week because I was kind of week and when we go it´s an all day thing because it´s a little bit of a bahn ride (30 minutes. Not that bad, but we still stay out pretty much all day.)
When you talked to me when I flew out, someone let me use their cell phone for a few minutes then I called mom later in the day with a calling card. You can buy them in the MTC. I still have mine, but I don´t know if would still work for Jeff, so I´ll just let him get one. They´re like $5 at the MTC bookstore.
I´m glad Deej got the lightsaber. I hope he had a good laugh.
I always make notes about what I want to write about in my e-mail dad. It works! You should try it.
The animals at our house seem to be the topic of the e-mail! Is Hallie getting hair all over the couch? I can´t believe she´s coming upstairs more and that she is chasing Freckles and Peper. Silly cat. And silly Freckles rolling in poo.(Sommersprossen is how you say Freckles in German).
That´s awesome that Amazing Race is in Germany. When we´re in Berlin, I always see people with huge backpacks while we´re at the train station and I always say "I bet they´re on Amazing Race." (But I know they´re not because there´d be a camera crew.) I have seen some pretty crazy beards and hairstyles and clothes here. People here do NOT care to fit into the crowd. They do their own thing and don´t care what others think. There are quite a lot of people here with dreadlocks. That surprises me. I also don´t think I´ve seen people building gingerbread houses or yodeling. That must be a Southern Germany thing. Sister Kläy lives by the Alps in Switzerland and a member in our ward always says the yodelers are there. She disagrees, but one day I will go visit her and yodel in the Alps. It will be epic.
I miss harmonizing with ya´ll. I wonder if my next companion will be musical. I haven´t had any musical companions yet. I look forward to one day having a musical companionship and we can use music to share the gospel. It´s a dream I have.
I have never read Lion Witch and the Wardrobe. Actually maybe we did in 5th grade, but reading was a burden then, so I didn´t enjoy it. It´s crazy how much stuff I want to read now. I just want to read every German and English gospel book I can get my hands on. It is quite frustrating that I know I won´t be able to read all that I want in my lifetime. Maybe we can read when we go to Heaven. Mom, read and enjoy while you can. Also- I would really really love to read the part in President Monson´s biography about Germany. I feel like it´s silly if I´m here and don´t know about the church´s history here.
I can´t believe it´s been a year since I got my mission call either and that others are coming on missions too. I´m so excited for all my friends (and brother) to be doing the best thing ever!
We didn´t ever see the homeless guy again. We couldn´t get any contact info for him because... well... he´s homeless. Maybe one day he´ll get a home and find the missionaries again and remember the good deed we did and give the missionaries an ear. We never know the seed we can plant with a simple act of service.
When Sister Risenmay was here we were able to walk around for maybe about an hour. She was able to see the harbor (kind of. It was at night). And yeah. That´s about all that we got to do together outside. She got a lot of reading done though. We were together for half of Tuesday, all of Wednesday, and half of Thursday. She is from San Antonio Texas. Sister Kläy´s next companion is also from San Antonio Texas. Who knows, maybe my new comp will be from Dallas. I know nothing about her.
I´m glad you were able to be a good example, mom. Who knows, maybe your question will make her reflect on what´s important. Thank you for your testimony. I love to hear it. I also am so grateful for the Lord´s sacrifice for me and for all of us here on the earth. It brings hope that we can be together as families forever, that we can overcome death and be resurrected and that we can overcome sin and live with our loving Father in Heaven again. We just have to obey His commandments. It´s such a simple system and our part is so small compared to the blessings that will come our way. I love Heavenly Father and that He knew I would make mistakes so He sent His Son for us. I know Jesus Christ is our Redeemer. I get to tell people that daily. I don´t think there is anything in life that could be better than what I get to do right now. I love you family! Keep being amazing!
Love, Sister Niebergall
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