November 17, 2014
I met up with
Karen and Nathalie Mast (Karen is Katie's Dad's cousin. She married a Swiss she met on her mission in England and they have lived and raised their three girls in Switzerland) this week and I am so glad they made the effort to come see me. I thought it was important. We met in
Zurich. And, of
course, because Sister Oswald's family is like one of the most well-known to
the members in Switzerland, Karen actually knew her family. She recognized
Oswald right away. I always tell Sister Oswald she is a celebrity. She has
people she has never met bringing her treats to stake conference and stuff.
The fireside did go
well! Maybe not as well as I know some of the other ones have been going but still great.I
don't know how much I have told you or how much you have seen about the
progress of musical firesides since Sister Siems, Sister Peacock, Sister Määttä
and me started this whole thing in March.
Check out this
website:
Two elders
have permission from president to develop these musical firesides as a part of
their missionary work. And now they both have contracts to work in Berlin after
this. Crazy. The St. Gallen Stake and especially the Winterthur Ward is all
over these firesides. All the missionaries say it was what most of stake
conference was about.
So yesterday at the fireside I sang
with my friend Salome, who is an amazing singer. This weekend is the scary one
that is in Luzern. I'm singing a harder song with Tabby who isn't as amazing
as Salome! More depends on me. Scary. But it has been worth it for the chance
to see Tabby all the time. She and Sara were in church again yesterday and she
started telling me during relief society about how I have made a big difference
for her. Really sweet. Really crazy, but really sweet.
There's a picture
of Salome and me as well as me with my sweet Sister Weibel from Schaffhausen... who isn't actually from Schaffhausen just assigned there because her husband is
the branch president. She told me she cries every time she hears me sing. That
would have been the fourth time she has heard me because of the two times in
church and the two musical firesides so far.
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Want to know
something cool? We have been inviting less actives/inactives (actually I don't
always differentiate between the two so if I say someone is inactive or less
active they could be either) to the musical fireside and we went to this sweet
couple who comes every once in a while (I had seen them once at church since I
have been in Luzern) and only the husband was home and he thought it was such a
shame that he couldn't invite us in (Sister missionaries don't go inside when there is only a male in the home) and then he said that they would come to
church on Sunday and we could make an appointment then. And they did come! But
we didn't get to make an appointment because we needed to make it with her and
she was always talking to someone. They have great relationships with many ward
members. But today we are here doing emails at the church and they are here
cleaning the church! The wife told me that her husband noticed yesterday when
they were here that no one had signed up to clean the church and he asked if
they could do it. (Although the church has regional employees who take care of major repairs, but church members sign up to clean the church building weekly). And she didn't have work today so they did! So nice of the two
of them to come and clean the church. And now we were able to talk and now we
have an appointment. And I know they will be blessed for their service.
I did get my
package. Mommy you know that cool picture you made me with my name tag in it? If
there is ever a picture of Sister Oswald's name tag alone on dropbox, maybe you
could make one for her like you made for me. I think she would like it.
I want to do
crossfit when I get back. Any chance of that? That can replace gymnastics and I
can do pilates and yoga still. :)
I want pictures of
the puppy. Boy or girl?
P.S.
I like that Connor called you! That makes me feel like Connor and Hayden and his
friend Brooke would like to be friends with me. Too bad it's so far away. Tell
them I say thanks. And call Jackie! She hasn't responded. If there's a spot in
her ward that doesn't smell like Slab Pizza I want it. That apartment complex
is kinda ghetto but it's way close to campus and I'll probably be at home kind
of a lot . .
Well
I love you. Sorry my emails are kinda lame. I love being a missionary. I love
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The end.
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