Hey Mom!
Thanks for forwarding Dad's talk, I haven't quite finished it yet, the e-mail place upped their price from 50 cents an hour to €2. Lame. So, I am printing it and reading it later, but the beginning part is already making me laugh. So Daniel is in the MTC? I mean "Elder Oversby"...! I should write him a letter. He is such a wonderful person! He will make a wonderful missionary.
What are you going to Utah for? Say hi to all the missionaries families here. Just kidding. Some people aren't from Utah.
Wow, I can't wait to hold Audrey and be the bestest Auntie Em ever. I got your letters last Tuesday and they were wonderful. I was slightly jealous that the whole family was together except for me. And you all went to the beach and ate lots of food, all things that I can't do. Haha. Seriously, what is dinner like? I have forgotten because we don't have a dinner break here. We have a two hour break for lunch and then the rest of the night is just work work work.

This past week was CRAZY busy. It just makes my head spin. On Tuesday, we taught a 19 year old boy Johannes who is trying to figure out first of all if he has faith, and secondly why it is so important. He is praying about our message and reading das Buch Mormon (big commitments that people really struggle to do). Then, we taught an inactive member who is trying to rebuild his faith and relive the commandments. He has a fear of social situations so he has a hard time coming to church--imagine if it was more than 15 people at church...
Then, we had Englisch Klasse in which we got a new student! I was so excited! We worked on the past tense and made sentences with prepositions. It is harder than ILP because I don't have the resources, but it is still fun.
Then we taught an old investigator named Helga who is like 65 years old and unwilling to change. She doesn't want to be converted or rebaptized. She came to church on Sunday but afterwards basically "Tschuss-ed" us, a German and English word meaning she said goodbye and doesn't want contact with the church.
On Wednesday, we had a Strassenausstellung (street display) in which I talked to a man for about a half an hour by myself! And, I got contact information and everything! One thing at a time is what I keep telling myself!
Then we taught a man named Godfried who is from Togo (next to Ghana, Africa) and his family now lives in France. This is the third time we've taught him and he said the opening prayer in which he SANG! It was the most beautiful prayer I have ever witnessed. He cried during the film, "The Restoration" and he is going to pray to know if our message is true. Too bad he'll be on vacation until the day after this transfer is over. Who knows who will be here when that day comes.
Thursday is our day in Stralsund in which we spend a lot of time on the train. Sadly, our first appointment with Herr Beitter (I think I told you about him--the man who got hit by a train and now has only one leg and is really excited about the Resurrection) fell out. But, we sat in his nice cool doorway and made like a ba-jillion phone calls.
Then, we went to Frau Pahl--the lady who is like 70 and doesn't want to get baptized because she doesn't want to go without her sister and has been investigating the church for ten years and always stuffs us with cake. This time, she had a broken wrist so we ate a carton of eis-ice cream, luckily they are smaller here. Sister Shallenberger cleaned her nails and then we read from das Buch Mormon. Then, we went to our next appointment with an inactive lady who does drugs and she wouldn't answer the door. The klingel on the outside of the apartment was broken and we called a lot and she never answered, but we could SEE her! I am so sad about that.
Friday morning we went to Wolgast and had an appointment with a 24-year-old guy named Jan. He insisted that he was atheist even though he believes in God. He is searching for the true church, but if he finds it, he still won't join or go to church. We have an appointment with him on Friday morning and we'll see what happens from there. Then we went to Khurshid "the Dönerman." He owns a little shop and is from Khazakstan and I am not sure if he is going to be an investigator or not. He is very Muslim and always says that we are there to, "discuss informations." He was so overjoyed that we brought him a Book of Mormon in Urdu though. He is going to pray about our message and we'll see what happens from there. My trainer said that my teaching was really good for both of those lessons and my heart skipped a few beats! Yeah, good teaching!
Next, we went back to Greifswald and taught Frau Brauer--the lady who was a member of the church, then took her records out because someone made fun of her and wore the wrong skirt. She said she would forgive the lady if the lady came over and apologized! We are making progress--and she prayed with us! She never does and at the end she prayed for the Obamas. I thought you'd like that. Then, we went to the Senior Missionaries apartment and had a lesson with a man named Baburam from Nepal. I actually taught him a first (lesson), my first week here and he gave a closing prayer and cried--did I tell you about that? Well, this time he brought his wife and we retaught a first because it had been so long and they were very touched during the teaching and the wife cried twice.
Saturday, we had planning in which I fell asleep... Whoops. I'm tired! Can you tell why?! Then, we had two appointments and they both fell out, but we picked up Sandy from the train station, she was out of the hospital! We talked to her and recommitted her to baptism and it was supposed to be yesterday, but that was a little short notice so we moved it to Tuesday. Hopefully it will work out, but she went to the hospital again yesterday. She is so ready to get baptized and really wants to. I should send you pictures of her!
Then, Sunday, we had FOUR investigators at church which was so hectic. We had to bike to pick up fourteen year old Maria, then the Elders went and got Helga and walked her to church, Elder Johnson (senior missionary) picked up Sandy, and Baburam's wife came to church before she goes back to Nepal on Friday. It was crazy, then we organize where everyone sits and make sure the right people have interpreters and someone to sit next to (so they feel comfortable and welcome).
Later, we took a train to the Wolgast church, walked there and were sweating like crazy when we got there two minutes late. Then, Sister Shallenberger and I sang a song during sacrament. After church a family asked us if we had any appointments and we didn't (there was supposed to be a baptism), so they had us over for an eating appointment. Then, we got back to Greifswald at 8:10 in time for Pow-Wow with the Johnsons and discuss numbers and investigators and eat really awesome grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.
So, that was my week and now my fingers hurt.

If you send a package, you can send it to my apartment, otherwise I won't get it until Zone Conference and that is like the 18th of September. German Post is really good and if it was a package they would ring the doorbell and I would go downstairs and get it. Can I request a few things? Like taco seasoning? Mmmm. Makes me hungry just thinking about it. PS Nana's seasoning is such a big hit here. It is the best thing ever. And Reese's? And, maybe jeans. I don't know which is the best way to get another pair of pants, if I buy them or if you send them, which is cheaper?

I tried to call Well's Fargo, but this is SO complicated to do here. We really tried to figure it out, but I don't know how to get a hold of an operator and neither do the Germans. So, if Dad does that it would be great. Well, I used my comp's phone card and it said it had 15 minutes and after about 4 minutes it hung up on me. I did get enough information that no matter what they have to cancel my card and send me a new one because I can't go to the bank personally with my card. He might as well reactivate my credit card. The money thing is not as much of a problem anymore, but I will need it when the winter comes and I have no jacket or boots. At least I have a few months. And the "bike tax" hasn't been taken out of my account yet. I don't think.
Oh, and I saw a deer yesterday! Yipee! They are small. And, I don't think I usually see them because my eyes suck. Oh, well.
Jace is going to be a doctor! Okay, I have a plan. Christian can be in charge of the business aspect of the hospital, Jace will be the doctor, Katie will be the PR rep, Joseph will do the web-site, Jimmy will be the graphic designer, and I will be the nurse! Deal? Deal. I am so game.
Sounds like everything is going well at home and I am so happy that you will fill your days with being a sub. That is pretty cool. Children are so cute. Good luck! I love you so so much! Have a wonderful fantastic lovely day!
Love Sister Turner