Monday, December 21, 2009
December 16th, 2009
"As far as the neverending problem with the knee... So, I am buying boots today and they will be expensive, I will need money in my account after that--there is a good reason why and I think you will understand. The mission doctor called this morning and went through a lot of analogies of how much weight one puts on their body in relation to some really big airplanes (he obviously talks to a lot of Elder's) and said that with the wear of my boot in certain places and how my knee hurts, I have damage on the maniscus or however one spells that. There are two options. He said I have to basically never run, cannot walk too much, he said never put weight on it, have good support (he thanks you for that), use ibuprofen only when it hurts, and he'll call back in a few weeks. The other option breaks my heart. He said that I will need to get an MRI and most likely go home to have surgery and have to recover for about 6 months. I am sorry, but I don't want to be home for Christmas!"
December 7
My companion just bought a Christmas CD and it is great! There are all of these great German songs that we just sang last week at a Seniorenheim (Senior Home). That was a lot of fun. They just LOVED Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer. We sang with the Junge Damen (Young Women) and all three of them are sisters and from England, but have lived in Germany their whole lives so they speak both languages fluently. Afterwards we got to talk to the people and that was fun. I have found out some information this past week that I wanted to pass on.
So, Germans only study WWI and WWII for history, sometimes back to the 1800s, but never further than that. Wierd, huh? They were jealous that we learned about Medieval times. And, the man told me that we live on the western side of Berlin. When I asked, he was so appalled and confused as to why I didn't know. Haha. It was great. And, he said that yes, he would also put just tons of money under his pillow because you couldn't trust the banks, so he had tons of paper one day, and the next it would all be gone. There was a name for that, the economic flow of money, something to do with pigs, but I already forgot.
As far as the work goes, it is just continuing to be as busy as ever! We have transfers coming up on Saturday and I am pretty sure I am staying here and my companion is going. See, I love my companion, I really admire her, but she has been here for like 7 months and part of it she was here for Christmas last year. I guess we'll see. Time just flies though. On Saturday Sabine got baptized which was a wonderful miracle. Her husband is a less active and he gave the closing prayer and everyone was like, "whoa, did you hear his prayer? He definitely felt something." And all day he was trying to get his kids to be quiet and would say, this is a really important day for Mommy, we need to be good. Or he would say, "Today is mommy's day, but someday Cadey, when you are eight you'll also be baptized. Julian, you are three, that means you have five years until you get baptized!" That was so cool!
As far as the number of baptisms I have helped with, it is three, but one was for an 8 year old, one was for Robert, and on Saturday it was for Sabine. These are all people found through members. So, members are the most important people! Including Dad's story about the people who admired Donny Osmond and later joined the church--obviously member work. Jan is still hanging around. He will be so strong and then disappear for a few days. Surprisingly he showed up to church yesterday, his favorite day is fast and testimony meeting. So, he came, but didn't stay for any other meetings. He then came to our Christmas concert later on because he loves music. It was so great! We had five investigators there and one girl, Tanya, comes to english class and she just loved the music. She and her friend had found the church in Ukraine and would go every now and again. She says the church is too far now, but was talking about how her friend lives in Chicago, found the church and would go every week. They aren't in contact too much anymore, but she was saying maybe her friend is a member and joined the church. She was talking about joining too! We just need to get her to come for real! But, two hours to church really is a long time... Pray for her!
One little fact about German Christmas. So, the song, "Silent Night, Holy Night" comes of course from the song "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" which is the 24th of December, the day they open presents. And, each weekend is a new advent (hence the Advent calendars which are everywhere here) which I have yet to find out more information about that. And, the night before the 6th of December, everyone puts their shoes outside their door and Santa puts little presents in their shoes. I am not sure why, but it is pretty cool. Other than that, the decorations look exactly the same, well they have more Santas and even have a day for him (I forgot when). Oh, and they have these little towers that have fans on the top that move when the candles under them are lit. They are really cool and have nativity scenes in them. I am sorry, but I don't have too much time to write a letter to Uncle Terry, I want to, he is definitely getting a postcard from me! He is on my list, I have the picture printed out and everything! But, let him know that I love him and look forward to going Snowboarding with him next year! I hope he is working out so that we can go!
Well, I gotta go!
Love Sister Turner
So, Germans only study WWI and WWII for history, sometimes back to the 1800s, but never further than that. Wierd, huh? They were jealous that we learned about Medieval times. And, the man told me that we live on the western side of Berlin. When I asked, he was so appalled and confused as to why I didn't know. Haha. It was great. And, he said that yes, he would also put just tons of money under his pillow because you couldn't trust the banks, so he had tons of paper one day, and the next it would all be gone. There was a name for that, the economic flow of money, something to do with pigs, but I already forgot.
As far as the work goes, it is just continuing to be as busy as ever! We have transfers coming up on Saturday and I am pretty sure I am staying here and my companion is going. See, I love my companion, I really admire her, but she has been here for like 7 months and part of it she was here for Christmas last year. I guess we'll see. Time just flies though. On Saturday Sabine got baptized which was a wonderful miracle. Her husband is a less active and he gave the closing prayer and everyone was like, "whoa, did you hear his prayer? He definitely felt something." And all day he was trying to get his kids to be quiet and would say, this is a really important day for Mommy, we need to be good. Or he would say, "Today is mommy's day, but someday Cadey, when you are eight you'll also be baptized. Julian, you are three, that means you have five years until you get baptized!" That was so cool!
As far as the number of baptisms I have helped with, it is three, but one was for an 8 year old, one was for Robert, and on Saturday it was for Sabine. These are all people found through members. So, members are the most important people! Including Dad's story about the people who admired Donny Osmond and later joined the church--obviously member work. Jan is still hanging around. He will be so strong and then disappear for a few days. Surprisingly he showed up to church yesterday, his favorite day is fast and testimony meeting. So, he came, but didn't stay for any other meetings. He then came to our Christmas concert later on because he loves music. It was so great! We had five investigators there and one girl, Tanya, comes to english class and she just loved the music. She and her friend had found the church in Ukraine and would go every now and again. She says the church is too far now, but was talking about how her friend lives in Chicago, found the church and would go every week. They aren't in contact too much anymore, but she was saying maybe her friend is a member and joined the church. She was talking about joining too! We just need to get her to come for real! But, two hours to church really is a long time... Pray for her!
One little fact about German Christmas. So, the song, "Silent Night, Holy Night" comes of course from the song "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" which is the 24th of December, the day they open presents. And, each weekend is a new advent (hence the Advent calendars which are everywhere here) which I have yet to find out more information about that. And, the night before the 6th of December, everyone puts their shoes outside their door and Santa puts little presents in their shoes. I am not sure why, but it is pretty cool. Other than that, the decorations look exactly the same, well they have more Santas and even have a day for him (I forgot when). Oh, and they have these little towers that have fans on the top that move when the candles under them are lit. They are really cool and have nativity scenes in them. I am sorry, but I don't have too much time to write a letter to Uncle Terry, I want to, he is definitely getting a postcard from me! He is on my list, I have the picture printed out and everything! But, let him know that I love him and look forward to going Snowboarding with him next year! I hope he is working out so that we can go!
Well, I gotta go!
Love Sister Turner
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