August 31, 2009

Hey mom!!!! thanks for chelseas address that is wonderfull. So guess what transfer calls came this sunday and it was a funny story. so we were all ready and stuff we both thought we were not going anywhere. we thought we were going to stay in salzburg for the next transfer because i am so new and i dont know the area that great. so we were waiting for the call and it didnt come and it was about time to go to church and so we thought we were just not going to get called and all would be good and we would stay here in salzburg. However just a little before we were about to head out to church, the phone rang.... and i can see the looks on your faces right now as i am delaying the part where you get to read the transfer news. Please dont hate me for it. I think you will laugh about it later. Anyhow it was Präsident condie and elder williams face went totally white as he picked up the phone. President condie said, "Elder Williams I have a new assignment for you. I want you to come to München and work in the office with me" Ha ha my companion is going to be the new Assistant to the president. And just the week before he was talking to me and saying how greatful he was that he never had to work in the mission home. Because of how boring it would be. But now that is where he is going. i however Will be working with Elder Wright or Right. I don't know how to spell it President condie said that I will be staying in Salzburg for the next transfer. I am scared a little. ha ha i don't know the area so well seeing as how it is my first area and i gotta show elder wright around. But i know i can do it. I know the investigators and their needs and what to do. God gives us these little switch ups and hard times so that we can grow and become better people.
To answer some of your questions.... of course we go out tracting on sundays, that is the best time to find people because people dont have work and everybody is together with their families at home. Sunday work is the best work!
You should be getting a few more calls than just that one. A couple weeks ago a whole BYU ward came through our town on a study abroad trip and they all got my number plus a couple other families that we helped during church and another family that was on vacation that we helped find the church. they should all be calling you because they wanted to call my parents and tell them what a wonderful missionary they raised. Thanks mom and dad. I love you.
Yes we have a ward and yes there is about 150 people. Its pretty huge. I want to find more families to bring here though so that they have to split it and make a new meeting house. That would be awesome to have a second salzburg ward. we are working diligently on that.
So the lederhosen might not be a go anymore. I was totally ready to buy them and everything but the other day my awesome bike that i have here broke. The axle on the back tire snapped in half. I was just riding along and it broke. That was sad but we stopped and talked with this really nice lady for a while and we set an appointment out of it. but now i might have to buy a new bike and they are looking at about 300 euro or so. I am going to try and see if i can fix up one of the sisters old 3 speed bikes with white wall tires and use that for a while but i might just have to buy a new bike. bummer.
The weather is good, but it is starting to be really cold in the mornings when we go out running to mönchsberg. It rains a bunch here. Just about 63.73 percent of the week or so is rain. its ok i like it. My guns are getting huge with my awesome pullup bar. mom dont worry about sending perfect pushups for christmas someone left a pair here in the apartment that i have now adopted. However what do yall want for christmas that is my missionary budget. Echt deutscher krawatte for the pappa? (a real german tie), plates, chocolate. pictures? say something.
This week was one of the harder ones. It has been going great though. We have found and spoken to a couple of Gods wonderful children. We did however experience a lot of fallen out appointments and a lot of finding time where a lot of people were not even willing to listen to us. It goes forward however. I am just as excited as the first day of my mission, because there is still the opportunity there that we will find someone who is ready and willing to take upon them the name of Christ. For example we found a Russian man who has had just the hardest life ever that I could imagine however he still holds his family in the highest priority. I hope to be able to meet with him again and teach him more. He was grateful that we had given him the Book of Mormon and he said he would call us soon. We also found a woman in the same park on the same day as this Russian man and we sat down with her and had an entire first lesson with her. Our new investigator has a wonderful story behind her relationship with the church. She had the lessons given to her about 40 years ago when she was young and she took them with her grandfather. She wanted to know why her grandfather was so interested and we showed her. It was truly a spiritual lesson and she wants to meet with us again. I am way excited. I have decided to set a new goal each day of the week just for the day on what I can better as a missionary. It is a prayerful matter, and I have found that as I do that I receive the help I need for the day. One day I really wanted to improve the way I gave my testimony to people on the street, and to make sure it came from the heart. As I did that I realized it helped Elder Williams and I connect to this man named Frederich, whom we met on the street. This truly is the Lords work and, though difficult sometimes, when we push through and smile He will bless us, His beloved children. I say that in the name of our Reedemer, Jesus Christ. Amen.