"I'm Happy Like a Schnitzel!!!"

The title of this brief expression of thought is brought to you by Sœur Reichelt, my beloved German companion. And, yes. It is a phrase that is used in modern colloquial context in the eastern regions of Germany. 

Well, besides biking forty kilometers to teach a girl who wasn't interested in engaging herself in our lessons, this week was fantastic!!! Before leaving the chapel on Sunday, we prayed for a miracle. And, God being a God of miracles, gave us one. AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE. We had a lot of time after church to go contacting because one of our lessons fell through and I decided to show Sœur Reichelt the pretty parts of Montauban. Turns out God planned that for us anyway, because we met Roman and Daniella, a fourteen year old boy and his mother from Bulgaria. This boy is incredible. He learned how to speak English from watching television and is fluent, so we explained to him who we were and what the Book of Mormon was. I wish his reaction was caught on film. He was so open and excited! He said he has found his faith recently and that he has so many questions that need answers. After we exchanged information with his mother and set up a time to pass by them Thursday, the boy looked at us and said that this was a miracle. We prayed with them right then and there on the street and they were so touched. I even got to use the one Bulgarian word I learned in Bordeaux :) (Blogodaria!!...phonetically spelled, of course). Agh!!! The church is so true, it's not even funny.

Top five Sœur Reichelt quotes thus far:

• "I hope lightning strikes them when they're sitting on the toilet...."

• "Don't disturb my skirt!!!"

• "Sorry, maybe I'm too German but that's not going to happen..."

• (Talking to a broken printer) "Are you making jokes with me?!"

• "Please remind me to remember that word." (English language study)

Before forty kilometers

and after.

On the way back from the lesson, little Sœur Green had to take a break and take pictures in a nearby field.

Oh, I forgot to mention that after biking for two hours in the afternoon, the wheel broke off the front of my (borrowed) bike and I had to carry it through a strip of outdoor restaurants of staring people in centerville.

But, lo. Our ward mission leader came by and fixed my bike today before I have to give it back to the person who lent it to me.  Repentance works!

I've Only Got Five Minutes Before We Go to the Train Station, so....

I've Only Got Five Minutes Before We Go to the Train Station, so....


This has probably been the most stressful day I've had in a while, so I'll briefly tell about the miracle week we had before today, haha. I've only got five minutes before we go to the train station, so....

Highlight number 1: We just got a referral from the sisters in Bordeaux......and guess where this girl is from. Yeah. Deutschland, baby.

Highlight number 2: We celebrated Bastille Day with our dear buddy, Sœur Korpal. We got permission to stay and watch the fireworks until twelve. 

Highlight number 3: We had an older couple come to church on Sunday and they want us to come over anytime. And they are totally normal, kind people! They don't want our money or to talk about America. They are actually interested in the gospel!!!!!

Kay. Gotta go. Love you all. Peace and blessings. Sœur Green

Yay France! And Germany! And America!

Got a high five from the cutest kid in the world basically. Be jealous.

Worst photo I've taken on my mission...but evidence of our joy...

I'll Give You a Hint: I'm Serving with a Citizen from the Winning Country Against France this Past Week.

 I'll Give You a Hint: I'm Serving with a Citizen from the Winning Country Against France this Past Week.


GUTEN TAG. AGAIN. Staying in Montauban for round two, except only this time I'm serving with my second German! Das ist gute. Her name is Sœur Reichelt and she is on fire. She kind of scares me a little actually (haha.......). With that said, we will have a total of four baptisms this transfer. We are teaching a family that has a date for the 15th of August and they are having to climb some painful obstacles. Please pray for the Tomasin (Tom-ah-zahne) family :) There are going to be crazy miracles this transfer.

FACTS I LEARNED: 

• I'm old in the mission. Don't know when that happened. I'm practically in the missionary retirement home.
• In the missionary retirement home, you have to work really hard to keep your mind sharp and your muscles from atrophying away.
• The senior couple, the Burtons, in Clermont Ferrand is getting transferred to NICEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLERMONT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!!
• In good news, one of the little boys I taught in Clermont got baptized this Saturday!! I am so, so happy :)

Sœur Green

Here's the little tike :) I'm so sad I didn't get to be there.
Sœur Grunke told me that the whole family was crying and more than half the ward showed up.

After transfer calls, Sœur Caldwell and I treated ourselves to our first restaurant experience in over a year.
She is happily serving in the city of Tarbes now.
Also, I discovered that I needed to relearn restaurant etiquette. haha

Oh, and let me tell you how great it is to celebrate the Forth of July with an eighty year old French woman.
It is great.

We lost some really good missionaries in our district this transfer.
Here's a tribute to Elder Peel, whose head is cut off in the photo unfortunately. Huzzah!

Our good friends, the Tomasins. August 15th guys.
This family will be a blessing to this branch.

We had an activity on Sunday were we made cookies with a few families...and we caught this little guy licking the dough off the roller. Thankfully we bless the food before we eat it.

Couldn't resist posting this photo of one of our member families.
The World Cup here is even bigger than the superbowl in America.
Amplify our enthusiasm by twelve thousand. People even get off work early to go home and watch it.