Hallo von Deutschland!
Wow it is crazy that I am here and now writing you from a member´s computer shop in Michelstadt. This place is absolutely beautiful. It truly reminds me of Fantasyland in Disneyland. I really don´t think there is a prettier place in all of Europe.
Elder Hogan and I have had our share of adventures of getting lost and everything, but it has been a lot of fun as well. We have definietly seen the Lord´s hand as we have traveled around not knowing where to go.
I´ll have to share with you the whole story of our arrival here some other time, but man was it crazy. We had left all to
gether from the Frankfurt Train Station, but the person who assigned travel groups didn´t do a spectacular job with us. The train we went on went in the exact opposite way of Michelstadt. We had to figure out what was going on with the both of us having 3 pieces of luggage a piece. Well to make a long story short, after a few fallen out trains and missed stops we arrived in Michelstadt at about 8 pm. The problem is we had no idea where anything was or where we lived.
gether from the Frankfurt Train Station, but the person who assigned travel groups didn´t do a spectacular job with us. The train we went on went in the exact opposite way of Michelstadt. We had to figure out what was going on with the both of us having 3 pieces of luggage a piece. Well to make a long story short, after a few fallen out trains and missed stops we arrived in Michelstadt at about 8 pm. The problem is we had no idea where anything was or where we lived. All we had was an address on our key ring. Luckily people were kind enough to help us out and told us to hop on the bus. The problem was we were out of money and couldn´t buy a bus ticket. The bus driver took pity on us and let us ride for free. (once again God looking out for us.) We arrived at our bus stop and saw a huge carnival down a street with thousands of people. Elder Hogan and I looked at eachother and thought "oh isn´t that nice." Then we took a closer look at the street and Elder Hogan turned to me and said, "Elder...we LIVE on that street." We decided then to carry our 3 bags up a huge hill to try and come around on the other side. We pressed forward and finally arrived at our apartment. Pretty crazy how it all worked out. We felt very blessed and very tired. We started to unpack a bit and get ready for bed. Elder Hogan and I knelt down and were about to start compansionship prayer when we heard explosions! We thought WW3 had started or something. We looked outside and saw fireworks. Haha typical end to our crazy day. We like to think the fireworks were meant for us. They were celebrating that missionaries were back in Michelstadt.
The Branch here is awesome and all are very excited about missionary work. It is really great to have so much support.
Well, I am not restricted on time, but Elder Hogan and I have a lot to get done today. I will tell you that I truly do love it here. I get down on myself sometimes because I can´t understand or speak the language very well, but I just have to have patience. The Lord is with me every step I go. I know that.
I love you all very much.
Love,
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