Surpirse! I'm not in Celle anymore! Don't worry, it was a
surprise to me too. On Tuesday, after Sister Stewart and I had been
riding around delivering Valentines' to investigators and going to
appointments we noticed President had called. We found a bus stop to sit
down in and called him back. Sister Stewart and I thought we would be
discussing one of our investigators with him but when she called him he
asked to speak to me. Uh Oh? What did I do? President explained that he
had prayed lots about it and feels very uncomfortable each day that the Sisters in Halberstadt (a very small city in our district) weren't
driving legally. Sister Openshaw is from California and Germans don't
accept their licenses and the other Sisters' American license expired
(she's 25) and couldn't renew it. He said he is transferring me to
Halberstadt to make me the designated driver since I still have 6 months
in the country on my American license and that the transfer would take
place immediately. After that phone call sister Stewart and I sat dumb
founded and quite sad to be leaving one another and for me to be leaving
Celle. Normally transfer calls happen on a Saturday and you don't
actually move until a Tuesday so you have all that time to say goodbye
to people and do all the things you had wanted to do but never had the
chance. Sister Stewart and I finished our day out and then went home so I
could pack my things and we could get everything organized for the new
sister. It is very weird to see all your earthly possesions fit into two
bags.
So welcome to Halberstadt. We live above the church in this huge
house. The church takes up the bottom floor, all 4 rooms, and then
there are 5 apartments above it and we are on the third floor. My new
address is Sister Abamonte, Kirche Jesu Christi, Mozart Strasse 7, 38820
Halberstadt, Deutschland. Sister Openshaw is my new companion. She is
very fun and is from Houghson, California. In Halberstadt we have a
little branch of 15 active members. One family makes up half the ward.
Its really quite a testimony builder to come together as such a small
group to take part in the sacrament. We only have two hour church so
that it gives some people in the branch a break. They trade off weeks of
having Elders Quorum and Relief Society and then Sunday School. To be a
missionary here is completely different than working in Celle. The
whole branch really relys on us. It's fun and will be a very good
experience. I'm excited to have my first full week here.
Sister Openshaw and I do service at an old peoples home for
those with dementia. We play games and talk to them. Sister Openshaw
wore red lipstick and an old lady sang her a song, ''roten lippen muss
man kussen'' ( red lips, a man must kiss), it was quite funny.
The Branch had a Fasching activity on Saturday, like Halloween
but corrisponds with Carnival and Mardi Gras, and Sister Openshaw and I
went as red mushrooms. It's was a bunch of silly games and old people
dressed up in costumes. It was sure funny :)
Talk to you all later! Love you,
-Ariel Nell
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