Woche der
Tausche!!!
Montag
Monday, we went to the highest mountain in all of Austria!!!
Wooh! It was insanely beautiful! We saw so many mountains! Green at the
bottom and snow capped up top!!! It was crazy! We went to a little
place called Heiligenblut! It has some
church on a hillside and you can see Großglockner (the mountain) from it! And then we
went to Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Hohe. It is the outlook right next to a glacier
and on Großglockner! It was cold as well.
Unfortunately, my head and eyes started hurting super bad when we
got up there, so I couldn't look at it too long, especially since
the sun was reflecting off the snow! But, it was still a fantastic
experience! It was just an incredible sight! There is no way, that
that just happened by accident. It was a huge testimony strengthener
that there is an Almighty Creator of all this!
Dienstag
Tuesday, I woke up late, because of yesterday's accident thing
with my head and eyes. So we missed our initial bus to Graz. So we called, and planned on the next one,
two hours later. So, we got ready and headed to Bahnhof. We printed out our tickets, and then
went to the bus. Well, we accidentally missed the other ticket
printing out, and thought that we were both on the one. So, we had
to get off the bus and go get it. Well, it wasn't there. So we had
to buy one and then when we went to the bus, it was leaving! So, we
ended up having to take the next one, again, two hours later. In the
meantime, we went to the church to make cookies for Sister Kinghorn's birthday. Chocolate No-Bakes. Yummy.
And two of the kids from our ward came and brought us homemade
Bagels with peanut butter. Awesome! And then we finally made it to
Graz and went to the church. We also
brought the cookies, because we are nice people. We also played
Chair Football, fun stuff. And then we had an exchange with the
Bruck Elders! Elder Kopischke and I went to Klagenfurt. Well, we actually missed our bus,
again! Don't know what was going on. But we eventually got home, got
our ingredients from the church and brought them home and then went
to the Krenn's. They gave us tea and some
amazing cheesecake!!! And then they gave us some invitation to give
to a nonmember girl in Villach. Her
parents are less active. So that was great!
Mittwoch
Wednesday, we went by on a ton of people! Our friend that came to
church, "G" totally dumped on us for at least a week! Man, that
was sad. I eventually took Elder Kopischke
to the Wörthersee, because it is
beautiful! The water was so pretty with the mountains behind it.
And then we went by on "MZ".
We finally reached her! Well, when we got there, she had just gotten
back from work. Literally, she was outside already! We had a great talk with her! We testified
of the Savior and His power to help us become better! And then we
exchanged back! When we were at Bahnhof,
we saw some friend of ours, "A". Well, he can't speak German or
English very well. And I think he had been drinking. But we were
able to make a different appointment out with him. And then we were
walking, and this guy stopped us from a bench and said that he knew
Mormons. So we started talking to him about the Book of Mormon, and
then this lady came, kind of weird, and this guy left! Well, she sat
down and started telling us about how her husband has cancer. We
asked her how she was dealing with it all, and she said not good...
It was so sad! We were able to bear testimony of the Savior and how
He lives. We told her that He was always there and knows exactly
what she is going through! It was really an amazing and spiritual moment!!!
Donnerstag
Thursday we had our official exchange with the Zone Leaders from
Salzburg. I worked with Elder Erickson.
We went by on people and talked to people on the way. Had some super
good conversations. Talked a lot about the Book of Mormon and why it
is so important. We then came home at dinner, and then Elder
Christensen came and picked us up. He took us to Villach so we could deliver that invitation.
Well, the people stepped out of the church, but were super friendly.
We still gave them the invite to the brunch. And then we had some
extra time, so we went dooring. We actually ended up running into
someone whose dad was a member. She remembered the missionaries
coming over all the time! What a miracle! They were super nice! And
then we headed over to Frau "M"'s
place. We talked about our class from Sunday. She said that
next step was baptism for her. so we talked about baptism, read from
Mosiah 18. We read about Baptism, what
it is, what the covenant is. Then we extended the invitation of
baptism to her as well. She said that she was totally willing and wanted
to, She just has to work Sundays, and doesn't know to far in advance
when she has off. So, we talked about faith, and how we can believe
that the Lord will help us out here. It was an awesome lesson.
Freitag
The Zone Leaders left Friday morning. We did studies and ate
lunch. We then caught a train to Villach. Well, no one wanted to meet, so we ended up going by on some people.
They also weren't home. And then we headed home for Tischtennis at the church. Well, no one showed
up again. But we were able to have GMK
with Vasilli! It was awesome! He is great.
Samstag
Well, three appointments fell out on Saturday. And it took
out quite a bit of time! But, we went by on some people around the
church, and then went to the Casella's. It
was great! They made some amazing pasta dish with zucchini and
salmon! It was super yummy!
Sonntag
Sunday was awesome! We went to go pick up "F" with Br. Casella. Well, he brought two friends with! It
was awesome! They are all from Nigeria. So a member actually
translated Sacrament Meeting for them! And then we taught the
Restoration for Sunday School! They accepted and reacted to it
pretty well! We also had a potluck after. It was mostly soups and
salads. But they were still super good.
~Elder
Albrecht~
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