Tausch, Tausch, & Mehr Tauschen!

Hey Everyone!

Well this week was just full of non stop movement... from being in Stadthagen to Hannover to Minden... I was just all over the place haha...

  One Monday to Wednesday Morning I was in Stadthagen with Elder Blauer! Man We had so much fun! On our tausch I decided to go through their Area Book because they have 3! Which is rediculous and they are just full of people that havent been contacted for years! So I went through them pulling out as many numbers as I could find... and I got like 58 or something like that haha So I just called Everyone! haha some of them had no idea who we were, others told me I was crazy ( Like I dont already know that! Jeeze!), but there were 2 ladies I called and both of them starting yelling Elders! Elders! Iv missed you, you have to come visit me, so I sent up two appointments with these ladies for Stadthagen and they are eating appointments! Man, lucky punks! I want eating appointments, because my cooking is killing me! haha

 On Wednesday we met back for District meeting and Elder Lersch(Zone Leader) Stayed with me in Minden... Which wasnt very fun... lol We went and visited this 90 year old member again... and she forgot who we were and then said we didnt have an appointment with her and then E. Lersch was like lets go... then she said wait I have cake.. So I said to Elder Lersch, Well we should probably stay and eat cake with her, that would be nice :) haha So we somehow got sucked into a 2 hour eating cake appointment... which I thought I was gonna die because she had so much cake...seriously she bought 2 big cakes and then was like '' cut both of them you can eat them both'' and we knew there was no way we were going to eat all the cake... but she made us cut them.. then when we couldnt finish the 1st cake she got mad saying why did you open and cut the 2nd cake! haha I was dying laughing... i guess its just probably one of those things you have to be there to understand... Then Right after her we went to an investigators house named Herr Schneider and he is just flat out rediculous... he doesnt let us talk and just wants to know what we know about the roman catholic church hahah and he takes notes throughout the whole lesson, so he makes you repeat yourself just so he can write the notes down! haha but it made me so mad, Elder Lersch just got fed up and just walked out of his house, and left me in there... so i had to apologize to the guy and set up a new appointment, while Elder Lersch was outside... Dumb Elders, someone lets you in their house, Have Respect for them!!! That was pretty mucht the extent of our tausch for that day.. and we met in Hannover the next day so we could exchange back..

On friday we got a call from Sch. Neubauer.. We eat at her house every friday at 12.. She is in her late 70's. She called and said sorry elders cant meet cuz I hit my head on the wall and hurt my hand and back... but then she was upset because she already made the food and wanted us to come over at 2 to pick it up... so at 2 we went over and seriously she looked like she was gonna die any moment... she was so pale and at the top of her head was a gash with dried blood and she was wearing her back brace... and she cooked everything for us in that state... I was so shocked, i told her she shouldnt worry about us when she is hurt.. we offered a blessing but she didnt want it but wanted us to eat right then even we were there to pick it up... so we ate and as we are leaving she had gone into another room to grab something and so we waited and she didnt come back.. so I walked into the other room and she was sitting on the couch staring out the window... and I asked if she was okay and she asked how I got in there.. it was pretty scary so I called people in the ward to take care of her... but right now she is doing okay.. im glad. so on thursday this week were gonna do all her shopping for her..

 Saturday we had Spiel Abend ( Game Night) at the church it was way fun... and I beat everyone at kicker or table soccer.. So that was fun.. and Sunday was just our normal sunday except a member passed away, it was pretty sad. Her name was Sch. Riechmann, President Hinkleys son baptised her... She took E.Christensen to Mcdonalds and also made us dinner twice.. really nice lady! Well it was a interesting week... but still a good one... I cant believe were almost in Febuary, soon to be 2 E. Popp's in the Field... Das Kann Gar Nicht Schief Gehen!... haha

Schöne Woche und Alles Gute!
Tschüß
E.Popp

Hi-Five Man!

Hey Everyone!

 Man I swear the weeks are blinding together... the time is going so fast! already half way through this transfer and only 1 1/2 more and ill be out a year! Holy smokes! haha

 This week was pretty slow actually because Elder Ririe and I got poisoned!! well... Not really haha but we went to a members house and she made us eat so much food! It was rediculous, my stomach hurt so bad haha But by the end of the night E. Ririe was out! haha He got so sick, Ill leave the details out for your sake! haha

So I have this goal Iv been trying to accomplish ( I sound like kyle dont I! haha).... In Germany, Well for at least the places I v been, We dont do alot of doors because all the germans are in the Innenstadt ( Inner City)... Which back at home we have nothing like that so... use your imagination haha We go and talk with everyone there, and there are some people when you go up to them they freak out and the put there hands in the air and yell haha So i decided I want to try to give someone a Hi Five when they do that! haha I got 3 people! haha It was so funny they would stop, look at there hand, then look back at me, then back at there hand... haha I was dying laughing, which actually the people on the street thought it was funny too lol.. Naja you got to find little games when finding... then it makes it so much more fun! haha

As for that , E. Ririe and I decided we were gonna teach a Aufbau Klasse ( Buildup class) in church... We have like newly baptized members, and one of them doesnt even know how to pray and two are hispanic.. so their german isnt very good... so we ordered things in spanish and now were gonna be teaching them.. THE RIGHT WAY haha So thatll be fun, im excited for it... Oh yeah and We visited the 2 hispanic ladys on Thursday and I made a better Salsa then they did hahah Im proud of that lol.

Well I love ya all ( Außer E.Gibson, Er bekommt keine liebe von mir! ....jk)
Schöne Woche!
Tschüß
Elder POpp

Our Dates Didn't Show up!

Hey Everyone!
Frohes Neues Jahre! (Happy New Year!)

Wow I cant believe its 2012! Oh No its my last year to live!!! haha Jk. Well I had a great Christmas and New years! It was very very slow but all in all it was good..

 So my new companion is Elder Ririe.. and he is pretty cool.. Muss ich sagen...We get along way good and our view on missionary work is completely the same so its sweet! He is a little quiet when we teach lessons or spiritual thoughts but I dont mind to much because it allows me to get my german up to speed.. But yeah our first week together was way slow... Everyone was pooped from Christmas and then were getting ready for new years... We had to be inside by 6, im telling you it got pretty crazy here, I took videos of it haha Drunks running around shooting fireworks at each other! Man, I have to say It looked fun.. I wouldv loved to shoot fireworks at some of those drunks haha but yeah 2 little turkish kids threw a m800 firecracker at us, it ticked me off.. There lucky I was in missionary clothes otherwise I wouldv gone all Kung Fu Panda on them! haha Naja What can you do right?

 Well Elder Blauer is back in my district! Woo! We were together when we were goldens.. He is so cool! On Friday we had to do an emergency Tausch (Exchange) because our washer broke down ( But really our neighbor below us didnt tell us she hit the kill switch in the cellar.. Punk) so Elder Blauer came to minden with me and worked! We decided for lunch we wanted to check out the Chineses Buffet.. haha So we did... and we got in there took of our coats and sat down... and this lady walks up and places a candle on the table and then all the sudden phil collins was playing in the background haha I could tell everybodies thoughts around us... because we didnt realize this was a big place that people take there dates to.. hahaha So you know 2 guys with some nice looking pullovers and what not, I could see where they would get that picture... and then the waiter lady came up when we finished and was like..''Did you guys have a nice evening together?'' haha and I was said'' Not really, our dates didnt show up!'' haha funny stuff... All in all I had a good date with Elder Blauer! hahahah

Well Everyone is still hungover from Christmas and New Years.. We even went in early last night again because people were still be crazy! but seems like everything is slowing down, so thats good! Well thats all for this week , Hope you all had a great New Years and Christmas and Ya Bis Dann!

Schöne Woche!
Tschüß
Elder Popp

Frohe Weihnachten!

Hey Everyone!

 Well this week was alright.. We had so much little things going on it took up our whole week haha so our numbers were pretty low but we still managed to get 15 lessons in lol.. now im gettin greedy! I want more then 20 lessons a week haha

Tuesday we had a good day, we met with Andrea again! We taught her about the gospel of Jesus Christ and then decided we were going to play a game with her... and so we did and I totally killed her and my comp 4 times haha and the last 2 times I wasnt even trying because Andrea was getting pissed... haha but yeah it was cool!

Wednesday we had our Christmas Zone Conference! We did our little gift exchanges, i got some truffles ( Like I need anymore Chocolate) haha Seriously our apartment is just filled with chocolate and im not eating them and either is elder christensen haha so we just have mountains its rediculous! I refuse to get Fat! haha but yeah President gave a good lesson about learning to love people... especially thick headed Germans hahah but it was good, i really did take something away from it! Its so fun to go to Zone conferences or Interviews! I get to see all my friends and what not! I have a jolly ol good time! :) hahha

Thursday and Friday were boring we had to go down thursday to Bielefeld because E. Christiansen had to do a baptizamal interview.. so I just sat there and hung out with the sisters and some other dude.. lol and Friday it was just a blank day so i did a ton of area book work and we went by alot of people... it was...successful... :) haha not really lol.

Saturday we had our ward christmas party! It was so fun! We sang in the choir and talked with everyone and ate a ton of food! Then they made E. Christensen & I sing a christmas song in English haha So we sang Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer! lol It was Fun! It made up for the rest of the week.

Sunday we had to teach preisthood again! and guess what topic it was on! Erhöhung ( Exaltation) haha Like that topic is not hard enough to give in English!!! haha Na-Ja We did a good job though. but I got to tell you that was not easy lol. I was so relieved after! Then Right after that E. Christensen had to give a talk. Man I felt so bad.. he was so exhausted from preparíng and what not... and yeah I have a talk next week on Christmas! and still have no idea what I want to talk about lol.. such a wide topic haha

Well yeah the week was kinda boring just another week in Minden lol. but hopefully we will have a good week before Christmas! Well Ich Wünsche Euch Eine Frohe Weihnachten!!! ( I wish you a Merry Christmas!)

Schöne Woche!

Tschüß

Elder Popp