I hit the hump, really??

Us in front of the Germanys Captitol Building

Hello Fans (haha)

Well this week was pretty interesting, i guess just kinda crazy...The drama in Eberswalde continues! haha So, let me explain this branch real quick.. We have 10 actives, some of the them are older ladies who have been members for years, but the younger members, have only been for a short period of time.. So alot of them dont know, what there callings are and what they are supposed to do.. So right now, we have alot of arguments and fights because everyone is getting there feelings hurt and what not...and our newly added member Ringo, is not helping hahah
                                                                                   
He thinks that when he gets the priesthood that he all the sudden becomes like captain of everything haha So he is bossing everyone around,,its kinda hard to explain but alot of drama is going on and E. Colton and I are right in the middle of it, its pretty tough.. Were trying to explain peoples callings and so are the Missionary couple here, but some people just arent getting it haha So yeah lots and lots of drama.. und Drama Queens Gefällt mir nicht!

 Baptism for Ringo, Me and E. Colton

 but yeah onto brighter things, we had Zo co and again, I got to hang out with Ben.. and Pres, gave an awesome thema as usuall! but right after, I went on exchange with our Zone Leader, E.LLoyd, he's pretty cool. Cept like the whole time he was just on the vurge of falling asleep in appointments, so I just talked with everyone haha but yeah we had a good exchange and what not...
When we exchanged back though our train was running 35 mins. late! Which is insane, so we wound up having to cancel our english class, and the members were so mad at us! haha like we can control the trains...Na Ja, Man überlebt es!
                                                                                          
Oh man on Saturday, we did a huge service project, for this handicapped guy name Bruder Ruhnau... I mean his apartment is so bad... He had newspapers everywhere dating back like 8 years ago, he hasnt cleaned anything for years... It litteraly smelled like someone died in there! and the kitchen and bathroom just made you want to gag cuz it smelled so bad,, well E. Colton & I got sick of it so we were there from 10 in the morning till 7 at night just completely gutting this place.. We filled up 30+ black garbage bags of just trash... and we just scrubbed everything... I literally cant explain how bad it was, Ben knows though so thats worth somethin... but yeah it looks pretty good now, we bought him air freshner things for each room, so they spray every hour... but man, idk how he stays alive in that enviroment, literally no body takes care of this man... I mean he has a nurse that comes everyday to give him a shot but thats it, and his brother treats him horrible,, oh man, so we decide to take him under our wing and were gonna help him get on his feet... literally lol He is so out of shape, when he walks to the kitchen he is panting, like hes not fat at all but he just sits all day,,, so were gonna take him on walks everyday, get him out an about, teach him how to clean and keep his apartment how it is,, so he's our project right now.. I really like helping him! Sometimes the people who need the most help our the people in our very own ward, or our families... Wir müssen uns darauf beachten!

 Welcome to East Germany, or the DDR

So I hit my year mark this week! That was really weird, I can remember sitting in the MTC in the basement doing my laundry and going,, CRAP! I got a long time! haha and like now, the first year has just blown right past,, its really crazy how time flies! but yeah for my year mark, we had like a complete full day, but every single appointment fell out except for one! haha Which was actually important, we met with Wilfred, he is our baptismal date guy.. we taught him Chastity and Word of Wisdom, man he totally excepted it, and hes gonna stop smoking and drinking! I was like dang, I wish it was that easy everytime! lol
                                                                                          
So this week, was pretty good.. but theres just alot of work to do! Saturday is already transfer calls, weird again..but yeah thanks for all the support and hope everything is going great at home!
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E.Popp

VERRÜCKTE TAUFE!

Hey everyone!

 So im doing my email today because its Easter weekend and Germans party from friday to monday, dont ask me why but, im assuming its just an excuse to drink more beer haha but yeah everything is closed so we wouldnt be able to do it tomorrow.. Well, I got to tell you, Last Pday was way fun! Me and Ben got some funny pictures! We had a blast even though alot of it was just wandering through Berlin, but hey thats how you learn a city, by just wandering!

So this week, we did alot of preparing, because Ringo passed his interview last monday night after Pday.. so the whole last week, I swear it was so chaotic.. Seriously, From wednesday to friday it was just complete chaos, because we dont have a baptismal font in Eberswalde, we have to go to a different place called Neubrandburg, its 2 1/2 hours away by train (if trains are running smoothly) so, we had buy tickets for the entire branch and call to see who could make it, and what not.. It was just all over the place lol and plus we have to teach english classes on Wednesday night, which was tough because we have to prepare alot for that lol.. but yeah I would tell you about the other appointments but they all fell out this week.. Im not joking, every one of our appointments fell out, but at least some called and said sorry and we will meet next week... But yeah back to the baptism haha Well Friday came, and we met everyone at the train station so we could ride up together, and then 4 people wound up not even showing up, so me and E. Colton were mad because we had to pay for extra tickets...but anyways, the train ride took for ever! I swear 2-3 hours on a train is no fun lol. but yeah we got to Neubrandenburg and everything was going great and we started the program until one of the elders realized that the baptismal font had drained pretty much all of the water while we were in the chapel lol. So all the Elders (8 of us) went out took our suits off and starting getting buckets of waters to fill this font up hahaha It took forever! It was funny though, we took vacuum hoses and ran them from the bathroom sink to the baptismal font to let the water run hahah It was so funny, I got some good pictures of it!, But we got it all full and everything but, man was that water cold! Im glad I didnt have to get in! lol.. But after that everything went fine, but someone chose wierd hymn songs that nobody knew and I swear we sounded like a bunch of pigs being slaughtered! haha It was so bad.. I tried not to laugh....too hard.. lol! VERRÜCKTE TAUFE!! (Crazy Baptism) ..But yeah It was great! Im so glad he got baptized, he is a cool guy.. Its so cool to see the person transform into somebody totally new..These are the things that you dont forget! So yeah I got my firsted baptism of my mission, really excited stuff!

On Saturday though, ( I just remembered we had 1 appointment go through lol).. We met with the Zimmerman family, It went alright but they made us Eisbein for dinner! Eisbein is like the meat on a pig around its knee joint.. ohhh man it was pretty bad... and they gave us alcohol free beer to drink and that stuff tasted horrible! It seriously was a tough meal to put down... I gagged a couple of times because I was trying to use the beer to wash that stuff down, but it was a bad idea to put those 2 things together at one time. lol. But yeah we had a good time, and they have this huge 60ft. tree in their backyard, and im totally gonna climb it next week! Dont worry ill get some good pictures from it lol. I have to say though, im so tired of eating pig meat.. when i come home, im not gonna eat any pig meat for years! haha so no pork chops when i get home dad! lol

But yeah today was pretty good, we had the normal church meeting, and we had a ward lunch together for easter, there was some pretty good food, I have to say..but yeah thats pretty much it, later today were gonna go visit one of my favorite members Sch.Will.. But yeah, I hope everything is going great at home and that everyone is having a great easter! and know what, ill be home for the next one! Weird huh? lol.Well enjoy, Easter Sunday!

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E.Poppnizzle

Hey Everyone!

  Well youll never guess who is sitting next to me..... BEN!!! hahah So sick, were hanging out in Berlin today...So that means my email is probably gonna be short today...lol

 But yeah this week was sick but just full of drama! On Tuesday night, we had the baptismal interview for ringo but he didnt pass and was told to meet with again next week.. so he was pretty upset about that but while we were waiting for his interview we went and did finding! I went with E.Lloyd and we made out 5 appointments, I have never had that much success on my mission so far it was crazy! I dont think Eberswalde has ever had that much success before lol. It was so sweet...

 We met with a new investigator named wilfred and man he is cool.. we taught him the plan of salvation and everything... He totally accepted it and we asked him to be baptized on May 5th and he accepted! Man, for a city that is really slow, im having alot of success here..

BUt yeah this weekend was crazy drama at church... It was general conference, so everything was out of whack here.. Then we had members telling us that ringo wasnt ready to be baptized and ringo was freaking out because people couldnt come, man I had such a headache... I tell you what, even when you get someone to say yes for baptism, it is still tough to organize everything an what not.. I spent like 2 hours on making his little baptismal flyer because the german computer program for ''word'' sucks!(Sorry Lynn) haha

But yeah this week should be good, but yeah its time to go party with Ben in Berlin... Jealous? lol!
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E. Popp