Elder Adams? Oh Crap!!!

HEy Everyone!

 Let me tell you, this week has been a wild ride haha We had some pretty funny experiences.. One has to be like in the top 5 funniest experiences of my mission! haha and yes... I was left alone for 30 mins..Les Mal weiter..

 So being in hamburg you would think we are just packed with appointments but .. nope! Like we have so many appointments fall out and what not, Its rediculous! so we are constantly finding.. Well On thursday, we wanted to go to one of the far end corners of hamburg because we had some in-actives there and some contacts so we had to take a 30 min subway to this place.. But you know there is a little something called missionary sleep syndrom and this is what E.Adams and I both got..lol.. We we both fell asleep for about an hour.. well E.Adams, I woke up about 15 min before that and was like man I dont recongnize any of these area names but I figured we just didnt hit it yet.. Then It came to a stop and I read where we were and we were totally like 20 minutes outside of Hamburg itself!! haha So I had to wake up E.Adams and run and get off.. But the funniest thing is that the Sister were also on the same Subway ( We didnt know) and they watched us sleep the whole time and didnt wake us up!! Punks!

So then this is the best part.. and no we still havent learned our lesson yet-..So its friday and were sitting on the bus and Elder Adams falls asleep.. and im like okay ill let him sleep till we have to get off and so when it comes time to get off, I hit him and said its time to go.. and so I just got off and didnt think anything about that.. So I get pretty much almost in the subway station and turn around and E.Adams isnt behind me.. Then I look back at the Bus that we just got off and E. Adams is still hunched over sleeping on the bus.. and Im like OH Crap and book it over to it and hit the window but the bus takes off.. and usually the bus stops on the other side of the subway so im like cool, I'll just run over there and wake him up so I run over there and the bus doesnt stop and just keeps on going through the intersection..and I can see E.Adams just completely passed out and moving to the bumps in the road.. Oh man it was hilarious... I was almost in tears laughing.. and the best part is this In-active member watched the whole thing and was just dying laughing.. She's like ''Elder did you lose your comp?'' oh man.. It was great..So I had to wait for the Zone leaders to come get me so we could go find him... luckily he woke up and stayed at the next bus station lol. Man Im still laughing about that!

Sunday was so sweet, we had 4 investigators to church and this guy named Mario from chile that E.Scholes and I found came to church and told us he has finished the Book of Mormon and now wants to check the church out! We had such a good lesson.. This guy is golden!

But yeah everything is going great for me, I cant believe its pretty much August.. Where does the time go?.. but yeah, im having fun.. E.Walter (ZL) and I do P90x every night together.. So you better watch out Pops.. Ima take you out when I get home! lol..You too Lynn!

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Alles Gute!
Elder Popp (The better looking one)

Taufdatum ausgemacht? Natürlich!

Moin Moin!

 Oh man this week was a tough one, as in we had all together like 22 fallen out appointments. Dangit.. But does that stop us!..... Well I have to admit we did get alot of ice cream breaks this week haha but NO, we kept going..But I have sad news.. Elder Scholes is leaving me in Hamburg. He gets to go to the East in a city called Leipzig.. Which is probably just as cool as Hamburg. I want to go there sometime in the future.. But yeah my new companion is Elder Adams. Ill pick him up tomorrow at the train station, but yeah... This is going to be a fun transfer haha...

 So, earlier this week we met with the Lüning family. They are both members but the wife is inactive.. Oh man they are the coolest people ever!  and Brüder Lüning sounds like Sean Connery.. No Joke! I made him say '' Red October Standing By'' It was awesome.. We all were just dying laughing.. I think he loves me now cuz I compared him to Sean Connery.. but we had a good time.

 Then later on Tuesday I believe we met with Folly and Stelle.. There both from Ghana.. Man they are so cool and guess what they made Fu-Fu for us.. Which is a popular african dish.. Its so cool.. Its all with the hands.. You get like the bowl of fried potatoe doe and you use two fingers to cut of a piece of potatoes and then you dip it in this like spicy chicken soup.. Oh man it was delicious..

But the best part.. was Friday night.. We finally got a hold of an old investigator and we taught a super good lesson about christ's role for us and he just soaked everything up and really wants to be baptized. So we set a baptismal date for Aug. 26th! Yeah baby! But this guy is probably the most humble guy Iv ever met.. He just absolutely is willing to learn and everything.. So sweet!

On Saturday evenings, we always play soccer with our investigators and Inactives.. and Our investigator Kai showed up and just absolutely loved it.. He got his butt kicked at soccer but he loved being out and hanging out with people.. I dont think he has to much to do, so it was way good for him to be out and about.. 

Sunday, We met with a member who was ex-communicated and with his active sister.. There like in their 60's... But it was a tough appointment.. Like the Ex member wanted to talk about church stuff and the sister would just cut off all coversations when they would come up about church.. and then she complained about how our bishop was sleeping during sacrament..It put us in a bad situation.. I wasnt too happy.. Because she was just making it worse when we tried to help her brother out but whatev.. at least the food was good right? lol..

Well thats about it, Im doing good, pretty happy. I shaved my head, no more spikes for a couple months. haha It feels great though lol. Everyone said I looked way older today at Zone Sport.. So who knows.. But yeah. I hope you all have a great week..
Alles Gute!
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E.JPOPP

Pic: E.Scholes & I being gangsters before we play soccer on Saturday

Hey Everyone!
 
 Oh man this week was just awesome. We had quite the experiences, in terms of Bible bashing.. and for all of you who dont know.. I hate Bible bashing, I really do but you know some people you just have to humble and this week there were 2 lucky candidates... 

 So we have an investigator named Kai.. He is 22  and wants to become a pastor.. But he has really never read the bible as from what I can tell and never wants to go to church.. he said he isnt a church go-er.. so were kinda confused on how we he wants to become a pastor and not go to church.. But yeah we brought a joint teach named Brüder Waterböhr and let me tell you, he just put a smack down on! Oh man, like I would teach the dude certain principles and like totally show him things out of the bible and what not, then he would disagree and Brüder Waterböhr would just come out with crazy stuff and just,, well there is no easy way to put but just destroy him haha But like it was such a great lesson like he totally understands preisthood and what not, and he is now really interested in our religion.. 

 Then Elder Scholes & I had a walk-in with this girl who was like 24 years or something.. But she like just wanted to bash the whole time and I told her, you know I dont like Bible battles and she told me well thats how we study scriptures.. So...well... we did this thing... and lets just say she is going to read the book of mormon now... I have to really say.. I know the New Testement pretty dang good.. Never thought I'd brag about knowing the scriptures but yes Im proud of myself haha. But it was such a sweet lesson and it got to a point where she realized we knew what we were talking about and stopped flipping to scriptures and just listened quietly, and the spirit was so dang strong! So sweet.. So sometimes I guess bashing has to be but I still hate it..

 Friday was crazy though! We had a huge storm.. Like it rained so hard like It just look like someone was pouring endless buckets out of the sky.. Like everyone was hiding... We wound up being stranded in a Subway for an hour because the rain was so strong..I took a video but it really doesnt show it any justice, but you can definitely hear it.. and there was also a ton of lightning..

Oh yeah and between all this bible bashing and storms, I was super sick.. Like wednesday night, I slept like 2 hours total, I had a huge headache and my head was just totally congested.. It was probably the longest night of my mission.. but I got over it.. But I was out for like 2 days.. Like we went to our appointments and tried to make some at the church but because of the weather, going out and contacting was just not worth it.. But I tried my best.. 

But This week should be awesome.. Thursday we have Zone Conference, Friday Im going back to Berlin for Anna's Baptism ( So next week Ill send pictures of the 3  people we baptized in Eberswalde, Harald, Charles and Anna, Then On Saturday I get to go back to my golden city.. Glückstadt and do a service project! Im so excited, Its been a year since Iv been there! crazy!.. So yeah this week is gonna fly! I hope you guys will have as great week like I'll have! 
Alles Gute!
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Elder Popp