The Dish on the Mish

Interviews District Bad Benthein

So my wurst kick continues.  Wurst of the week were these little guys wrapped in bacon and filled with cheese. Delicious!

We made banana bread and took it around to some investigators and less active members.  Baking here in Germany is always kind of a gamble but one of the elders gave us a solid recipe.  It turned out great.  The Germans really liked it but we ran into a problem calling it Banane Brot.  On more than one occasion they argued the fact that it was bread with us.  Who argues with a treat giver over the name of the brought treat?!?!?  After a few  drop offs, we learned our lesson and started calling it Banane Kuchen.  All was well!

We got an extra hour of sleep last night because it was German daylight savings time.  I'm not really sure how it 'saves' any daylight.  It is pretty much dark when we wake up and dark by dinner time but I was pretty happy for the extra sleep anyway.

We walk around and talk to people a lot.  Sometimes all day long.  So we say Hallo to a lot of people.  We have started ranking people on a scale from 1-10 based on their responses.  It is quite a fun game to play. Believe me!

0 is no response.  1 is when we get grunts or other caveman noises.  5s are when we get an audible greeting back but it is late or quiet.  10s are a greeting with a smile.  It is a bonus if they throw in a wave or a wink! 

My favorite ones are when we get hallos from people on bikes, in cars, or talking on the phone.  This week I got a man in a bulldozer to say hallo with a wave. Pretty proud of that one!  There was also another man who sang Guten Tag to us.  He had a sing songy snow white voice and he most definitely changed pitches between words.  It was a full out song.  

We had interviews with President Kosak this week.  He is such an inspired man.  It was really good to get to talk with him.  He emphasized the 150 baptisms we are working towards and helped me make a plan for how I can play a role in that.
FAITH!

President Kosak also brought Zoko post.  Thanks for all of your fun letters and packages!  You guys never disappoint.  Best Family Ever!!!

Love you all!
Love,
Sister Brown

We got this from an investigator.  It is a mysterious brown color and has a foul odor. 
The label says "drink with a kick!"

We haven't been brave enough to try it yet...

Briefkasten: So we have a community mail box.  There was a post emergency this week.  The key was gone. There is always just a key in the key hole so we can check our mail.  This week it mysteriously disappeared.  We went a few days just waiting for it to return.  Then the curiosity got the best of us.  When we looked in from the outside we could see the mail inside.  We were forced to use creative measures to retrieve our post.  Luckily the key has now been returned!

 The Penny is finally opened! This is where we did our grocery shopping this week!!