Sunday February 24 was a very good day for the Sister
missionaries and the München 3rd Ward because a Sister they have
been teaching was baptized. The Sister is a Geology student and was in Utah for
a sort visit. She went to the temple grounds and was so impressed that she came
back to Germany and wanted to be baptized. She was baptized today. After the
baptism the members brought treats and they all were very good.
In the evening Sister Mason helped a YSA
prepare the meal for this evening. As we started there weren't many at the
table but they kept coming and we had 15 that ate with us and 2 more came later
making 17 JAE's taking part in the evening activities Two were not members. A
couple of the Spanish speaking young women came and took part for a couple of
hours and that was great. The first ward’s bishop speaks Spanish and they have
a number of Deutch/Spanish speaking families in their ward and one of the
elders in that ward is Spanish speaking. He is from Uruguay. After the dinner
some of the JAE’s played and hung out until nearly eleven.
Near the summit. The trail
we hiked up was the trail that we sledded down. The scenery was beautiful from
the snows this last week. No – the snow isn’t this deep in Münchin.
It was a real hike to get to summit. The
walk was not too bad and it was not as cold as we expected so it was a good
hike. We did not actually go to the top of the hill but very close at the top
or in the summit where is a little shack where we had a good lunch. We ate lunch
in the shack. We had to take off our shoes to go into the restaurant. The food
that we were served was very good and we enjoyed the meal. We rented a sleigh
for 8€ each and started down the hill. It took us 3-4 hours to
get to the top and about 1 hour to get to the bottom. The first part of the
sleigh run was fast and the second half not so fast. Sister Mason took a good
tumble in the first 200 yards and then slid well the rest of the way. Elder
Mason’s sleigh wanted to turn right all of the time so he could not go as fast
as he wanted to go. When we got to the bottom our YSA leader informed us that
we only had 15 minutes to get to the bus. We did not think we could make it to
the bus stop in time but the bus was a bit late and we all got to the bus
before it left.
It was Saturday evening and
when we visited this church building. We actually sat through part of the
Saturday evening mass.
Now back to the center
Monday night we had 7
for family home evening tonight. I gave the lesson on the fruits of the gospel
and particularly focused on temperance which I like to do. We applied for our
drivers licenses and they took our New Mexico licenses. We now have our papers
that we have German drivers licenses and our real licenses will come in a few
week. Sister Mason had her license renewed just before we came to Germany so
she could not prove that she has been driving for more than two years.
Consequently she could only get a temporary license. We got her driving record
that we had sent to the mission office and gave it to the motor vehicle
division so Sister Mason can now have the regular driver’s license. We also picked
up our Aufenthaltstitels which I think it is the equivalent to the USA social
security card. Our card allows us to be missionaries but not to work and earn
money in Germany.
Brother Mason met with Munchen Stake President, he called Elder Mason to be a high councilman. He will not have a ward
assignment but will go to the different wards and find ways to strengthen their
young single adults. Sister Mason has yet to get a calling in the ward but one
is coming.
Sister Mason used some of Elder Mason’s foot
fungus cream and spray. During the day her foot started to itch even more and
when she took her shoe off exactly where she had sprayed her foot and put the cream
on was all read, swelling and a blister had formed between her toes were she
had put the cream. She, obviously, cannot use Elder Mason’s foot cream for her
feet. Elder Mason got both the spray and the cream form the Apotheke and it
works well for him but not for Sister Mason.
Again the 19 number is magic, we had 19
attend institute on Wednesday. Sister Mason made American chili and about 14
JAEs ate. I believe they liked because they ate it all.