Sister Christiansen and BrittanyFamilie,
well i am really trying to figure out how to use this different german keyboard. so bear with me with this email. lol. So I just have so much to actuallz say. . . so much has happened in this extremely long week.
So we finally got to Berlin after so manz delays, but from the plane ride from salt lake to new york. . . Elder Barns and i sat next to this guy who was gay and it was awkward because at one point his husband came back and gave him a kiss. but this man is one of the writers for the soap opera "All my children". we did talk to him for a while and right before we got off Elder Barns gave him a book of mormon and then after we got off the plane Elder Healey was like . . . way to go you just saved two lives but ruined one marriage and Elder Barnes said " i don't think you can even count that as a marriage." it was pretty funny.
so we boarded are next plane and ended up having to sit on the plane for another two hours cause something broke and they had to fix it. . . for this flight i was sitting next to Elder Barnes and Sister Smith. Sister Smith and I were excited because we changed our watches to military time and that meant we were totally ready to read german time. So this flight was an eight hour flight to Berlin. We tried to sleep as much as possible and the airplane meals were disgusting. I kind of felt a bit sick after them and had to relieve myself in the bathroom. not that you needed to know that.lol. Finally we landed in Berlin. The airport is so so so different from the united states. We got off the plane and you could see the security line of people going to board planes. They litterally pat everyone down. . . i get to look forward to that in 16 months. then we came to the passport check and then right past that was the baggage claim and glass walls around it and through it we could see President and Sister Pimmital and the President's assistants waving at us. After we all gathered our luggage we went out to greet them and then go to exchange our american money for Euros at the airport. When everyone was ready we loaded into the cars to go to the mission office to take care of some things and oustide was more snow and more cold that i have ever seen or felt in my life. . . oh my.
We then headed over to Obergfell. . . the hotel we would be staying at. . . we met some of the missionaries serving in that area and they ate dinner with us. This hotel was a family owned hotel and the food was delicious and the soup in germany is the best. Though they always serve you carbonated drinks and the one that is most common is called lemonade, but it is actuallý not real lemonade. not a big fan of all the carbonated drinks. They also serve tea, but the members only drink Frucht tea and peffermint tea, which are both very good. So anyways after dinner we went out with the older missionaries to do street contacting and maybe place a book of mormon. . it was freezing. I went out with this sister named Sister Jordan who has only been in the field for two weeks, but is from Germany and is only part of the Berlin mission until her visa comes through. . because then she is actually serving in the Temple square mission.
The first lady I spoke to though I asked her something about god and what he means to her and she totallz threw her arm up and said something in German and stormed off. . . I don't understand anything anyone says, so i just go around smiling and hoping for the best.lol.
So anyways we stayed at this hotel and all the comforters and pillows in germany are feathered and do not have sheets. . just the one that goes over the mattress. Also everywhere you go has spiraled and steep stairs. So we got to sleep in that first night and the mission president would be back to get us at 9:30. . we got an awesome german breakfast at the hotel. they eat alot of bread for breakfast... the bread here is amazying. I had some nutella with mine. and also a boiled brown egg, but they don't cook their eggs all the way in the center, but they are really good in bread. Also their yougurt tastes alot like cream cheese. same texture.
We were picked up and then taken to this place called maerplatz. we walked a while in the snow and it was also snowing, into the woods. we finally stopped where the wall use to stand. This spot was also the very spot the first presidency gave their dedicatory prayers to the land last february. As president pimmetal read the prayers you could feel the warmth of the spirit and the cold of the snow and air could not be felt. it was so amazing you could feel that this was a choice land. we then split up along where the wall use to stand and said our own dedicated prayer to the Lord promising him a successful mission and what we will personally do while out here. i loved the spirit so much there and could feel such a strong love for this land and for the people. President Pimmital told us that at the end of our mission he will take us back to maerplatz so we can once again find our spot along the path where the wall use to be and close our mission with a prayer where we started. i cannot wait for that again.
After wards we went to the church to meet all the missionaries who will be the trainers and we had lunch. . . i really do not like rot cal, which is red cabbage, but everything else that was fixed was reallý good. Then we had golden conference and instead of being called greenies we are called golden because just like the gold plates could be written on but then permanently there that is what happens with our trainers what they tell us will stick with us this whole mission. Anyways during golden conference we found out who our companions would be and where we will be serving. Sister Christianson is my companion and we are serving in Rostock which is by, i think it is the ostsee or maybe the baltic sea. anyways. . . she has never served in rostock because we are the sisters who are going to reopen the area because it got closed off for the sister missionaries. so we are pretty much going to white wash the city. . going in knowing no one and not knowing the city. there are two elders here ryser and ganash who are from germany and france. elder ryser is the district leader and we are all serving in the ward here in rostock. we also have two senior sisters who live just a few apartments down from us and it makes me feel like i have two grandmas here. lol. rostock is a city of about 200,000 people and a ward of about 30 to 50 members. Sister christianson and i are both learning the area and trying to find people to listen to us. The elders were so excited to get sisters in the area finally and my first full, real day in rostock was on new years eve and well we had to be in by 6 p.m.
kirche jesu christi
Friedrich Strasse 14/15
18057 Rostock
Deutschland
write to me with that address because the one you have is for the office and i only get those letters like every transfer or so. but this is my address here in rostock. . . i love yäall and cannot wait til my next email time!!!!
love sister brittany anderson
well i am really trying to figure out how to use this different german keyboard. so bear with me with this email. lol. So I just have so much to actuallz say. . . so much has happened in this extremely long week.
So we finally got to Berlin after so manz delays, but from the plane ride from salt lake to new york. . . Elder Barns and i sat next to this guy who was gay and it was awkward because at one point his husband came back and gave him a kiss. but this man is one of the writers for the soap opera "All my children". we did talk to him for a while and right before we got off Elder Barns gave him a book of mormon and then after we got off the plane Elder Healey was like . . . way to go you just saved two lives but ruined one marriage and Elder Barnes said " i don't think you can even count that as a marriage." it was pretty funny.
so we boarded are next plane and ended up having to sit on the plane for another two hours cause something broke and they had to fix it. . . for this flight i was sitting next to Elder Barnes and Sister Smith. Sister Smith and I were excited because we changed our watches to military time and that meant we were totally ready to read german time. So this flight was an eight hour flight to Berlin. We tried to sleep as much as possible and the airplane meals were disgusting. I kind of felt a bit sick after them and had to relieve myself in the bathroom. not that you needed to know that.lol. Finally we landed in Berlin. The airport is so so so different from the united states. We got off the plane and you could see the security line of people going to board planes. They litterally pat everyone down. . . i get to look forward to that in 16 months. then we came to the passport check and then right past that was the baggage claim and glass walls around it and through it we could see President and Sister Pimmital and the President's assistants waving at us. After we all gathered our luggage we went out to greet them and then go to exchange our american money for Euros at the airport. When everyone was ready we loaded into the cars to go to the mission office to take care of some things and oustide was more snow and more cold that i have ever seen or felt in my life. . . oh my.
We then headed over to Obergfell. . . the hotel we would be staying at. . . we met some of the missionaries serving in that area and they ate dinner with us. This hotel was a family owned hotel and the food was delicious and the soup in germany is the best. Though they always serve you carbonated drinks and the one that is most common is called lemonade, but it is actuallý not real lemonade. not a big fan of all the carbonated drinks. They also serve tea, but the members only drink Frucht tea and peffermint tea, which are both very good. So anyways after dinner we went out with the older missionaries to do street contacting and maybe place a book of mormon. . it was freezing. I went out with this sister named Sister Jordan who has only been in the field for two weeks, but is from Germany and is only part of the Berlin mission until her visa comes through. . because then she is actually serving in the Temple square mission.
The first lady I spoke to though I asked her something about god and what he means to her and she totallz threw her arm up and said something in German and stormed off. . . I don't understand anything anyone says, so i just go around smiling and hoping for the best.lol.
So anyways we stayed at this hotel and all the comforters and pillows in germany are feathered and do not have sheets. . just the one that goes over the mattress. Also everywhere you go has spiraled and steep stairs. So we got to sleep in that first night and the mission president would be back to get us at 9:30. . we got an awesome german breakfast at the hotel. they eat alot of bread for breakfast... the bread here is amazying. I had some nutella with mine. and also a boiled brown egg, but they don't cook their eggs all the way in the center, but they are really good in bread. Also their yougurt tastes alot like cream cheese. same texture.
We were picked up and then taken to this place called maerplatz. we walked a while in the snow and it was also snowing, into the woods. we finally stopped where the wall use to stand. This spot was also the very spot the first presidency gave their dedicatory prayers to the land last february. As president pimmetal read the prayers you could feel the warmth of the spirit and the cold of the snow and air could not be felt. it was so amazing you could feel that this was a choice land. we then split up along where the wall use to stand and said our own dedicated prayer to the Lord promising him a successful mission and what we will personally do while out here. i loved the spirit so much there and could feel such a strong love for this land and for the people. President Pimmital told us that at the end of our mission he will take us back to maerplatz so we can once again find our spot along the path where the wall use to be and close our mission with a prayer where we started. i cannot wait for that again.
After wards we went to the church to meet all the missionaries who will be the trainers and we had lunch. . . i really do not like rot cal, which is red cabbage, but everything else that was fixed was reallý good. Then we had golden conference and instead of being called greenies we are called golden because just like the gold plates could be written on but then permanently there that is what happens with our trainers what they tell us will stick with us this whole mission. Anyways during golden conference we found out who our companions would be and where we will be serving. Sister Christianson is my companion and we are serving in Rostock which is by, i think it is the ostsee or maybe the baltic sea. anyways. . . she has never served in rostock because we are the sisters who are going to reopen the area because it got closed off for the sister missionaries. so we are pretty much going to white wash the city. . going in knowing no one and not knowing the city. there are two elders here ryser and ganash who are from germany and france. elder ryser is the district leader and we are all serving in the ward here in rostock. we also have two senior sisters who live just a few apartments down from us and it makes me feel like i have two grandmas here. lol. rostock is a city of about 200,000 people and a ward of about 30 to 50 members. Sister christianson and i are both learning the area and trying to find people to listen to us. The elders were so excited to get sisters in the area finally and my first full, real day in rostock was on new years eve and well we had to be in by 6 p.m.
kirche jesu christi
Friedrich Strasse 14/15
18057 Rostock
Deutschland
write to me with that address because the one you have is for the office and i only get those letters like every transfer or so. but this is my address here in rostock. . . i love yäall and cannot wait til my next email time!!!!
love sister brittany anderson
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