Week 1 of the
fortnight
Grüezi
wohl!!!!
I
guess we'll just cut straight in with the week!!
Montag-
Oh beautiful Montag!!! Actually I told you about that last Monday!! So Pilatus,
massive hike, sun burn, but my sun burn is now beautiful brown skin and my legs
were killing from that hike for the next like 5 days!!!
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| P-Day Fun |
Dienstag!!
It was a sad time!! Last District Meeting!! I loved that district soo much!!!!
Then we did a finding day in Richterswil and I was with Elder Timm!!! We found
a few people which was pretty awesome considering we only had like 30mins
finding!!! So that was sweeeeeeettttt!!!!! Then we had a lesson with one of the
formers I called when I couldn't join in at gemeindesport! It was sooo cool!
Always leaving an area stronger than you found it and trust me Bostetten was
left so much better than when I got there!!! Not bragging! Legit miracles
happened in my 3 transfers there!
Mittwoch,
I always leave packing till the last minute!!! I only just started Wednesday
afternoon/evening! I just don't like packing. It makes the move more real, but
I did it and I don't know how it happens, but each time I move - my bags are so
much fuller than the time before and this time I even got rid of a load of
stuff I don't use!!!! Then we went to Familie Browns!!! I love that family, so
it was hard saying Bye to them!!!!
Then
Donnerstag! Today was the day!!! Just a little bit earlier of a get-up to get
to Bahnhof on time, catch up with people, say goodbye to people and then off to
Dielsdorf!! I guess one thing I've really realised or remembered since moving
here is the reason I am here and here is awesome!!! Me and Elder Huby get on
really well, we work like ridiculously hard!! Elder Huby is really good at
speaking the language, so right now we like switch all the time between English
and German, but it's cool, my German’s improved loads in just the last 5 days
alone! Thursday was an awesome day! Then we ended it with Zweigrat! (Zweigrat
is Gemeinderat, but cause we're a branch, it's Zweigrat instead), but that was
cool and the branch leadership are awesome!! Our GML is from England-
Middlesbrough! So it's cool!!!
Freitag
was another full on day!!! Like legit I love Missionary work!!!!! And I love my
comp. It just sucks that he goes home at the end of this transfer. We only have
5 weeks together!!!! :( Sad times, but we also helped a member out with home
teaching this day, which was great!
Samstag!
The Miracle Day! We began the day with a bit of finding and vorbeis before
going shopping! We did shopping cause today is a holiday here and no shops are open
on a Swiss holiday, so we had to shop on Saturday! Then we went to a little
dorf, which is tricky to get to, to go by a potential! We get there and she’s
having a huge party, so we couldn't see her! Then we planned to go to another
place to do finding, but we had like an hour until our next bus, so decided we
would do some dooring! Having no idea which street to door, as you do as
missionaries, we had a prayer and almost immediately we both pointed at the
same street! After a lot of rejection and only having one person say ‘Yeah
sure, come back another time and we'll meet’! We headed back to the bus stop!
Then Elder Huby said maybe we should work here for another hour, as we won't
have much time if we go to the other place. So I thought about it and the bus
was supposed to come in one minute, so I said ‘Yeah okay, if the bus is late,
even by a few seconds, we'll carry on!’ The bus was late by like a minute, so
we carried on!! We doored with no luck and then the last guy on the second
building we did was like ‘Ahh come in!’ So we went in and had a total spontaneous
lesson with him! We taught about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon and it
was sooooo cool and the spirit was definitely there!!!! That was for sure the
biggest highlight of my week!!!!
Then
we get to Sonntag! Not too much actually happened! We had Church! It's similar
to Bern! Like an office building with a suite that is just turned into a
chapel, but it's cute!! So church was fun, even though I hate having to do the
whole ‘Hi’ thing in a new area! But hey! Then I got a load of assignments on my
first Sunday! Cause Elder Huby dies at the end of this transfer, which is my
birthday! That’s right transfer day is the 25th June. Sucks!! I get assignments
for the Sunday on the 28th. I have a talk to give on the most random topic and
I have to give the Priesthood lesson! Although the lesson I can do as a
companionship! Then we went to a member’s for dinner and the food was
awesome!!! It was an awesome day! Plus this branch is amazing with feeding the
missionaries! For example this week we have like a meal appointment almost
every day except for one day, but we do have dinner and lunch appointments on a
few, it's craziness!!! So I'm loving life! Plus, our apartment is pretty
nice! It was recently renovated I believe, apart from the bathroom! So, that is
basically it for this week, but have a brilliant week!!!
Week 2 of the
Fortnight
Hello,
hello, hellooooo!!!!
Wie
gehts???
So
Monday was an awesome day!!! We went into Zürich and got lunch and chilled and
looked in a few shops! Then in the evening we went to a member’s to celebrate
another member’s birthday with them! It was a cool evening and we ate loads of
awesome food. It was ridiculous!!!!
Tuesday
we had District Meeting!! It was actually a really amazing district meeting!!!
The Spirit was crazy strong there!!! Then we did a few Vorbeis and we got an
appointment with one of the formers we went by on!! So that was cool!! Then we
went to another family’s for Dinner!! It was awesome!!! And their Family are
soo cool!!!
Wednesday
was a day full of appointments, including having to teach seminary in the
evening!! We have a few interesting investigators here, which is cool!
Thursday
was another day full of appointments!! We met with a less active guy who's
Irish and he was really cool! He really wants to start getting back to church,
so we'll get working with him and the branch to help him start coming back!!
Then we went to a member’s for lunch and it was amazing!!! We had like a BBQ,
which was awesome! Then headed to another appointment with an investigator who
asks some of the most interesting questions!!! It was a cool appointment! Then
we had another dinner appointment with our Branch President! It was awesome
again! We had a typically Swiss meal! Soooo good!!!
Friday
morning we went dooring in a little dorf not too far from where we live!! It
was full of huge houses! So many rich people!!! Then we had weekly planning and
then had a couple more appointments with some investigators - it was a cool
day!!!
Saturday
was an early start!!! The branch was having a Branch Temple Day and they wanted
us to come with them!!! So the first session we were doing was the 9.00 one, so
we got up at 5.30 to get ready to take the 6.19 train from where we live to
Zürich HB. We get on the train and then it gets a 10-15min delay cause of
someone falling down the stairs and cutting their head open!!! It was pretty
gross, like blood was everywhere and it was a dodgy colour as well!!! Hopefully
they're alright!!!! But that meant we just missed our train to Bern, so we took
the next train to Bern (luckily Swiss trains are really good and you have
connections at least every half hour to anywhere in the country almost!!!) We
got to the temple at 9.00, so missed that session and went and did studies in
the chapel for a bit until the next session the Branch were doing at 11.30. That
is where I bumped into Laura (my mom’s cousin)!!! It was pretty cool!!! I knew
it was bound to happen at some point!! We were just heading out to go to the
bookstore opposite the chapel and I thought I saw her, so was like
"Laura???" Then we had a quick chat cause she was looking after all
the kids of the parents who went into the temple, but it was cool bumping into
her!!! Then we went to the Bookstore!!! They have so much good stuff there!!!
Hence the amount I spent!!! Ooops!!! But I got 2 amazing books! One is answers
to commonly asked questions to missionaries about the church and the other is
full of spiritual thought ideas including object lessons!!! It has some pretty
good ones in it!! Then I bought a Plan of Salvation puzzle! It's really cool
and the best bit about it, is that it's in German - you can normally only get
stuff like that in English!! They also sell it in French, Italian and Spanish
at the bookstore over here!!! Then the temple!!!! Beautiful as ever!!!! I love
going to the temple!!!! It's such a blessing to be able to go once a transfer
over in Switzerland!!!! I love it!!!
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| with Elder Huby at the Bern Temple |
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| Always good to Pick up supplies from the Book store near the Temple |
Then
Sunday!!!! Church was brilliant again!!! I love Branches!!! As a missionary I
think Branches are so much better! I've absolutely loved the wards I've served
in, but branches are special! You just get to know the members a lot quicker and
they are always a lot more welcoming!!! It's great and at the end of the
meetings we had lunch as a Branch!! So yesterday I made a Chocolate Fudge Cake
to take to it and they all loved it!!!! Definitely a brilliant way to get in
with the members in a new area! J Then home for studies and then to
our GML’s for dinner and GMK!!! Dinner was awesome! They are an awesome
family!!! Then GMK was also brilliant!!! It was really insightful - and that
was basically the week!!!!
Well -
have a beautiful week!!!
All
my love,
Elder
Ammon Robertson xxxxxx
