Hello Everyone!!
What a crazy week I have had. I am back in Rheine but I don't know how long I will be back here. I was in Osnabruck untill saturday morning than came back here but last Pres said was at least for the week end? So I dont know what will happen its really wierd cause its not like Pres to just leave everyone hanging nobody really knows whats going on and maybe Pres doesnt know either and he is just waiting till transfers at the end of this week to get rid of Brinkerhoff I have no Idea. But I had a good week in Osnabruck we worked hard and got that city a little fresh life. We were able to get 2 new investigators there and we taught about 12 lessons monday to friday so it was pretty successful but I was happy to come back!! Rheine has been pretty dead since I have been gone because they havent been able to do much of anything its pretty sad so when I got back we went by on like 5 people who they hadnt been in contact with and we got back in contact with them so thats good our teaching pool is still strong!! I am not sure how much longer I will be here. But we do have a baptismal date! This kid from Osnabruck lives here in Bad Bentheim because he goes to some school his mother and older brother are new converts and his dad has been baptized for a long time but was inactive untill a few months ago. He wants to be with his family forever he understands that so that is way cool he is 14 and will be baptized on the 11th of September. So Elder Ririe and I will be teaching him and helping him prepare for his baptism so thats really cool! As far as Peter goes. He is still AWESOME I guess they were able to meet with him here last week when I was in Osnabruck and had a good 2nd lesson he really loved everything and said he feels something at our church that he has never felt before and he loves it and loves the branch here so thats way cool! He says he believes everything is true but cant be baptized because it wouldnt all be for the right reason! SO I guess his friend in Peru is a GIRLFRIEND and she said the other day to him that she has always wanted to be married in the temple and he says that that would be part of the reason he would be baptized because he wants to marry her! So we have a bit of a problem but we are meeting with him tonight and now I am back I called him last night and he said OHHH HELLO how are you he was pretty excited I was back and said I missed you last week haha so maybe I can get through with him today. Because that is completely an ok reason to want to be married in the temple! We will see I know he will be baptized I am so confident about it its a done deal he is really the coolest guy! Mom maybe I will have him add you on facebook I am sure he would love to be in contact with you. He has some pictures of us that he can send via facebook as well..... Anyways thats about it as far as missionary work goes I dont know where I am going to be but I will know next week for sure. So dont send any letters this week and I will let you all know next week....
As far as a funny story for the week. So I had my first run in with the police here in Germany!! It was way crazy!! haha. So we went by on a contact in Osnabruck and he kinda lives in the outskirts of town and Osnabruck is a big city about 250 thousand or so. He kinda lives in the Ghetto of town so we got off the bus and started walking to his house and like 5 or 6 little kids came up to us and were like who are you are you police and we said no we are from America just for our church and they were all excited they thought we were famous or something so they started asking for our autographs on their arms and everything and it was so funny they were so enthraled with us so it was great than we said we need to go in and talk to this guy so we walked away and he wasnt home so when we came back out those kids had gone and gotten like the whole neighborhood kids and there was about 15 or so ages from 4 to 10 or 11 and they were asking us for our cards and everything so we gave them some and autographed those and than one kid said lets take a picture so we did like a group of the kids with me all happy and everything it was way funny they like loved us so than we said ok we have to go and walked back to the bus stop that was about 5 minutes away we were waiting for our bus and I hear the kids again and I was like great they are coming back to get more cards or more autographs cause it was quite a ways to walk to the bus stop. So than they come around the corner and this little kid comes up to me and says Hey I know who you are delete those pictures.. and I said what who am I? and he didnt say anything than a mother of one of the kids comes around the corner and you have to know these people are like ausslanders so not germans cause its in the ghetto so this lady was turkish and she started ripping us a new one saying how we were taking kinder photos and how we were criminals and so I pulled my camera out and said ok I will show you the pictures and I will delete them so I did and she saw me delete them but she was still freaking out and there was a guy there like a father of one of the kids and she said call the police. And I was ticked I was like well what do you want me to do about it and I told her everything that had happened and she said we were bad people and kept calling our church a sect and oh we were both getting really upset. And I said well I deleted the pictures so what are the cops going to do? and she said well I dont know I guess we will see. So before we know it we missed our bus and all the kids parents were over at the bus stop yelling at us!! It was crazy than the police came and we told them the story and they were way cool about it and they checked our cameras and said well it was way nice of you to play with the kids and give them your cards but its illegal to take pictures of people without their permission here in germany than we told the officer that the kid asked and he said ohhh and he said well now you know the rules and they let us go! The parents were Nuts!! So we called President because he is a Lawyer we thought it would be good to find out what could happen and he said oh wow thats something you guys will laugh about in the future. So we just went home and all was ok haha but it sure was a good experience!! So that is my story for the week! Now I am on record here in Germany!! How many missionaries can say that!!
Thanks for everything and have a great week. Love ya tons!!
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