Hohenstein!!!

Drumroll please.....

HOHENSTEIN ERNSTHAL!!!!!

I am moving to the completely opposite side of the mission! Sister Barlow (my next companion) and I will be opening a sisters program there.  Oh my goodness. I am so excited to go tomorrow. This new area is one of the most beautiful parts of the mission.  A challenge will be is that they speak sechsisch there, which is another version or dialect of German. It is kind of like the Southern language of Germany. The people are also from the GDR or from former Communist Russia when they ruled that part of Germany. So the people have been pretty hardened. It’s going be great. :) I’m pumped.

I have a really busy day ahead of me! I will be waking up bright and early to catch my train in Hamburg then I will pick up my next companion in Berlin and head all the way down to Chemnitz where I will pick up the car. Yes... I will be driving a car this next transfer. I am so excited though. The atmosphere in East Germany is completely different than in the West. I can't wait to tell y'all about it next week!

Funny story from this week! On Tuesday, Sister Garcia and I had an appointment with an investigator. When we got there, she wasn't there, but her niece was. So we ended up teaching her about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. When we finished her lesson, another one of our investigators walked in from school. We ended up reading in the Book of Mormon with him until his mom came home (the lady we originally had the appointment with). And then we taught her. Sometimes, the most interesting things happen on a mission. You really learn how to role with it. :) 

I love you all! Have a great week!
 

Sister Reed 

Saying goodbye to Bergedorf's Branch President & his wife.