This week has been a good one! We did exchanges with Stuttgart International sisters on Wednesday. Sister Pitcher came with me, and Sister Udy went with the other two. Haahah most missionaries talk about "tausch miracles" ours was more of "tausch disasters" but we had a good time! We met with a guy named Fakebba for the first time, when we talked about the book of Mormon and gave us one he promised that he would read, we hadn't even asked him to read yet, let alone promise to read. It was awesome! We also met a man named Jorge while streeting, and he was so excited to learn more! We are excited to meet with him!
As for the disasters... I will just name one, we had an appointment with a less active member in an old persons home. I had never met her yet so I didn't know where she lived or what she looked like- and neither did Sister Pitcher. We couldn't find the place and she wouldn't answer her phone, so we went and got dinner in the area and waited to see if she would call. She did, and we told her we would be there soon. She told us she would wait for us by the elevator. When we got there there was a lady waiting by the elevator who was so excited to see us! We apologized for being late and she asked us to sit down, after talking to her for about a minute I had a feeling that it was not the member we were looking for. We talked for another couple minutes and no one else came by to wait by the elevator.... turns out after talking to a nurse it wasn't her. And we found the member and were able to get to know her. It was sooo funny. When we left the other lady was still by the elevator and still wanted to chat....
This week we also spent a lot of time trying to prepare for zone conference. Elder Warnick was the only one out of us four to have any idea about what to do, and so planning was filled with lots of kicks and giggles and pulled out hair. But we pulled it off. -the training that is.
As for zone conference... It was planned that the Stuttgart zone would combine with the Munich zone in Munich. So we all had to take a bus to Munich. We had sleepovers and then woke up between 5-5:30 so that we could catch our bus to the conference. Someone thought it was only a 2 hour trip to the conference, turns out it was 4 and we were 1.5 hours late to zone conference. But the a conference was really good. It was so wonderful to see so many MTC friends and other mission friends. I truly do love my mission. However, 8 hours in one day on a bus with 26 missionaries is not my favorite. But I do love the loud crazy hooligans.
Today we went to a tower and climbed it and I about had an anxiety attack- I may have conquered a lot of things on my mission (like the ability to eat peanut butter and mushrooms and like them, or talk to 100 people I don't know everyday) but heights are still something I just can't do.
“Mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. … Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Apologize. Try to understand. Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Be kind. Be gentle. Laugh a little more. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. … Speak your love and then speak it again” -President Howard W. Hunter
I love you all and I hope you're all having an awesome week! Ps for those of you who promised me letters and packages- you better get on that pretty soon. 
[Pics: zone conference- the ZL's, us and some other missionaries idk; Sis Udy&I at zone conference; tausch w/ Sister Pitcher]
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