Hey!! Sorry I know it is Friday. I lost my iPad on a train Monday morning..... Yesterday, we went into Frankfurt and got another iPad. I am mostly upset that I lost my case rather than the iPad but all is well.
This week flew by. I can't believe the transfer is over!
Last Friday, we had dinner with one of our investigators, Joaquim! He is awesome! He is really trying hard with the word of wisdom so we just keep teaching him and praying for him. It is so cool to watch people try and better themselves and the gospel just excels the process so much. He made us a big Portuguese meal and it was great but I barely made it back to our apartment before I crapped my pants. Hopefully the videos work. It was basically the scene in Dumb&Dumber if anyone knows what I'm talking about hahahaha had to air out the whole apartment.
We did a lot of finding this week. Such interesting people out here! I'm still getting use to the culture. We live in the hood of Hanau. We went a few streets down from our apartment and the whole building is Romanians and the kids love my comp and his magic trick but it is the slummsss! so poor. Kids my age there have way too much time on their hands and it's pretty sad, honestly. The older ones just make fun of us and speak really fast in Romanian and laugh. I got so mad, I just had to grab my comp and we had to leave because I'm still immature and hot headed. We ordered some Book of Mormons in Romanian and hopefully the ones that are interested will take it seriously.
This week tested my patience with everything. Most the time, God just reminds me that he is the boss and I'm just a 19 year old idiot so it's all good. For example: losing my iPad, missing busses, not knowing the language, and living with a comp who is basically polar opposite from me but it's so good I've learned a ton from Elder Golden because he points out my weaknesses and I point out his but it is all in a loving manner and for the same goal. Plus relying on the spirit helps a ton especially when you and the person you are working with or are in a relationship with have the same goal to just progress and get better. So many things on a daily basis that I have the privilege to learn... not that it is always easy but it's good for me.
I also learned that you never have to have a bad day. Even on the days that suck it doesn't mean that it was a bad day just another opportunity to learn.
This gospel is true. I love being able to share it with people out here. We meet all different kinds of people out here from all over the world and all different ages. It's crazy what the power of prayer and the Book of Mormon does to them and the light they get in their eyes when they open up to it.
Haha sorry for the scrambled email. Hopefully it makes sense.
Love you all HEAPS! Have a good week
Elder Rothwell
Germany Frankfurt Mission
Freidrich Str. 2E
63450 Hanau, Germany
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