Week 79- “The world would be better without religion” -Woman on street

Sup homos? Is that even kosher to say nowadays? Probs were never kosher at all but whatever... I’m in Germany, sue me. Elder Haywood saw his first German gay couple yesterday.

Grüteren Tägerenenen. 

1. Shout OUT to MOM!!! 45 ain’t nothin' but a number baby! Last birthday I’ll miss of her's so that is good. She’s so awesome. If anyone sees my mom just like kiss her or somethin' for me idk.

2. Rip but also congrats to jon&Bren for getting married this week. Sucks I ain’t there but whatever. Y’all met for the first time at my house. #marriagecred...?

3. Richard was put on a baptismal date for Januar 28th in Köln! Was able to find him on the second to last day with Elder Stacy in Köln. Elder Rosales now taking care of the boy.

Wacko week here settling into Koblenz. Lemme run you through a Space Mountain of highlights.

️Church was funny, little branch for sure has its Quaker Oats🏻‍ quarks but nothing too out of the ordinary. Some members from Solingen moved here and also some relatives of a family in Coburg live here so it was good to see familiar faces. We had dinner at an awesome family’s house that night. The mom was like “you look just like President Monson’s older brother” I’m like ya I’ve been told that a ton out here. Anyways on the way to their house, we drive through a big Forrest and it was the place where he actually got shot down and killed in WW2 and the Germans took care of his body from that village so that was cool.

Monday a member from Duisburg called us and took us to lunch. He works for a pro soccer player, has an awesome conversion story and that ended with me somehow eating some dog food. Wuff Wuff. Was a send 4 sure⛷

 First for everything right? I’ll send the video in the next email.

At interviews, I finally saw the COPELANDS. Dopest senior couple around. They were waiting for me there and just ran and gave me a hug. So good to see them and just ahh. I love good people. Shoutout to Elder Copeland romping it with latinos in Ecuador rn and of course Angie for making sure they saw me.

Other than that bunch of finding because this area is dead to say the least. We have been pounding it.  Skkkrrrttttt  

Koblenz is about 1 1/2 Hours away from any other missionaries we are isolated in our little historic german town.

I talked to this fam one night and it was just a quick contact because it was raining. Exchanged numbers and left. Got a txt yesterday and he had a few questions we were able to answer. We are meeting at their house Tuesday so pray for this little Ethiopian family. They are hype.

Forgot how funny it is to rip around with a brand new kid. We are havin a good time. He has a jet pack of faith at all times. Sometimes I leave him out to dry when he contacts. He says something and someone says something back to him he doesn’t understand and I just smile, which I learned he doesn’t like so much haha but growing pains are good. “Pills are good, pills are goooood” -Dumb&Dummer 

-Elder Haywood got his first number on his own

-he ate some Korean kimchi noodles for the first time

- he tried sriracha for the first time

- we tried some sour Chinese plums together

- I ate dog food

- I cleaned about 5 pounds of mold out of the shower and bathroom and threw away about half of the apartment already, elders are pack rats and never clean

- we bumped into a free mason building

- found a mattress on the road and carried it home yesterday

- it’s poured rain every day 

- fudged up my foot again yesterday on my bone spur/tendon/sprained ankle thing then walked another 6 miles on it. Post mission surgery should be good.

Have faith, believe in miracles, be grateful for them, don’t forget the miracles, keep covenants then life is so awesome.

“Welcome to the night shift....BAPTIZE”

Bis nächste Woche

Elder Rothwell🦅⚔️

Germany Frankfurt Mission

Emser Straße 18

Koblenz 56076

Germany 

Scriptures o’ da week:

1 Nephi 7:12

Helaman 12:1

Proverbs 12:29

John 13:15

Dak just being Dak

Frankfurt temple slowly but surely 

Copeland legends 

New room swagged out 

Elder Haywood hates farts