8.1.2004

hey friends! i was expecting this transfer to be worse than it was, but everything turned out okay, without problems. my luggage is nearing the end of its life, having been transferred with me a total of 8 times on my mission, with one left to go. Lauenburg is doing great! we actually have a baptism this weekend, a lady from Ghana named Christina! she is super-cool, and her and her daughter will be going with us to Hamburg tomorrow for a Fireside and an interview with the mission president. we are really excited, of course, and hope everything goes well. it was awesome to see the looks on the faces of members as i was in church yesterday. most of them were happy to see me again, and a few hadn´t even noticed i was gone! it is awesome to see my old friends again, and i know we will have a great next 5 weeks. shame i cant stay longer.... my companion is Elder Watkins, from Utah. he´s a cool kid, plays, like me, guitar and piano and alto saxophone, and he also sings really well. i am excited, to say the least. he is new here in Germany, so we are going to be concentrating on his German for the next little bit as well. This week we are pretty busy. it´s cold, and we ride bikes a lot, and its starting to get dark around 5 oclock now, but we are happy, and i love this apartment.. with the old wood supports and atticy feel. we bought some candles today and a new pot.. i left some stuff in our old one last night on the burner and went to sleep. luckily everything didnt burn down, but we´ll be having the windows open for the next few days despite the cold, and the purchase of a new pot became suddenly mandatory. oops.... hope you all have a good week. i am praying for you. see you soon!