Friday, March 13, 2020

March 11,2020 Week 9

Hey everyone. 
This week has gone ok. We did a lot. 

Mittwoch(Wednesday)  We went to Munich again for our street thing. We walked around in the city center and I stop people and talk to them about the gospel. Of the people I stopped they all stopped so that was cool. I had two that stopped and said "I don't speak German." And I was like, me neither. There was also a political display thing. I think it was a right wing, they were against more immigration and the Islam. It was pretty cool. I also found a store with clocks and crap, I thought mum might like. Took a picture of political signs and store front. 

Dounerstag. (Thursday) We had to get up and get ready fast because we were going to München to do my legal crap. We got there and called the office elders and they asked if I had my passport, I told them no, I had misunderstood when they said I didn’t need it.  So we had to go back home, I felt so bad because they had told us I just needed to sign something. We went back and it was raining in Augsburg, and no one was on the street so we ended up just going to the library and studying. I found some Harry potter stuff and that was fun to try to read in German.  I also read some cool batman comics in German.

Freitag (Friday ) We did our street thing again, but in Augsburg. We had to ride the bike that has a book cart on the front and a normal bike. I got to ride the normal bike this time, but I rode the big one around a wee bit. Sent a video.  

 Samstag. (Saturday )  We went and helped  inactive member. It was pretty disgusting. We first moved a fridge and it was really gross. We had to move it up a flight of stairs, and one we did we decided to look in it, and when we opened it a bunch of stank water came out all over the sidewalk. There was a drawer in the fridge side that had a bunch of rotten meat. We helped them move their washer and drier. Their apartment smelt like Las Vegas and I wanted to die. The smell of smoke was really heavy and nasty. We drove to their new apartment, and It looked pretty nice from the outside, and even the halls and stuff were really nice, but we got to the actual apartment and it was pretty gross as well. I think the smell of smoke was even worse in there. We helped them move crap into the hall and into the elevator and out of the elevator. I'm glad we didn't need to help them move anything up the stairs, because they were on the 9th floor. It was still fun though. I could understand the members enough that I could do basic things, it was still scary. 


Sohntag. (Sunday ) We went to church. In priesthood  I just sat there and didn't understand anything. I think I can understand stuff when its really basic, or talking about the lesson, because that's mainly what we learned in the MTC. We then sat there and waited for the bishop. We then went to his house and it was really nice. He  and his wife served an English speaking missions, so they both spoke English so that was nice.  They were both really nice. The food they served us was really good as well.  When we where done bishop took us home in his BMW We went on the autobahn and it was way fun. We were going 260kph and it was fun. He said it was around 162mph.  He said he owned and ran daycares. I think his degree is in political science or maybe he is an attorney. 

Montag. We had zone conference back in Munich with President Brown.   I played piano and sang.  I was really tired. I've been tired this whole week. 

Dienstag. I'm writing this right now. We got up and went to Munich again and we did my legal crap. We spent most of the day sitting around in lines. I brought my passport this time. We got there and the office elders were like. We forgot our 100 euros. So they left us and got that. Then when they got back. And then they were like we left our papers at the office. So they had to go get that. So that made the whole process take a lot longer. That took all day, I thought we would have to use this as our p day, but we are doing tomorrow so that's fun. So that's why I'm sending this on Wednesday. 

Love you and hope all is well at home. 
Love Elder Brown

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Elder Brown - Augsburg Germany

Elder Brown - Augsburg Germany
TURN UP THE VOLUMN. Church Bells Ringing



Elder Carson Brown with trainer/companion Elder Porter
Augsburg Germany 




My Apartment Building 

Park by my apartment building
funny little  boy statue
Got to eat at McDonalds for p-day dinner - never thought I would say I liked McDonalds but it was GOOD




Got a little snow yesterday - snow in the city center 


Graffiti in the City ( Augsburg)  - More like art. It is everywhere 


Beautiful churches and clock towers
Augsburg 




Pretty country side between Munich and Augsburg
Pictures taken out the train window (S-Bahn)

In the fitting room trying on a pair of Lederhosens on my P-DAY.
Elder Porter and I looking in the Mirror of apartment 

Monday, March 2, 2020

Week 7 - First in the Field 3/3/20

First Week in the Field – so last Tuesday we woke up early at the President Brown home. It was epic that I woke up I was exhausted. We had breakfast and short lesson and then went to train station.  That is where I said good bye to my MTC partners Elder Cockerill, and Elder Gallacher, they are both going to Switzerland, and  I  meet my trainer Elder Porter.  I can’t believe how good he is.  We rode a train to Augsburg and then had to walk a long way to another train station with my luggage and then short train ride to apartment. 

 After unpacking we went finding. We went to a city center and I was surprised a lot of people were just stopping to talk to us.  We walked through some old churches and it was way cool. We had a long conversation with an old lady, we went into the library and sat and talked to her for an hour.  We got her contact information and gave her a Book of Mormon. 

Wednesday we gave a lesson to a guy – Ibrahem.  Elder Porter taught the lesson but I could kind of understand the conversation. He asked us if we could meet again. The lesson was just talking to get to know him. He was cool and super nice. I got groceries and they all fit in my backpack. Not mom’s Costco trip. Hope all my days are this good. 

I really like Elder Porter. As we are talking we are finding we have a lot in common, I can’t believe how similar we are. I played some Skyrim instrumental music and he showed me he had the same album on his phone.  
We meet with the sister missionaries in our district and they were really cool. So in my Augsburg district there is just one elder companionship, one sister companionship and a senior couple.  We went to visit the sister because they were both sick.  They wanted a blessing.  So I gave my first missionary priesthood blessing.  I was freaking out but it went really well. I felt the spirit and it was really cool. It was a good day I really felt the spirit as I was giving this blessing.  Sister Smith is from St. George so fun to have that in common. 

Monday we did findings at the Augsburg street display. It was the most fun I’ve had yet. We got to meet some other Elders from a different district and we kept really busy.  I would stop people and say something and then the other elders would take over. The one elder with us Elder Wiser -everyone said he looks like the actor Zac Efron.  We had fun joking around, the other elder, Elder Ilkov looks like actor Rami Malek.  I am excited because we have had several people stop and talk to us and they have given us their digits.   I can’t believe this but I can understand a lot of people and conversations in German. I think I had really low expectations but excited I can kind of understand.   
I miss the gym and know I am losing weight but I guess that is ok.  We did some running for our sport time and I think that will be good.  Elder Porter is good to cook for me and I try to do all the clean up.  It is weird how everything goes into recycle bins including left over food or bio-degradable waste.  Weird.   
Have a good week
Love Elder Brown

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