Sister Addison Hunt, Alpine German Speaking Mission

Can you guys believe that next week will be my last weekly ever? Ya me either...  Wednesday we were both just having a rough day. Our ward needs lots of help but no one ever answers us, we don't have a lot of friends, and it's just hard to feel like the work we do is even helping or if it's what we're supposed to do and ya basically we were crying in the kitchen trying to make banana bread... kinda funny looking back but not so funny in the moment. I said a prayer and told god that we would go out and find a miracle but we needed his help. We went to try and go visit a lady and she wasn't home and then it started dumping rain on us and it was getting late so we decided to grab dinner and get on our train back. The train hadn't quite left yet and I had finished my food and wanted to throw my trash away and I looked at my watch and saw we had 2 minutes. There is a bunch of trash cans on the platforms of the trains so I told my comp I wanted to throw my trash away....

  Banger of a week! So I'm still confused and don't know how this happened.. but on Sunday we had a box with some food in it, and on the Ubahn this guy was like, "Ich will deinen Salat" (I want your lettuce). We just kinda laughed thinking he was kidding but long story short he just took it out of our box as we were exiting the ubahn... we were caught so off guard and were like did we just get robbed? So ya basically I can say I got robbed on my mission... We did give him our card tho so we better have gotten a new friend from that at least.  Wednesday was such a happy day! We had a baptism in our ward for our friend named Valera. He is 18 and from Ukraine and just so awesome. The whole night he just had the biggest smile on his face. The meeting was in English, Ukrainian, and German, and even tho I couldn't understand some parts, the spirit was so strong. After the baptism, he got up and said, "I don't know a lot of German but I will try to say what I fe...

  Another great week here in Deutschland! I got to eat some rotten fruit, and fruit salad, got my weekly dose of cat hair, and every single one of our appointments was with German Omas so get ready haha.    Wednesday we tried to go help an old lady clean her house, but after some not complete directions and a whole lot of yelling, it didn't work out. While we were at the banhof waiting for her, this sweet old lady came up to us, we both thought she was the lady we were supposed to be helping so we walked up to her. She greeted us with the kindest smile, saw that our tags said Jesu Christi, and gave us the biggest hug. Then she went and got her newspaper and left. She definitely was NOT the lady we were looking for, but definitely was the reason we were there.  Saturday we went street-finding and I was just not feeling it. It was hot, I hadn't slept too well, and I just felt tired. I walked into it giving myself a pep talk tho and thinking to myself you only have 4 mo...

 A pretty good week out here.  I didn't  have to lick any rocks so that was a bonus. I am however dying of heat tho so I don't know which one is worse. Be grateful for ac brothers and sisters. This week I am grateful for 5 guys because it is the only place we found that actually had ac so shoutout to America. Also, I decided being allergic to cats is a mindset and that I'm not allergic anymore. I also think I'm going to be immune to them by all the cat hair I eat here, there is only so many you can secretly pick off. I found out this week that my comp is deathly afraid of bugs. Also found out that our fun cat lady likes spiders in her house and to NOT kill them.. that may be worse than telling her you don't like cats which I may or may not have done. Hopefully, I played it off good by blaming it on my allergies because I got the meanest look and I thought for sure I was gonna get kicked out (which I admittedly don't think I'd be too mad about)... sorry those...

  Down to the last transfer! Not gonna lie it doesn't seem real yet so that's good haha. I'm not looking forward to the day when it actually hits me...   Munich 1 is an interesting place... let's just say I'm gonna have some good stories here. I think I had the weirdest member appointment of my mission yesterday.. we walked in and this apartment was just covered in cat hair... we all know my strong dislike for cats and IDK what God is trying to do to me but ya rough. My allergies just went off and I think I sneezed a total of like 80 times... we sat down for dinner and she looks at my companion and the other elder that have been here and asks them if they think we're ready for the ritual. My mind at this point was going everywhere thinking what the heck is she about to make me do. She goes on to pull out this salt crystal rock thing and explains to us that her cats love to lick this thing and that every new missionary also has to lick it to be initiated. I just ...

  This week contained a lot of goodbyes and a lot of food. I will be headed to Munich for my last transfer and will be training again and I'm very excited! Kinda wild that it will be the beginning of the end. I honestly can't wrap my head around it!  Looking back at my time here is very humbling. I have been shown so many situations where all I could do was simply be there. It has really shown me that this is the Lord's work and we are simply here to let him use us. Talking has always been something I love and probably do too much and it has just been amazing to take a step back and let the spirit go to work. God has a way of doing his work and I'm very grateful that he trusts me enough to help him with it! The people of Switzerland have a special place in my heart and I'm very grateful that God has let me love them. I needed to be here and see and learn the things I have and I am forever grateful. God is truly so good and I am grateful for his help everyday. I kno...