Getting lost in the German forest

So this week has been a good week! We were able to get a lot of work done and I`m finally kicking my cold!

This week we walked a lot! haha Who am I kidding, we walk everywhere! 

On Tuesday we walked to a small village called Olexdorf. Olexdorf is a farming village that gets a bus that comes through it every 4 hours and is probably 5 or 6 miles out of the city, so we just walk down the long country road and talk to people as we go. This week as we were in Olexdorf doing some doors and meeting with some people, but we decided we wanted to take a different route back to Itzehoe. This "road" led us deep into the forest so we were a little bit worried, but it eventually led us home. That was our adventure for this week!

 

 

We also met with Eoidi the son of Johanna, one of our Investigators, to teach him English. Johanna wanted us to teach him about the Book of Mormon. Johanna and Eoidi are from the Dominican Republic and they speak Spanish and a little bit of German. (I wish Grayson or Lanie or Gentry were here so they could help me with this language barrier) Meeting with Eoidi is one of my favorite things to do. This time we asked him if he had heard of Joseph Smith and he said "I'm pretty sure I do, let me think" then told the whole story of the restoration...........  We were shocked! We asked him where he had learned about this and he said...."South Park".........First off, what the heck? And second, Eoidi is 9 years old!!!!! But he is stoked to learn the real story and he loves reading in the Book of Mormon with us!

 

This week has been a great week, and next week will be even better!

Being a missionary is the Greatest!

Thanks for the prayers and for the emails!

 

Love Elder Schmalz