Saying goodbye to Pinneberg :(

Yep my time is pinneberg is over. And I feel very uneasy. I'm really
going to miss this place, it is a really good place. I will miss the
cool members and Evelin our cool investigator who is progressing
towards baptism. And I will miss Elder Tischner.

Our week was really good.
We had a zone conference with Elder Adler of the seventy. I absolutely
love that man! He has visited our mission a couple times and every
time he or his wife speaks I learn so much and I feel so uplifted!
Some conferences are also a great time to see old friends and to just
have a good time.

We also had stake conference this week, and there was a brand new
seventy there. He is from Italy and he has been overseeing the
construction of the Rome Italy temple and talked a little bit about
that.  We also taught Evelin this week and we actually taught her about the 

word of wisdom and the law of chastity
(kind of an awkward lesson every time) but it went really well. She
accepted it all and she talks to us about her desire to know if Joseph
Smith was a prophet and if the Book of Mormon is true. It was
fantastic because you could just feel her sincerity and you could see
it in her eyes.
When we first started teaching her she was really shy and just a closed
off person....but she has changed so much, she is smiling and she talks
to everyone at church, it is really just a blessing to have seen
people (even though I have seen very many) let the gospel make a
change in their lives even in small things like smiling more often or
being happy:)

I can not believe that Sophie has graduated high school....I feel like
it was yesterday that I graduated high school....but in reality that
was 2 years ago and I'm actually approaching the ripe age of 21!
I also can't believe that next year Gray could go on a mission!
Sometimes I miss the time when we were all little. But then I remember
that growth and progression are essential in our Heavenly Fathers plan
for us. All I know is that I'm so thankful that he does have a plan
for us and that we aren't just leading a pointless existence on a rock
that is orbiting a star. I'm so grateful for the truths that we know.