Witches

emailed on 1/09/2017

This week was awesome! We went to a city in the south end of our area
that is famous for witches... it was super cool and the entire town is
just decorated in crazy witch stuff! It takes about two hours to get
there, and you have to ride a bus through the mountains, which is
really cool. Of course, the snow starting coming down on our way up,
and we got out to about 2 feet of snow in Braunlage (the witch city).
We actually had a couple scary experiences, and I am actually
suspicious I might have been cursed... I don't know what happened, but
I pulled my hands out of my pockets, and they were black! My palms
were just covered with this black stuff, and me and my companion were
wondering what the heck was going on. Then I remembered that I used a
snow shovel to shovel someone's walkway... and that may have been the
cause... maybe. For a split second I thought I was going to face some
real affliction on my mission... too bad.

I have been learning to cook, so be ready for me to come home a renaissance man!

Also! At the end of every day I have an hour and a half of just free
time before bed. It's the greatest part of the day haha, I have picked
up some awesome hobbies. Right now I am making a ship in a bottle, and
I have already done some pretty artsy things. I've always wanted to
learn to draw, and I think I'm finally starting to learn a little bit!

Super scattered email, but I made up for it with pictures! The awkward
selfie is with the Volkswagon factory.

Love you all!

-Elder Openshaw