This morning we had to wake up super early and we are on our way to Berlin to pick up our car. Our area is really hard to handle without a car haha. We got stranded in some dwarf towns a couple times and had to be rescued by our bishop. Turns out that the little town we went to has a crazy amount of Jehovah's witnesses, like 80% of the population.
Saxony is a really strange area. Many people here are very religious, but it is also the place that communism effected the most. We get a very weird mixture of happy, angry, impassive, and passionate people on the street.
You may be wondering what christmas is like, here in Germany. Many little kids are very scared of Santa here, and I totally understand why. At a Christmas party, all the children ran away and a bunch of them were crying as he walked in the room. He just looks a lot rougher and less jolly than our Santa haha. He dresses in a long black coat and carries a big staff around. And then he makes all the little kids recite poems or sing songs in order to get their gifts.
Oh man, it snows so much here! We've already had 6 inches or so. But sadly it all melted due to rain... last year they had 3 feet of snow here, I hope that we get that again!
The Christmas markets are up and going again! That means that all of the best German Christmas songs play through the town all day! It's crazy how well I can still remember them all from last year, but I guess I did play them through the whole month of August as well.
As for mission work, everything is going really well! Nadine is going to be baptized on the 13th of January! I'm so so excited for her. She's going to the the Relief Society President of the church someday, Mark my words.
I have also been able to continue teaching Sandra and her 4 little kids! They drove all the way to my new area to come to church here! It is amazing to see how the gospel is starting to effect their lives. Sandra just seems so happy to have her kids in primary, and the kids love to sing the songs and participate.
I couldn't be happier to be on my mission, I love this place.
I know that people can change, and I have been very lucky to see that through my mission. There is no such thing as a "fatal flaw," in real life. I think it's very important to recognize that. We aren't slaves to our mistakes, we are masters of our decisions. I love you all!
Elder Openshaw
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