Ice Burton

Hallo Familie, und Alle!

So this was another busy week. Unfortunately, most of that time spend busy was not teaching investigators, but trying to find some...without much success...still, it is good to be a missionary. We spend so much time Feeling the Spirit, and so much time with so much to do, that sometimes it is hard to appreciate just how blessed we are.

I did meet Familie Habermann this week, and they were totally awesome. Bruder Habermann remids me a lot of CJ actually...really fun and really excitable. They gave us Ice, which is what Germans call Ice Cream, when we got to their house, and because he was teasing me and making jokes, I thought I would joke back. When he asked me how much Ice I'd like, I replied ''Alles.'' Oops.

He did indeed give me the entire tub of Ice cream, which was about half a Liter, and would not let me leave the kitchen until I ate all of it. He took several Pictures with his phone, and it was pretty funny, and it was. I didnt have my camera, but in the end, suffice it to say I ate a lot of ice cream. And so, now Bruder Habermann calls me ''Ice-Burton.'' I cant decide if it is good or bad yet.

I also accidently almost sorta flooded the Whonung, the residence, this week. I put the wrong Soap in the dishwasher, and when we got home, there was a lot of water on the floor...luckily, we have all tile floors, so it was really easy to clean up, but I have definitely made some classic new missionary blunders this week.

I said I'd send Pictures this week, but I totally forgot my camera cord...so I can't...but I will soon. I promise.

Also this week, we met and began the reactivation of a Young man from Japan. Well, he is actually 34, but he is really really cool. His Name is Reyoske, said like Kioske, and he hasnt been to church since he was 18 and living with his mother in Japan. He came to church yesterday, and I sat with him and talked to him somemore. He is really cool, and if we can help him back into full activity, it will really help Zweig Kassel. It was funny though, sitting in a German sacrament Meeting next to a Japanese Man, me being from America. Strange world. Amazing what the church can do.

So the Apostle David A Bednar will be coming to our Mission on September 13...and the whole Mission will be together to hear him. All 260 of us. It will be sooo coooool!! Techniquelly Mission presidents arent even aloud to have that many missionaries together at the same time, they usually have ''Half Mission'' Conferences. This is not even a Mission conference techniquelly, they are calling it a Mission Meeting. Very sucpicious.

It appears though that when he Comes, he will bring with him our new iPads!!! If you hadnt heard, all European missions are now recieving iPads to assist in the work, and we suspect Elder Bednar is coming to teach us abuout their use. We are all totally excited about that.

Something we are asked to do in preperation for his visit is read a set of talks he has given at various Points. I have only read 1 so far, but it was really good, called ''Learning by Faith.'' It also lead me to read a talk entitled ''Candle of the Lord'' by Boyd K Packer. I would definitely reccomend them to everyone if you feel like a spiritual thought.

Other then that, thanks a bunch for all the emails and prayers. I will try to remember to send pictures next week...sorry about that...

Love you all, stay safe!! --Elder Burton