27 february 2012...Zollikofen, Switzerland
Hey vatter, (father)
haha the people knew when you came?! thats awesome!
(scott's Father, Rick, commented that the people in Switzerland were very aware when the new missionaries came to town...transfer day...He was in the french speaking area of Switzerland in the 70's)
Zone conferences are once every two or three months. We had one recently and it really was good. He talked about faith a lot and really applying the principles we learn. I have started to apply the things that I learn in the scriptures that i should do, and I have quite a long list of how to improve myself and specific things that I can do to be a better missionary. Maybe you could try that out.
He also stressed getting revelation when we go to church. We should bring a question to church that we want answered and write it down. We should then pay attention to the spirit and not exactly to what the people are saying, really pay attention to the spirit and by the end of the meeting, the question will be answered. Oh, and it works. I have done it 3 or 4 sundays in a row. Try that out its really cool and you feel the spirit much more when you are really paying attention to him and not the speaker. (When Rick spoke as a high council member in March, he mentioned this and suggested that people try it)
(Rick asked how big the zone is) I have no idea how big the zone is here... maybe like 20 missionaries or 25. There are 6 missionaries and a senior missionary couple in the district. We are doing an exchange today with the zone leaders. It is a little bit tough to have a german companion because he is really german and everything must be precise for him... other than that, we really don't talk much because we are talking to people on the street. And otherwise, sometimes about star wars.
Yes there is snow and recently we have seen some really beautiful mountains when the sky is clear you can see that the horizon has mountains surrounding us.
Everything is great i just got my fingerprints taken today and i am finalized as legal here.
We usually eat fruit and cereal for breakfast, for lunch we usually have sandwiches and noodles and sandwiches for dinner. oh, and we had tacos the other night which was really festive... not a whole lot of time to cook or live or breathe....
The drivers license is not a big deal... i can't drive here anyway without an extra test so i do not think i will be driving.
A woman in our ward traced some of moms relatives to the 1300s so maybe i can ask her about that!!! (ancestors on my father's side have been traced back to the late 1500's in Eggiwil. Switzerland)
I love you and have a great week!!!
Elder Sonne sun
