ELDER RHONDEAU

Hey! My new area is gorgeous! Literally just green rolling hills with little towns and castles everywhere and it is awesome. The ward is also great, and it started off with a water fight on a hike with the ward that was hilarious to watch. Here is a little rundown of my week;

Wednesday was transfer day, and that was hectic as I left a bag in Leipzig. It only had a few things in it luckily but still. Not fun. After arriving in Hohenstein-Ernstthal we took a drive and explored and it is so cool. I feel like I am in a dream every time we drive somewhere. It is like driving through England or New Zealand countryside, but sometimes prettier. We have the most beautiful area. It’s in Saxon and is known for its beautiful landscape and everything. Our apartment is ridiculously small, and it doesn’t help that we have 3 in the companionship. But we are making it work and I am staying positive.

We were able to help two older ladies with their garden in the heat, and that was an adventure filled with huge spiders and mosquitoes and what not. Still fun though trying to figure out what she was saying. The language here is nuts. They call it “Mumbling German” because you literally can’t understand, but I will hopefully get it.  We then had church and the ward is amazing--just so loving and nice and strong. There are about 45 members, which is awesome, and we have an eating appointment every Sunday with a member, yay!We went on a ward hike to a castle in Penig. Look that town up. Most beautiful town I have ever visited hands down. It is incredible. So we hiked and hiked and came to a river and waterfall and the bishop started throwing rocks in the water and soaking the kids, and it turned into this huge water fight and it was awesome. So so funny. Germans kill me.

The ward is in Chemnitz. It’s a town with about 200,000 I think. It takes 25 minutes to drive there. I am driving safe and following the laws and everything so don’t worry. It isn’t very sketchy to drive here because everyone can actually drive.... sooooo that is nice, even when driving on the Autobahn where there is no speed limit. My two new comps are cool, and we hope we will see more success here because we have a few good investigators!! 

Last week I really started feeling at home, if that makes sense. There is just a great feeling about a small town that I love. Hope you all have a great week, and I will write you all next week! 

Elder Rhondeau