Guten Abend, Familie! Though, I believe it will be the morning when you read this...so Guten Morgen! I have been assigned to Frauenfeld and to my trainer, Sister Russon. She's insanely nice and patient with me in my "Golden" ways (instead of "greenies," we're called "goldens" because we have this strange power or something, I guess. More on that later). Things have been a bit unusual since she was singing in an Ostern Chor and so we had rehearsals for awhile each day. So it hasn't been the most normal of days yet...but this week it'll pick up, I'm sure since the holiday is over.
Oh man, there's so much to tell you--I don't even know where to start! I was able to teach the man sitting next to me on the flight to Atlanta the first lesson and I gave him a Book of MormonBook of Mormon. He really wanted to talk more with us so he gave us his contact info right away and started asking us when we were going to meet with him. Unfortunately, Zürich was none of our areas and so we couldn't really give him an answer, so he asked if we could email and gave us his email address also! So awesome!
and a pamphlet on the Restoration. It was AWESOME! And then, when we got into Zürich and arrived at the mission home, we dropped our stuff off, met with the President and were told our areas and companions, and then we left! Time to contact on the streets of Zürich. There weren't any sisters to go with the three of us that had just arrived, so we were on our own. There was an elder (from Liberty!) that was with one of the elders from my distrikt at the MTC on the other side of the street. It was pretty difficult, I'm not gonna lie. We didn't understand Swiss-German (and we still don't), but we were able to talk to someone and give him a
You're probably wondering about the language, yes? Well...it's interesting. It's DEFINITELY different than hoch deutsch and it's pretty difficult to understand, but I have improved a great deal in the few days I've been here. I can't lie...I don't really believe the other missionaries and people that tell me I have good German--they're just trying to be nice...but I was told that the people here can understand me really well, which is certainly a blessing.
We have a couple of investigators here (woo!) and one even came to the 3 sessions of General Conference that we watched! Because of the time difference, we won't watch the last session for a week or two and we'll actually watch it in Sacrament meeting right after we take the Sacrament.
Everyone here is so incredibly nice! Especially the members--they're so sweet! But really, everyone here is just incredibly nice and very polite.
I haven't really looked around Frauenfeld yet. It's an interesting little town. Okay, it's not small compared to American cities, but compared to Wien, it's like a village. It's a quaint area, and I look forward to getting to know the members and the people and culture of Frauenfeld. If you're wondering: No, there are no mountains. We can see the mountains a little bit if we take a train about 15 minutes outside of Frauenfeld. I'm hoping we'll be able to see more of the city throughout this transfer, especially since I'll be taking over this area! This is Sister Russon's last area, so I'll most likely stay here and another sister will come in.
For P-Day today, we climbed a mountain in Chur! We had to wake up at 5 to get ready and make the morning trains, but it was so worth it! I love the Alps--they're gorgeous! Unfortunately, I don't have pictures today since we're at an internet cafe in Zürich and didn't decide to come here until we were leaving Chur. I'll post pictures soon. Promise!
Wish I could write more, but I'm afraid that will have to wait a week, since PDay is just about over. Love you all!
Sister NeSmith
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