Sister Haley Baker: Week 24--Hellooooo💖💖

Hey!!!!

This week was amazing as usual! Never a bad week here is Germany!! The weather was pretty cold again! We had to bring out our big jackets again and tights and boots!! How disappointing!! It's may!!!! I should be freakin sweating! Not shivering!! But closer to the end of the week it was warmer!!! Actually now that I think about it it got pretty warm!! Like I think around 75 but I'm not sure exactly in Fahrenheit!! So I won't actually complain!!!

This week something super cool happened!! So the past couple of weeks our lessons have been pretty slow cause a lot of our investigators just don't really care! And they will bale on us last minute or just not show up or turn their phone off when we are supposed to be meeting and it's been kinda hard on us!!! And on Thursday it happened again! And Sister Cressler and I were kinda sick of it! And we decided to do the missionary thing and pray!! And we asked Heavenly Father for help and blah blah blah!! Then literally like 6 minutes later we get a phone call and it's this guy!! And I answer it like usual and say like, "hallo hier ist sister baker!" And he was like uhh wrong number sorry!!
And I told him it was fine and said well I'm a missionary for my
church... and he asked where I was from and I told him America and he was like "what and you know German?!!" And I said yes and we started talking a little and I explained what we do as missionaries and he said he had to go so he could call the right number but asked if we could please call back because he wants to hear what we have to say!!!! How cool!!! We are super excited for that!!! I'll keep you updated!!

Oh my goodness everyone!!! Amir was in the hospital all week!!! He fell long boarding and he broke both the bones in his leg, like completely and he needed surgery!!! How crazy!! We went to go visit him and he is such a trooper!!!!
He said his scar will be gnarly!! Not exactly sure on the translation of those words but pretty much!! And we were able to talk about temples with him and he made us show him a picture of every temple in the world hahaha!!

And we met with Samson, of course!! And he's amazing!!! He bore his testimony to us finally without realizing it!! He explained how happy he has been since he was baptized and how he is just always smiling!!
And something crazy...was him and his brother got in this huge argument after his dad died and they haven't spoken in a couple years, I guess. But a week after Samson was baptized his brother called him and they talked everything out and he says his family is finally coming together!!! Isn't it so cool how much this gospel can bless your life!!!

Okay now some great news... Guys I'm famous here in Germany!! I made it in a news paper!! No big deal! Remember the atheist I told you about? Marek!! Well he wasn't super interested in the church but way interested in missionary work!!!! And he interviewed us!!! He thought it was super cool that we would leave home for 18-24 months and talk to people about God and do missionary work every single day!! (You would think he would want to learn what we have to say but no...At least not yet!!) but he sent us the news paper and it's actually way cool!!!! A good way to get the word out I guess!!! So congrats fam your girl is famous!!

Oh my goodness the most amazing thing happened this week on
Saturday!!! So to start, for 6 weeks now I've been calling this number in our phone, Alvi, for our deutsch course every Friday! And ever time the guy who answers will say something about how he can't come and then something else way fast that I couldn't really understand but I kept calling him anyway!! Now fast forward to Saturday!! Sister Cressler and I were at Bochum hbf waiting for a guy Alvin to meet us, but getting stood up! Then we saw Godwin and his friends...so we went over, expecting to have a great conversation but ended up getting kinda bible bashed by a bunch of Africans!! I swear they just kept coming!! And what they were saying didn't make any sense but I had nothing to say back!! I was speechless!! Hahaha But, then Alvi called and said I'm at Bochum hbf where are you? Oh I see you! And walked over and it was the most swagged out, spiffy, black man I've ever seen!! He was in an off white suit, with white shoes with a gold trim and fancy glasses, with one ear pierced! Literally coolest guy ever!! And we started talking and he asked if we could please find a place to sit!! So he took us to a fancy bar and said not to worry he knows we don't drink, and that they have cola there haha!! And we sat and he told us how he used to meet with missionaries awhile ago but they left and the missionaries just moved on I guess!! And he forgot about the church but all of a sudden I started calling him every Friday and it started getting him thinking again so he started reading his Book of Mormon again and said he wants to schedule time where we have time to answer all his questions!!! Apparently every time I called he was saying he couldn't come cause he has work and he doesn't know why I keep calling about a German course cause he speaks German!! Hahahaha turns out I need the German course!! But he's wayyyy cool!! I'm so excited!!!

Did you guys know that there is a thing here kinda like comicom but with board games? Ya neither did I! But there is!! Like legit!! We were on our way to teach Joanna English and her mom called and said that she wasn't home but was at the Kulturzentrum kinda like a cultural center! And we figured we would just teach her English there!! But we got there and there were sooo many people!!! And we were like what the heck?? So we walked to the ticket guys and asked what it was and he started speaking super fast German.. And we like uhhhhh what? And he said in kinda English here this gets you in to watch! And sis Cressler and I just look at each other and say watch what?! And we walk through the doors and there are board games everywhere!!! And grown adult men, women and a few children getting way into board games and throwing out some nasty words and it was way intense!!! But we found her and turns out her mom just wanted us to say hi hahaha!! But now I can say I went to a board game convention in Germany!!!

But oh my goodness!! I can't believe that about Jace and Riggs!!! I'm so glad that are okay!!!! That's so scary!!! But good job Jace!!
Thinking quick!! What a Boy Scout!!
Well I love you all sooo much and will talk to you soon!!!!!💖💖💖
Love sister baker

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