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Jan. 27 Welcome to Germany!

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The mister had a hectic day and could only call us right before bed. It was almost 10pm his time when we ended our call. Needless to say, it was short and sweet. It was LOVELY to have so many people on our late-night video chat. It was lively entertainment for sure. We had Cousin Miriam in Idaho, Me, Tristan, Emery, and Aveline at home in Virginia, and Daddy driving home from Maryland. It was loud, raucous, and fabulous.  

Elder Heilmann told us about a naughty cat named Diamond that likes to open doors and jump onto shoulders. It's a Devon Rex cat. It sounds like my kind of cat! Never heard of one, and now I am in love.  

Elders' Heilmann and Wright had to spend most of their Pday registering Elder Wright into Krefeld. They will have to de-register him in a few weeks as he prepares to go home, but rules are rules! The registration is not a complex process, just time-consuming at times. 

They also had time for a quick haircut, and now the companionship is dapper and ready to go share the Gospel.  


After errands, registration, and haircuts, they took a bus out to the woods of Hulser Berg to visit with the member of the Elder's Quorum Presidency.  They were supposed to have a mission correlation meeting, but the brother was exhausted after a long day of work, so they just spent time with the family and had dinner. 

Quirky Germany 

  • Germany is trying to get everyone vaccinated even though the general population is super superstitious. Elder Heilmann has heard things like: 'It has cobalt in it! It's going to turn you into an alien!'   Also, 'I don't need to be vaccinated. I have God. I trust God. If you get vaccinated, you don't trust God.' Elder Heilman said that the last statement is "really inconvenient for missionaries since we all got vaccinated. LOL God gave you the vaccine, silly!" God is helping...by inspiring a vaccine to protect us all. At the train station, there was a woman asking people if they were vaccinated and if they weren't, an on-the-spot vaccine was offered!  Wow!
  • "Welcome to Germany; we're stuck in the '80s!" He loves all the puffy hair and puffy bangs, the roller skates, and diners. He even loves the puffy vests and bell-bottom jeans. It's quite a place.
  • Schluckauf is the word for hiccup and it reminds Elder Heilmann of the word gluckouf (I have no idea how to spell it) which is a miner's term of good luck. German words are so cool!


This is the fortress Burg Linn and there is a MUSEUM inside!  Seriously...someone get me a ticket to this magical land our Missionary calls home. 

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