Week 8 (Next email will be from Germany!)

Hallo!

Meine Gute, Ich bin SO BEGEISTERT fur Deutschland! (I'm so excited for Germany!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

First off, I want to thank everyone for the letters, packages, postcards and dear elders. I'm convinced that I have the best family in the world. I love you all, and I pray for you all!

This will be my last email until I get to the mission field. I only have 4 days left! Today is p-day, tomorrow is Christmas eve, so the schedule will be a little different so our teachers can spend time with their families, Saturday is Christmas (Merry Christmas everyone!) and they keep us pretty busy that day, then we have church/interviews on Sunday, and then I leave at 5:00 am Monday morning! The people going to Berlin don't leave until Tuesday. I'm really sad to leave my district. I love them so much, and half of them aren't even going to the same mission as me! We have epic plans for MTC reunions though. In two years, hahah.

So some cool stuff has happened this week. The highlight was going to the MTC talent show try-outs. Yes, we are having an MTC talent show. The real deal will happen on Christmas day, and it should be really good. But the auditions.... well... hahahah let's just say it was like American Idol, but mormon style. Meaning that there were lots of really talented people, but also people singing renditions of the 12 days of Christmas replaced with MTC lyrics. ("FIIIIIIVE CTR RIIIIIIINNGGSS!!!!!!!") It was hilarious hahaha. Plus we had to wait for 2 hours before my companion got to try out so we saw a lot of acts.

What else, oh, it snowed here like crazy. It snowed non-stop for a day and a half. A lot of it has gotten washed away by rain, now, but a bunch of missionaries that were supposed to leave this past Monday got delayed and had to stay at the MTC until yesterday. Apparently snow is hitting Germany pretty hard, too, and the Frankfurt airport was closed for a while. So the fields really will be white!

Oh, and thank you so much for the package, mom! I loved your daily planner with all the inspiration stuff written in it :). I have a funny story about the Nutella, though. So Sister Cannon and I have been joking about Nutella ever since we got here. We both LOVE Nutella. It's our guilty pleasure of choice. We were talking about how we love Nutella on everything, and by the end, I think Sister Cannon was dreaming about Nutella. She kept saying, 'Ugh, why don't they sell it in the bookstore? I NEED some Nutella!" and then, lo and behold, what was in your package? A HUGE JAR hahahaha we about DIED laughing. She said, "You told your mom, didn't you?" hahahah. It was perfect. We took it to breakfast so all the elders could have some on their bagels and bananas and stuff.

Well, my brain is really scattered and I can't remember what else I was going to tell you...

Oh yeah! So I thought you might be interested to know that in the 61 days I have been here, we have sung 'Called to Serve' 24 times. (half in German, half in English).

Well, I love you all lots! Wish me luck in Germany!

Kristin

P.S. Matt and Melinda - I loved your package! I got it forever ago and I sent you a glowing letter about what awesome siblings you are and how cute Adelaide is, but I think it probably got to VA after you left. I love you lots! Thank you so much!