So, it's been a while since I've posted, but we had our Thanksgiving dinner here with the missionary couple from the office, our friend Michael, and a couple of my friends, Saga and Alex from school. We had a good time and ate and played games and just relaxed. Of course we had a turkey and there was a wish bone. Once it was dry, my Mom and I broke it and mine was longer! But I'm not telling what my wish was...
One of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving is the homemade pumpkin pie. It's hard to fine canned pumpkin here, but we had one can so we Sister Kohler made one pie, and from that came delicious pie crust cookies.
Soon after Thanksgiving, the Christmas markets in the center of Munich opened up! My choir sang on the balcony of the Rathaus on the night they opened in front of all of the center of Munich. It was awesome!
On Thanksgiving we got to skype Tosha and the Kohler family...
Then the whole Clark family...
Then a few of our great returned missionaries, Elder Packer and Elder Spencer.
Early on in December I went to see the second part of Mockingjay with Rachel Sneddon and it was AMAZING!!!
I had lots of choir concerts throughout December and love being with the girls. (Jodie and me)
Throughout December we have been lighting another candle on our Advent wreath every Sunday. Here is the first one! Almost time to light all four!
Then we FINALLY put up and decorated our Christmas tree
We missed Tanner this year, but he was still here in decoration!
Decorating the tree is not President Kohler's favorite activity...
Throughout December, President and Sister Kohler traveled around the mission and did four big Christmas zone conferences. I couldn't go to most of them because of school, but I was able to go to one in Salzburg. Waking up in the hotel there the view was GORGEOUS!
Sister Ahlm and me (she used to serve in Munich and we got really close)
On our way home we went to church in the Neuötting branch. Afterward we went to a place in Altötting where there are four churches in one place, and I think you can see at least three of them there.
They had really cute rides and stands there with their Christmas market.
Then there was the transfer!! Some great new missionaries came and then we sent the other ones home. This was our first group of sisters that we brought in, Sister Mehr being THE very first sister that came. She also served in Munich and I got close with her as well, along with all the other missionaries in this group. A great loss to the mission.
This last weekend we went to the center of Munich to finish some Christmas shopping and the view from the top of the parking garage was AMAZING! I love this city.
That night we were invited to the international ward Christmas party and there was a wonderful nativity put on by the youth.
Tonight we went bowling for mutual and had a fun time.
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A while ago in science we dissected pig hearts and it was my first dissection. It was kinda gross at the beginning, but actually really cool.
SO COOL
The heart and me
My wonderful partner, Ashrita
Future biologist, Alex
If nothing else, dissecting the heart and learning about the human body is such a testament of God to me. How amazing are these creations that work perfectly and are so intricate and complex? And there are those who believe this all came from a big bang...
