Power 10

things continue to be tough... but i found a scripture that made us laugh and we put it above our door: 2 Nephi 5:27 - "And it came to pass that we did live after the manner of happiness." ♥

well sister barnhart and i have come up with a game to get the elders out and contacting. its called Power 10. and what we do is we meet the elders at karl's statue and then we go contacting for 10 minutes with our companions. during that 10 minutes you have to count how many people you can get to stop long enough for you to tell them who you are... or who just stops long enough for you to say something to. if they reject you that's fine just move on to someone else. the goal really is to find someone who's interested. but it makes it a little bit more fun to count. both times we've done it sister barnhart and i have won. the first time we got 12 people to stop and the 2nd time we only got 5 but one woman actually stopped and we talked with her for a little bit. but the elders actually kind of like it. so we're going to try and get them to do it... Power 10 every day. maybe it'll make a difference. hopefully!

yesterday morning we got a call from the district leader in frankfurt. he had a referral for us. she's chinese and studying here in karlsruhe. she's friends with some chinese members in frankfurt and when she visits them on the weekend she goes to church with them. she's met with the sisters a few times in frankfurt but she told elder peterson that she wants the missionaries in karlsruhe to come teach her at her home! she's out of town till the 2nd or 3rd so we're going to call her this weekend! how exciting!!!!!! i miss having people to teach and worry about.

jess: hey sweetie. i got your birthday package last week! it came from frankfurt with my christmas packages! thanks!!! i love the bracelet :) and the notebook... i carry it with me it's very handy. and the quote book is great too. i love you!!!! jordan is suppose to be back at greenbrier this coming semester. he's living at apartment 3 again. hahaha