Sunday, January 9

I didn’t sleep very well last night, tossing and turning, while I waited for my alarm to go off so I could get ready for church. 

I got ready early, had a bowl of cereal and drank tea while I waited in the dining room, looking out the window. The missionaries picked me up. We were able to converse very easily. It was wonderful! She and her husband are originally from Alabama and so have definite southern accents. Their church is very small and consisting mostly of women. Marsha has a Bible study with about 7 other ladies, but they don’t all come to church. Today was the last day meeting in their home.

I understood enough German to follow along in the singing and study of God’s Word. After the service, we had coffee/tea and some sweet bread.

On the way back to the house, we talked about my Catholicism study and other various topics. When I got back to the house, I let myself in (with the key I took with me). Everyone was wanting to know how it went.  Nancy came in wanting to know who church was, so I told her about the family, the church, and vaguely about the people who were there. Then we had tea and some German sweet bread. I played Wii Fit with the girls, Gloria and I cracked walnuts and then the girls helped me learn to pronounce words. Shortly after that, Mark’s mom, stepdad, and nephew arrived unexpectedly.

For dinner, Mark made spaghetti. The sauce included onions, oil, tomato juice and tomato chunks, herbs, some white wine, salt and pepper, and maybe something else. It was actually really good! After dinner, I skyped with Stacey. She was still with the whole gang in Iowa, so I got to talk to Tim and Kelly, Dad and Mom, Stacey, Wendy, Janna, Karl and Judy. It was so much fun! I even got to assist Stacey in playing 7up/7down!