Winston's Missionary Experience

 Hey Guys!! This week was one of the best weeks ever! On Thursday we went to Potsdam for exchanges with the elders there. I was with Elder Kasunick, who was one of Elder Davis' previous comps, for the day. To start off we all decided to drive to this park and do sprachstudium there, so we did. The park we went to was really cool, it was on this hill that sloped down towards the river and there were a couple of castles. After having sprachstudium we took some pictures and drove to the Innenstadt where we got some Döner and split off. I have to say, Elder Kasunick's a pretty cool guy. He's from Colorado Springs and is into sports, reading, and video games, and will be going to BYU. While we were eating we really hit it off and basically talked about the NBA the whole time. After eating we were able to do some natural findings throughout the Innenstadt for a couple of hours and then we had an appointment with the Korpus Family. We mostly got to know each other since this was E

                                                                          Sanssoucci Park                                                                        Neues Palais

   Hey Guys!! This past week was soo good. On Tuesday afternoon, we got bikes from the office elders! We also got news from our mission president that we'll be able to have exchanges and zone conference in-person next transfer!! This week we had a lot of member lessons where we read the Come Follow Me manual (this manual is a new program of study for the members of the church and this year we are focused on the Doctrine and Covenants.  The Doctrine and Covenants is a loose history of the church and revelation given to the prophets over time). This week for Come Follow Me was Doctrine and Covenants chapters 20-22, but we mostly focused on chapter 20 which lays out the foundational doctrine of our church and how it should be structured. It also answers a major question that a lot of Christians have and that is: Why is being a member of an organized church necessary? It answers that having an organized church allows us to support one another in our journey back home to our Heavenly Fa

  Hey Guys!! On Saturday, I got the news from the AP's that I would be transferred to Brandenburg on der Havel. I was so stoked to hear that news. I was dying to get out of Chemnitz after being there for the past 5 months. On Tuesday, I had to say goodbye to my comps, Elder Davis and Elder Witt. It was sad having to say goodbye. I'm definitely going to miss them and all the good times that we had together. I then hopped on my train which took me to Leipzig where I got to see Marc and quite a few other missionaries from the zone. After a short layover, my next train took me to Berlin where my new comp Elder Sciascia picked me up. Elder Sciascia is actually the first comp I've had whose not from Utah haha. He's from Melbourne Australia and he has a twin who serving in the Frankfurt mission. He's been serving a few months longer than me but he came into the Berlin mission at the same time as me because of Covid and we're finally reunited now. We've had a pretty