Today after work, Sister Lykins, Elder Walters and myself went to an outdoor mall to buy some work pants, shirts and shoes for Dad. He loves not having to wear a suit. There is a Holiday tomorrow but we do not get it off. It's May Day. The German people love holidays, any reason to party. The whole street was lined with vendors selling all kinds of food and playing American music. We all ate Brötz and it was good.
It started raining but it didn't dampen our spirits. Some of the buildings in down town Frankfurt are old, but most have been rebuilt. The war did some terrible things to German's beautiful old towne. I attempted to do the wash today. It's hard to figure out the German appliances. I saw a word that meant fire, so I figured it meant really hot so I put the dial in middle. We don't have a dryer, so we hang them out in the sun when their is some. Everything is on a 220 system so all of our plugs have to be converted from 110.
We are still waiting for our internet to be installed. Things run slow here. The only time I have to write on our blog is before I go to work in the morning. We cleaned the apartment today and had bacon and eggs. The eggs are so fresh here. You can tell they come from free range chickens because the yolks are so orange. I have to do more cooking at home because there are only small markets around us and we have no car to just take off when we want to. Actually we are so tired when we get home that we just drop into bed, it's really hard work on a mission, it's not a vacation. The Lord expects a lot from his Missionaries.
The weather has turned cold for a while, raining on and off. It's still beautiful. Water means green and there's lots of it. I can't wait to get out of the city and see some of these beautiful places. A few days ago Gene went to Manheim on a service call. I think it's where the Manheim Steamroller group is from. It is called City of men.
Tomorrow is church. We will be going to a German speaking ward. We hardly have time to study our German, but we have to if we want to speak it. They speak so fast around here. The Turkish population are numerous but the kids are friendly. All are Muslims but I see very few Burka's worn here. I guess they are more modern here.
After church tomorrow we are going for a walk (German past time). Fast Sunday tomorrow, remember to fast and pray for us to learn the language and that our health stays good. Love you all, until tomorrow.
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