Schwester Hammer

Hi, Gabby's dad here. A close friend ours and former missionary companion of mine was in Germany visiting family recently and stopped by to take Gabby and her companion to lunch and a walk around Gera's Christmas market with them.  Here are some pictures that my mission companion, Tom Walker took of their visit: Sister Hammer, Marina Walker, Sister Carta Gabby's First Kinderpunsch* Tom Walker, Sister Hammer, Sister Carta Christmas Market in Gera, Germany Gera Town Square - Gabby is looking out her apartment window on top floor Sister Carta and Sister Hammer *Glühwein is a warm wine served at Christmas time, children and those not wanting alcohol drink Kinderpunsch (Children's Punch).  Here is a typical recipe: Kinderpunsch Ingredients 1 cup water 2/3 cup white sugar 2 pinches ground cloves 1 stick cinnamon 3 cups apple juice 1 recipe - 1 lemon, sliced Preparation In a 3 quart saucepan, bring water, sugar, clo...

Hey friends!  So this week has been pretty crazy. We had transfers and sadly I left Bremen. It was such a good time there and I had some amazing experiences and made amazing friends and learned so much.  Last week I went down to Zwickau to stay with the Sisters there until my new comp came. Monday Sister Porter called me and told me they needed me in Berlin that evening to pick Sister Carta up from the airport the next day. So we packed all up and I jumped on a train to Berlin and Tuesday President Fingerle, Sister Porter and Sister Sommerfeld went to the airport and picked her up! She's waiting on her Visa to go serve at the temple in St. George! She is so wonderful and will do great there.  We've been doing pretty good here though. President also mentioned that on the 13th since its the day before transfers we get to go to Freiberg with the new missionaries and go to the temple since Sister Carta came after the transfer. Alles gute zum Geburtstag [Happy Bir...

Since Gera is pretty small, I thought I would insert a map so you could see where it is located.

Hallo Liebe Freunde! This week was pretty crazy! We've had lots to do and it's been great!  We've been meeting with a lot of the members and it has been great to get to know everyone here and I just love this ward and area so much. On Monday we helped Sara, a member who just moved here from Italy, get settled and went shopping. It was a lot of fun. Then we had family home evening with the Sievers and it is always fun! When we got home, we carved pumpkins which was a lot of fun. Thursday we had an appointment at the Uhlenberg's with Marcella. We had pizza and it was amazing. Normally we go there and cook and then do the lesson, but Schwester Uhlenberg had the pizza already made. But it was so good though. We also met with Sandra with the elders. She is a new investigator and it was so great. We talked about the Book of Mormon and at first we asked if she had read in it. She had said yes, she tried but she didn't understand much at all. So we sat down and read t...