Elder Miles Goes To Germany: 7-2-12

Hello everyone! A bit of a short one today, I apologize for that. But we should have the picures figured out this week, so hopefully you all get to see some of those. :)

First of all, I want to thank everyone that sent a birthday card. It turned out wonderfully because all of them came exactly on my birthday. Wonderful little thing to brighten up the day. :)

We got a new mission president! He got here a few days ago. We actually met him at a baptizm that we went to in another area yesterday. I like him a lot. I think we are going to enjoy being led by him. His wife is also very nice, and they are both lots of fun so far. :)

I have been hearing that there have been a lot of fires going on. I would ask you all to please remember that in your prayers. There are many people getting affected very hard by them.

The concept I stumbled across this week, which I remembered from having developed the idea earlier in my life, is the idea that we don't need to worry. When stressed or upset or anything negative, I remind myself as meaningfully as I can that it doesn't matter. I will do what I can. I will continue moving forward. I do not, however, need to worry myself about it. Everything will turn out. I just need to keep doing what I am supposed to, and moving forward. :) I try to prevent myself from judging others when judgement is not necessary. I try to stop myself whenever I find myself thinking negatively and remind myself that it doesn't matter. I strive to replace the thoughts with positive ones. :) I challenge you to look for opportunities to stop worrying and dragging yourself down. I hope you live happy. :)

Well, hopefully you all get to see some pictures this week. :) Have a wonderful week, and I will talk to you all next week! Keep Christ close. :)

.- Elder Michael Miles

Pictures:

-My side of the main room. We also have a kitchen to the left, cant see that doorway in this pic, and then the entry way back through that doorway has a bookshelf and the clothes off to the right, and the bathroom is over on the left through another door.

-Our little deck out back with the grill

-Telephone booth! Way cool.

--There was a really cool Christus statue in a large church/cathedral courtyard right nearby that palace from picture four.

-Went to this really big Castle/palace place. Walked for hours around the gardens and other buildings in the area. It was crazy

-That doorway has a mustache!

- (This one belongs with the other ones from the palace place) Gorgeous archway of greenery in the surrounding gardens of that Palace place. Way cool.

-trying tea for the first time. It was apple cherry, and it wasn't bad. :)

-the hot dogs, they came in glass jars! Weird huh.

-cutting up the hot dogs

-the dough

-There was a really heavy rainstorm! It was crazy. If this picture actually uploaded, it should be me standing under a tree in the rain. There was some thunder, which made it rather cool, but mostly we just got really wet. Kinda forgot the umbrellas that day.