Here are some more excerpts from emails I sent while studying abroad in Vienna:
I brought Markus to church with me, and afterwards my roommate and I talked to him about the church for 6 and a half hours. His friend who was there when I was answering the questions of the antimormons (I was careful not to argue, only to give short answers). When I went into the kitchen, a man who is like 30 or 35 years old followed me in there and asked where he could get a Book of Momon. I said I could give him one for free, and he seemed pretty excited. I didn´t want to talk about it in front of the antimormon couple, so he gave me a business card and I told him I´d call him back later. Markus is out of town right now, and I decided it would be best if I could work on the two of them separately, so I called him, and just before I finished dialling the number, I thought I should send a copy through the missionaries, because they are set apart, are better with the language, and know the scriptures so well. I didn´t want to come accross like I was trying to convert him (which I am), but I figured I better follow the spirit. He answered and I reminded him that he had asked for a copy. He said ´´yes yes!´´ I told him that I didn´t have an extra, but that a couple of my friends who are missionaries in my church have lots of extras, and that they could even tell him what it was about. He seemed pretty excited, and gave me permission to give his number to the missionaries, and agreed to make an appointment with them this week. Pray for him! His name is Christian Himmelsbach. OK, so now I´ll tell you something super embarrassing. I went swimming with some of the Austrian young adults, and we were going to have a chicken fight. when I got on a guy´s shoulders and he stood up, the whole top of my swimsuit came off, but I didn´t even realize. One guy flipped around and closed his eyes, and my roommate yelled my name over and over again. I was like `´´what?´´ Then I looked down and just about died! I was ´´oben ohne´´ which means topless!!!!!!! I jumped back into the water and made myself decent. When I got back out of the water, I realized that the Austrians totally didn´t even care. It didn´t even phase them (because tons of women go around with no top on anyway). Well, even though I was just blending in with the culture, it was still super embarrassing, especially because there were guys there. I´m glad it happened in Europe instead of America, because otherwise I would never want to see those people ever again.
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