We Missed Our Stop: Mainz Week 11

May 11, 2015

Hello Family!

Mom haha, so fun to skype, it went so fast! Glad you could have a fun Mother's day:) Another son sent off to Germany too, getting to skpe with Taylor and I while we're in the same time zone. carry on with Preschool busy-ness. And I'll upload and take more pictures :) could you have Emily send me that letter? Just to the mission office would be good.

if you want to send mail

Elder Hayden Blanchard

Kirche Jesu Christi

Corneliusstraße 18

60325 Frankfurt a. Main

Germany/Deutschland

Dad: Lots of rain, that's good to hear. Often when people here that I'm from California, right after they talk about how nice the weather is they talk about the terrible drought, hoping for that to get better. It rains pretty often here in comparison. Ouch, poor Taylor, hope his leg is feeling better [dad note: shin cut while doing box jumps]. I still have a nice thick scar on my foot from the sharp rocks of San Onofre (spelling?). 

This last week Elder Rowe and I (yes, Austin Rowe from the RSM stake [Dad note: Rancho Santa Margarita is the neighboring stake to Hayden’s home, he knew Austin before going to Germany]) went on a split together in Langen. We made good plans at night and were excited to take public transportation to a city just up north. 'Unfortunately' we missed our stop and ended up where we started, with an appointment at 3 and the time being quickly eaten up, we decided to talk to people in the area instead. Walking down the street and talking to people, we met a woman with a lot of stories. Spoke a lot of languages and had lived all over as well. She lived in San Jose California for a while and while she was there she found the church. She'd been to a variety of different churches but felt the most at home in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She eventually moved to Germany but lost contact with the church, she thought that the closest church to Langen was in Frankfurt. We chatted and walked together to the church house in Langen. Even with work struggles and things like that she made it to church yesterday! If we had been on the bus or in the city where we had originally planned to be we would definitely not have met her. It's wonderful to see how the Lord works to put people in our path, or to put us where we need to be to accomplish his work.

Have a great week, Love you all!

Elder Blanchard

Hey whats that Street name?