Egg sauced Cholula

Man I will honestly say I have had the worst meal ever in the history of man, and it wasn't from members. Members usually make the best meals here, but I'll be darned my poor companion made the worst set of eggs. Haha! The pan did it, as he usually cooks good normal eggs and all, but this time he used a pan he found and such and well, I don't have food poisoning or anything like that. So for dinner last night we had eggs in a pool of Cholula sauce and I about died. Simply said. He was laughing so hard cause he said

"You don't eat that you hurt my feelings man!"

Anyways aside from that I thought it was important to say cause that is now officially the worst meal on the mission. Count me spoiled. 

Anyways this week was a very busy week as well as successful week. We met with Stalin again and we are trying to help him identify how we know who a real prophet is instead of a false prophet as well as getting that answer from God. We are now at the point with him as we were with Ameer so I am a little nervous. 

Another man is Dessy he is from Philadelphia and he is your typical black American guy. He speaks German to so it should be no problem bringing him to church. We literally contacted him in German. For example. 

"Hallo! Ganz kurz..."

"Yo Whaddup!?"

Our eyes just got way big and we became way good friends like that. He told us he has got a few problems and stuff and wants to be closer to God. He is such a great guy. Haha and we gave him our number and stuff and he messaged us through Facebook. 

" Hey send me your number bro!"

So we are teaching this American guy here who is awesome haha. 

Another guy is the older man called Peter Mai who is really interested in how the Bible and the book of Mormon relate and work together. He makes time to meet with us and also helps me learn more about the similarities between them. 

Our boy Phillip had another lesson with us and we taught about the plan of salvation and such. He loved it and just loves us guys. Man it was great. He enjoyed what we had to say but gave me some interesting questions regarding culture and ethics... Gotta love those questions and more to study. We will have our next lesson with him and the Nye family. It is always good to see Melora and Kevin, really weird that I am now doing perhaps a lesson with them and our investigator. 

We also had another lesson with Elder Neighbors sister who is trying to come back to church. Man it went so well and I will say Elder Neighbor gave one of the most powerful testimonies I heard. His sister began with all these concerns and why she can't come back and all this jazz, but Elder Neighbor was quiet for a while and just blew up the atom bomb of testimony. Great to serve with him and grateful for his influence.

It feels great to be doing great and successful work here. We talk to everyone here and these lessons here are only a fraction of what we saw this week. Power of faith and dillegence is truly a testimony and blessing that I have seen here. The work is going forward and things are changing.

Love yall

Elder Monroe

1 Studying on our porch in the sun

2 Cholula with eggs

3-4 Clear skies! 

Haha yeah this transfer was way unpredictable. Seems as though Elder Monroe is staying and working with his third companion here in Saarbrücken. What are the odds. I am currently companions with a guy called Elder Neighbor who comes from Henderson. I told him from wells and he kinda laughed and said all of his friends hated wells. I asked why and he talked about our FFA meats team. Yours truly had the privilege to serve on that team. Haha. Awesome.

We totally redid our apartment and it looks so awesome. It looks like a house where a family lives in and not missionaries. Just gonna say. 

Our district has changed. My boy Elder Felix left and is replaced by... Elder Felix! Elder Felix the second is being trained here and comes from Brazil. He is way awesome and speaks Portuguese when we need him.

But funny story... 

As we were trying to get Elder Felix the firsts stuff on this luxurious high speed train, we quickly got on to put his suitcases on the train for him. We turned around... AND THE DOOR CLOSED ON US AND TOOK OFF! We weren't supposed to be on that train, Elder Felix was... And we had no tickets... So if we were caught we would have to pay a major fine. 

BUT MIRACLES! 

No one checked us and we got out a kaiserslautern and took an hour long train ride back. Way scary and an adrenaline rush haha.

Anyways Stalin came to church and loved it! And then he went home and asked us through text, "how to I keep the Sabbath day holy?". Little things like that are way awesome. That guy is great. Making progress to Baptism.

Sadly at the moment I am pretty sick and yesterday was a sad day to stay home... But Elder Neighbor just fixed up the place and it's pretty comfy here. Elder Koch and I also went on a split and killed it. Six very good potentials and what was funny is that three of them that we met knew each other, and we met them at different times and they all said "you talked to my friend! Can I come with in the lesson?" so we will see if we meet them. If so, miracle.

Poor Philip at the moment is way sick haha. The guy lost his whole digestive system down the toilet. Haha. But we have an appointment with hin anyways as well as Annika. Cool beans.

Last pday instead of the retarded bee place we checked out a real castle on a mountain and the valley was beautiful. This guy flipping lives there and works there. He makes us pay four bucks to check out his house! So yea my goal in life is to live in a castle and make people pay four bucks to come in cause yea... Why not? 

Anyways another six weeks to go here. By the end of this transfer I will have been here for 30 weeks...

BTWs got the contacts

Much love 

Elder Monroe

1 Me on the phone cause we got no tickets...

2 Before the phone call on the train... Lol

3 Cool castle

4 🙃

BTWs don't get the wrong impression of the picture lol. I promise my "smolder" is better than that. I was waking up on the train only to see Elder Felix taking a picture if my beautiful face haha. And that was really the only picture that I had for the week. Don't worry there is more.

So for last pday we went to check out a "castle". Our "maps me" stated that there was a huge castle in the middle of the forest so we decided to try it out.

Well after our epic expedition through the forest and rain (I swear it rains everyday here. I miss the sun.) We hiked 5 miles to get there and find out...

It's a freaking bee laboratory with hippies living everywhere. Okay nature preservation people are on part with hippies and they looked like them too. So we looked for the quickest way back and that's all I will say haha. Just look at the pictures. 

Now for the title of the email, Stalin is on fire. He flat out told us he wants to be baptized as a member and is reading lots from the book of Mormon. Man and he is Fellowshipping well with our mission leader Pascal. Stalin of all people. Just taught about the gospel of Jesus christ and he lived it and understood it. But on the downside I don't think I will be here to teach him in the future. Transfer calls are this Saturday and I am literally 100% sure that the call will come. I have been with Elder Taylor for 18 weeks, but hey. Still don't know what will happen.

We have been speaking with so many people on the streets lately. Probly just continue saying that I miss "normal" people. Actually everyone is normal here. Maybe it's just Mormons I miss haha. Or people that don't dance around me or brush their teeth haha. Black teeth are starting to gross me out.

Phillip is also on fire. We have three solid investigators who just make me happy to see that God has trusted to have me be put in the way of three amazing people who are ready for the gospel. But like I said, hate to see me not being able to teach them in the future, but will be happy for the fact that I did help them on their way, and that is what's important. 

Oh! And for a story. Our downstairs neighbor is an interesting guy. I don't know what was wrong with him, but will just state he is an abusive man and alcoholic and such, and he usually flips out every night at around the time we go to bed and is up until 3:00 in the morning, but a few nights ago he just lost it haha. He just screamed and yelled and as I lay edge on my bed, I heard splinters and wall just breaking everywhere. Pots and pans it was nuts. Then he walked outside of his apartment and wrecked the apartment complex door and just kicked the glass through. He just got kicked out of the complex I think haha. All of the neighbors were terrified of the sucker but for some reason this weird dude loved us missionaries. Seriously, if you are strange here you love the missionaries. Maybe we are also very weird cause we fit all categories. 

Here are my friends... 

❕Train drunk🍻

❕High bike guy

❕High turk friend who says he will go to church this Sunday as well as last Sunday and the one before (I honestly hope he doesn't if you get what I mean.) 

❕Homeless Pam with visions (I just called her Pam) 

❕Grandma with a beard who is a witch. ☹️

❕My vampire friends (they love me but they scare the crap outta me with their fangs.) 😲

❕Orange Mohawk hard Rock guy who wears the same clothes everyday

❕Evil Knievel who walks around the mall with a burning stick and chases us. (sometimes) 👎

And probably more but I can't remember the rest. But I will admit my favorite one is the train drunk. He makes my day and always sings me a merry ol song on the train when I am with him. Haha! He tries to hug me but I don't let him cause for reasons. 

Anyways for another story, contacted a guy and said his name was Thomas Mann. I learned a lesson from this guy haha. He said his name was Thomas Mann and lived in the Dorf way far out in a strange path, so we went there to meet him... 

Freaking Thomas Mann in German is "John Doe" for us. He totally trolled us and sent us to the wrong house and there was no connection home but a bus leading to the middle of nowhere leading us home. We lost the entire day. So we found on the way. 

Really all I can talk about. Who knows? Might be in a new city this next week. Really pumped to find out. 

Love yall friends and family. 

Elder Monroe 

1. The door the neighbor kicked

2-3 Route home from Bee laboratory 

4 Cool place in Saarlouis