Dear Fam,

Its been a full and wonderful week. It started with a hilarious p-day and ended with an unbelievable General Conference, with some great work in between.First things first, P-day. It was quite the hilarious adventure for us. First of all, its not as normal as you would think to walk around Nürnberg in Lederhosen. Had we been in Munich or somewhere in deep Bavaria, nobody would have looked twice at us, but to be in Nürnberg in Lederhosen, on a Monday, when almost nothing special is going on, is kinda wierd. But what do we care? We get more weird looks walking around in our shirts and ties than we do in Lederhosen. And more importantly, Lederhosen just makes everything better. When you're wearing Lederhosen, the sun shines brighter, food tastes better, funny things are funnier, and pretty things are prettier. They basically have the same effects as a natural drug, but they're not against the Word of Wisdom. Anyway, the day basically consisted of us seeing the sights in Nürnberg, the famous castle on top of a hill, looking over the whole city, this huge Gothic church, common in any big German city, and of course eating at a really touristy German restaurant. But the best part of the day was when we stopped at one of these street side accordion players and asked him to play a really fast polka song while Elder Jensen, Elder Achtmann and I did a Lederhosen, Bavarian knee slapping dance for everyone on the street. It was incredibly embarrassing but unbelievably hilarious as well. Elder Anderson took a video of it, which I'll try to send today if the internet isn't too slow.Things are going really well with Walter. We were able to meet with him twice this week. The first appointment was a little rough. We taught the second half of the plan of salvation, which is completely different from what the J-dub's teach, so it was a little hard for Walter to accept, but the spirit was there nonetheless. We plan on having a solid scripture study with him this week where we use the bible and the book of Mormon to clarify the doctrine. Hopefully this will increase his testimony of the doctrine, but more importantly that the fullness of the gospel, and the priesthood authority to baptize, was restored through Joseph Smith. He already believes this, but needs an unshakable testimony to be baptize and overcome what he's going up against, an entire J-dub congregation will do everything they can to keep him from getting baptized once he makes that decision. He came to the Saturday morning session of Conference and absolutely loved it, especially President Uchtdorfs talk (also my personal favorite from this conference), so I think he's really seeing and feeling the importance of the restoration. Keep him in your prayers fam, because over the next few weeks, he's definitely gonna need 'em.Had a great appointment with the Daniel and Andrea Auras, basically my favorite family in the Ward. Daniel's a freakin' stud. The only problem is whenever we go over there He and I spend like an hour talking about Movies (He's also a big film buff) to the annoyance of my companions (Well, I don't think Elder Jensen minds too much, but I'm sure it drove Elder Gneiting crazy haha).Speaking of Elder Jensen, things are going really well with us. I've been really lucky on my mission so far to be blessed with such great companions (even the tough ones). The guy is a spiritual giant, and, like me (or at least I'd like to think so), puts his focus on loving and helping the people, which is really the most important thing. I mean, its why we're here isn't it?After all, as President Uchtdorf told us on Saturday morning (or Saturday evening for me) thats whats most important for all of us as Latter Day Saints and Disciples of Christ. To love God, and to love our fellow man. As Latter-Day Saints, we should be known as people who love God and Others. Which brings me to my food for thought of the week...Elder Jensen told me something that has really changed my perspective on what it means to be a member of the Restored Church of Christ. A convert that he knew from back home had a friend say something to the effect of, "Well you should understand, you're a mormon." His reply was, "I'm not a Mormon. I'm a Saint." What a powerful and profound statement. The time has really come, as President Eyring said not long ago, for the perfecting of the Saints. We are not, and should not want to be, "Mormons." That often can be a term with a negative connotation created by man. We are disciples of Christ, literally Latter Day Saints. The time has come to stop Pharasitically going through the motions, as the "Mormons" can do, and truly become "Saints." For that is what The Lord has called us to be as members of his church in these days.As always, you're all in my prayers, and I wish you all the best in the coming week.Alles Gute!-Andy