Monday we did emails but then switched our p day time to tuesday so that we could go to a museum that is closed on mondays. so after emails we went to a little town on the outskirts of Magdeburg. to try and visit a less active member there. we searched and finally found the street.(we didnt have a map of the town so luckily it wasnt that big) foun the door knocked, she answered and then very kindly said she had no interest and closed the door in our faces. then we went back to Magdeburg and cleaned our apartment.
Tuesday we went to Elbaun park for our pday. its basically the thanksgiving point of sachsen anhalt it has the worlds second largest wooden building and its a science museum. it was very cool to see. then we went and rode the alpine slide down the trash mountain. (the only hill in magdeburg is an old landfill and we call it trash mountain.) that was a lot of fun then elder Vellinga went to Köthen on an exchange and i was left alone to teach English class.
Wednesday we helped the other two elders with a service project, helping one of their investigators clean his house to sell. that took most of the morning. then we went with president Hilton to a members to help set up for a branch party. then we were a little late so we went really fast back to magdeburg. (i saw the speedometer hit 180k\h) and still missed the train back to Köthen. luckily one comes every hour so we didnt have to wait long. then we got on the next train and went and exchanged back. Elder Vellinga and i came home and slept because we had an early morning the next day.
Thursday started for us at 3:30 we needed to go to Leipzig but because it was a holiday bus train and bahn schedules were all messed up. but we got to Leipzig and had our zone training meeting. and interviews with president Kosak. that was really good. he said get ready to leave because 6 months is long enough. Still no i pads bet they told us the same thing they did the week before ''maybe next week'' Then the rest of the day was spent avoiding drunk people (almost impossible on a normal day Completely impossible on a holiday) but we got home safely.
Friday was almost a normal day. we did missionary work but when we got home we got a surprise call from the APs Transfer calls a day early! Elder Vellinga will be staying in Magdeburg and Elder Oldroyd you will transfered... to... Heide.(fun fact Heide is the german word for Heathen) Heide is a small town in the northern end of Germany. Ill be in the west so thats a big change. Elder Paul is my new companion, he will also be district leader. Half of my district is from my mtc group and the biggest shocker is that elder Gibbs will still be in it. (ill probably never get away from him) and i have to get my german drivers licence because Heide is a car area.
Saturday was the last time i got to play soccer here in magdeburg. then the rest of the day was spent saying goodbye and packing everything up and getting ready to leave on Tuesday. I went to bahnhof and got my ticket i get to go through Hamburg and Hanover on my way there so that is pretty cool.
Sunday was just full of goodbyes. i said goodbye to the branch and then we went to the Hiltons for lunch and said goodbye and then to Marian and Galias and said goodbye, and then to a few more, like Kasimir. hes one of the other twos but he is a good friend of ours too. he wants to come to utah and go shooting. i told him i could help with that. then we went home and i finished packing. so tomorrow i can leave and start the next chapter of my mission
my new address is
Hamburger straße 89a
25746 Heide
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