May 8, 2025: The End?

 This week was quite bittersweet.


Transfers happened, and unfortunately me and Elder McCann had to part ways. It was super sad, but nothing gold can stay. He's off in the distant land of Bayern (a German province) in the town of Ansbach. 

I'm still in Wiesbaden though, my new companion is Elder Mattern, and he's way chill. 

This transfer is only 5 weeks and one of them is practically completely filled with stuff preparing to go home so that is pretty crazy.

This last week we've just been up to the same old, but on Saturday I got to visit a baptism from somebody who I taught almost a year ago in Trier! That was super cool. My friend Harry who had also been baptised as I was in Trier also showed up! It was a great reunion.

We met a really cool Brazilian guy today on a bus who is super excited to come to church so we are looking forward to meeting with him more. 

We also participated in a service project with our new member Joel where we went to a cool wilderness area he takes care of and built a fence and chopped logs! Chopping wood is one of my new favorite activities.

I'm looking forward to the next few weeks, so stay tuned for the finale!

Elder Tage Rex








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