Oklahoma to the Alps: Tigers and Pandas and Bears, oh My!

Riding the trolley around Wien

August 3, 2015:

Hey sorry for no pics next week for sure I'll send we don't have time to go the the church today that's when we do the pics cause we are going to the OLDEST ZOO IN THE WORLD today so yeah I'm excited for that! The Wien zoo or Tiergarten is what it's called.

No, it has not been really hot in the apartment, it's cooled down a lot and it's really nice. Haha, yes all four of us are getting along. So transfers are on Thursday and Elder Barnhart is leaving and I'm staying and getting Elder Plumb. Elder Barnhart says he is a really cool, good guy so I'm excited to take over the area.

Yeah, I really like the Austrian people, they are cool and sometimes crazy I'll tell the story at the end. Yes I have had Semmelknödeln und Apfelstrudel they are both really good, you should try making them, but really that's about it. We don't have a lot of member appointments that we eat at and when we do its sausages and bread haha.

So, crazy story.. On Friday on the way home from waffle abend it was me and elder Barnhart and the zone leaders on the train. When we get on there's this drunk guy with his drunk friend and preggo wife. The 1st guy started calling us gay, then he gets up and comes over to us and asked if we were gay, so we said no. Then he goes off about how alcohol is not in the 10 commandments, all while he was swinging around this cheap bottle of wine. He kept talking about how he was orthodox and how he loved Jesus and what not, so Elder Barnhart said, well I forget, but in English it translated over to could you throw that away but in German it meant could you give it up. So he says yeah, and throws his almost full bottle on the steps of the train and glass and wine go everywhere and gets in our shoes and pants. Then we get off and we give him a Book of Mormon while his wife and drunk friend are holding him back, so yeah that was fun. Drunk people are everywhere and it smells like beer and BO but that's Europe haha.

Hope you have a great week and stay cool

Mit Liebe,

Elder Summers

Visiting the oldest zoo in the world!

All us Okies squealed with delight that Elder Summers got to see a Panda

August 10,2015:

I sent all the pictures form the past couple of weeks, we went to the zoo and the private tour around Wien, but yeah. My week honestly was not that eventful.

Me and elder Barnhart said our goodbyes to the people of the ward he was packing and we worked on the Tschuss(bye) book and that was it with him. Then Elder Plumb got in and on Thursday we met some of the investigators so he could get a feel for them. Friday we went out a did some Vorbei(past), it was super hot outside! I might buy a water bottle for the summer.

So the other Elders in the place is Elder Ward and Elder Albrecht ( i think that's how you spell it) and me and Elder Plumb. Yeah,me and Elder Plumb get along. We both like classic rock and he loves his wiener dog named peanut haha but yeah. I sent a pic of us in our Lederhosen, so yeah that's us.

Church is going really good, it's been hot but that's ok no new stories yet, but I'm sure they will come. No, we did not get cut when the drunk guy threw the bottle of wine on the ground. We will call the house lady today to try and find out how things are coming with the repairs. They said that they would come in and dry it out but they have not done that so its going to be a while.

Its been super hot here too like 40C (104F) or so. At night we are drowning in our sweat so it really sucks, but other than that everything is all cool. Sorry its so short but nothing really exciting happened this week. I loved all the pictures you sent. My German is coming along, I think it improves every day i hope, but yeah. Have a great birthday week and stay cool.

MIt Liebe

Elder Summers