Meet Sister Lopez from Mexico City.
The first from Mexico to serve in Germany!!!

After a VERY accidental trip to Bonn (hi Sister Williams!) I finally made it to Frankfurt to drop off Sister Weiler and pick up my trainee.... SISTER LÓPEZ! She is not only from Mexico City but she is the VERY FIRST missionary from Mexico to ever serve in Germany. We're making history in Mannheim! 

Sister López took 2 years of German in university before her mission so she has pretty good German already. Her English is slightly better. We've decided to switch off every day between German and English because she needs to learn both. But hey! Hopefully I'll pick up some Spanish along the way! Con suerte  aprendo Español en el trayecto. Hoffentlich ich kann ein bisschen Spanisch lernen. 

Basically, picking up Sister Lopez, getting back to Mannheim, and getting her settled in seemed to take up the whole week somehow. We hit the streets her first night and got 2 potentials. The next day we had a finding activity and we got 3 potentials. Sister López is a little shy until you get to know her and then she's really loud and fun. This doesn't make it very easy for her to get up the courage for her to talk to people. But she's doing awesome! The Gemeinde (members) love her especially since she's NOT from America. Suddenly we had a bunch of people in our ward who speak Spanish and they all got to practice with her. Hopefully she had a good first impression of them. 

We had zone training this week as well! The Heidelberg zone consists of 8 companionships so it's REALLY small compared to the other zones. It’s fun because we actually get to know each other and can hang out on P-Days. 

God has definitely been merciful on us this week. Between Sister Weiler and I missing our Umstieg (transfer) and going to Bonn and showing up 1 1/2 hours late for the pairing meeting, Sister López and I missing our train back to Mannheim, and taking the wrong Bahn (train) almost every day. We haven't had to buy any extra tickets or gotten in trouble or gotten lost. Seriously I'm not sure how we got away without paying €264. However, I am SO grateful that he watches over us. Sometimes it feels a little overwhelming to be training and taking over an area I'm not super familiar with but I know He's got my back. It's going to be an interesting and adventurous transfer if it continues this way. 

This coming weekend will be amazing! Christmas is a 3-day event in Germany: Heilige Abend (Christmas Eve), 1 Weihnachtstag (Christmas Day), and 2 Weihnachtstag. We have a weekend full of eating appointments, service, and Skyping with the FAM! Wahoo!

Liebe Grüße und frohe Weihnachten (Love, greetings, and Merry Christmas)! 🌲 

- Sister Luymes 

Sister Adrienne Luymes

Germany Frankfurt Mission

Kirche Jesu Christi 

Corneliusstrasse 18

60325 Frankfurt, Germany 

Farewell to Sister Weiler - its been short but sweet

Mannheim District taking advantage of
the Winterfest market and goodies.