I am staying in Dortmund for Christmas!!!

I am staying in Dortmund for Christmas!!!  And so is Sister Sprouse!!  It is amazing to be with her again for the 4 1/2 tranfers :)  It is truly a miracle!  I am so happy to be with people that I know, to see people make covenants with the Lord, people coming closer to the Lord, and to see myself grow as well.  And I will be able to experience all 4 seasons here :)  It hasn't snowed here yet but it might be coming, but from looking outside its still far into the distance.  Yesterday was really humid and rainy which is really weird for being in the middle of November!! More good news!!  We received word the other day that there will be just a Sister's Conference next Monday and Tuesday!!!  Usually we have Zone Conferences that include Elders and Missionary Couples but this one is just for us Sisters :)  I literally jumped for joy!!  It was like a sigh of relief because 1) I am TOTAL Kaput!!!  I am so tired lately haha SIster Sprouse always gives me a hard time because of my age (24) but also because of my mission age!!  (Almost a year!) 2) If we were to be transferred, we would be able to see each other again once we went to different areas!!  3)  We Sisters can all see each other again.  I will be able to see Sister Garlick, Sister Nixon from the MTC, and so many other Sisters that I haven't seen since the beginning of my mission!!!  I am so excited!!  Not only do we have a conference of Präsident Schwartz just talking with us, but also we get to spend 2 hours at the temple, hold a dinner together!, stay the night in Frankfurt, and have a Testimony Meeting!!!  Does that sound like heaven or what??!?!?  I think so and I just want to say again I am so excited!!! So I will be able to email home next Monday still I believe :)  AHHH!!! I love life!! Christmas is coming up!!  I am so excited for it!!  The Germans love Christmas and I love their love for it!!  Dortmund has one of the biggest Christmas trees and one of the coolest Christmas Markets in the world!!  And the markets start on my birthday!!!  Sadly Germans do not celebrate Thanksgiving but all will be okay :)  Not many people are out and about like they are now, here in Germany I guess people go inside all day and just spend time with their families so that means for us missionaries, it'll be hard to meet with people.  It should be interesting!!  And we just need a new/creative way to find people :)  Maybe we will go caroling :)  During the Mission call we were informed on how many new missionaries that will be coming into our mission!!  Right now 12000 more missionaries have their call to serve over all the world!!!  That is crazy!!!  And more than half are sisters!!!  And so in the next 3-4 months the Germany Frankfurt Mission will receive 30+ more SISTERS and 50 more Elders!!!  Every sister in the mission will be training and opening up new areas here!!!!!  The work is going to explode!! And also Dortmund will have 8 missionaries!!  Sister Sprouse and I, the Zone Leaders Elders Garlick and Penfold, the McPhersons (missionary couple), and 2 new Elders!!  Elder Shephard (from England!!) and a brand new missionary!!!  I am so excited!! Dortmund really needs more missionaries that are mobile and ready to work.  The works is rolling forth so beautifully :)  Es wirklich freut mich!!! I love this work, I love the Lord, and I love my Heavenly Father :)  Smile more, its helps others more than you think :)  Liebe, Sister Tuschling