*Good* Memories from My Mission

Posted on: 10 July 2008 /
Categories: Self Promotion

Because there were a few of them after all…

  1. Water coming out brown the first time I tried to take a bath in-country.
  2. Trying not to look at magazine stands.
  3. Observing Hamilton teaching Leuzinger how to say “Don’t bend over to pick up the soap.”
  4. Geschwister Böhme in Groitzsch.
  5. Driving Brigham home, turning left on Stauffenbergallee and flooring it in order get air off the jump in front of the apartment.
  6. Trying to set records for number of times going around the roundabout south of the ward building in Dresden.
  7. Ultimate frisbee im Großen Garten in DD.
  8. Taking photos involving Corn Flakes with Heil and Haglund im Büro.
  9. Maintaining my own shadow mission using the mission companionship tracking software. No one got transfered nine times in their 22 months in *my* version.
  10. Dynamo Dresden 0:0 1. FC Köln.
  11. That one spigot coming off a random building in Dresden from which the city’s only potable water flowed.
  12. Brooks somehow finding more money in the budget for one more run to McDonalds at the end of the month every month.
  13. The way the train platform PA announcer in Glauchau said “Glauchau”.
  14. Buying expired 7-Up by the case in Hohenstein-Ernstthal and having chicken feathers stuck to the cans.
  15. Weekly planning sessions as art projects.
  16. The night Hatch and Claudia showed up at the apartment at 2 AM in HOT.
  17. Hohenstein Gunar’s impeccable San Diego surfer accent.
  18. Zwickau Zone Conferences and P-Days — one of the best Thanksgivings ever, the Superbowl party in Anaberg, playing cards with Kent, et al, etc.
  19. Teaching the first four discussions with Ellis to the prostitute in Hof (“C.S.V.”?) who never actually told us what her name was, but who had an interesting (if un-eclectic) collection of video tapes.
  20. Bruder Bradley conducting Hof sacrament meeting in “German”.
  21. The Potato Boy of Hof.
  22. Doing splits (from Döbeln) to Mittweida where they had actual hot water in the apartment.
  23. Heating the apartment using the burners on the gas stove.
  24. Wilson, Reilly(, and me) beating the Germans at 3-on-3 indoor soccer.
  25. Walz’s apple pies.
  26. Tyler’s two-month-long recitation of The Lord of the Rings while doing doors.
  27. The bratwurst in Gera.

bkd

3 comments

  • AsH

    Thought I’d add a few *Good* memories I had with BKD (all my memories with him are good).

    * Brian introducing me to Gyros

    * Setting a “record” knocking 22 doors with no answer

    * Brian and I buying the same sandals

    * Giving my first talk in German and Brian being the only one who really understood everything

    * 4th of July party in Zwickau

    * At Brian’s suggestion, asking Pres. what you do immediately after you propose to your girlfriend/future fiancè (assuming she says yes) and getting an answer.

    * The “Pillar of Fire”

    * Claudia and Hatch banging on the door and entering the wohnung at 2AM (I’ve got a picture of them somewhere)

    * Frau Albert trying to marry us off to everyone

    * Role playing everything

    * Talking in third person about each other. Very therapeutic.

    * Doing curls with the red beds

    * Visits with the Meyers and arguing about whether Henry Ford was German.

    * Mushroom surprise and discussion about money at the Hübls

    * Haircuts

    * Pyramid of 7-up and Ja cans

    * Note Brian left me just before I left with problems A thru D and the cure: “Dunn realizes that with faith in the Lord he need not fear. Dunn relaxes his critical outlook towards Hansons vague and untelling words/actions.”

    Summary: You know how you just click with some people regardless of their backgrounds? It’s only happened a few times in my life. It’s true I get along with most people, but not like I did with Brian. I know he didn’t have any choice in the matter, but I’d like to thank him for all the wonderful memories we had together. I had a great mission because of Brian.

  • telkontar

    BKD had good experiences in Germany?

    I’m only commenting because I want to know what the Pres said about the proposal question — did I do it right?

    Driving around the roundabout — I want to party with this dude!

    If only the shadow mission had not just been a cyber-fantasy. If only!

  • bkdunn

    Sure, 27 of them. Why, that’s more than one a month! Of course I’m counting rusty bathwater as a “good memory” so take it all for what it’s worth.