guten abend

i had my first full day here...but first a funny story....last night i was so tired after flying..i was trying to stay awake and finally went to bed about 9 pm...which if any of you know me...that's soooo early...anyway...before going to bed i had asked for a 7 am wake up call...i woke up and looked at my watch...it said 7...i thought..'why didn't the desk call me?'...then i thought...it's still so dark..but, figured it just didn't get light for awhile...i was really tired, but knew i had to wake up...well, after sitting there for awhile i was getting up, looked at my watch again and realized it was really 1 am! i had read my watch upside down...i was really glad i could go back to sleep...glad when it was light in the morning...well, when i did finally get up...i got ready for church...barbara picked me up...she also picks up about 5 other people...we got to church at about 10 after 9...church starts at 9:30...i was amazed that everyone was there so early! not like our ward when we all walk in about 10 minutes late! everyone was very friendly...quite a few english speakers...barbara had one of the sister missionaries translate for me...that was nice...only problem there...no air conditioning, they don't seem to think they need it here...let me tell you...they do! it was soooo hot...a couple hours after church bernd picked me up and we went to there house for dinner...the sister missionaries were there..it was very nice...fun to see where they live...barbara and i went to see her sister race in a rowing race..it was over at the auto strade...where vw has built this huge museum, amusement area, park etc...a really nice place...it was fun to watch...then she showed me different areas of wolfsburg...it's a really pretty city, it doesn't seem like a big city because there is so much countryside everywhere...so that was the day today...more later....