Week #5 in Osnabruck (7 October 2013).  Reese had another solid week of finding efforts.  He indicated that he was beginning to understand why missionary work needed to be evaluated on the quality of the effort rather than the numbers.  It's an important principle and, I suppose, the blessing and challenge of serving in Germany.  One night they did a lot of doors and were rejected and "laughed at" a lot. We admire him for pressing forward even when it is tough.  Reese closed his letter as follows:  "All in all, things are beginning to pick up. We are really beginning to find some solid investigators, and branch is getting behind us.  I am excited to keep pushing forward with the work."  Here's one fun GQ picture of Reese (holding camera) and Elder Mitchell.  It looks like they bought a couple of bow ties for styling in their apartment:

Here is another photo of Reese (holding his camera) and Elder Mitchell cooking some sort of sausage dish in their kitchen: