Liebe Familie und Freunde,
This week was absolutely fabulous!!!! We saw SO MANY miracles!!!! Wow...where should I start...how about at the beginning :)
On monday we were able to go to Berlin and have a sleep over with my trainer :) it was so fun to see her! She goes home next transfer so it was fun to see how she is doing, she is still working so hard! Then on Tuesday we had a Mission Tour with Elder Caussé from the Seventy. It was absolutely fantastic!!! He talked about the exact things that we needed in our area and personally and gave us really solid suggestions on what we can do! One of the things he said is that we should invite EVERYONE to baptism in EVERY appointment! We have been doing that and it has been so wonderful!! No new baptismal appointment yet :) but every single person we have asked has said that once they find out it is true they will be baptized :)! It lets the people know what our goal is from the very beginning and it makes talking about baptism very casual and not scary! It is great! He also talked about working with the ward members a lot better and we have a lot of work to do there! We now have five new ward missionaries to help us out as well, so we have a lot of delegating to do! And then he talked about how to overcome our fears and replace them with faith. He shared a scripture with us in 2 Cor 12:9-10. He told us that it is really good that we have weaknesses. It is good that we don't feel good enough for the work. The Lord could send the most educated and intelligent people in the church out to preach the gospel, but it wouldn't be effective! The Lord needs servants who are humble and need to rely on him to see success. He suggested every morning we plead to have the spirit with us and to have enough courage to do what we need to do. Then during the day when we feel scared, just pause and take a minute to say a prayer for courage, then get back to work! It has been exactly what I have needed! It sounds so obvious, but it was just what I needed to hear. And we have already seen many blessings!
Let me tell you about one day this week that will sum up how wonderful our week was!
On Saturday we had two splits in one day! It was great! For our second split Sister Peltier stayed with a member and taught a lesson and Sister Hamblin and I went by on a contact. As we were walking to their house we talked to a lady. She didn't speak very much German but I told her we were talking about families. She said oh ya families! You can come over tomorrow, and my family will be at home! So we made out a Termin for the next day! Then we walked for..about five seconds and met a young man. We talked to him about the Book of Mormon and he said he would like to read it. So we gave him a copy of it. We kept going and as we were waiting at the door of the contact the young man walked by on the other side of the road and he was reading in the Book of Mormon. It made me so happy!! Just to think that we brought someone the chance to read in the Book of Mormon and find the joy and peace that can come from it! Unfortunately the contact wasn't home, so we left a note and met back up with Sister Peltier. It was Saturday evening so the buses don't run as often, so we walked for about a half an hour to do doors before our next Termin. On the way we saw a man on a bike, he slowed down and said to us, "Where are you from." (in English with a strong German accent. Lots of people like to say short English phrases to us when they see us.) So we told him and he explained that he knows about the Mormons. He had met with the missionaries 6 years ago. We had a really good conversation with him and he said he would like to come to church. So we gave him the address of the church :) Then we went to do doors. We talked to some really nice people but we didn't make out any appoinments. But as we were doing them somebody called us. He said that we had talked to him on the street a couple weeks ago. He is Baptist but he is not happy with his church and he has been looking for another church. He looked at our website and was really impressed and wants to know more!! So he is going to come to church next week then we can set up appointments!!! WOWEE!!!! We were SO EXCITED!!!! That is three people in three weeks that have come to us and told us they want to learn more!!! But its not over yet :) Then we had an appointment with a man from China. We talked to him a lot and he said that China could use the gospel. He said that there are a lot of people that believe in God now. I felt the Spirit very strong as he said that. I really hope and pray that the missionaries will be let into China very soon! We invited him to read the Book of Mormon. He said that he doesn't believe in God for now, but he could be converted :) and we asked him if he was if he would be baptized and he said yes :)! It was a wonderful lesson! Then on the way home we were on cloud...14!!! Way past cloud nine! We just couldn't believe how many miracles we had seen within the space of a just a few hours. Then someone said,"Hello Sisters!" It was a woman and she came up to us and shook our hands. She said that she was inactive but that she would like to make time to meet with us and come to our family home evenings! So we set up a Termin to meet with her later and invited her to come back to church! She gave her address and phone number so that we could get a hold of her!!!!!!! WOW WOW WOW!!!! So we walked home and saw a BEAUTIFUL Sunset!!! Then to top the day off when we got home a member called and asked us if we could bring a DVD about Christ to church so he could give it to a friend!!!! WAHOO!!!!!!!!!! It was such a wonderful day!!! My companions and I couldn't stop laughing and talking about how wonderful it was!!! It was one of the best days of my whole life!!! I love being a missionary!!!
That is an example of how this week went :) it was absolutely amazing! We are seeing miracles constantly!!
We are going to meet up with the Elders today and PLAY SOCCER!!!! I am so excited :) it will be my first time in 8 months!!! So I need to wrap this up so we can get going! I love you all! Thank you for your love and support! I know the Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds the fullness of the truth! Christ is our Savior and Redeemer! I love him so much and I know we can never repay him for what he has done for us. But we can follow his example and Come to him and then Follow Him to sit with our Heavenly Father for all eternity! (Although I don't think there is a lot of just sitting around up there!) I love the gospel and I am so grateful for this opportunity to help others come to him!
Thank you again, I love you all!
Until next week!
Liebe Grüße,
Sister Smith
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