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| Funky Mail Box! Oops, someone's opening the door behind me! |
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| View of Kaiserslautern from a train. |
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| Things that come in a tube -- Werstershire sauce. What???? |
So much happened this week so I'll try my best to write most of it.
On
Samstag (Saturday) we were super frustrated when all of our plans had fallen
through and the whole evening felt super wasteful. So we made a goal to
be more obedient and plan better AND backup plan better. So Dienstag
(Tuesday) we had planned everything and all of our plans fell through so
we were on our back up plans for most of the day. And because we actually
took our time to backup plan we were in the right place at the right
time to get 6 potentials! (Potentials = people who give us their number/
address and say that they're interested)
Dienstag Abend (Tuesday evening) was super interesting because I had my first lesson with my first "Frederic" (the name of my cat-loving slightly crazy MTC Untersucher [examiner])! Christina was a referral from one of our other investigators and we had talked to her on the phone before. So we show up and she introduces herself as Tess. We were so confused because we thought her name was Christina, but she told us she likes to change her name a lot. She offered us water and Eis (ice cream). She comes out with water and 2 containers of Otter Pops! She wanted our water to be cold so she started to put the whole stick in our water to stir around. Sister Williams and I had to try hard not to laugh, but we almost lost it while DURING the Restoration video she got up to get something to open the Otter pops. She came back with a potato peeler! She found scissors eventually and we were finally able to get the
lesson back on track...as much as we could at least. There was more, but I'll save it for ein andere Tag (a different day).
Mittwoch (Wednesday) we had lessons with Toni and Courtney. Toni has been working with the missionaries for awhile. He's a retired Italian man who grew up in America. This week he had been trying really hard to make a habit or reading from the Book of Mormon daily. During our lesson he was making so many connections between the Book of Mormon and his life and he even told us that he knew it was true! Usually he learns slow and steady, but this week he had learned so much more and he understood it all! We've only had a couple lessons with Courtney and she's finally feeling like she's getting answers to questions she's been asking for a long time.
On Donnerstag (Thursday) we stopped by an old investigator’s home and he wasn't home. We decided to tract the rest of the street. With the 5 doors we klingled (rang) we taught 3 lessons; one to a whole family, another to a mom and her son, and another to a guy from Portugal. The last lesson was with Nuno. When we got to his door I introduced us auf Deutsch (in German) and he said he spoke English better. So I asked him if he was interested in learning about what we believed and he said a VERY excited yes! He had so many questions about the purpose of life and who was God so we had an amazing lesson for a whole hour! The Spirit was so strong and he kept saying that everything we taught made so much sense. We get to meet with him again this week!
As for the ferrets there's a guy we often see while walking home who has three ferrets on leashes. I'll get a picture soon.
Spiritual thought: Most of my investigators have a hard time understanding and accepting Prophets. Prophets are another way that God shows his love for us. He doesn't want us to be lost so he gives us Prophets to help give guidance. I know that Joseph Smith was called
by God to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ. However, even if we aren't sure if what the prophet says is from God we can ALWAYS ask God to know for ourselves.
Tschüss (Bye)!
Sister Luymes
Dienstag Abend (Tuesday evening) was super interesting because I had my first lesson with my first "Frederic" (the name of my cat-loving slightly crazy MTC Untersucher [examiner])! Christina was a referral from one of our other investigators and we had talked to her on the phone before. So we show up and she introduces herself as Tess. We were so confused because we thought her name was Christina, but she told us she likes to change her name a lot. She offered us water and Eis (ice cream). She comes out with water and 2 containers of Otter Pops! She wanted our water to be cold so she started to put the whole stick in our water to stir around. Sister Williams and I had to try hard not to laugh, but we almost lost it while DURING the Restoration video she got up to get something to open the Otter pops. She came back with a potato peeler! She found scissors eventually and we were finally able to get the
lesson back on track...as much as we could at least. There was more, but I'll save it for ein andere Tag (a different day).
Mittwoch (Wednesday) we had lessons with Toni and Courtney. Toni has been working with the missionaries for awhile. He's a retired Italian man who grew up in America. This week he had been trying really hard to make a habit or reading from the Book of Mormon daily. During our lesson he was making so many connections between the Book of Mormon and his life and he even told us that he knew it was true! Usually he learns slow and steady, but this week he had learned so much more and he understood it all! We've only had a couple lessons with Courtney and she's finally feeling like she's getting answers to questions she's been asking for a long time.
On Donnerstag (Thursday) we stopped by an old investigator’s home and he wasn't home. We decided to tract the rest of the street. With the 5 doors we klingled (rang) we taught 3 lessons; one to a whole family, another to a mom and her son, and another to a guy from Portugal. The last lesson was with Nuno. When we got to his door I introduced us auf Deutsch (in German) and he said he spoke English better. So I asked him if he was interested in learning about what we believed and he said a VERY excited yes! He had so many questions about the purpose of life and who was God so we had an amazing lesson for a whole hour! The Spirit was so strong and he kept saying that everything we taught made so much sense. We get to meet with him again this week!
As for the ferrets there's a guy we often see while walking home who has three ferrets on leashes. I'll get a picture soon.
Spiritual thought: Most of my investigators have a hard time understanding and accepting Prophets. Prophets are another way that God shows his love for us. He doesn't want us to be lost so he gives us Prophets to help give guidance. I know that Joseph Smith was called
by God to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ. However, even if we aren't sure if what the prophet says is from God we can ALWAYS ask God to know for ourselves.
Tschüss (Bye)!
Sister Luymes
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