Our new friends -- Laura (7) and Alanna (1).

Missionary work is the coolest guys. I'm so happy here in Germany and I absolutely love the work that I'm doing. I love my mission, I love this language, but most of all I love these people! I feel like the whole world is in Germany right now and it's so amazing to talk to them and get to know their culture and their stories.

Last week we met this woman from Syria who's learning German. We offered to meet with her to help her out and also give her a Book of Mormon. We came back on Monday as we had planned. When we got in we saw an older German woman sitting there. I immediately thought "ok she either really understands what we do and has invited her German friend to hear the gospel OR she doesn't understand what we're doing at all." The second part was correct. The German woman was her German tutor and she thought we were here to read with her daughter and help her with homework. So we taught Laura (7) how to write in cursive, Alanna(1) how to high 5, and gave the mom the Book of Mormon. The girls are adorable and we were laughing pretty hard after we left.

We've been finding and teaching people all week too! Just on Monday alone we found 4 potentials and have appointments with all of them. We had a street display last Saturday and have appointments with 2 people. One of them is named Vanessa. We met with her on Tuesday and she's so awesome! She's 16 and grew up Christian, but no specific church. She's German and Polish, but grew up in Mexico and in California (Lancaster). She speaks English, German, Spanish, Korean, and is learning Japanese. She's pretty shy, but she really warmed up to us. We taught her the restoration and she really liked it and was very open to it. We invited her to be baptized and she said YES! No specific date yet, but she's really excited to learn more. She even asked us how she can get to church on Sunday before we even asked her. Woo!

Another cool person is Sylvia. We doored into her on Monday and it was super confusing. She looked really mad and she sounded really mad, but everything she said was positive. Sister López just froze in the stairwell and didn't come closer, but the Spirit told me to just start talking to her and asking questions. IT WORKED! She ended up being very interested and invited us in! She gave us Sprudel Wasser in champagne glasses. We will meet with her again tomorrow 😊

We also taught the Mark Family! Sister Weiler and I found them back in December, but they never had time to meet with us. Then the elders contacted the husband and he invited them over. The wife said she'd already had our number and set up an appointment with us and we taught them last night. They're very catholic but love listening to the word of God. They had a hard time understanding that the Book of Mormon was not the Bible and that we believe in both. The Spirit was really strong and definitely helped me and Sister López answer their questions. We were able to share a lot of scriptures with them from the Bible and the Book of Mormon to show that they support each other. It was cool and they finally agreed to read and pray. Victory!

Other cool people of the week Xinia, Nadia, Jennifer, Stefen, and a less active Sabrina. We've been running around like crazy trying to get to all of our appointments and find new people at the same time.

Heavenly Father answers prayers. There was a while where we really didn't have anyone to teach and we weren't finding people. It was hard and frustrating at times. I've been fasting and praying for months for these miracles. I've learned a lot and we've been preparing ourselves to teach people and now Heavenly Father is pouring down blessings!

Love you all!
Sister Luymes

German math

Wasser Turn und Eis
(Wasser Tower and ice cream)

Spring has sprung and the swans freuen sich (are happy).