Frankfurt Station

So, I'm currently on a train to Frankfurt and later today I'll get on another going to Friedrichsdorf because tonight President Uchtdorf has invited all the full-time missionaries and Gemeinderat (members) of the Heidelberg, Frankfurt, and Friedrichsdorf stakes to meet with him and talk about missionary work! We're all meeting in the Friedrichsdorf Gemeindehaus (chapel) which happens to be across the street from the Frankfurt temple! Basically, every missionary’s dream.

This week seemed to bounce back and forth between highs and lows with not much time in between. By Wednesday (a.k.a P-Day eve) we were just emotionally, physically, and spiritually exhausted. It felt really good to just clean our apartment really well this morning and take a break.

Last weekend was General Conference and (from what I've seen so far) it was AMAZING! I made a list of some questions for investigators and not only did it answer all of those questions, but it answered my personal questions that I didn't even know I had. Unfortunately, we've only seen the schwesternversammlung (sisters’ session) and a part of Saturday morning session. We were supposed to watch the other sessions with our neubekehrt (new convert) and her family, but when we got there they weren't home.... that was kind of part one of the lows. We've had to travel between Heidelberg and Mannheim 10 times in the past week because of Conference and splits.

Jennifer, one of my investigators.

Speaking of splits I just had my 7th split and my 5th in Heidelberg! I was with the lovely Sister Jones and we had the best split ever. We got to teach a young Chinese guy named Blues Lee. It was awesome! He didn't know anything about Christianity but believed in God. We taught him the very basics -- God, Jesus Christ, Holy Ghost. We talked about how the Spirit is there to make us act (baptism) and he asked, "what are the requirements of baptism?"  He was super excited to read in the Bible for the first time too. We gave him a Book of Mormon in Chinese and German. The best part of the lesson was teaching him how to pray. He prayed for the first time EVER! And in Chinese! Blues Lee is basically my favorite person right now. Leider (unfortunately) he's not my investigator. He wrote our names in Chinese with a super fancy Chinese pen picture below.

Apparently, I get really distracted when I'm on a train so writing isn't so easy right now. Love you all and hope you have a good week! I'll try to talk with President Uchtdorf in the celestial language!

Sister Luymes

Frankfurt!

Frankfurt Train Station