Liebe Familie und Freunde,
Zuerst! Ich habe euch alle sehr Lieb:) Vielen dank für euer Briefe, Gebete, und Unterstüzung! Ihr seid alle super:)
Ok second...a question to all you Bundys.....how was the
reunion?? Meine Güte I hope it was just the best ever! It smelled like
campfire here this weekend. A little cruel and unusual but! Next year.
:) But I really do hope you all had a good, safe, relaxing weekend out
on good old Mount Trumbull.
As for Germany? Well, I guess I don't really know how Germany
is. But Göppingen is great! This last week was..well..it was an
adventure. Days in the life of Sister Lin and Sister Bice are always an
adventure. Actually we had an exchange this week! With the Pforzheim
Sisters:) This time around I stayed here in Göppingen with Sister
Marquardt! She was in the MTC with me! It was fun to talk and see how
far we've both come since then. It was really fun to work with her!
She's such a sweetheart. And so humble. I learned a lot in those 24
hours! But then of course it felt like "home" to pick up Sister Lin and
be back here with her. :)
Speaking of Sister Lin! She's great. Hard to believe this
transfer is already coming to a close. It's been so neat to see how much
she's grown the last 6 weeks, despite her Trainer! Hah just kidding.
But really though. She's had two trainers this last transfer. Sister
Bice, and the Lord. Sister Bice has been doing what all she could, but
the Lord has been doing all the work. This week we have Interviews with
Präsident Miles! I am excited. He's such a great mission president. We
also have transfer calls Thursday. I think Sister Lin and I will be
staying here for one more round. But who knows. I've kind of had a
feeling the last couple of weeks that someone else will finish her
training. I guess we'll see oder?
so! Enough with the Zukunft and on to the Vergangenheit! Some
announcements for the week? Saturday, 7/7/12 marked my 7 month mark.
WHAT?? I've been in Germany almost half a year! Hard to believe.
Oh! The 4th of Juli! Don't worry, I didn't lose the American
in me. A sister in our ward invited us over for Hamburgers, Hotdogs,
chips..and Kool-aid! I don't know where she got it. It doesn't exist
here. Germans think it's too sweet:) Anywho, she decorated in red, white
and blue and everything. It was cute:)
Annnd Saturday! We had a lesson with...Frau Hausmann! I was a
little nervous because we decided we needed to go over expectations with
her, and we wanted to commit her to baptism. So! We did just that. We
had a great lesson, and at the end we said "We know there is a lot more
to learn, but when you come to the point that you know that what we're
teaching is true, will you be baptized by someone holding the proper
authority from God?" Annnd she said yes! Now we just need to work on
committing her to a date:) Also in the lesson we talked about that first
night we met..two months ago. We already knew it was a miracle from our
side, because we weren't actually supposed to be on the train we met
her on in the first place. We'd had a lesson with a less active, who was
45 minutes late, and then we were stuck in a dorf, and just happened to
catch a train that got us home JUST before 9pm. So! In our lesson she
told us her side. She said that the train shouldn't even have been in
Geislingen (where we got on). They'd stopped there and the loud speaker
came on saying they couldn't go on for at least 30 minutes for whatever
reason. Which is why Sister Schulze and I were able to catch it. Then,
Frau Hausmann was originally in a different compartment, but some drunk
kids got on so she moved to the next one and ended up sitting across
from..the Mormon missionaries. She thought "..I should talk to them".
But then decided against it, got off the train, and started to exit the
Bahnhof. But then she changed her mind, turned around, talked to us, and
the rest is history! Well, so far. The moral of the story is: is so
neat to see how God puts us where He wants us. So many of the things
that "go wrong" in any given day, are actually just our Father, leading
and guiding His work, just the way He wants it.
So Saturday was great, but I guess the highlight of our week was Sunday. We had 4 investigators at church! FOUR! In one day. :) AND one of our less active Sisters! It was SUCH a great feeling. I could have burst with joy to see all of their smiling faces sitting in the congregation. It's days like yesterday that make this all worth it. I love seeing the Gospel work in peoples lives. I love watching it change them. And feeling it change me. "Shall we not go on in so great a cause?" I vote yes:)
So Saturday was great, but I guess the highlight of our week was Sunday. We had 4 investigators at church! FOUR! In one day. :) AND one of our less active Sisters! It was SUCH a great feeling. I could have burst with joy to see all of their smiling faces sitting in the congregation. It's days like yesterday that make this all worth it. I love seeing the Gospel work in peoples lives. I love watching it change them. And feeling it change me. "Shall we not go on in so great a cause?" I vote yes:)
Zum Schluss! For district meeting, we were all supposed to
pick our "favorite chapter" in the scriptures and share it. It was
actually..way neat. I really liked it. Mensch! I had such a hard time
choosing a favorite1 I figured I'd make a list and then pick one..I
ended up with a list of like 15. Hah. But the one I finally chose
was..Moroni 7:) I just love everything about that chapter. For times
sake, I only read verse 41 to the end. Charity. When I read about
charity in this chapter, I like to replace the word "charity" for
"Christ", because Charity is the pure love of Christ, and Christ is
Love.
"....he must needs have Christ; for if he have not Christ he is
nothing; wherefore he must needs have Christ. And Christ suffereth
long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not
her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in
iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all
things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Wherefore, my beloved
brethren, if you have not Christ, ye are nothing, for Christ never
faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto Christ, [who] is the greatest of all,
for all things must fail..." Then of course I love verse 48. That's my
goal. That when he shall appear, I shall be like Him. I'm not perfect.
But I'm trying. And sometimes I feel like I don't try my hardest. But
I'm working on that too. Sometimes I feel like I just don't have much to
offer. Annnd to be real honest...I don't. But Christ does. And I'm not
out here for me. I'm out here for Him. I love teaching the Plan of
Salvation out here, because it reminds me over and over again just how
perfect it is. It truly is a plan of Happiness. All the how's and the
what's and the why's? I don't know. But I know it's true. And I'm
grateful for this opportunity I have to share it.
Alright! out of time and this is already way too long! Sorry! I
wish you all a wonderful week! Don't forget to smile! Someone may need
it, even if you don't!
Much Love,
Sister Bice
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