Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Monday January 19, 2015 Halle, Germany

Hallo!!! Ok, first off, my converter works great! And I scored big time because Sister Lisonbee's last companion went home so she left a bunch of stuff! So I have a blow-dryer and that’s where I got the dress and a few other tights and stuff! Secondly, I sent chocolate on the 12th! Let me know when it gets there! Or if it does! And, I had the BEST chocolate this week! It was Saltz-Honiz- Und Nutz!! Oh so so good!! 

Montag: We did our toes with the Jamberry nails. That was fun! And we had FHE where we all made pizza all together. 

Denstag: The only thing I have written down for this day is that one of our African less actives was in the hospital! Her name is Comfort and she doesn't like the mineral wasser, so we have to bring her some normal water with no gas. Kind of funny! When she says prayers she literally asks for God to bring down the angles of healing and protection! I have to try not to laugh SO hard during those prayers! Also, we met with Schwester Shröter who has been meeting with the sisters for 7 years as a less active... yes... 7! And has not once came to church! We are stopping meeting with her because she really just needs to come! I believe that she has a grudge over the old Bishop and won’t come is what she has told us. She is very nice, strong testimony, but just needs to come to church. 

Mittwoch: ALL 3 of our appointments fell out that day! I felt like something weird was going to happen in the morning and I told sister Lisonbee, "Watch, all three of our appointments will fall out," and they all did! Just my luck. Which means that we didn't get to meet with David this week. SO sad because we were really going to talk with him and help him understand how important getting baptized by the right authority is. I was so so sad that day, but yet joyful all at the same time. I love having the Spirit with me! I'm going to have to do things differently when I get home so I always have the Spirit with me this strong! We went to a small corner Bäkeri! Oh SO good! Also, Sister Lisonbee's skirt got stuck in the bahn (bus/train) door this day and she couldn't get it unstuck so it was like flapping in the wind as the bahn was going by! I was dying of laughter!! But really trying to keep it in because NO ONE talks on the bahn! You are like told to be quite if you talk! SO weird! 

Donnerstag: We went finding and the first man we talked to this day was about 50. He told us he has heard of Mormons before, told us goodbye, we said have a nice day, walked about 10 feet the opposite direction and then he yelled, "Ich bin schon verheiratet" (I’m already married) SOO funny!!! We just died laughing!! Good for him that he’s is already married! We aren't here looking for a husband exactly!! Ha! We then went back to Frau Hellwigs house and she had visitors so we couldn't come in. We went and visited Comfort in the hospital. (I hate hospitals! We are lucky I didn't pass out!) And she is bound and determined that they are going to kill her because they keep taking her blood! And she swears they are giving it to the blood bank so that people can use it! After we tried to explain that her body makes more blood, and she didn't believe it, we went and taught a new investigator named Awa. She is Muslim and it is always interesting to teach them! She likes the Book of Mormon though! So that’s good! We also on the way to her appointment found 2 neue untersucher and gave out a Book of Mormon to someone else! Pretty cool because we haven't found anyone in a while! 

Freitag: We did weekly planning! I hate it...we have to do it but it takes FOREVER and I would rather be outside! But yeah...and we visited a couple less active members! Just trying to get people to church! Also Enrico, a newly baptized man in our ward is really nice and teaches us a German class once a week and he is very patient with me and helps me with a lot of things! He reminds me of dad and does a lot with computers for work! 

Sammstag: We met with some newly baptized people and did some finding with no success! We also went and gave a Book of Mormon to our two new investigators from a couple days before! 

Sonstag: We went to church which is always good! I went with a question to church, because we can always use church as a way to get personal revelation. Even when it’s in a different language! I would encourage everyone to do that. Prepare a question for church and listen, especially to the Spirit and find an answer! We had a joint teach with Abdull, he is from Africa also and is Muslim also. We try really hard to be careful when we teach people and we bring a joint teach for a lot of reasons! But one is to help us with the lesson and bear testimony! Trang was great at this and she asked some great inspired questions that really made him think! 

I'm out of time! But I love you guys so so much! I loved all your pictures and you guys sounded like you had a blast in Vegas! I wish I could say that I wish I was with you, but I'm really loving it here! Love you! Bis naschte woche! 

Love, Sister St. John

 The bathroom mirror with my hair is all you and can see, and all I can see when I look in it!
Me and some food that we made. No I didn't eat it all by my self! But I did buy a Coke, they don't have diet, so light was the next best.
New shoes that I bought.

 At the chocolate factory.
The following pictures are from Halle and surrounding areas and are from Elder Silver's camera.
 






 

1 comment:

  1. The photos of the area you are in are beautiful. The Missionary work out there can be tough but when you find someone who will accept the message of the Gospel they'll be dedicated for life. Keep up the great work out there, we are all praying for you. Uncle Kari

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