Montag: We met with the Meckel
Family! The mom is a less active, she has 3 kids, and then a boyfriend. Her
boyfriend is our investigator, and now two of the kids are too. I love that
family! We had a pretty good first lesson and talked about reading and praying
together as a family. We also had another appointment with a guy who makes
those wooden puppet things on strings! He's cool! But talked a lot, so we didn’t
get a lot in!
Dienstag: We had a lesson with Michael.
He’s cool. Still doesn't have his answer, but it will come! I promised him it
would...so it better! :) We met with a less active and showed some videos about
the atonement. She almost cried! Which means I almost cried too! I don’t think she’s
had visits from the missionaries in a long time. I would like to think we
really brought the Spirit back into her home. People have hard lives...I’m glad
I get to help just a little bit. We also gave out 2 Books of Mormon this day!
Sister Medley just accidently grabbed a Russian one and guess what?! A lady on
the street only spoke Russian! So we gave her a card and a book! Things work
out!
Mittwoch: We had Distrikt meeting! I
like Distrikt meeting! Our Elders are really good missionaries and I learn a
lot. We got to drive the car back! That’s always fun! I like the Auto Bahn. We can’t
go very fast, but I like watching all the other nice cars go by! We then met
with Herr Strauss. He's a golden investigator! Has tons of questions about if God
is there and how he can find him. He doesn’t really do anything in life, so we
can meet with him a lot. We did our best how-to-begin-teaching we have ever
done and really set up what we do as missionaries and how it can help him
really well!
Donnerstag: It rained a ton this
day! Which made it hard to do anything, because we do everything outside! Even
German and English class! Because we don’t have a church building! But, it
worked out today because we met with a lady who wanted to come to English. She
invited us over and she made us tea (the ok kind) and she is now a new investigator!
Freitag: We went to Werdau to visit
a member! She was sooo sweet and fed us TONS of food! They Elders didn't eat a
lot, so that means we had to eat a lot! Good thing it was good! Sauerkraut,
Bratwurst, and potatoes. We then did weekly planning. It still takes
forever!
Sammstag: This day was crazy! Had a
lesson with Lucy, and in the middle of our lesson outside it started to
downpour! The hardest rainstorm I’ve ever been in! We went to McDonalds and
finished our lesson! Then, later that day as we were finding, this very old
lady asked us for directions and so we tried to help her. But then realized
that she was not really all there in her mind. We walked with her for about 45
minutes and she led us right back to where we started. It then started to rain
for the second time that day. And this time it was harder than the first! We
called Sch. Dörlitz and she saved us! This lady lived like 4 miles away and was
trying to walk all the way back! I’m glad we got to help her though!
Sontag: Very normal. Church! Always
good! I’m going to run out of internet time! Love you! Thanks for your emails!
Have a great week! I'll try to send some pics!
Whoa...just kidding! I still have 20
minutes! Good! Because I wanted to tell you about Sunday! We did ALL that we
could to get the Meckel family to church. Set up rides…a couple members were
helping us…we were in touch with them often. They told us 3 times they were for
sure coming! Then...at 10 pm on Saturday they called. They said they decided to
go over to a friend’s house and sleep over so they weren't going to make it! To
say the least...we were heartbroken. Totally heartbroken. It’s hard when we do
all that we can, and then people choose to not do something. I honestly don’t
think I’ve felt so sad on my mission! Oh if they just knew the blessings that
come from church! It’s ok though! We will try all we can this week too!
I think the hardest part of serving
a mission is loving people with all my heart! It’s not hard to love the people,
it’s really easy! Loving them just makes it hard! Every time someone doesn’t
keep a commitment, or can’t meet with us, it breaks my heart! Every. Time. Oh it’s
harder than I ever thought it would be! I imagine it being a little like how
parents feel when kids make the wrong decision! Or how our Heavenly Father
feels when we don’t keep our promises to him. That makes me want to be really
good! Because the feeling of sorrow that I have when the people don’t keep
their commitments is awful! Do good! Don’t let your Father in Heaven feel broken
hearted!
I love you all so much! Thanks for
all of your great emails, prayers and support! I feel them!
Alles Liebe, Sister St. John
Car ride from Berlin with the Elders! that doesn't happen every day!
Thüringer Bratwurst. The best in Germany. Which is the best in the World. Just look at it! Oh! so good!
Typical life in Germany.
Including the Porsche
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