Title translation: The Temple and
the blessings there from. Or…The temple, and the blessings from it. I don't
know how to put that into right sentence structure. :)
Hallo!! Summer here in Germany, or
in Gera at least is now in full swing! The kids only get 6 weeks of summer! So
everyone in America should be grateful for their summer break!
Montag: We had a wonderful lesson
with the Meckel Family! We talked about the Doctrine of Christ. We made another
little puzzle with a bridge that you have to build that gets you to the other
side. It's fun for the kids and gets everyone involved. We also made the kids
Baptisim calendars and helped them know how to do those. At the end of the
lesson we watched a Mormon message about the blessings we can receive when we
live the doctrine of Christ. It was really focused on the family. The Spirit
was very strong while we were watching it, and I cry anyway every time we watch
this film. But, Schwester Meckel also started crying. When it was over I felt
the strong impression to just bear my testimony of the family. I got through my
tears just enough to bear a short, but very strong testimony of how the gospel
could bless their family. It was maybe the strongest testimony that I have ever
given. I have never felt the Spirit help me as much as it did in that moment to
know exactly what to say and how to say it. As I was set apart by our Stake President,
he promised me that I would be able to speak the language as if I was born
here. Most of the time I look at that promise and think it will never happen,
but...sometimes, when I am talking with the Spirit, I can see this promise fulfilled.
Dienstag: We taught Michael. He is
really struggling right now to find his testimony. We talked a lot about the
Word of Wisdom, and his is still hung up on that Jesus drank wine, so he
doesn't see why it’s bad. If anyone has any suggestions with this let me know.
Also, we were supposed to teach Sandy, but he didn't show up. So, we finally
had a little bit of time for finding. We then went to Frau Dhillion! She is an
amazing cook and always has some kind of small dessert made for us! We had
Gemeinde Abend and watched the Testaments auf Deutsch, which, I have almost
memorized by now! It's funny! Then we had a little Gemi-Co with Bruder
Krause.
Mittwoch: We had an appointment with
Sch. Morgner. A less active in Werdau that we found a couple weeks ago. Her
daughter was also there. We were just talking for a while and then her daughter
said, "Ok, I have to tell you something" and she proceeded to tell us
how grateful she is that we came at this time to help her and her mom. She
talked about the timing and how we were very open and how they connected with
us very quickly. It was another moment on my mission that I KNEW without a
doubt that I was supposed to be there to help these ladies. Sister Medley and I
were in the exact place at the exact time we were needed. I am very grateful
that God has a specific plan for each of us. We also taught Frank, English and
German this day!
Donnerstag: We went to Leipzig for a
zone conference with our new President! But, before I tell you about that I
have to tell you something pretty typical of me! As we were leaving I forgot my
name tag, so I ran in to get it and Sis. Medley held the door open. My keys
were still IN the door INSIDE our apartment. I didn't even think about it and
just walked out and let the door close! Shoot. My keys. But hey, no problem
because Sis. M. had her keys with her. Wait...problem, the keys are still in
the door so Sis M's keys don't work. Ugh! Looking back it’s funny, because
Bruder Krause helped us out while we were in Leipzig! So...Leipzig. President
Fingele is amazing! He has 5 kids! 3 of them were with him as well as his wife!
During this conference, we focused a lot on the family! Our new mission theme
is "Faithfully we Baptize, Focused on the Blessings of the Temple."
We talked about setting 2 baptismal dates for our investigators. One for
themselves, and then one for a passed away family member in the temple. I LOVE
this focus and I'm so excited to see it used in our mission! It is a little
hard to do so because both of the temples in Germany are closed right now until
2016...but! We will make it work!
Freitag: We met with Sandy! Also
made an appointment with a contact for next week. Also a little bit of weekly
planning!
Sammstag: We finished our weekly
planning, did some finding, an appointment fell out, we had a joint teach with
Sch. Dörlitz and Michael! Then we went and ate with Lucy!! We love her to death
and she's a very good cook! She even made me fries!! :)
Sontag: Church, it wasn't so hot so
we had all 3 hours. Michael came today which was really good because it was all
about temples!! YES! We ate by Sch. Kretchmar! Rouladen!
That was basically all for my week!
I will send some pictures really quick! Love you!! Hope you have a GREAT
week!!
Alles Liebe, Sister St. John
A garden in Gera! Reminds me a little of temple square, just without the temple!
We went on a "hike" to a castle here in Gera today!
And a jumping pic because why not?
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