What an amazing final week in the MTC!
I CANNOT believe next Tuesday
I'll be flying out to Deutschland! Crazy stuff!!! I am so beyond
excited! I am sure as soon as I get off the plan and someone tries to
speak to me auf Deutsch that my mind is gonna explode!
We had a really great devotional Tuesday
night from President Don R. Clark of the Seventy. He spoke of how important
converts are to us and the first thing you should do in a new area is
find the converts from the last two years. These are people that had a
full change in their lives and that came unto Christ, and we need to make
sure that we are helping them endure to the end. Baptism is not the
end; it's not even close. You have your whole life to work on ... to go
through repentance processes, to go to the temple to be sealed, so many
wonderful things. I am excited to go speak to those who had a change
of heart and help them continue onward. If you baptize someone but
then never follow up on them again, they will slowly fall away again and
then the whole process you made was pointless if they can't endure to
the end. Help them have the right tools!
I have had so many amazing spiritual experiences this
week. One of our 'investigators', her name is Michaela, she didn't see
why we needed God. We had a lot of different meetings with her and just
tried to show her why and how God loved her, and she was so stubborn.
But one day we asked, "We keep telling you these important things and we
have asked you to pray for yourself. What have you felt or have you
tried to know for yourself if this is true?" She said, "I was laying
in bed thinking about how good I felt when you sisters talked to me and
how I feel happy when I read. I couldn't figure out why I was fighting
so hard to not believe, and then a thought came: 'Stop Fighting'. I know
what you tell me is true." Then I invited her to be baptized and she
said, "Yes." These feelings are the highest for me and I just need to
really remember them when I get over to Germany!
Everyone is freaking out to be flying to Germany. They
are so nervous over what they've packed and if they will have time to
pack. I personally am not too worried because I'm basically done packing. I feel like my mom, going through things multiple times to make
sure all is well :)
One last funny thing to end this blog with a smile ... Friday
night was 'pizza night', which I was super happy about! Ich liebe Papa Johns! We were getting closer to the front and I saw an elder
take the last pepperoni pizza (for those who don't know me well, I'm
kinda picky and love pepperoni pizza) ... I was so upset because then
they replaced it with an olive pizza. I murmered to myself, "Man,
the world just hates me!" As soon as I got up to get my pizza, they pulled
out a brand new fresh just pizza for me ... yay! I TAKE EVERYTHING BACK ...
the world does love me!!! So, I'm making a new goal to be more positive
from now on.
Well, I think that is all for now ... Next letter from me will come from DEUTSCHLAND!!! WHOOHOO!!
Till Next Time ... Tschuss!
Sister Brown
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