Week 29: World War II Bombs

So, Sister Eschenmann and I were taking a bus through town coming home from an appointment when we saw 12, or so, police and ambulance cars drive by and stop a couple blocks from our apartment.  We didn't think much of it until we were waiting for another bus that after 30 minutes, 3 of the same bus that normally come through never came ...  And, that was when a lady said the buses were shut down for the night because they found a bomb in a construction zone and needed to get it out of there.  But what was funny was when we were talking to her, we thought she said, "A bomber/terrorist ..." and that was pretty scary.  Later everything was cleared up to us, but yup, crazy adventures here in Wiesbaden!

Oh, how we love waiting for trains!

This week we had a Zone Training; it was really great!  Sister Eschenmann and I got to be in charge of the 'finding activity' for the day, which means find a place in Wiesbaden where about 36 people can go talk to people about the Gospel.  So, we thought of different contacting ideas that were fun like 'Compliment Contacting' - say something you like about someone; 'Lost Contacting' - trying to find the kuhrhaus; 'Weather Contacting' and a few other contacting ideas.  It went pretty well, I think.  :)

This week we were able to have a bunch of less active 'go by's' to stop in on, and that went pretty well.  In an attempt trying to find a less active, Sister Eschenmann rang the doorbell of a Russian lady who didn't know our less active, but she gave us some sweet rolls and she was so sweet!  Her German was not too good, so she couldn't really understand us when Sister Eschenmann tried to speak to her, but it was still way sweet :)  Probably the nicest 'go by' of my life!

​Sister Eschenmann an awesome Russian Lady
 

​Pretty Church we saw on 'go by's'

We went by another less active, too, who was 75 and out of all the less actives, this was the first one that actually let me/us into her house!  It was great!  She was a little interesting (haha) ...  She had so many dolls around her house and would pet their hair and stroke their cheeks ... so that was a little Komisch (weird).  But it was great.  We had a great conversation and invited her to church, and she actually came!  It was such a blessing!  We were very excited to have her there.

Sister Taylor and I had a split this last week and it was a blast!  I told her I was reading the Isaiah section in 2 Nephi and she told me a story:  So, a man was in the war and he got shot but survived when the bullet hit his chest.  People ran over and asked, "How did you survive that!?" He pulled out his Book of Mormon where the bullet hit, and flipped through the pages.  The bullet had stopped in 2 Nephi and he said, "Nothing gets past 2 Nephi!" (haha)  I laughed so hard with that story and thought, "True dat!"

Well, as I said, I am in 2 Nephi and was reading in chapter 28 this morning, and the last verse in the chapter I really enjoyed.  It says:  "Nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts."  In this chapter it talked a lot the people believing in false churches and thinking that they didn't need God, and all the wickedness.  But I really love that even after that, God is still there and He will take our hand and help us out of the holes that we dig ourselves into.

Well, I really hope that you all have a great week!  Stay safe! 

Ich Liebe Dich

Sister Brown

Clock Shop
 

​Temple Trip (above)  ... Our District (below)