Man, it is crazy how the first week of March is already behind us! Time flies when your having fun :)
This
week has been really great. I got to take my Golden, Sister Peterson,
out to knock some doors for the first time and that was fun to teach her
how to do that. We didn't get in to talk to anyone, but it sure helps
shake off some nerves when you realize it is not as bad as it looks :)
I
am so excited to work with the American Ward. Having two wards was a little tough to get to know everyone in the ward. Butm now I've been able
to get to know a lot of new members, and to share testimony and to help
them build Family Mission plans. I encourage all of you, if you haven't
already, in your next Family Home Evening sit down and make a 'Family
Mission Plan', which basically means to talk about how you can be
missionaries in your daily life. It can be as simple as praying for
missionary opportunities, or to talk to a friend at work and invite them
to a ward activity (because let's face it, we have many!) I've seen
lots of success with these plans, maybe not baptisms yet, but people
reaching out and showing that we care for others. It's amazing how
simple it is :)
Anyways, I'll hop off my soap
box now (haha). This week I showed Sister Peterson that even her Trainer
gets lost (haha) ... We tried to find a street that was nowhere to be found,
until I finally asked someone and they helped us out. But ya, nobody's
perfect :)
Also I'm proud to say that I was
able to register Sister Peterson to the city and apply her for her Visa
all in German! :) Luckily, the church made the paperwork super easy, but quite proud that we got that done!
A neat experience for the week was that on Sunday,
an investigator from the Philippians came to our church. I had only
heard about her, but had not seen her in the 7 months that I've been
here. But she came to church and I was getting to know her, and she interrupted and said, "Are you gonna teach me some scriptures?" (haha) I
laughed and said, "Absolutely!" So we had a good half hour talk with her
about praying to God, and she asked some really great questions that have
been on her mind for the last couple months. It was really great that
we were able to talk to her and hopefully we will be able to speak with
her later. It was a great Sunday!
We
had a Street Display this week, also, and we made a GIANT Book of Mormon
for that. It was a great attention getter! I was able to hand out a
few cards AND a Book of Mormon to a Turkish man, which made me laugh
because I've been mistaken at least 7 or 8 times for being from Turkey. So, I told everyone after he left, "I'm finding my people!" (haha) It was a
way nice man whose German was just about as good as mine.
Street Display!!
Well
one last thought ... I was thinking back on a Lonestar song that I love
that says, "God gave us mountains, so that we can learn how to climb ..." and I thought that was really neat. He gives us trials and struggles in
our lives so that we can learn how to overcome them and become
better. I can testify that every trial I've had and overcome, I have
become a better person through them and learned through those
experiences.
Well, I hope you all have a great week! 'Til next week ...
Liebe Große
Sister Brown
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