I hope you all had a fantastic week! We had a fun P-day last week
and were able to go to a giant garden/castle. It was way fun. Germany is
so beautiful :)
This week we had so many
amazing appointments with people. I am so grateful to be a missionary
and help other people feels God's love for them. On Monday
we met with a member and it was really cool. She just recently got
baptized and was asking us all types of things she could do to be a
missionary, and help other people come to know the gospel like she has. It was a fun appointment. We gave her pass-along cards and a Book of
Mormon, and some simple questions to ask people in conversation to bring
up church discussions. It was really cool ;)
Something
good about Germans is that they are very punctual. That can also be a
bad thing, as well, when you miss your train (haha). We did a lot of running
for trains and buses this week to make appointments, and it rained a
lot this week, which made it even more of an adventure. It's the best
when you show up to appointments dripping wet because you forgot your
umbrella (haha) ... lesson learned for me.
We had a
referral come to us a few weeks back that we have been trying to get
a hold of, with no success. So, we went by one final time to get her
specific address (because I could only remember where it was, not the
address) and just to try one more time. But, as we went to ring the bell, Sister Megli said, "Emma, if you want to hear the gospel, this is your last
chance to answer the door." Guess what!?? Someone totally answered
the door!!! It was her roommate, but still! She wasn't there, but we were
able to get a specific time that she would actually be home. It was
awesome!!
We also were heading to a "go by" one
night and our bus didn't come. But then this random taxi driver pulled up
and said, "I take you where you need." So we got in with this taxi driver,
and another Asian man that needed a ride, as well. He drove us the
most random way ever, and the Asian man was getting upset because it
wasn't the normal bus route. We drove around for a little while until we
got where we needed, but it was funny to get a free random taxi ride (ha ha).
Also,
I'm really grateful for name tags. It is the perfect excuse to start a
conversation. You see someone looking at you weird ... you can walk right up
to them and ask if they have seen missionaries like us before, and
normally they haven't. This week that happened to us and we found out
the lady was a gypsy (haha) ... that was fun.
Something
cool I read in my studies this last week ... I found it in the Old
Testament student manual and it said, "It is not enough to be entertained
by stories in the scriptures, unless these stories can reach deep into
our souls and make us better persons." I really enjoyed that because it
is not just stories for fun that we read about; they are for our good.
It made my studies a bit more meaningful to remember that. I now read
the stories and the stop and think how that can benefit me and help me
in my life. If you need a new challenge, I challenge you to do the same.
Find a reason for the stories in the scriptures ;)
Well, I hope you all have an amazing week! Happy Fourth of July!!!
Sister Jordan Brown
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