Called to Serve: Week 53: Goodbye Mannheim, Hello Dortmund!

So, this last week we had transfer calls and I am getting transferred to Dortmund, which is way North from where I am now. Which means ... I am a lucky duck and get to sit on a 5 hour bus ride to get there (Haha). I'm gonna need some good luck and a purse full of chocolate ;)

I read a really cool talk from a pilot this last week and he said something that was really inspirational: The sun is still there if you look for it. A ll you gotta do is lift yourself a little bit higher. I really like that because you can choose for yourself if you want to be below the clouds or above them. It's kinda like the glass half full theory. But, there is always good out there, whether you see it or not. Just like God is always there, whether you seem Him or not. You might just need to lift yourself a little higher; raise your standards and lift your spirits, and you can find Him.

We had a really cool experience this last week. We were going by a name in our GPS that we saw, and had no idea who it was. So, as we were traveling out there, we realized it was basically in the middle of nowhere. It was a 30 minute walk from the nearest bus, so we started walking. When we were almost there, a man in a car slowed down and looked at us, and then stopped and was reversing back to us. Sister Megli sarcastically said, "Maybe he saw our name tags and is ready to be baptized!" I kinda snickered. But, he rolled down his window and asked if we were the Mormons and we said, "Yes!" and then out of no where he was like, "So am I!" I was shocked, also because of the fact that he was speaking English. Turns out he moved here a year ago with his wife and two kids, who aren't members (yet

). He is a less active, but wants to come back to church and wants us to come and teach his family! We are going to go over next Monday night! (Well, I am being transferred, so I won't get to see that happen ...) But, that was truly inspired of God to go out to that area, because after that we went to the person we were planning to "go by" on and the place didn't even exist. It was a construction zone. Heavenly Father really knows what He's doing ;)

Anyways, this week before I go should be quite an adventure ... We've got basically every member signed up to feed us, so we have about 2-3 eating appointments a day, so we will hope that Sister Megli and my stomach can survive it (haha.)

I hope you all have an amazing week. I cannot believe it's August already. For those of you getting ready to go back to school, good luck! ;)

Bis später!

Liebe große!

Sister Jordan Brown