Dare to be a Mormon.
Dare to stand alone.
Dare to have a purpose firm.
Dare to make it known.
- Thomas S. Monson
I
wanted to start off with this quote because I found it the other day and
just absolutely loved it. Be a Mormon and be proud. :)
I hope you all had a great week this last week. We had a busy week over here in Dortmund. I
really like working with the less actives and members here because they
seem to have a system down with the missionaries. When we ask to come
over, they tell us a topic they have been studying and questions they
have had, so that we can study it up and help them find answers to their
questions. I really like that; plus it is more meaningful to them and it
makes it more personal.
On Saturday
we had a really cool End of Summer party with the ward and non members.
It was a fantastic turn out! They had an awesome bounce house, so that
could have helped attract people to come. Sister Neilson and I helped
painting children's faces, and there was food and games and even a
balloon animal guy. It was fantastic. What was hilarious was that not too
far from our church there was supposed to be a party for some other
business. But, it got canceled and the people didn't know, so when they
saw our party, they thought it was theirs, so they joined in and got
introduced to the missionaries, and got a cool discussion out of some of
them. It was fantastic.
This
week we "went by" on a lot of less inactive members in the ward, and
normally how it goes is that they are mean and have zero interest to
talk to us. But, that was not the case here. They invited us in and we
had some great appointments with some less actives. It was really great!
I love it up here.
Well,
there was nothing too out of the ordinary this week. Before I close out
I wanted to just leave you with one more quote I found in my studies
that I loved:
"My
beloved brothers and sisters, I am not certain just what our experience
will be on Judgment Day, but I will be very surprised if at some point
in that conversation, God does not ask us exactly what Christ asked
Peter: “Did you love me?” I think He will want to know if in our very
mortal, very inadequate, and sometimes childish grasp of things, did we
at least understand one commandment,
the first and greatest commandment of them all—“Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind.” And
if at such a moment we can stammer out, “Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I
love thee,” then He may remind us that the crowning characteristic of
love is always loyalty. Your Father in Heaven expects your loyalty and your love at every stage of your life.”
Let us remember to show our loyalty to God and be strong members. I hope you all have a safe week. I'll keep you in my prayers.
Liebe Große
Sister Jordan Brown
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