Hallo!!
Wow, what a week it has been this week!! So many things that we have been doing, we hardly have any time to even eat!! We have been teaching lessons right and left and when we aren't teaching we are finding in the streets. I have been set with two really great and hard working companions. They also make sure to challenge me as much as they possibly can, which is great because I have been learning a lot faster!! We just got a call today and there is someone that wants to be baptized! We also are working with a couple other investigators and things have been going really well! We have been getting tons of appointments with people in the ward as well because we are trying to liven up the member missionary work. We have been bringing people in and they just dont feel very accepted in this ward so we have been working on flipping things around. As such we were able to have six nonmembers in the ward this past Sunday and the ward was extremely welcoming. I think that they are realizing that this group of missionaries is here to get things done and things are definitely getting done. Elder Bruneel has been way tight and a good trainer. He averages 8 eggs for breakfast each morning and now he has me eating 4 every morning. XD Since I have trouble spelling I realized that I had spelt Döner wrong. That is how it is spelled if you are wondering. Also, I have found a new love of mine. It is a lovely little thing called Quark. It's like yogurt and strawberrry cream cheese mixed together! And It's like 95 cents in American money for a solid sized tub!! Gee what a buy! And it is soooo tasty! We also had a zone training this week and the president laid out some goals for us to accomplish while we are here. He wants each companionship to give out two books of mormon a week and talk to ten people every day. We, naturally, have to amp that goal up a little bit ;) We gave out seven books of Mormon in two days and got 2 emails and 2 numbers. We also have been talking to just about everyone in sight. I believe that is why we are so successful. It's definitely been interesting for me because I am definitely not the best at Deutsch but you learn to use the basics pretty well. I have been talking with lots of people and I have been helping give out Books of Mormon etc. We even got a muslim interested in what we are talking about, which is actually a pretty big thing. I have definitely been trying to be more educated on a lot of things but we just don't have enough time which ismaking it a bit difficult but we are trying to allot out more time for my training so that I have a better idea of what I can do...My trainer and Elder Bonzo, who has been out for 20 months, have said that I am the best golden they have ever seen. It really makes me happy because I really am trying so hard to be the man that the lord wants me to be. I probably worry too much though sometimes when I don`t understand stuff. There are times when the lord will help me to understand almost every single thing that the people are saying and then I start getting a little cocky about it and the Lord definitely knows how to bring one low when it is needed XD I am sure you all know exactly what I am talking about. I want to tell you all so many things and give you all of the stories but there is just too much to write. I do want to saq, though, that the work is rolling forth! This area has been a pretty dead area for the last little while but we have been working hard and we have been recieving the lords promised blessings. A lady walked up to Elder Bruneel and I the other day and was like, in English, "Could you help me with my bags, I want to come to your Church and I need directions." You can imagine how surprised we were...we then straightaway took care of her as quickly as we could bahahahaha. I still haven't converted the pigeons yet but I can feel my Deutsch skills getting better, they will soon hear me XD. Luckily people are a lot nicer and don't try and poo on me so talking with them has been a lot more successful! I just want you all to remember how important it is to be successful Ward Member Missionaries. The lord has called every single one of us to be missionaries. Here in Darmstadt we have so many people and so many people who don't have the kind of happiness that we want them to have. We as missionaries, can only do so much, we need more missionaries! We could have 10million missionaries instead of 80 thousand. There is a lady in our ward whos is super cool! She asks us for things to do during the week that pertain to missionary work. She already has given out a book of mormon on her own and this week she is going to get us a referall!! That's what the missionaries need. We are all busy but people can see the testimony you have in your eyes! Show them that light. Keep in touch with the Lord and he will work through you! I love the opportunity to be so close with him on a daily basis. I just feel so much strength even when I am weak! The power naps every time I am on a train ride help too ;) I have never been this tired bahahaha but like I said, the lord gives us strength when we are weak. I love hearing from you all, it is so wonderful to have all of the influences that I have met before and now! Keep listening to the spirit as often as you possibly can and don't ever forget that the Lord is a lot closer than you think. He will always be there. Always. I testify that he is our savior. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the true gospel restored on this earth by the prophet Joseph Smith. If the simple truths don't testify of it then the downright amazing happiness it can bring will. Remember, the restored gospel is for each and every one of us. Build your own testimonies. Plant that tiny seed. I built my testimony off of others for a very long time and to know these things for myself is so much more invigorating than any other knowledge I have, or will gain. We are children of God, we have purpose, we have love, and we have a Father in Heaven who wants us to return to him. HE is my god, your god, our God. The omnipotent, everlasting Father. Move forward with purpose knowing that you are his child. And may every one of us be lifted up with him at the return of his son. I pray for you all. I pray for your safety and I send my love. I miss you all dearly but I have felt distinctly that I should say what I have said. Hmmm my mind is empty now, and my stomach as well. hahahaha I love you all!!
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