The City of Love

What a great title eh? Hahaha it´s written on one of our maps in our apartment so it´ll do. Well this week has been another awesome week! We met with some seriously awesome individuals and I really am so pumped to see where things go. One of them is named Mahmet and the other is named Constantine. We´re going to be trying to get both of them a baptismal date this week since they both are such solid investigators. We have been trying really hard to get at least two Books of Mormon a day. It´s been pretty crazy how well things have been going for us. The lord has definitely prepared Darmstadt and we are working  hard to find those that are ready for this gospel!! I have definitely seen the miracles just piling one onto another!! I really am so grateful that I have this opportunity to serve. Along with all the miracles I really have gained such a strong testimony of the Book of Mormon. It really can be such a powerful tool in our lives as well as others lives. I really have been so blown away at what it has done for me as well as others.

We also have continued to work with a lot of Weniger Aktives and such and it´s been going really well. I also got to have another interview with President Schwarz. He really is such an inspired man. The things that go on in those interveiws just show me that he truly is a man called of god and really is an instrument in his hands. I wish I could tell you everything that was said but one of the things he told me was the exact same thought that I had in my head when I truly knew that this gospel was real. He used the exact same words. Same topic. Same everything. He also stated things that were in my Patriarchial blessing and I just was completely astounded. Ever get those moments when you feel like the Lord is truly speaking directly to you? Well count me in on that one because that was probably one of the most astounding experiences that I have had. If I could only share with all of you the feelings that I have felt, things I´ve seen, and everything else that I have experienced. The Lord truly works in small and simple ways yet the feats that come from it are truly miraculous. Of course, we always have to nurture that seed, that knowledge. We have been talking with an inactive about how he has a hard time believing in things that he couldn´t see and we threw out the example of Laman and Lemuel. How they saw miracle after miracle after miracle after miracle and yet they still fell away. I think so often there is a mistinterpretation of simple scripture and simple gospel truths. Whether we want to admit it or not we all are children of God. I can´t lie to myself and pretend that I have no value. Just like I wouldn´t be able to say that any other person in this world has no value. I know without a doubt that we have a father in heaven who loves each and every single one of us. He has given us a direction and we can choose to follow or we can choose not to.

I think that actually was probably one of the greatest sacrifices that he would have to make. To allow us to use our agency to decide whether or not we wanted to come back to him. Heck, I may not be a parent but I sure love my guitar a lot and if my guitar picked up and waltzed off I´d be pretty bumbed about it....just sayin. Man, I could really go on forever about this topic but seeing as my time is just about gone I want you all to know that I love you so much! The opportunity to serve has really helped me to back off from a lot of selfish things that I used to do and it has helped me gain a new perspective on what is truly worthwhile. If only I could just give you every experience I know that it could convince anybody and everybody. But alas, I can´t. I do invite each and every one of you to try and have yor own though. Because I know that each and every one of us can and will have those experiences if we really look for them. Just like Nephi I rejoice in simplicity and I want to bear simple testimony that God lives. He loves each and every one of us. He has a plan and we can choose to follow that plan. Joseph Smith truly was visited in that grove of trees. He truly saw god the father and  his son Jesus Christ. I have a testimony that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God in these days. He recieves guidance and direction for this church. I know that this church is true. I love you all!

Tschuss!!

Elder Lee
"By the fruits of their labors ye shall know them." 

The food was Croation food from Brother Lukachek. He is so legit!! You then have an awesome dog statue that I saw and then a sunset pic that I can´t help but take.