Holy cow I cant believe I am already in Germany It has been a crazy week. Looking back these past three weeks have gone by pretty quick. Its been awesome to see this culture and the people and the FOOD!! It's so delicious my goal is to have not gained any weight when I get back from my mission. My new trainer is named Elder Botcher. He is from AF Utah. There aren't really that many native Germans on the Berlin Mission. Mostly Americans. There is one from Switzerland he's pretty cool. Well as I have gone through my first week of training there have been a lot of ups and downs. Like any missionary would have. The first day of street contacting was very hard and I felt like I wasn't much help because I didn't say anything. The next time we went I decided to be bold and trust in the lord and open my mouth. It was absolutely terrifying but as I kept talking to more people it got easier and easier. The people here are very nice and a lot of them speak English but regardless I do my best to speak German. They really like Americans so whenever people ask where we come from and we tell them we are like superstars in Germany. Church was difficult for me. It's very different from the Church I am used to and only has about twenty people that come every Sunday. It's also not in an actual church building. But regardless I am loving Germany very much.
Spiritual Thought/Challenge: On Saturday we went street contacting and met this man sitting on a bench watching the ships in the harbor. We went over and started to speak with him. The question I asked was what brings you joy in this life. The man paused and thought for a moment and said two things. God. And his creations. What power to those two sentences. It was very humbling for me to know that that was all this man needed. Now we never actually got the chance to meet with him again and he declined our offer but I wasn't upset or disappointing I am absolutely positive that our heavenly father is looking down at this man and is very pleased with him as I was with that simple statement. Later that day we went and watched the sunset and those words kept popping into my mind. God. And his creations. An overwhelming feeling of Joy came upon me as we were watching the beautiful sunset that god gave to me as a reminder that there is so much more to life than silly temporal things. My challenge is write down a list in your journal or a paper and hang it somewhere. Things that really bring you joy. There shouldn't be anything temporal only everlasting. Well That's my spiritual thought of the day. Viel gluck.
Bis Dann Tchus.
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