Monday, November 9, 2015
'Geburtstag und Klima Haus' - November 9, 2015
Liebe Freunde und familie.
Hello everybody first off I want to start with saying thank you for your Birthday wishes. Today was a very very good day. The day started off with the normal shopping and cleaning and eating a wonderful breakast that Elder Bodtcher made for me. Crepes. Then we went to Oma Tanst for lunch. Homemade Currywurst and Pommes. It was super good but super huge so I didn't even finish it and that's saying something. Then we went to Klima Haus it was so awesome. I will send pictures. Anyway I got some gifts, mostly chocolate, but that's okay because I love German chocolate. It's time for me to go on a little diet I think I've gained like 5 kilos. So no more Coke or chocolate or Pommes for me. Well also today we had a very spiritual moment. One of our Investigators is struggilng with smoking and today he bought another pack but didn't smoke it. Right before we went to do emails we went into the woods and we all said a prayer. And then we took his cigarete pack and we smahsed that thing into the ground. It was so awesome and fun and the spirit was amazing. Today is the day that he is stopping smoking. And now I am here and we are about to go bowling. This week I got the opportunity to go finding in Hamburg and it was so gorgeous I will see if I can send pictures in that as well. We found one new investigator for the hamburg elders and we gave out about 100 pass along cards and five book of mormons. Fall iln Hanburg is so awesome. I did some editing to the pictures to make it look even cooler. Alright unfortunatelt I saved the group email for last so I do not have a long spiritual thought bercause I am way over my time. Just now that the gospel is true I love you all and The Lord Is My Shepherd!!!!!!
Hello everybody first off I want to start with saying thank you for your Birthday wishes. Today was a very very good day. The day started off with the normal shopping and cleaning and eating a wonderful breakast that Elder Bodtcher made for me. Crepes. Then we went to Oma Tanst for lunch. Homemade Currywurst and Pommes. It was super good but super huge so I didn't even finish it and that's saying something. Then we went to Klima Haus it was so awesome. I will send pictures. Anyway I got some gifts, mostly chocolate, but that's okay because I love German chocolate. It's time for me to go on a little diet I think I've gained like 5 kilos. So no more Coke or chocolate or Pommes for me. Well also today we had a very spiritual moment. One of our Investigators is struggilng with smoking and today he bought another pack but didn't smoke it. Right before we went to do emails we went into the woods and we all said a prayer. And then we took his cigarete pack and we smahsed that thing into the ground. It was so awesome and fun and the spirit was amazing. Today is the day that he is stopping smoking. And now I am here and we are about to go bowling. This week I got the opportunity to go finding in Hamburg and it was so gorgeous I will see if I can send pictures in that as well. We found one new investigator for the hamburg elders and we gave out about 100 pass along cards and five book of mormons. Fall iln Hanburg is so awesome. I did some editing to the pictures to make it look even cooler. Alright unfortunatelt I saved the group email for last so I do not have a long spiritual thought bercause I am way over my time. Just now that the gospel is true I love you all and The Lord Is My Shepherd!!!!!!
Monday, November 2, 2015
'Free Samples' - November 2, 2015
Liebe Freunde Und familie.
Hi everyone. How's it going? Things here in Bremerhaven are starting
to get cold and very very foggy. The leaves have changed color and it
is very beautiful with the fog surprisingly. Events that happened this
week. First and foremost....FRAU TANST SAID YES TO TAUFE. She hasn't
said a date but we think that she wants to get baptized the same day
as her son which is next year in April. So obviously that is way too
long so we will try to get it set back a little sooner.
Yesterday as we were tracking we met a definite potential
investigator. He's American and was very interested in the Book of
Mormon. We are meeting with him on Friday and cannot wait.
We did service for one of our investigators and she was so thankful.
There is someone we think it's a friend of the family who may be
interested in our message. Super excited. We are focusing this week on
finding more investigators and our training for district meeting is
about how we can find better. I am giving my first spiritual thought
in meeting as a district Frau. This week we get the chance to go to
Hamburg for a leadership meeting. All of the district fraus of the
district leaders will be doing some finding in Hamburg for six hours.
Long but effective day.
Today we went to a ship museum with a friend of ours. He's not a
member but we hope that as we develop a relationship with him he will
want to take the lessons. He is definitely a talker and used to sail a
lot so he had a lot to say about these ships. He told us a story about
a ship that sank and it was extremely interesting.
Spiritual Thought: Free samples. Today we listened to a talk by Troy
Dunn about free samples. Why do grocery stores always give out free
samples? It's the most clever marketing technique....Free samples
create need for more.... Car companies create this by test drives.
Donut shops actually turn the vents of the shop toward a street so
people smell the fresh warm donuts. In life we get free samples. Some
can be good but some are for the worst. Satan tempts us with these
free samples in order to create a need for more. He literally leads us
with a weak soft flax chord which turns into chains and is eventually
very difficult to get out of. However our Heavenly Father offers us
free samples. The temple is a perfect example. Feeling the spirit.
When Saran offers us a free sample...RUN!!!!!! Don't even smell that
sample that may look delicious at first but can lead to captivity. Get
away from it as soon as possible. Out Heavenly Father promises that he
will always provide a way to get a way from temptation we just need to
take it. He also promises that he will not let Satan tempt us with
something that is impossible to resist. When we are feeling tempted we
can turn to our father and cry out for help and he will always be
there.
Well sorry this email is a little short but next week I will email
much more I love all of you so much. I wish you all a life of joy.
Tchüs.
The Lord Is my Shepherd!!!!!!!!
Hi everyone. How's it going? Things here in Bremerhaven are starting
to get cold and very very foggy. The leaves have changed color and it
is very beautiful with the fog surprisingly. Events that happened this
week. First and foremost....FRAU TANST SAID YES TO TAUFE. She hasn't
said a date but we think that she wants to get baptized the same day
as her son which is next year in April. So obviously that is way too
long so we will try to get it set back a little sooner.
Yesterday as we were tracking we met a definite potential
investigator. He's American and was very interested in the Book of
Mormon. We are meeting with him on Friday and cannot wait.
We did service for one of our investigators and she was so thankful.
There is someone we think it's a friend of the family who may be
interested in our message. Super excited. We are focusing this week on
finding more investigators and our training for district meeting is
about how we can find better. I am giving my first spiritual thought
in meeting as a district Frau. This week we get the chance to go to
Hamburg for a leadership meeting. All of the district fraus of the
district leaders will be doing some finding in Hamburg for six hours.
Long but effective day.
Today we went to a ship museum with a friend of ours. He's not a
member but we hope that as we develop a relationship with him he will
want to take the lessons. He is definitely a talker and used to sail a
lot so he had a lot to say about these ships. He told us a story about
a ship that sank and it was extremely interesting.
Spiritual Thought: Free samples. Today we listened to a talk by Troy
Dunn about free samples. Why do grocery stores always give out free
samples? It's the most clever marketing technique....Free samples
create need for more.... Car companies create this by test drives.
Donut shops actually turn the vents of the shop toward a street so
people smell the fresh warm donuts. In life we get free samples. Some
can be good but some are for the worst. Satan tempts us with these
free samples in order to create a need for more. He literally leads us
with a weak soft flax chord which turns into chains and is eventually
very difficult to get out of. However our Heavenly Father offers us
free samples. The temple is a perfect example. Feeling the spirit.
When Saran offers us a free sample...RUN!!!!!! Don't even smell that
sample that may look delicious at first but can lead to captivity. Get
away from it as soon as possible. Out Heavenly Father promises that he
will always provide a way to get a way from temptation we just need to
take it. He also promises that he will not let Satan tempt us with
something that is impossible to resist. When we are feeling tempted we
can turn to our father and cry out for help and he will always be
there.
Well sorry this email is a little short but next week I will email
much more I love all of you so much. I wish you all a life of joy.
Tchüs.
The Lord Is my Shepherd!!!!!!!!
'Adventures in Berlin and Transfers' - October 26, 2015
This week we were able to go to Berlin and it was so awesome. I was
able to see all my MTC friends again and actually be able to
understand what they were saying. They are all German so we spoke
nothing but German. The training really helped me with a lot of
things. One of the questions I asked was how I could be better at
finding. Be bold. Pretty much what we do from now on is be very direct
and give our potentials a choice. The culture here is very different
from American culture I'm still trying to get used to it. So for
example when we start talking to someone about God or joy, we ask them
straight up if they would like to meet on Tuesday or Thursday and then
give them a choice of what time. Someone told me that Germans love to
feel like they are in charge of the choice. This week we also had an
activity with the ward. While the sisters of the ward watched a movie
all of the brothers cooked food for them. It was a great experience to
build a relationship with our branch.
Today for p day we went bowling.... Again. I got a double strike and
Elder Bodtcher got a turkey. It was so fun! We are not really
competitive but out games are always super close. I beat him the first
time and then the second time we tied 135 to 135. Oh I almost forgot I
finally got the chance to have an eastern Döner. Western ones are not
very good. But in the east they are amazing. I'll send a picture of me
eating mine. It was amazing. My birthday is coming up and I can't
believe I will be turning nineteen and it's already almost Christmas.
Missions go by way to fast.
Transfers happened and Elder Bodtcher and I are staying. But Elder
Bodtcher is the new district leader. That makes me the district Frau.
And that also means that next transfer I have a very high chance of
being a district leader because they closed the Bremen elders program.
Let's hope I'm not I'm so not ready for that yet.
Spiritual thought
Here is my thought for the week. Whilst we were traveling to Berlin we
were listening to music and I was listening to some lyrics that really
caught my attention and so that's what I want to talk about.
The sentence that I thought about was "Hold on to what you believe in
the light when the darkness has robbed you of your sight" I took a
moment to think about that and thought about doubts. There are many
times in our lives when little tiny doubts like to creep into our
lives. When we settle on doubts they grow into enormous ones. Friends
and family do not let doubts change who you are. From the words of
president uchtdorf doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith. When
we do have doubts and when darkness robs you of a little bit of sight
you grasp and you hold on as tight as you can to what you believe. You
hold on to the arm of our savior Jesus Christ. He suffered for us and
knows exactly what it is like to have doubts and fears in life. So
hold on as tight as you can until your fingers turn white and those
doubts and the mists of Darkness will disappear. I can promise you
that with all of my heart. I love is gospel and I know it is true. I
know we can rely on the savior for anything we need even small and
minuscule things. He loves us and wants us to return and will help us
in whatever way he can. He is always walking beside us and will lift
us when we need lifting.
Well I couldn't really think of a challenge but the only thing I could
say is if any of you have doubts. Hold on to what you Believe!!!!!!!!!
The Lord is my Shepherd!!!!!!!!
able to see all my MTC friends again and actually be able to
understand what they were saying. They are all German so we spoke
nothing but German. The training really helped me with a lot of
things. One of the questions I asked was how I could be better at
finding. Be bold. Pretty much what we do from now on is be very direct
and give our potentials a choice. The culture here is very different
from American culture I'm still trying to get used to it. So for
example when we start talking to someone about God or joy, we ask them
straight up if they would like to meet on Tuesday or Thursday and then
give them a choice of what time. Someone told me that Germans love to
feel like they are in charge of the choice. This week we also had an
activity with the ward. While the sisters of the ward watched a movie
all of the brothers cooked food for them. It was a great experience to
build a relationship with our branch.
Today for p day we went bowling.... Again. I got a double strike and
Elder Bodtcher got a turkey. It was so fun! We are not really
competitive but out games are always super close. I beat him the first
time and then the second time we tied 135 to 135. Oh I almost forgot I
finally got the chance to have an eastern Döner. Western ones are not
very good. But in the east they are amazing. I'll send a picture of me
eating mine. It was amazing. My birthday is coming up and I can't
believe I will be turning nineteen and it's already almost Christmas.
Missions go by way to fast.
Transfers happened and Elder Bodtcher and I are staying. But Elder
Bodtcher is the new district leader. That makes me the district Frau.
And that also means that next transfer I have a very high chance of
being a district leader because they closed the Bremen elders program.
Let's hope I'm not I'm so not ready for that yet.
Spiritual thought
Here is my thought for the week. Whilst we were traveling to Berlin we
were listening to music and I was listening to some lyrics that really
caught my attention and so that's what I want to talk about.
The sentence that I thought about was "Hold on to what you believe in
the light when the darkness has robbed you of your sight" I took a
moment to think about that and thought about doubts. There are many
times in our lives when little tiny doubts like to creep into our
lives. When we settle on doubts they grow into enormous ones. Friends
and family do not let doubts change who you are. From the words of
president uchtdorf doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith. When
we do have doubts and when darkness robs you of a little bit of sight
you grasp and you hold on as tight as you can to what you believe. You
hold on to the arm of our savior Jesus Christ. He suffered for us and
knows exactly what it is like to have doubts and fears in life. So
hold on as tight as you can until your fingers turn white and those
doubts and the mists of Darkness will disappear. I can promise you
that with all of my heart. I love is gospel and I know it is true. I
know we can rely on the savior for anything we need even small and
minuscule things. He loves us and wants us to return and will help us
in whatever way he can. He is always walking beside us and will lift
us when we need lifting.
Well I couldn't really think of a challenge but the only thing I could
say is if any of you have doubts. Hold on to what you Believe!!!!!!!!!
The Lord is my Shepherd!!!!!!!!
'Testify' -October 19, 2015
Liebe Freunde Und familie.
Hello everybody I am officially halfway through my training. I cannot
wait to be done. Week six has finally arrived. The days get shorter
and shorter as I go, especially on p-day. Today Elder Bodtcher and I
went bowling the two games that we played were super close. He beat me
by about five each time but I blame it on the weird ball I had. We
also deep cleaned our apartment and it feels so much better to have a
nice clean apartment. We are going to Berlin this week for a trainee
meeting. I cannot wait and neither can my companion. We went on
exchanges last week and I learned so much for my exchange. I went to
Oldenburg and my companion stayed in Bremerhaven (thank goodness) it
was such a cool experience. I wish I had more time in a day but the
days here go by so fast.
Spiritual thought
Alright since i gave two challenges last week there is no challenge.
But be ready for the next one. Last week Elder Bodtcher and I had the
opportunity to teach a lesson on the word of wisdom (my first one in
German) it went really well but she had some concerns about it. We
talked for about an hour about why we keep it and what these things do
to our body. It kind of started to turn into an argument about why
some of the things could be good for you. Some things included coffee
is good for your hair, wine is good for the heart and so on and so
forth. Friends and family that never works in this situation. We
shouldn't look for reasons to obey gods commandments. Have faith and
testify of the blessings that come from keeping the commandments of
our father in heaven. Testimony is the most powerful tool on a mission
(other than the spirit obviousely) but when we testify of the
truthfulness of the gospel the spirit really works through that and
impresses that what we say is true. Friends and family I KNOW that
this church is the true church in the earth today. I KNOW that
Heavenly Father has a plan for all of us. I KNOW that Heavenly Father
loves each and every one of us. Yes there will be times when our faith
is tested and stretched and pulled till almost the point of breaking.
But when it comes to that look towards God and pray with all of your
heart. And remember. In the scriptures whenever a people were
struggling with faith the advice was to always remember the things the
lord has done for us. Remember. Remember. Remember. I also KNOW that
the Book of Mormon is the most true book on the earth today and it
really does bless our lives. I testify these things to you in the name
of Jesus Christ amen.
Hello everybody I am officially halfway through my training. I cannot
wait to be done. Week six has finally arrived. The days get shorter
and shorter as I go, especially on p-day. Today Elder Bodtcher and I
went bowling the two games that we played were super close. He beat me
by about five each time but I blame it on the weird ball I had. We
also deep cleaned our apartment and it feels so much better to have a
nice clean apartment. We are going to Berlin this week for a trainee
meeting. I cannot wait and neither can my companion. We went on
exchanges last week and I learned so much for my exchange. I went to
Oldenburg and my companion stayed in Bremerhaven (thank goodness) it
was such a cool experience. I wish I had more time in a day but the
days here go by so fast.
Spiritual thought
Alright since i gave two challenges last week there is no challenge.
But be ready for the next one. Last week Elder Bodtcher and I had the
opportunity to teach a lesson on the word of wisdom (my first one in
German) it went really well but she had some concerns about it. We
talked for about an hour about why we keep it and what these things do
to our body. It kind of started to turn into an argument about why
some of the things could be good for you. Some things included coffee
is good for your hair, wine is good for the heart and so on and so
forth. Friends and family that never works in this situation. We
shouldn't look for reasons to obey gods commandments. Have faith and
testify of the blessings that come from keeping the commandments of
our father in heaven. Testimony is the most powerful tool on a mission
(other than the spirit obviousely) but when we testify of the
truthfulness of the gospel the spirit really works through that and
impresses that what we say is true. Friends and family I KNOW that
this church is the true church in the earth today. I KNOW that
Heavenly Father has a plan for all of us. I KNOW that Heavenly Father
loves each and every one of us. Yes there will be times when our faith
is tested and stretched and pulled till almost the point of breaking.
But when it comes to that look towards God and pray with all of your
heart. And remember. In the scriptures whenever a people were
struggling with faith the advice was to always remember the things the
lord has done for us. Remember. Remember. Remember. I also KNOW that
the Book of Mormon is the most true book on the earth today and it
really does bless our lives. I testify these things to you in the name
of Jesus Christ amen.
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