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!!!!!!!!
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