June 8, 2015
Grüße aus Leipzig!! The more time I spend in this city, the more I
absolutely loooove it. it is so cool and German.
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| Leipzig- View from Madison's Apartment building |
President Fingerle is working right now in Frankfurt. He becomes our
President in July. My friend Jaz from BYU is working there right now, and she
sent me an email saying that he is really cool!! I actually met his son a few
weeks ago at a single young adult thing and he was awesome!!!! If his parents
are anything like him then I am stoked. :)
So Lou is doing good, she is willing to keep all the commandments
and wants to get baptized, we are just making sure that she has a solid
testimony of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. she feels good about these
things, it's just helping her recognize that that is hard. Also she has yet to
come to church recently, so we all decided to move her baptismal date to the
end of the month, hopefully. She is really sweet! The language is a little bit
hard for her, but she feels good when we meet. I just think it is so cool that
she is having these experiences, having no past experiences with God or the
Savior.
It is still weird being with Sister Murdock, but I love it. We work
in unity, and are really clear in our goals. I love that!!! She is so sweet and
really precious.
Yes working with Elder Clarke is coooool. I think it was last week,
we were all going home on the straßenbahn, and Elder Clarke was talking with a
kind of investigator they have, quizzing him on the things the guy knows about
the gospel. This guy's friend was there sitting across from them, and so I went
over and sat next to him and started talking to him about religion casually.
Haha That was fun, Jacob and I just simultaneously preachin' the Gospel. pseudo
companions on the straßenbahn. aw yeah!
The most challenging part of the week might have been me wanting to
lead a normal life with such gorgeous weather!! But you know what? I can do
that when I get home. Yes I am in a lovely city full of culture, but I am not
here to take advantage of that. I am here to share the Gospel and help lead
people to repentance! The worldly fun can come later when I get home :)
The best part of this week was our zone conference in Berlin on
Tuesday!! Final testimonies of President and Sister Kosak. They are such role
models for me. President and Sister Kosak not only know and live the Gospel,
but they LOVE it.
Hearing them talk about their testimonies just makes me want to be
better and increase my own love for the gospel. That is how I know that I
admire them. They make me want to be better. President Kosak is absolutely
hilarious. I love him!! He talked about the prophet Joseph Smith, and his
experiences, and how we should all apply his spiritual journey. He also gave us
all this little copy of a drawing he made of the prophet. It's legit!! Man,
that was such a spiritual day and I was just filled with the love that I have
for this mission and for the people here. WHAT A LIFE.
Well the latter part of the week was a bit rough! We had several
fallen out appointments, and it was really warm the other day, which was a bit
dreadful! After a few tired days I was just feeling wilted. Yesterday was
Sunday. After one of our appointments fell out, we just hit the streets around
Innenstadt for a few hours. We had some interesting conversations. I was super
tired and just wanted to go home. After talking to someone who really didn't
want anything to do with latter day prophets, we were walking down the street
and I was just thinking. I thought about eternal truths, and my testimony. The
fact that so many people reject the idea of Joseph Smith does not at all make
it any less true than it is. They may reject it, and they may shake their head
and laugh at us. BUT it is still true. As we were walking down the street in
this moment, my heart was just flooded with the warmth of the spirit confirming
to me that this is true. I know that Joseph Smith was called of God. I know
that with all my heart. As a missionary, I am so proud and honored to defend
his name and his testimony. It's hard, but I know that it is true.
I love being here, and I love going through the hard times. I have
so many good times here, and there is nowhere else I would rather be. Thanks
for the love and support. Have a solid week!
alles liebe
Sister Mittleman
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