January 18, 2016
THE FINAL TRANSFER.
Megan totally took my final countdown idea. AND NOW she only has
five weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!
This past week was cool!
We had an appnt with a less active sister in the ward who speaks
spanish. the "spanish sisters" in Berlin were there per skype.
haha it was so fun!! the sisters taught the restoration, and we sat there in
the sister's or should I say hermana's living room with her. They talked about
the temple too, it was so cool to hear them talk about the gospel in a language
that she understood. She was all glammed up for the skype appnt and she is just
sooooo cute!!! I love her so much!!! We have another appnt Wednesday, hope we
can get her to come to church!
During dooring we found a family from Syria who let us right in.
HOLLA. we talked about Jesus and the Book of Mormon. They don't have the same
beliefs as us, but the husband wants us to come back in march ( guess I won't
be there) when his German course is done. Today we took a Book of Mormon in Arabisch
by, and introduced it to them. Such a sweet little family! I hope their hearts
can be softened for the message of the restoration.
We met with our little family from Macedonia, and this time the
husband was there!! That was awesome. We finalized the restoration with some
sentences we had translated into Macedonian (thank you technology) and read in
the book of Mormon together. I love this little family! Nothing is going right
for them yet they still have their trust in God. Although we can't
understand each other so well, the spirit is there and they are grateful we
come and teach them. Today we go back to attempt to talk about the plan of
salvation.
One lady we doored the week before last said we could come back
tomorrow, so I really hope and pray that goes through!!
We got a referral from a ward member of a less active she recently
contacted who said she would be willing to have sisters visit her. We have had
like noo less active work here (except the cute little lady above, and another
one who sometimes comes to church but is waaay too busy to meet) so that was a
little tender mercy. We'll call this young lady today. Hopefully we can visit
her and strengthen her!
Things are looking mighty fiiiiine.
So the Temple will be completed in "early summer."
Probably May or June. The couple there in charge of everything said they are
still waiting to hear from Salt Lake when the dedication will be, then they'll
work from there. Sooo sad I'll already be home, but so ist es! I can just come
back ;)
Most challenging thing of this week was the cold, probably.
Best thing: GERMANY BEING GORGEOUS IN THE SNOW. and the ward here. I
love this ward so so much!
OH AND we had a little new trainee/trainer meeting in Berlin in the
mission home on Thursday. We took a stop at the Brandenburger tor on the way
over. Berlin on a cold winter's morning was to die for. Being in the mission
home with President and Sister Fingerle was a real treat, There was such a
special spirit there! I love them so much! The trainees have a special spirit
about them as well. It's humbling. That was definitely a highlight. It got me
pumped for my last transfer.
Well so as you can probably guess, I'm staying in Cottbus until the
end! woooo!!! One of our elders is getting transferred, and another finishing missionary
is taking his place. Hopefully I like him.
I am honored that I still have six weeks to serve the Lord here in
Germany. 6 weeks. what is six weeks? ITS A LONG TIME!!!! A time for miracles
and for wanting to give up too. It's crazy how hard Satan has been getting at
me these past few weeks. and I'm sure it will keep going until the end. I can
totally see how easy it would be to have an easy, lazy, last transfer. BUT it's
not going to happen. I love my mission and my Savior too much to let that
happen. I am so so so exhausted and probably ask myself a thousand times a day
how I will make it to the end BUT I will go until march 2!!!!
"alles vermag ich, durch ihn, der mir Kraft gibt" Phil
4:13
I love you all sooo darn much and I CAN and WILL wait to see
you. I love my mission so much. I love Germany, and the people here. I
know that God lives, and I know Jesus Christ is our Savior. May the Lord bless
us all this week. (And may we serve Him too)
Alles Liebe aus Cottbus,
Sister Mittleman
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