Seriously. What did we even do this week? I honestly can't remember. We met with some people, talked about the Gospel, did some REALLY awkward role plays. We were basically missionaries. We did call-in's for the first time yesterday. That was fun. We have call-in's every Sunday night where we talk to our Disteict Leader, STL's, and the Zone Leaders if you have a baptismal date set. Now that we're the STL's though, we have to call all the sisters (which is only two companionships so it's not too bad), the district leaders of the sisters, our District Leader, and the Zone Leaders. IT IS SO MANY PEOPLE. Actually not, but it definitely seemed like a lot. But I didn't even participate in half of the calls because Frau Bezold came up to our apartment and asked us to help her read her electricity meter thing because she's too short to read it but it took her an hour for her to actually ask us because she talks for FOREVER. But she's cute and we're friends and she agreed to let us bring a Book of Mormon to her! Finding through serving tiny old ladies. It's great. :) So, the beautiful Sister Clifford is training. Her New Missionary is actually German, and she is fantastic! She get's to come to Nürnberg on her first split, and it's going to be great.
Zone Training is Friday Sis. Riser and I are giving a Thema on Emotional Stress. We're still not entirely sure what we're going to do for it. It's fine. We'll figure it out. Hopefully before Thursday night/Fridayy morning. We'll see.
....I really have nothing. This is so bad! I promise we did stuff! Even proper missionary stuff!!! I just can't remember..... It has been pretty rainy this week. We went by on a less-active member and it started raining, but it was an awesome, spring rain that wasn't too cold. We had no umbrellas and were appropriately soaked. It was so much fun. :)
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ZEYNEP IS GETTING BAPTIZED TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How could I forget that!?!?!?!?!? Oh my gosh! I have not been this excited since EVER. Zeynep has not been this excited since ever!!!! It is tomorrow!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh. We still have so much to do, but EVERYONE is super excited. Zeynep has been so ready for this since long before I got to Nürnberg and I can't even tell you how happy I am for her that she's finally made this decision. She is so incredibly excited and she KNOWS she is making the right choice. It's hard for her, because everything in her life isn't perfect and the reasons that kept her from being baptized last year aren't entirely resolved, but she is committed. Her testimony is strong, and she is ready to receive the Holy Ghost and start preparing to go to the temple next year. By the way, I will be home by the time she goes to the temple. And she wants to go to the Salt Lake Temple. Elder Clawson and I might have already planned her temple tour of Utah..... It's going to be fantastic.
Friends, family, random acquaintances who really are just not friends yet, I really can't explain how ecstatic I am for tomorrow. Zeynep is making the first covenant that will put her on the path to Eternal Life. She is going to be cleansed of all her sins, and receive the Holy Ghost through the proper priesthood authority of God. How incredible is that? This beautiful Daughter of God has been waiting for over a year to receive this ordinance, and then 23 years before that wondering who God was and if He really cared about her. Tomorrow she gets to take her first big step back to Him. The Gospel is a beautiful thing.
Well, I think that's it. Really, my mind is totally blank because I can't stop thinking about Zeynep. It's going to be so great. I am so excited. I KNOW that this Gospel is true. The last few weeks I got slammed with this wave of depression that was not fun, but I know that I am only going to be stronger because of it. There's a quote from Jeffrey R. Holland that I read during personal study his morning that I really liked. He said that when life gets tough, just remember that we have help from both sides of the veil. If we could see the Angels with their chariots of Fire racing to our rescue, we would never be worried about anything (I would quote it exactly, but I don't have the quote on me). It just really made me think about how much I think about the help we have from Heaven every day. It's incredible, and it just strengthens my faith and encourages me to continue to make my prayers to Father in Heaven more meaningful and to have the courage and faith to ask for bold things for my investigators. Because really, they are His children that we have been allowed to teach and when we ask for the things that will help them progress and come to recognize the truth of the Restored Gospel, those prayers WILL be answered. That is truly incredible.
I love you all! Have a fantastic day, and a wonder-filled week!
Liebe Grüße,
Sister John
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