What would you do, if you could start
again with a new beginning? Excellent
question. I know some missionaries who
would love to help you do just that. ;)
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Anyways, it is finally starting to feel like fall which is lovely. Hot summer sun combined with humidity just equals sadness and melted ice cream. So it's getting better and life is good. :)
We got to pick up the new missionaries! There were thirty of them!!!! We now have about 95 companionships of full-time missionaries, so that's pretty sweet. Around thirty percent of that is sisters, which is way crazy! I don't know how Temple Square does it with only sisters. I would have died.
Anyways, we got to go and pick up the sisters from the airport! And it was super great! We were specifically in charge of picking up two sisters who were not flying in from Provo. One is from Germany and was flying in from Dresden (Sister Kux was in his mission but went home for a bit and then came back), and a sister from Manchester who came from the Preston MTC (Sister Johnson is literally the sweetest person you will ever meet).
Sister Johnson's plane was scheduled to land first, and then Sister Kux about forty-five minutes after that. It would have worked out fine, but the information board lied to us. Both sisters were scheduled to come through the same gate, which was way convenient for us so we picked a spot and started watching and waiting for Sister Johnson to come through the gate. Well, fast forward an hour and a half later and we see Sister Kux come through, but no Sister Johnson. Oops.
So we call Elder Kirk (really, Sister Jameson called Elder Kirk. I was too busy freaking out. It's moments like these where I really appreciate the amount of chill she brings to our companionship) to come and pick up the sisters luggage and try and find Sister Johnson. Turns out, she wasn't too far away. Just one gate over from where we were. And being the sweet person that she is, she didn't get mad or anything. Just smiled and laughed when we later got on the wrong train that actually took us way out of our area instead of back to the church. It was a long day, but it was great. :)
After that, we had the pairing meeting!!! We have two new areas in the Friedrichsdorf Zone - Wetzlar Sisters and Wetterau Sisters. I am way pumped because the missionaries in both of these areas are top notch. And Sister Johnson is one of them! I am so excited for this next transfer. It is going to be fantastic. :)
We've been in a Dritt with Sister Markl this week. She goes home tomorrow and I'm actually sad about that, but this week has been great. She actually "finished" her mission last week, but her parents had planned a big trip to America a long time ago and then it just happened to be the same week that she was supposed to come home! But it's okay, because she got to stay with us for a week and it was great. I've learned a lot from her and we've had lots of fun. And that's all that matters. :)
BTW, we totally met President Kearon this week. For those who don't know, he is the Area President in charge of all the church in Europe. He's way cool, and waved at us from his car and then rolled down his window and talked to us for a moment because his car was stopped at the traffic light. It was way cool, and he even shook our investigator's hand. So yeah. That happened.
We set a baptismal date with one of our investigators this week! He was actually contacted at the last new missionary street display. We had met with him once, but then hadn't been able to get a second appointment for a month. Then, we were finally able to meet with him! We had a SUPER powerful lesson about repentance, the Atonement and baptism. Then we asked him if he wanted to be baptized and he said yes! We set a date for October, so we're working with him on that right now. I'm way excited. The Gospel has already started to change his life. He is on a roller coaster that only goes up. :)
This week, I've been thinking a lot about people and who they are and what they do and why they do what they do. I've been thinking about it because I have decided that I really love being a missionary. Heavenly Father has trusted me to interact in the stories and lives of His children here, and play a part that brings them closer to Him and His Son. That is an AMAZING responsibility. An amazing trust. I love the people here and the experiences I have been given to help me love them.
I realized that if we would all just focus on a person's soul, and on seeing them as who they really are, as Children of God, there would be a LOT less racism in the world. A lot less hate. A lot less anger. A lot less sadness and sorrow. I think that would be a very beautiful world, and we could all do a little better to do just that.
I love you all. Please have a very safe and fantastic day! I'm praying
for all of you!
Liebe Grüße,
Sister John
This happened at our street display two days ago. Thankfully, we were on the other side of the street and had a perfect view to watch from. Plus, this man doesn't need to wash his car anymore!
Never mind the tree branches, but it was a beautiful day and I just had to take a picture and this was he best angle available at the time.
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