Another week in the books! This one went a little bit quicker than normal it
seems like. We had lots of traveling to do and lots of people to visit. I´ll see
how well I can recap it.
So Tuesday we headed all the way over to Leipzig
so that my comp could visit a member dentist over there who does everything for
free. I thought I was done with Saxony, but apparently there was still one more
trip to be made. It brought back lots of memories getting off the train at that
massive familiar train station. It reminded me of the days way back in Dresden
where we always had to switch trains there at Leipzig early in the morning one
the way to meetings. Probably the highlight of the trip was getting to eat a
world famous Leipzig vanilla donut for the last time. They´re SOOO good and you
only find them in Leipzig. Overall though it just made for a long day on
trains, and even though it gave us some time to catch up on some planning and
stuff, it ate up way to much missionary time. But what else can ya
do?
Wednesday we had district meeting and the ZL´s came down. It was nice
to have some fellow elders in the meeting to have my back with all of the
sisters haha. I talked about Charity and Service mostly in the meeting since
president is trying to put more evidence on service projects. While studying I
stumbled upon some old notes in my PMG and one really stuck out to me. "Service
to yourself dies with you, service to others leaves a legacy" and under that I
had written, "What kind of legacy are you leaving in Germany?" It was a good
moment of reflection for me. I had also written down my three motivations for
doing service. 1-Because I love God and want to serve him. 2-Because there´s a
possibility I may develop more charity for those around me. and 3-Because of
anticiptation that it may just result in a bit of joy. I was just more and more
impressed the more and more I studied how important charity is. 1 Cor 13 taught
me that in Peru and Moroni 7 in the MTC, and really the ways we can develop it
are limited. We can 1-pray for it, and 2-serve people. So we´re going to look
for more oppurtunities to do more service as a district. We´ll see how that
goes.
After the meeting I got to head back with an old friend to go on
exchange in Hannover. We had a great time and talked through a lot of things
together, as well as see tons of miracles in Hannover. We found a way golden
family from Iraq and just had a great time together. Then I got to spend the
night with him and my first companion in the office together (who lives in the
same apartment with his golden) and it was just great to see them all again.
It´s weird having such limited opportunities to go on exchange these days
haha.
Throughout the rest of the week we had a few super cool lessons,
and had lots of our investigators cook for us even! Chinese food made by actual
chinese people is sooooo good! I love it. Next week our Indian investigators are
offering to feed us some of their dishes, so we´ll see how that compares. It´s
awesome to have so many investigators who are also becoming good friends, and
who care about you as a person and who want repay even a small portion to us for
our helping them. This, coupled with the sudden surge in member eating
appointments, is not looking to good for my weight loss plan haha. It´s good
though- people are opening their hearts to us as well as the
message.
Sunday was a disappointment. We had 6 people all lined up to
come church, and only one showed up. We need to find a way to get these students up and ready to go to church somehow... so that will be our focus this
week. They need to come to church if they want to make it to baptism!
Well love you guys a bunch! Have a great week back at home and keep us
in your prayers, love ya!
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