I was a boy...

I WAS A BOY... NOW I'M A MAN!!!!! Okay not really... but this is the song that has been playing through my mind all week. I thought i would remind you all that the Christmas season is right around the corner and I hear Chirstmas in GERMANY IS THE BOMB!!!!! So I will have to let you know how it is in 8 months... hehe.

JACOB NILSON!!!! THIS IS YOUR LONG LOST SISTER SPEAKING WRITE ME BOY!!!

 

Alright-First and Foremost-Sister Pickett ROCKS!!! And she most deinitley knows the WESTCOTTS! What a small world. We ranted about them for hours, "they are the best, so talented, WE LOVE THEM!" On and on! :) Sister Pickett is seriously the best companion I could ever ask for. She is from St. George and is always HAPPY! It is wonderful to have a compaion that you can count on at all times. She knew a little german before hand so she has really been able to help me! Its been great.

 

This week has been incredible! I adore the MTC and am finally starting to get into the swing of things! I have felt the Lords love and spirit wrap around me this week as I have focused on feeling the spirit. One thing that stood out to me is when one of our teachers was talking about the word "Fail/Failure" He told us boldly and bluntly that no Missionary can fail if they have the Holy Ghost with them-and each of us do. He said that the Holy Ghost wants more than anything to be in our lessons and hearts always. If we are obediant-he will be with us. Missionaries can not fail, if they did that would mean the Lord failed, and the Lords work DOES NOT FAIL. I loved when he was talking to us about this concept. As a missionary all you can do is try your absolute best and put forth all your effort. Serve God with all your Heart, Might, Mind, and strength and then whatever happens, happens. If we give god our whole hearts, repenting in that which we stand in need of, then he will help us with anything and EVERYTHING. He is with us always.

I am so gratful for a loving Heavenly Father who has showed me multiple times each day how much he loves me. I am so greatful for the Lord and for his gospel.

On Tuesday night,sitting in the devotional, it really hit me- I am a missioary! Everyone here in the MTC is. We are all here with one purpose. To Invite others to come unto christ. God has called us all to do his great and divine work, whether that be in broken German,Spanish,French, or English. By the Power and Authority of God we can and will be able to invite others to come unto Christ. This message has helped me this week not focus on the German I can not speak, but focus on everything I can speak. I know that the Gift of Tongues has been with me. It is incredible how much German I have learned and how much German I can understand in just a few short weeks. I know that it is all thanks to the Lord. I can not begin to express the gratitude I have for my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ. As I have talked to the Lord this week and had questions-every single Question was answered through pondering over the scriptures or through someone else sharing an experience. I know that the lord has heard and answered my prayers and will continue to answer all of them.

We continue to teach our Investigators almost everyday and it truly is wonderful. We spend a lot of time translating our lessons from english to German-I look forward to the day when I can write german sentences without any help :)- but until then I just ask sister Pickett and she ALWAYS helps! She rocks. I love being able to share the gospel! I LOVE IT! When you share something that means so much to you with someone who does not have it, the Holy Ghost testifies of truth and it builds your testimony even more. We had pour first experience with TRC this week! I was so stressed cause sister pickett and I had THREE lessons in one day and we were trying to prepare them all and I was a little overwhelmed-but we just thought, "hey we will pray and testify of truth. We know how to do that much in German." So that is what we did. The first Girl we taught Sister Pickett actually knew. OH sidenote- The TRC is when members come in and we teach them. They are not acting as a character or anything- So we taught her, it was really fun for sister pickett to see this girl. Then after we went into this room and taught this old man. WE asked him what he liked to do and he said he adored Music. Instantly I feel in love with him and for ten minutes he told me all about his music experiences. His wife and him composed music in Germany and toured all over the WORLD! WAS!!!! So cool. But we talked about the restoration and asked him how the Restoration has helped him in his life. His eyes teared up and he shared with us his conversion story, ending with the Restoration means everything to me. As I listened I just watched the spirit flow out of him and touch my soul. Then I thought, "wait a second... I just understood that WHOLE story..." BEST DAY! Even though I can not speak I am getting a lot better at understanding. I know that god is helping me everyday!

I love being a missionary. This week was incredible and then to end it we got to listen to conference. Was not not incredible or what. Everytime Missionaries were mentioned everyone smiled and frantically wrote and Cheered!! haha. it was so cool watching it in a room with 3,227 missionaries. That was the count as of last week but it has gotten a lot higher. And on top of that the cafetiria is SOOOOOOOOOOO PACKED!!! Like you can not even move half the time... It is great.

I know my savior Lives. I testify of the truthfullness of this gospel and thank the Lord for calling me to the Berlin, Germany mission. I love learning German and seeing the gospel through another light. I love my savior and can not wait to start another week and see all that he has in store for me!!

Love you ALLL!!!! Thank you for all your sweet letters! They really lighted MY WHOLE LIFE!!!! Keep em' coming.

Beac-really dude you rock my world and I miss you more than anything. I wear my 24601 shirt everynight in bed and fall asleep to you singing bring him home in my head. I love you so much and hope you had the best time in Cali! I wish you all the best for this upcoming week!!! MMMUUUAAHHH!!!!! You go be the next Peter LAMBERT! Love you!

Love you all and miss you so much. I love it here and know this is where I am supposed to be!! LOVE YOU!