HAPPY HIMMELFAHRT EVERYONE!!! This week the Germans had their Holiday, HimmelFahrt. The Germans LOVE their Holidays. No one was out and about and we had to be inside by 6 o'clock that night so that we could be safe! People LOVE holidays... brilliance.
Talking to you all just reminded me why I came on a mission, to help people know that they can be with their families forever!!! Really!! It is the best blessing the lord can give us. I am so thankful for all of you!!! Live the DREAM, as Chad Cram would say... and JEN :)! Oh guys, I just love you all so much and cannot tell you how thankful I am for each and every single one of you!!!
This week has been really crazy!! Our focus this week was on finding and reactivating the less active members in our ward. There are a lot so we decided to start visiting them. We visited 4 inactive people this week and get this... THEY ALL WERE AT CHURCH ON SUNDAY!!!!!! AAYTAYYAYAYAY!! Can you say a Miracle from the LORD! I was thrilled. It was so marvelous!! One of the Lady's that came was named Sofia. We dropped off cookies and a note to Sofia and briefly stopped by. It was marvelous to see her there. She has been sick lately and so she has been using that to not go to church, BUT yesterday even though she was sick she came!!! I sat by her and was singing by her. She leaned over to me every song and told me that "I had a beautiful voice." haha. Then in sunday school she proceeded to ask me Why in the world I am not a "Rock Star" in America! bahaha. She kept saying, why havent you tried to become a Rock star, you need to go try NOW! haha. I had to tell her that maybe I would try when I was done serving the Lord! bahaha, She told me that I better TRY! haha. It was the best moment for sure! I adore this woman. Her and I just hit it off. I love love LOVE her!
Another tender mercy from the lord this week was that we got appointments with two new people this week!!! WE FOUND TWO PEOPLE! They are both African... ahhh. Love. They both have a very strong love for the Lord and so we are going to meet with them and share God's message with them. One of them is named Sona. We found her visting another investigator Frau Witt. She is this crazy old woman that stands up in her window and tells everyone she sees to come into her house and visit her. It is the best for us! She Never remembers any of our visits which is sad, but every time we talk about the book of Mormon she LOVES it!! The past two times we have gone over to her house there have been people there, and this is how we met Sona. She was locked out of her house and Frau Witt, being the best missionary ever, invited her in. Well we stopped by and BOOYA! We got an appointment with her and she is super interested!! SO happy. She is the sweetest lady in all the world.
We have prayed and fasted multiple times last week so that everything can go well with them and that we will be able to get progressing investigators. When I got here there were two progressing investigators with baptisimal dates... but because of things with the mother we have not been able to meet with them. I have not even met both of them. So that is hard, but we know that if we keep working and Kill them with KINDNESS! They will soften their heart towards us.
If there is anything that I have learned it is that EVERYTHING happens for a reason. We have had multiple appointments fall out, and we go and are walking away and meet someone on the street that talks to us for a while- and even though we do not get an appointment with them they leave with a good taste in their mouth. Knowing that "Mormons" are good people and kind people. Seed planting. Never underestimate a seed planter. Someone has to do it or there would be no harvest! I know that "the field is White already to harvest!" and that we will find the people who are ready to hear the gospel!!!!
I love my mission with all my heart and have already learned so much!! This is truly God's work. Everyone should go on a mission!!! YAYAYAYYAY missions! haha.
Love, Josie
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