How is everything going? The pictures of you guys going fishing up at Chad's sister's cabin look incredible!!! How FUN!!! That is marvelous!
Germany is Germany. We are just moving along. One step at a time. This week has been a really great week for both Sister Cluff and I. We have had some very spiritual lessons this week. I have been focusing on the spirit helping me in lessons this week. I am having a very hard time with the language-understanding and speaking- nothing seems to be working up there in my little mind! So this week I have been working on having the Holy Ghost with me so that I can say the things that the Lord needs me to say. I have once again learned how important the Holy Ghost is. As Sister Cluff and I have focused on the Holy Ghost. We have been able to have some very incredible lessons. One lesson with our 2 investigators with Baptisimal Dates, H. Sultani and Arshia, we talked about the priesthood. We were able to make this lesson a Joint-teach, and afterwards they were both able to receive a priesthood blessing. It was so beautiful. The spirit was so strong. And the words were exactly what they both needed to hear. It was cool to see God working through the blessing. The kid giving the blessing, is about our age waiting to go on his mission, had no idea about these two men. Who they were or anything, and the blessings were beautiful and direct from god. (at least that is what Sister Cluff told me... I could not understand them...BUT I could feel the spirit! TOLLBeans!). On Saturday in our lesson with them Arshia was not sure if he still wanted to go through with his baptism because of the hard times he is having in his life right now with his family and things.
We were able to pull out pictures of our families and tell him a little bit about our lives and how we struggle, but because of the gospel we can get through anything. And I was able to speak a little bit about you GUYS!!! Only the loves of my life!! In broken german that I am sure made no sense... I was able to tell them about you. I showed them pictures and talked about you. Ah man. It was lovely talking about you guys and told Arshia that our lives are far from perfect, but because of this gospel we can get through anything and everything. It was a huge blessing for me that I was able to talk a little bit about you guys and testify of this beautiful gospel. I know that the language will come, slowly but surely... it will come!!
We got a new Bishop this Sunday. Bishop Fachs! He is going to be amazing and is such an incredibly humble man. He reminds me a lot of you Father! We had an eating appoinment with his family last week and seriously the way he was eating reminded me so much of you! It rocked! haha. I know that it will be great for us. He is really excited about missionary work and is willing to help us with anything.
I love my area and the investigators we have.
I love this gospel so much and am so grateful for this opportunity I have to share it!!
In my personal study this week I read Lehi's dream. Two things that stuck out to me were these...
1st-the people that left the Iron Rod to go to the great and spacious building were "Completely Lost" They did not even make it to the building!!!!!! WHAT! Well that was not worth it... Sometimes we loose focus on what is really important, our end goal- To be with Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and our families forever. When we loose that focus we loose ourselves. We need to remember to ALWAYS stay focused on the lord. And if we do stray, because we all do, we need to make sure that we can find our way back. Support each other. Have people that you know you can turn to. They are so important. Then we can be like the other people that "held fast to the iron rod until they came forth and FELL DOWN and partook of the fruit." The pathway is not easy, and when we are finished we are going to fall down because we are so weary, but it is WORTH IT. and we know we will GET THERE. We will not loose our way and be lost forever. We will get there. And God will help us every step of the way.
I love this gospel. I know that it is true! I love being a missionary.
Love you all
Josie
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