How are you this week?? I hope all is going well. It seems that you are very busy with christmas and travels. Wish Mac luck at his tornement!! Man you guys are going to have so much fun this CHRISTMAS!!! AH!
WELL as for me....
I am doing good. Still just plutting along enjoying each and everyday.
I dont think I ever told you about my one investigator Linda Braun. She is about 65 years old and is crazy wonderful!! When we first met linda we were street contacting. I stopped her and we started talking about god. SHE FREAKED OUT! She was so happy that we believed in God. She proceeded to talk to us for 35 minutes (it was FREEZING COLD AND WET...no big deal) and when I asked her at the beginning if we could come by and talk to her she said no. But after a llooooonnngggg disscussion I basically begged her for her number and address! After that she turned gave a hug to Sister Knecht thanked her for the pamphlet she had given her then with the pamphlet turned to me and started wacking me with it!-oh i think i did tell you this story...
Well, yep. THat is Linda. Since then we have met with her every week and whenever we go over there she always prepares a meal for us. I have eaten Chicken FAT pie (previously known as Chicken pot pie...but instead of actual chicken she just put in the fat from the left over pork she had...) plum wine cake (okay we had NO idea it had wine in it... then we went into her kitchen and saw that she makes her own wine), Russian soup, Bread,BREAD AND MORE BREAD. Some NASTY PUUUURE garlic salad... talk about going through a whole thing of breath mints…
Not only does she perpare meals for us but she always does weird stuff... Like biteing my ear... sister knechts finger... telling us earings and make up are from the devil...she spanked me... lets not talk about it.She always tends to do wierd stuff to me but always just gives Sister knecht a hug.. I can not tell if that is because she just does not like me or if it is because that is how she shows her affection... BAHAHAHA! I think it is the later.
So yep she is quite WONDERFUL! When we first started teaching her she would not even let us read from the Book of Mormon. She would not let us even talk really. WELL i am here to tell you that this week we went in and she had read from the book of mormon (marked it and all!) she watched the restoration DVD,allowed us to talk about joseph smith, and Came to church and LOVED IT!!! Yes, she is our little miracle for the week! Never give up on anything or anyone. Remember that god is always there. He knows everything and knows who is ready and who he can help get ready. It has taken Linda a good 5 weeks, however the progress she has made has changed the way she lives her life. No, she has not been baptized yet-and she may never be-but she has felt the Love of Jesus Christ in her life and has noticed a change. ThaT is what this gospel does for people. It shows them that they are not alone. It proves to them that they have a father in heaven and that he loves them more than they could ever imagine. This church, this knowlege, WHAT WE KNOW, iss LIFECHANGING!!! And I think a lot of times we as members of the church forget that. We forget and we sometimes take for gratid this marvelous gospel. DONT DO IT! Cherish it. and LOVE LVOE LOVE it!!!
Elder Ballard gave a talk that said if you will invite someone to a church funcation, share you testimony with someone- JUST ONE PERSON- than thousands of people will be able to feel the Love of jesus Christ before the end of teh year. I encourage you all to do this. Find someone that you can invite over, share your testimony with... anything... because then in turn the Lord promises to not only bless that one person... BUT THOUSANDS of people. Do you know how much that will help us missionaries out here? A LOT!!!
Another Fun miracle this week came from a little prayer that I have been saying for a couple of weeks... I have been praying for the oppertunity to "use my talents" a little bit more... well on Monsday night I got a call from one of teh Elders in the Offic and he said, President Kosak wants to surprise Sister Kosak with a song and you are going to Sing it for Zone Conference on Thursday. I sent you everything. See you thursday. I was like WHAT in the WORLD!!! Really. I then heard a little voice come to my head saying, Your the one who prayed for it... haha. I laughed obviously because the Lord has the WOLRDS BEST sense of Humor and then I went and started to prepare. I was able to sing on Thursday and Sister Kosak had a tear in her eye when I was finished... (pretty sure only one tear though...) But It was a great oppertunitty for me and it felt sooo goood to SING! AHHHH! I miss it. I miss performing sooooooo much!!! Get me on a STAGE PLEASE! haha. Just kidding I guess I can wait, but.... really though. I miss it so much.
Last and Certainly not least. My little African friends. Gustave and Roger. Well first and foremost FAmily we are going to rwanda... haha. They want to meet you all. I told them we would come a visit them. Dont worry, it is actually one of the safest nations in Africa now. They were able to get everything worked out with the governement and now it is a wonderful place. Well my Brothers are doing well. Continueing to press forward in the gospel. They came to a baptism yesterday and said they felt something different. We expalined to them that it was the spirit and that we have the proper authority to baptize. They are finally starting to realyl get that our church really is different and that we have something that the other churches do not. Gustave called us the other day and said THEY HAVE A CHURCH IN RWANDA!! we were so surpirsed and asked him WHAT?! he said, My sisters your church is in Rwanda that means that we can have it there when we leave germany! haha. It was sooo cute!! They are doign wonderfully.
Well. Thats all folks. I dont have much else. HoHO ZoCo this week was quite lovely. I enjoyed myself... President Kosak got a video of me doing a rap that I made up and showed it to the half of the mission... that was embarrassing... but OH well. Life goes on right. haha.
I love being here! Christmas in Germany is somthin else. It is so magical and special. What a wonderful time to love... ah... I love you family. Have the bestest week ever and I will talk to you all next week!! I love YOU!!!!
Love,
Me
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