Schwester Mckinzie Toma : Miracles of this week

Guten Morgen Freunde und Familie,

So this week is for sure been an interesting one. I don't have a lot of time though because sister Blake and I will be heading on a train to Hannover for the day. We are going on an exchange with the Sister Training Leaders but the only day they could do it was on our pday! The fun part is it is another sisters birthday so we will be doing something really fun with them, like going on paddle boats??? So to start off I will talk about all the wonderful Miracles of this week. I have been trying really hard to keep up on this journal and so far I am failing! haha This week though I have set some pretty high goals on how I will make sure it happens every day. So one super great miracle this week was we went out to a members home to eat. By the way these members are Russian! The food was super weird however I ATE IT! that was a miracle in and of itself. HAHA The other horrible thing was all their dishes were dirty so I was eating off a dirty plate and spoon! Gross. Sister Blake tried this really nasty fat stuff and It was just covered in salt. Pretty much everything was bread and cheese and meat. haha! Oh yes they also brought out some fish that was the grossest part of it all! MMM yummy. Anyways right before we went inside we went to go check the bus times however sister Blake checked the wrong time. haha so we were stuck there for another hour before our next bus came. Anyway we decided we would go talk to some people and we ended up meeting this lady who was walking with her Grand kids. It was pouring rain outside but we just walked with her and made out and appointment to see her on Friday. She seemed really excited about it and I am totally stoked to go see her next week. So in the End I am pretty sure that we were supposed to be there in that moment and not on a bus home. Pretty cool.

We also had some crazy times this week. Well first off it is only 50 degrees here in Germany! Ugh normally I am sitting out in the sun or in the pool this time of year, but now I am wearing tights and a coat! Holy moly! haha. Anyways we went to visit a member who is really struggling with some personal issues! We decided to have a meal with her however when we showed up she was crumpled on the ground crying! We didn't know what to do and she was talking about all the crazy theories she had about our town sinking into the ground and that she has to move away because we are all going to die! The worst part was she was crying and crying and crying. Anyways she begged us to read something and finally she calmed down a little, however sister Blake then told me to start making some food and she would go in the bathroom and try to call a member to come and help us. When she did that this lady got up and said I need to go on a walk and I will be back in 10 mins just stay here. So we did we finished the food and sat there for an hour. She still was gone and we had no idea if she had taken her key or anything with her. Then we decided to stay because we didn't know if she was able to get back in. We did weekly planning and stayed there for 4 hours. Still not home finally we had to go because we had other appointments. We then got a call about 2 hours later that she was home safe. Mine Gute! That was sure an interesting day. However Something really fun about this week though is that we were able to Austausch with the sisters in Bielefeld! That means I got to see sister Wilson Again! so great! We only got to see each other for like 5 seconds but hey it was pretty great! I also got to know sister McBride and she is pretty cool too! We got to teach Family Kareem about Eternal Families and about the Temple! It was an awesome lesson! They really love their family and I can tell that really helped them. The Only thing that went horrible was is we missed our buss and didn't get up getting home until 10pm that night! What an adventure!

Oh we also got Darlene to come to church yesterday which was Amazing. That was the first time since I have been here that she has come to church! YES! Oh another cool miracle is that last Sunday we had an awesome appointment with Samuel at Bruder Habmermanns and President Habermanns! We taught the Doctrine of Christ and read 3 Nephi 11 and Samuel asked the best question ever! How much do I have to know before I will get baptized!! well let me tell you not that much! He is getting baptized here in a couple of weeks! And martinia should be home this week so that means next week she will be getting baptized! I am so excited for her!

Oh we also did a really cool project this week! We decided to draw the plan of salvation on the sidewalk for everyone to see! It turned out really cool and now we will be doing that every two weeks!

Well that was really all this week! Life here is great! I love it! I love being a missionary!