Hello 2015, welcome to the New Year!!
It is amazing as I look back
that 1 year ago I was opening up my mission call to Berlin Germany and now I am
hear, learning growing and helping Gods Children come closer to him. I don't
even want to think about time... Sister Blake is going home in 1 week and she
is freaking out ha-ha. I have a feeling
that I will be the same way... The mission is so wonderful and sometimes we
just are not ready to go home... however there is a time for mission and a time
for a family... She will for sure get married in the next 3 months I can feel
it in my bones ha-ha.
Monday: Well it was a normal pday and we just did normal pday stuff nothing special... until... Bucky wanted to go to Family home evening in Tiergarten! Well as we were sitting there the senior couples were talking about pictures and what they represent, as we were reading in the scriptures he turns to Sister Blake and tells her he wants to be baptized on the 11! WHATT?? we were so excited for him because honestly it is about time... lol well I mean he knows everything he needs to get baptized... so that was Monday and we had exchanges with the Langwitz sisters that was good too, Sister miller came here and Sister Blake went to Langwitz.
Tuesday: It snowed all day... however it was fun, minus the part where we were slipping everywhere. Then we exchanged back and had a lesson with Anar... who at that point was really unsure of what he wanted to do, plus Sister Blake and I were getting some not so good feeling with him! Even thinking about giving him to the elders,
Thursday: we were wiped out, but endless to say it was the start of a new year so we started out right with running... however I won't lie it was the scariest run that I have ever been on ... everyone was still out partying however it was 6:30 in the morning which means they were all totally drunk.. mentch... when we came back we had to stay in most of the morning because no one will come out on the streets or answer their doors because they are all hungover. But then we got to go to a baptism for our ward mission leader’s son it was so great and cool that he could do it on the 1st of the year, we also found out that this girl Agnes from Latvia wanted to be reactivated and the bishop wants us to work with her! We got to talk and meet with her for a little and she is really sweet she is our age as well, then we had a Mock baptism interview with Bucky... Elder Rasband our district leader came and let’s just say it was not that good... all the problems came out of the bag and bucky totally broke down and elder rasband called us later and said he needs more time... by that point though we already new.
Friday: We had MLC exciting news we found out I know who my
new mission president will be in 6 months! That was pretty cool... other news...
we still don't know when we are getting i padss...
running joke in the mission. We then we met with Anar
it was soo soo
powerful! Wow we taught him tithing and he said he wanted to get baptized on
the 11 as well... he even said he had been thinking about how he could pay
tithing for the last year or so... it was so great and we just new he had been
really prepared for this.
Saturday: We met with Agnes the
new less active for the first time. It was a super great lesson we taught her
the restoration and she is so sincere and wanted to learn and grow... We are so
excited to meet with her... then we met with Punita...
she is this super negative lady from Inda...
However for whatever reason we finally saw some light in her on Saturday we
taught her about recognizing the Holy Ghost and also read with her D&C 121
about joseph smith in Liberty Jail. She
finally said I am just looking for hope... so I think Sister Blake and I can
work with that... Then we met with Bucky and had a lesson about the Fear and
Faith, it was really good but again we just couldn't help him get over his
problems... we were just so sad about it because we know he really knows its
true... just afraid.. We then had 2 baptism we went to one from the AP's and another from the Potsdam elders it was so wonderful and we
could feel the spirit so much, Bucky
even came which was the best part. Then we met with Anar and that was also just so horrible... sister Blake and I
walked into our appointment with him and the spirit was just completely gone...
we couldn't put our finger on it but everything was just really off and we just
felt like he doesn't understand it enough and that we need to wait a few more
weeks before he gets baptized.. We came home just absolutely devastated
Sunday: well we woke up went to
church and we just hoping that both our investigators would show up and they
both did along with 3 other people in our teaching pool! It was a miracle 5
people at church that is the most we have had here ever!! Then our ward mission
leader gave a lesson about the Book of Mormon in class... and poof Bucky's
concerns about the book of Mormon were gone... and Agnis our new less active also just soaked it up and loved it..!
What a miracle... then later that night we had a lesson with Bucky about
tithing... and it was so good and so powerful that again at the end of the
night it was like i will do it I know this is a commandment now and poof again
questions gone and now he said I am ready to be baptized this weekend.. WHOO HOO..
Right after that we had another lesson with Anar
and again we talked about plan of salvation and some other things and POOF all his
questions and concerns were gone! He then said... I will get baptized on the 11
as well!! What the heck we have two baptisms this weekend... We are so excited
but please please please pray for them to be able to make it... They are being
worked on hard and I know they are both ready and willing we know that they can
do it.This week has been absolutely crazy wonderful and amazing! I am so grateful that I get to see all the wonders here on a mission! I can't believe we are at the end of another transfer... here we go sister Blake goes home and I will be getting a new companion... I will let you know who she is next week... for other news... the Zone leaders got moved into our district...there must be something about Dahlem because now we are all in leadership... Office Elders, Assistants to press, Sister Training leaders and Zone leaders... well will see what happens ha-ha.
I love you all so much! Miracles happen we are starting the New Year off right!
Sorry for no pictures this week
I forgot to take them! You are all wonderful,
Liebe,
Sister Toma
