Guten Morgen Liebe Brudern und Schwestern,
To start off today marks my half way point! Ummm scary, I
think yes I can't believe it so I just don't think about it.
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| Sister Wiborny and Sister Toma |
But less about me and more
about Germany. To start off it is still cold but with hopeful chance that in
the next 7 months we might have some sunshine. I love my new companion Sister
Wiborny is Sooooo cool, so sister Wiborny is from Frankfurt and has been one
for 10 months. She teaches me so much about how to be a good missionary and
rely upon the spirit. It is cool to watch her go down the streets as we talk to
people with no map or plan just knowing where we need to go to find a new
investigator.
We have set some big goals for this transfer, one of them
being to find a family. We already have received a few referrals for two
families that fit the description... meaning a dream that Sister Wiborny had a
few weeks ago. Pretty cool how miracles work. I also read Dad's letter with her
about his miracle and the little umbrella store owner. We took their 4 step
plan into action, 1. Be 100% obedient to all the mission rules
2. Work hard and work smart
3. Sacrifice something
4. Pray in every prayer for our
desires.
It is amazing to see how much
my faith has grown as a missionary working with sister Wiborny. Just go and the
Lord with Provide...
It just really shows me why the
Lord sticks us with specific people. I can honestly say that with Every
Companion I just have learned so much and I just have such a special love for
them... I am so lucky to have served with such amazing and wonderful people my
whole mission.  |
| Sister Bowinklle and I on exchanges |
This week we started teaching
Anar's mom. She is awesome, she has come to church 2 times already and is
really starting to take off. We talked last week about the priesthood though
and we hit a few rough spots on why women cannot have the priesthood, but I
think everything will be ok. She is super sweet and just like Anar so ready for
the Gospel.
All of our new members are
doing so great! We just love seeing how much their lives have changed in the
last 2 weeks since being baptized and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost.
They are new people. Bucky even says he wants to serve a mission now!
We met with Punita a few weeks
ago to, she is the one that is from India, and is a little negative. However,
she expressed her desire this last week about how she wants her daughter and
how her daughter wants to be baptized! So we are very excited about teaching
her daughter Ose who is 11. I have never taught children before so I am so
excited to learn, it will be an awesome experience.
These last few weeks have just been full of miracles, I know that Heavenly Father is helping us every step of the way, without his help it could not be possible.
I have been also really
focusing on repentance the last few weeks. I just want to know more about it
and what it means. This Sunday Brother Speck our ward mission leader gave an
amazing lesson on it from Mosiah chapter 27. It was so good about the steps in
order to repent and then as I was reading in 2 Nephi chapter 9 I just thought
about it more and more. I don't remember if we said we were reading the book of
Mormon again recently but we are and Wow am I learning so much about the
doctrine of Christ. However I just thought so much about the temple and the
covenants we make there as I was reading in Chapter 9 of 2nd Nephi. Then it
just got me thinking about the repentance process again... Something that that
really stuck out to me though is that I have so long to go before I really know
who my savior is... the difference between Kennen (to know) and Erkennen (to
recognize) our Savior you can look those words up but it is just something that
has been sticking with me the past few weeks. These last few weeks have just been full of miracles, I know that Heavenly Father is helping us every step of the way, without his help it could not be possible.
Well that is all the time I have today, I love you all and Wish
you a wonderful week!
Love Sister Toma
