Dear
Family and Friends,
Good
morning. What a wonderful week. I hope you all have had a wonderful week too.
It has been so crazy all the things that have happened. Thank you so much for all
your prayers. They really have been such an amazing help. I appreciate it so
much more that you could ever know.
Sorry
everyone if my emails are getting boring. Ha. I feel like sometimes I get
repetitive. All my emails are kind of the same now. However, something new and exciting
this week was that both Justice and Theresa took the first step and made their
first covenant with their Father in Heaven. It was such a wonderful and
beautiful, the spirit was so strong. Ot was really amazing too because first
off Theresa's daughter will be turning 8 this month. We have been teaching her
a little bit, and she was asking us the entire time about the baptism and why
we need to be baptized. We hope that she can be baptized soon as we continue to
help her understand its importance :)
Also
justice had invited two of his friends to come. They both were so interested
and now are really thinking about wanted to be baptized as well. One of them is
the husband from our investigator Emilia. There are just Miracles pouring out
from heaven.
This
week we had our first zone conference with president Fingerle. It was good. We
were his first zone, so I could tell he was nervous and it was a little rough
around the edges but he has some amazing goals and changes for the mission. One
of them being having to speak MORE GERMAN. We need it though, my German is far
from where I would like it to be.
This
week we had the wonderful opportunity to meet with our beloved wonderful Nele.
I can't even express how cool she is. I just love teaching Germans. Ha it is an
adventure, they always ask the hardest questions and it makes it such a
challenge. You are always on the edge of your chair. Nele is so wonderful
though, her questions are truly inspired and she really has such a sincere
desire to come to know God. To have something to rely on. And what better way
of knowing than through the only true church on the earth today. It was so
great, at the end of the lesson she just asked if she had to have a specific
chapter to read from the Book of Mormon every week, or if she could just start
of the beginning. The Lord really prepares these people, we just sit on
the sidelines and watch ha-ha.
I
got to go on another wonderful exchange with my favorite Asian, Sister
Hashimoto. This will probably be my last one ever with her! :( So sad. It was
an awesome exchange though, and I just learn so so much from her. It really is
amazing the power of having a companion. How much you personally can learn from
them.
That
is one thing I have been thinking about lately is how much more we need the
people in our lives than they need us. How many lessons we learn from those
around us. When stop focusing on us. And start focusing in others, and serving
them and helping them, than our eyes our opened to the wonderful lessons and
things these people actually have done for us.
Most
of the time on my mission I feel so guilty. These people do so much for me.
They have so much love for us, and all I do is go to teach them a lesson about
Christ and add them as a number to a piece of paper later that evening. Than
one of my investigators reminded me, the greatest service we can do for our
fellow man is sharing the gift of the atonement. These people don't love is so
much or do so much for us because we are cool, or they want to be our best
friends. They are just so grateful for the piece they receive knowing that they
are now on the path to return to their Father in Heaven. Our greatest joy
and service it to share the love of God, and his divine grace and Mercy.
Well
family and friends. That is all for this week. I love you all and wish you all
well.
Liebe
Grüße,
Sister
Toma
