Hey Everyone!! In case y'all were
worried about that I have lost my pride in Texas, worry no more. My District is
so annoyed with my pride in Texas and they have tried finding scriptures to say
that Texas can't be that good. Boy are they wrong!! hahaha!!! And 2 of my 3 teachers
are from Texas so that has to be a sign!!
Well we got our travel plans this week! On Tuesday, September 9th, we are getting up at 4:30am and heading to the airport, we land in Dallas around 11:45am and then head off to
Frankfurt about 3:55pm. It will take about 8 hours to Frankfurt and then we land in Deutschland
at 8:30 am September 10!!! We are at the mission home for the day and then the
next day we take the train to our new areas. This is all becoming so real, so
fast!! Its great! This week has been pretty good, we are all just getting stir
crazy being here.
I hope my German is alright, I mean I can teach a "lesson, but I know I have alot to learn in Deutschland that is for sure. I mean I feel
alright with the language, but I know that in about 6 days I'm going to feel like I'm speaking Spanish to the Germans. Oh well, the Lord will provide if we show him
our conviction for the work and our faith in this gospel.
We had an amazing missionary fireside on Sunday from a return mission
president (Which is a speech from a older gentleman that has been in charge of young missionaries for 3 years). He talked about how there are people out in our missions waiting for
us to come teach them because the Lord has been preparing us to teach them. I started crying from how powerful the spirit testified to me
that there are people out there waiting for me to teach them. What a huge
responsibility on my shoulders, but as long as I turn to the Lord in prayer, I can
not fail.
Well my schedule is kind of the same old each week, but I did just get back
from the temple which is my favorite part about Preparation-Days, the temple is such a
refuge from worries and cares. I also talked with my zone and asked if they
would help me get all the temple work done that Grandma White sent me, I am proud to
say that the District 19 (our zone) completed 50 names these past two weeks,
with the help from some Italian elders. I made it my goal to finish all the names before I left because many are waiting on the other side of the veil for their work to be
done.
Well I have realized that I never understood the MTC ( missionary training center) till now. I always
thought about it was about learning how to teach and learning how to speak
German. But that is not it, and if you go into the MTC thinking that you are
going to miss the big picture. The main thing you should take away from the MTC
is a better understanding of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Heavenly Father will
help you learn the language and when you speak with the spirit it doesn't matter
how good or bad you speak. But if you understand the Atonement you can preach it
and understand your relationship with your Father in Heaven better and
understand his gospel better.
Well my next email will be from Deutschland!!!!
Auf Wiedersehen
Elder Ryan "The Great" White
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