Well so begins a new chapter here in Offenbach, I have a new companion
named Elder Overall! He is from Arizona and he is awesome! He is funny and loves
basketball like me! I think things here in Offenbach are going to be
good!!
Now that we have a new missionary, I have had to orient him to the area, but the funny thing is that he has 4 transfers left before he goes home. It is
funny because I get to teach him about the area and it makes me feel like the Trainer
and him the Golden!! But he is the trainer. Good times though!
Well this week has been pretty low key, we got to go out with Troy (An American Man from Tennesse who lives in Germany and takes very good care of the missionaries) for
sushi on Wednesday!! He is way to nice to us, our excuse was that we were
meeting with a less active his name is Chau and he is 20 and hasn't come to church
in forever. We finally got an appointment with him and it went well, hope we can
get him to church!
It's funny here on my mission, I have eat so many things I would never eat at
home, like raw raw sushi, raw meat on a brochten, and food cooked by a companion
(outcome sometimes interesting) Me and Elder Overall tried to make pudding last
night and lets just say that stove top isn't the cleanest it has been!!
This week one experience I want to share with everyone is about Dietmar.
We had met with him last week and he was super excited. Well we called him on Tuesday after an appointment fell out and he he said he didn't want to talk to us
anymore and that he wanted to give the Book of Mormon back. He had talked to
Issac ( the preacher they had been working with) and said the Mormon thing isn't for him. I was kind of taken back and
surprised. But I had an idea that we could see him one more time if we went and
picked up the Book Of Mormon. So we took the hour long ride to Aschaffenburg and
decided so just go by. We went by and klinged him but he wasn't home, but his
wife said that he just left, Elder Bulkley said that he felt we could find him! We just started walking around the city hoping we could find him. Then we
found him walking, we stopped him and he acted strange and said he wasn't going
to tell us why he didn't want to meet anymore, I had the idea to again ask him
for the Book of Mormon. He said we could come by in 20 minutes when he was home.
We parted ways and me and Elder Bulkley went off to pray. We felt like something
wasn't right there and after we said the prayer I knew we needed to talk one more
time. SO we went by to get the Book of Mormon and he said he would come down and
hand it to us. He opened the door and we tried again to figure out what was
going on. He still said that he had his things and we had our things. He was
getting a little anxious and I just felt this feeling like I needed to open my
mouth. As he went to close the door, I said "Dietmar, one moment" he opened it
back up and I looked at him and said "I know this book is true and it has
changed my life, I want this for you." I could feel the power of the spirit as I told him out of love and not out of contention why the Book was true. He looked
at me and said "lass mich in frieden" leave me in peace. He closed the door, but
this time I didn't feel sad or uneasy. I knew that even,though he has changed his
minded, we had done what the Lord needed us to do at the time. The Lord has plan
for everyone sometimes, they are small and simple things that we would never
except the outcome. But as a missionary and representive of Jesus Christ, I stand as a witness that the Book of Mormon is another testimony of Jesus Christ. I would
challenge all to find out for themselves if the Book of Mormon is true because when we pray
with a sincere heart, if it is true, we will know for ourselves through the power
of the Holy Ghost. It fills me with such
strength and power when sometimes I'm feeling down and low I begin to sing the song Praise
to the Man. If you havent heard or have heard it look it up by the Tabernacle
Choir. The Part that always touches me is when it says "millions shall know
Brother Joseph again". Millions shall know him again, his name shall be had for
good and evil, he and millions of other who stand as witness that The Book of Mormon
is true. I stand with them.
Love you all, and thank you for everything you have done for me you are amazing!
Elder White
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