Well if you thought that I was missing out on a hot Texas Summer well think
again!! It was 104 for two days in a row and actually come to find out Germany
doesn't believe in AC. So think back to that time when the AC went out at our house. Now just pretend that is through the entire house and all the time and
you never can get away from it! That is Germany apartments. Everyone doesn't
sleep well here and they actually only had an hour of church this last week
because of the heat! Craziness they only way to get rid of the heat is a cold
shower before bed that only helps a little. But hey that's life. at least I'm not
in the jungle!
Well it has been fun this week! Went on two splitzs one with Elder
Fitzgerald from Dortmund and one with Elder Ball. We had a great time getting to
hand out two Books of Mormon and talked to some awesome people. Then that
evening at the Munster apartment (Where Elder Ball is serving was so hot) we slept
on the balcony overlooking the city it was so much fun.It was like a little camp
out! Good times!!
Well this week other then the heat we are getting so excited for E. Baptism! He is so ready and and so excited! We had a lesson yesterday after
church, he also came through the rain to church, we taught him about the last
part of the plan of salvation. then we went through the baptism interview
questions! He KILLED IT!!! We hadn't talked about Thomas S Monson but he loved
the idea of a living prophet. We talked about the commandments and he readily
accepted them and is really already living them! HE is doing amazing! I'm so
excited for him and his decision to be baptized! I have to say I am humbled by
his attitude, his willingness to so quickly accept the doctrines of the gospel.
He asked us why other people don't want to get baptized and then was surprised
that people have a hard time accepting the word of wisdom and tithing. He said
"they are from God, he gives us everything!". That is exactly right they are
from God, why don't we just accept them and move on and live them and learn to
love them. He is awesome! He is so excited he has had us starting to get our
pamphlets in Serbian because he wants to share it with his friends. Then
yesterday he said "I need some Albanian and Greek Books of Mormon to share with
my friends".It is so COOL!!! Also on Sunday a part member family that we
inherited from the other elders had their baby blessed in sacrament meeting and
then the wife that we are teaching got up and bore her testimony!! They are
awesome!! They actually grilled for us last week and made pizza, they are so
cool!
Yesterday I fasted to know how to help our investigators. Yesterday
after doing some training with Elder Butler it hit me. We need to challenge another
one of our investigators to be baptized on the same day as E. She is more
then ready and is the same woman that had her child blessed by her husband. We know that she knows it is true. We just need to get
the courage to ask her, but I feel that is what the Lord wants. As I got down on my knees to close my fast, I was thinking and then it came to me.
"That idea was from the spirit, you had been praying about her but you
has just forgotten about specifically praying for her!" It just all made since!
We are excited but nervous, but hey that's the name of the game!
The work is really picking up!! It is crazy how time flies. Unfortunately we
didn't get to meet with R. this week! But we ran in to her on our bikes and
invited her to church. She is making progress step by step and it's moving
forward, We met with Frau A., we are kind of losing hope in her because she
is so stubborn and when we met I was getting ready to say we can't meet anymore. As we
were sitting there. She said "I still think my baptism was correct
when I was baptized as a baby". Then in my head I thought "we have talked about this a
thousand times" then it came to me "Bruder U. has told us a
story about how he explained baptism". How that we are baptized to be washed
from sin, why do we need to baptized as a baby, we have no sin! I told her the
same thing and it was like a light bulb went off in her head!! It was so cool how
the spirit brings things to our remeberance!
The work is truly moving forward here in Hamm the Lord is blessing his
vineyard. we just need to be ready to move and act and follow his plan. I gave a District Training Meeting this week and talked about the work and goals. I talked about how we
say "this work we do as missionaries is tough" I talked about how that was
right, but it is hard when we think that it is OUR work. When we think it's our work
we are relying on our own talents and potential that we see. But when we realize
that it is HIS work then we begin to see that he makes our burdens easy and our
trials light. It isn't our work it is his work. He is the name we wear on our
name badge and the name that we bless peoples lives through it is because of him
we are here today and there is no other name that we may be saved!!
Love you tons
Elder White
Talking on a Cell Phone inside a TelePhone Booth...
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