Well it has been a crazy week of changes.
Well I got transferred to city of Frankfurt! I am called to be a Zone Leader. crazy stuff!!!
So that means that on Wednesday I'm going the 4 hour journey back to
the home base!!! I'm excited though because my new companion is one of my
friends from the MTC! His name is Elder Robinett.
SO yeah that is super exciting and also crazy, it seems like it all just
happened so fast, sometimes I don't know if I'm up for it, but then I remember that
the Lord qualifies those who he calls so I have faith that he will help me in this new area and position. And really in the end that
all I need!!
Unfortunately that means that I'm going to be missing the baptism of
Birgitt, but that's okay. She and her husband are pretty bummed, not going to lie, but they really want me to be there for when she goes and does baptisms in August at the Frankfurt temple. I think I'm going ask my Mission President for special permission. Because
not only is she going to be there to do baptisms, but then also a Family I have
grown really close with, is getting sealed and they really want me to be there
too!
I wish I could be there for the baptism on Saturday, but honestly, Birgitt is an amazing woman and it was with her through her conversion process and that brings me comfort
is that fact that she is getting baptized its all about the conversion.!!!
I have mixed emotions leaving Hamm. For one thing the ward is awesome and I have grown to love them! Two, The Glöckners are here and the Diekmanns. But on
the other hand I'm going to Frankfurt to a district with all my friends and to a
amazing ward and going to one of the coolest cities in the mission! Its a toss
up...
Fast and Testimony Meeting was yesterday. I had been fasting all day simply for answers. That
day I had to teach Elders quorum and then the gospel principles class,and it gave me
a chance to share my testimony. Then during fast and testimony meeting I got up
and announced that I was leaving and giving my testimony for the last time in
the ward. I told them my love for them and how I will miss them. Afterwards,
Bruder Wulff got up and shared his testimony, he looked me right in the eyes
from the pupit and said "I have had the chance to teach with Elder White and he
is a good missionary". It was so cool but it was really hard to have to hug him and say
goodbye. Then later Birgitt got up and looked over and told us thank for being
patient with her and never giving up. She said how excited she was and how happy
she was that she is being baptized. That was cool!! At the end everyone told me
thank you for my work.
Later that day, we haven't seen Emil in a while and were
kind of scared that he is falling off the map. So we decided to go by and figure
what was up. We did and we found him at his apartment. He came out and told how his mom thinks that
we are a cult and that she wont even let him leave the apartment. She got scared
after we gave him a priesthood blessing and that he said "I KNOW ITS TRUE!"
Right now we just have to be patient because he mother is mental sick and that's
why they are here in Germany. He said he knows beyond a shadow a doubt it is
true and he knows God will give him a way to be baptized! Simply he is converted and Baptized in his heart. Wish we all could have such faith like him, even with
opposition staring him in the face he continues to say "my God will protect me".
Great way to say goodbye to him.
Well my foot has started hurting again. I kind of rolled it and three days
later I woke up and just couldn't walk on it. You don't need to worry. I waited till the end of church and had the bishop give me a
blessing. He said honestly exactly what I needed to hear and not what I wanted
to hear, funny that's how the Lord works. He said that my foot would take time
and that the Lord needs me to take care of myself, he said its okay to not be
100% working all the time, that their is nothing wrong with pauses. The Lord
understands. As much as a hate admitting it, the Lord is exactly right!!!
Well I'm excited for the new adventures that await me in Frankfurt. I know
things can be up and down, but the Lord is always there for us.
Here is a cool quote a read this morning that gave me goose bumps
"You write down in your little black book that in the gospel of Jesus
Christ you have help and you have it on both sides of the veil and you must
never forgot that one thing. When disappointment and discouragement strike, and
they will, you remember and never forget that if your eyes could be opened you
would see horses and chariots of fire. As far as the eye can see, riding at
reckless speeds to come to your protection. They will always be there, these
armies of heaven in defense of Abrahams seed."
Jeffery R Holland
No words..simply the veil is thin
Love
Elder White
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