I'm doing great, things were crazy this week, but let me see if I can tie it all together.
First off, I am now a legal German driver, I finally got all the stuff worked out and got my license this week. Unfortunately, I no longer have my beloved Texas Drivers license but that's okay! Driving in German is insane...european roads are 2 times smaller than American ones and you have to drive offensively here in order to not get in a accident!
We found a new investigator named R from Syria he is super cool, he doesn't speak a ton of English, but we are really excited and he is excited about reading the Book of Mormon.
We had stake conference and we got to perform as a missionary choir so that was really cool!! Elder Robinett and I organized it and it was a lot of stress, but we did it and sang The Efy Medley in German! It was so cool the spirit was strong and the stake was completely blown away by the song and I saw grown men crying. It was really cool to see the power of our calling behind singing that song. The stake was grateful and we were happy to help.
I went on a split in my old Apartment again in Offenbach and got to go with Elder Sommer. He is so cool and is in the exact same spot I was a year ago. it was weird to think about that last year I was going on a split with Elder Lovelace, how much I learned from him as he was my zone leader. Then just to be back there and realizing how far I had come on my mission from being a new missionary to now being on my mission for over a year!! That was fun we saw a cool miracle because we went finding and as we went finding and we walked out of the door and ran into this kid I talked to him but he was kind of mean and really had no interest whatsoever! We walked away and started talking to someone else then in the middle a kid comes running back saying, "Hey my friend believes in God talk to her!" We ended up sharing a book of Mormon with both of them!! It was so cool then we found some other people and that was really fun!!! Great time!
Later that week was rough we had been finding but everything we were doing was not working then we had this district meeting and we were talking about how we could improve the zone, so we had people talk about their ideas. Then we had this elder say we need to pray more. It was so simple, but then I started trying it more. Thursday was really when the testimony came, we were set-up for a street display and I had just said a prayer asking the Lord to bless us and help us have success. Well then as we were doing the street display we found 4 potential investigators and set up 3 appointments!!! It was insane!! We found this very prepared man and he is super excited to meet with us!!
The Lord is mindful of the work, well then we had a great lesson with Ssiter K. a old lady from Japan who loves the missionaries!!!! She made us the most amazing food ever!!! She made SO MUCH, we had a member with us and we were dying!!!!! But we made it out alive and really helped her hopefully strength her faith and maybe she will start coming back to church! She also made the most amazing pumpkin pie! Really American because it was from an American recipe.
Well times are changing and Bruder L. is doing amazing, he is progressing so much and really making changes and he is just an amazing man who really has a good direction in life!!
This week I had a powerful experience with the Book of Mormon. We were doing that street display and this kid was sitting by the fountain and I had the feeling to talk to him. But I didn't, then Sister Funk said "we need to talk to him." So we went over Elder Robinson and I talked with him. I was nervous but just opened my mouth and started talking he really didn't want to talk but something kept me talking. We kept talking and soon he was opening up then I had this impression to share the book of Mormon. So I got it out and shared Ether 12:27. His whole personality changed. I then gave him the Book and he was so happy to recieve it!! It was so cool!! We were blown away!! I walked away and Elder Robinson said "Thanks I now see the power behind the Book of Mormon." It was cool and I saw too that it change someone in the blink of the eye. We had an appointment this week with someone that wanted to just argue about this and that and how Jesus is not the son of God. it was annoying but I do know, "Jesus Christ is the savior and redeemer of the world, to any who may say he was just a man, not the son of man, I challenge you to test him." See if he won't bless you and strengthen you when you have the true desire to seek for him." There have been countless times on my mission where I have knelt down and prayed and asked the Lord for guidance and direction or I couldn't go any further. He was there lifting me up and strengthening me, the Atonement is true!
Love,
Elder White
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