Well I have just 18 weeks left on my mission which is super weird to think
that it is coming to a close so fast!! Well things around here are about to get
crazy because we have transfers this next week and we are receiving 17 new
missionaries into the my mission! We are super excited that we have so many
missionaries coming into the mission. It means a lot of coordinating and a lot
of late nights but we are having fun doing it. One of my companions Elder Kress
is being transferred to be a Zone Leader in Duisburg. It sad that he is leaving
but we will still get to do splits and see each other often! So yeah now me and
Elder Fitzgerald are going to be serving together which will be fun!! We have a
busy upcoming transfer of Zone Conferences!
Well this week was transfer planning week, which is always so much fun! We
just get to talk about the mission and organization stuff. Its so cool to see
the revelation in that room and the Heavenly Fathers love for his missionaries.
Its also so much fun to just be at the Stoddard's home for hours on end and
hearing all of President Stoddard's jokes. Its cool the Stoddard's home is
literally like a temple. Its the first time I have noticed being away from home
the peace felt in a home dedicated to the Lord. I feel so blessed to be serving
along side President Stoddard.
Well T. has had some pretty tough questions lately about the church
especially dealing with Blacks in the Priesthood which is completely
understandable. That is a tough question for me to answer and for him, I can only
imagine. But we had a rocky lesson on Monday but then we met again Friday and we
really were able to make some headway and answered some of his questions. He is
doing great, I can't for you all to get to meet T!
Well S. the brother of D is literally, I kid you not, the most
prepared person I have ever met on my mission. He is really now one of my good
friends, He already is reading in the Book of Mormon all the time. Coming to
church regularly and is going to Institute every week. The best part of all is
that he is the brother of a very active member so he already has this support
system that will keep him coming for years after his baptism. I believe this is
truly a blessing from the Lord because D and J were sealed just two
months ago in the temple. What an amazing experience!! I can't wait for you to
met S when you come he is truly one of those prepared people who just
needed to be found.
Bruder L. is doing amazing he taught the lesson in Priesthood about
the Atonement of Jesus Christ. What a lesson!! I learned so much and was so
happy to see this man who about 6 months ago had no interest in the church come
back and is now teaching the Elder Quorum. We met this week and he is so solid
in his faith and really so excited for his future he is working on receive his
patriarchal blessing.
T. is doing fantastic, he had a stressful week but he has been so
involved in the ward and has really when such an amazing influence to them and
showing them that we are finding prepared people. He didn't show up to church
yesterday and we were concerned. He sent me a text later and said "I had a
terrible week, I'm sleeping in and going to the English ward at 2pm" we just laughed
because he really didn't have a HORRIBLE week. But it was amazing to see his
conversion and that he found a solution and still understood the importance of
church attendance. You can really understand the true conversion of a man not
when he stand in times of comfort and convenience but where he stands during
times of trial and tribulation (stole that from Martin Luther King Jr.)
But yeah overall everyone is doing amazing, this ward is oddly becoming so
much of a home for me and a place of refuge. At first I wasn't a huge fan of
it but then I realized that these people are my brothers and sisters and I truly
do love them.
Frankfurt is a great place, this week has definitely been interesting but
the Lord has continued to bless us in our efforts to bring forward the work of
the Lord. Like the song, "I Stand All Amazed" I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me, confused at the grace that so fully he offers.
I know that God lives and that Jesus Christ is my savior.
Love
Elder White
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