Meine Familie,
I am so extremely happy right now...I can not even believe it! So much has happened this week and I would not say that eveything has been really happy and dandy but looking back at the whole week it was one of the best and I can not stop smiling!
Last Monday....a good enjoyable, relaxable p-day was needed to get my mind off of some things. Sister Dorsey and I went to this U Boot memorial. It is a memorial for the German sailers and others who died in the war. It was really cool and I took alot of pictures. . . and of course I will be sending those to y'all.
What made this week alot awesome....well it was the people and some funny things that happened. First off we we have this awesome new investigator named Hou. He is so cool. He is from China and has only been in Germany for two months and is working on getting his PHD. He speaks english with us because he does not know German yet. He is Golden. He does not know any thing yet and is just so curious and willing to learn. We had our first appointment with him on Tuesday and then he came to church on Sunday and we translated for him and even one of the members came up to him to offer to translate...it was great. It was funny though because we were supposed to change our clocks back an hour, but pour Hou...nobody told him and we told him that the bus leaves at 8:50 to go to church. Well....at 8 in the morning we get a phone call and it is Hou asking us where the chuch was because he was there. We felt so bad and we told him that we will be there in at least forty minutes...so we called the Elders quickly because they had a car and we drove down there...Then he was not there. . and our church is like in the middle of nowhere and so we had no idea where he might of gone and so we went on a search for him...It turned out he went on a walk for like 40 minutes since no one was at the church...But we were so happy that he came and he is so sweet and he always just has this huge smile on his face!! We are planning on setting a baptismal date with him this week!!! I am so excited!!!!!!!!
This week we also had an eating appointment with the Kalies. They are such a great family. And so amazing...They are raising there two little grandchildren because their parents won't and they come evey once in a while to take the kids on day trips. But Bruder and Schwester Kalie are just so strong and amazing and the little boy grandson has a money jar of change for his mission!!! It is just so cute. I love it.
We met with Schwester Räwel this week...like every week. She is less active and it is mainly because she has to have a ride to church because of health problems and her really bad hip...But we are trying to work with her because she has picked up smoking again. We are going to just reteach her all the lessons again and really help her. She is so sweet and caring though and has such a strong testimony...we just need to help her a little more with some commandments. But yeah.
English class is going great. I love it so much. But I realize that I have forgotten some english. Like spelling and so forth... But the class is a great help in helping me even learn the English language again. lol. Naja.
On Thursday we had companionship exchanges. . . Sister Dorsey went to Langenhorn and Sister Wakefield came to Kiel with me....It was a fun time. We now have bikes in Kiel because the Langenhorn sisters do not use their bikes and Kiel is a city that is very useful for bikes and so we brought them back on the train with us. Of course, Thursday was my year mark on the mission and I was happy to celebrate it with Sister Wakefield...who is just a transfer ahead of me. We rode our bikes home and we both realized how out of shape we really are by doing so...That was a long bike ride from the train station..not to mention uphill as well. Our first appointment fell out that day and so luckily Dorothea was able to meet up with us earlier. She is just so awesome and we are helping her read through the book of Mormon before December. Later that day our next appointment fell out with Gustave and since we were at the student housing anyways we decided to bring a Vietnamese Book of Mormon to another guy who lived there and then made a return appointment....Then we stayed in the building and did doors...in doing so we found some awesome people. Ameya is from India and he let us in. He is a student here and is Hindu. He is really cool and we taught him how to pray in our church and he said the prayer in his mother language, which is this cool tribe language from India. Really cool. We are going to bring him an English Book of Mormon this week. Then we knocked on Raneez's door. He is cool and we made out an appointment with him and are going to bring him the Urdu book of mormon. Then Sister Wakefield and I went to get ice cream for my year mark and it was yummy...we then enjoyed a nice walk home. It was a great!
Friday we exchanged back and Sister Dorsey and I had an appointment with Marian..she is our baptismal date. We made her a baptism calender and brought it to her. She is so crazy and but we do think she could very much make her date. Except for the fact that she is meeting with the Jehovah witnesses and we are trying to figure out the best way to approach her about that. Our appointment was really good and she is understanding everything....until well...somebody rang the door bell and she went to see who it was...she then ran in the room...luckily at this point we had already said a closing prayer and she said "Hurry down the stairs the Jehovah witnesses are coming up the elevator ." She then took the Book of Mormon and hid it. We hurried out the door and pretty much hid a little bit up the stairs until the Jehovah witnesses were inside. We do need her to understand that she is getting baptized in our church and this is not ok. ... we can not just keep running away or being rushed out of our appointments. She did come to church yesterday and brought a friend...who is a bit weird and thinks that yoga is a sin. But at least they came to church.
We also met with Jörn again...I love it so much because it is like talking to Neil. I like it. We taught him the 2nd lesson and then taught him some English. He is really special person and It is like having Neil around. We also made that Jambalaya that y'all sent me....my goodness that was spicy. Me and sister Dorsey were so surprised on how spicy it tasted and were wondering if we alway thought it was spicy...But then again...we are in Germany and Germans do not do spicy or hot food and so I have not eaten spicy food in a year. I have forgotten what spicy is...and well...that Jambala sure reminded me. lol.
Also..... Happy Birthday Dad!!!!! I hope it is a great and spooky on this Halloween!!! What a great present to get an email from me on your birthday!! lol.
Oh, and I am sending a package home today. It as a few things that people have giving me and also some other little things and a stack of letters that I am sending home. Let me know whenever y'all get it.
To answer Mom's questions... I think I could wear a medium or small vest or shirt...it just depends on if it is a loose shirt of vest or a not loose. I like a lot of colors...mostly green. And I really can not think of anything that I need. But yeah. I would need to get you phone card information some other time.... i do not belive I have it because it was also in my wallet.
Any ways, I hope y'all have a fanstaic week and beginning of November!!! It is awesome.
Love y'all, Sister Britt
Monday, October 31, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
My, my, my ... what a week!
Meine Familie,
Where to even begin??? Well on Monday I taught English class and then we stayed at FHE because we were suppose to have an investigator come that did not show up. So anyways, We left that night and we met a stopped and talked to this guy on the way home. We ended up talking to him for a long time and during that time the Elders tried to call us like 5 times...finally I answered the phone and they were like "Did you sisters hide or take our backpacks?" of course we were like no because we did not take there bags....but they did not believe us. Well, we got home and planned and then went to bed....well Tuesday (the next day) was my birthday...I was looking so forward to waking up and opening my cards and package for Morning sport...so at like 6:30 I get up and walk to the living room to find a trail of cup up paper leaves that lead to my chair and Sister Dorsey put my package on the chair and wrote a sign that said Happy Birthday! That was exciting and I opened my package. Thank you very much for the texas apron and all the other stuff....the cards from the ward was a fun surprise too! And oh my gosh....Lindsay is pregnant too!!!! Congrats.
Well, Sister Dorsey said that the Elders were meeting us at the institute center so we can give them our progress record. I was getting my stuff ready to leave the apartment when I opened one of the pockets in my bag and realized that my wallet was missing. . . we then remembered the Elders calling us the night before asking about there bags...we realized that my wallet and there backpacks all got stolen. So that was a happy birthday surprise...Somebody came into the institute center Monday night and stole the elder's backpacks, my wallet and a members cell phone. So what was suppose to be a happy surprise at the institute center because the Elders and the Marks were all waiting there for us and surprised me with cake...turned into me having to be on the phone with the mission office about my mission debit card and also my personal debit card because they got stolen. So at the moment I have no money, but that is ok....I am just disappointed in who ever stole the stuff...The Elders book of mormon was in there backpacks and so they are hoping the guy opens it up to the commandments and then repents. lol. We will see.
But besides that , my birthday was good. We did spend half of the day in the police office because the mission office told us to go file a report...and then we met with Dorothea and read in the Book of Mormon with her. (she is the member that wa baptized in May). After her we had an appointment with our investigator Douglas who is from Ghana. He made us african food and it was yummy...he was even more excited about making us food when he found out that it was my birthday. lol. He is awesome...we are really hoping to be getting a baptismal date set up with him soon!! Although, between our appointments with Dorothea and Douglas we did some doors in some Student housing... We only had time to just do 6 doors because we were making out appointments left and right and even taught the 1st lesson with one of them...we have our appointments to bring a couple of the people the Book of Mormon this week! It was so great!
So then on Wednesday we were to have an appointment with this guy named Mohammed Umback. From the name you can probably tell that he is muslim. But we were suppose to bring him by an Arabic book of mormon. He was not home, but his wife and there 1 year old son were. She let us in and we talked with her and she can not read Arabic, but she can read German and so we are going to bring her a german book of mormon this week! I am so excited and she is really cool!
We also added on two more new investigatiors on Thursday when we had an appointment with Mr and Mrs. Grabovski. They are an older couple...grandparents and they are baptist. They are really nice and open and we taught them the 1st lesson. Bruder Goldmund came with because he is there next door neighbor. It was a great appointment, but they are not able to met with us again until November..so we have an appointment set up for the first of second week in November.
We also met with Ben this week....Someone just needs to hit him on the head. He just will not pray and he is doing the reading and everything. But he has so many questions that he asks us, but we can not answer them all and he just does not realized that if he actually prays and reads the book that he probably will find his answers. We are just working with him with gaining more of a faith in Jesus Christ.
Marion, the women with a baptismal date....we had an appointment with her this week....It was crazy. We tried to watch the restoration and she was too quick to press play and so it was playing in English and she would not let us change it to german....so as result she did not understand a single thing that was happening and then her friend came over and we pretty much got kicked out because she was now going to leave with her friend, but we did get an appointment set up for this week. We will see how it goes...This lady is really weird.
We also had an appointment with this guy named Jörn. He is mentally disabled and I got so excited because it reminds me of talking to Neil. He is more there though in vocabulary and speech than Neil is. But it was fun and he wants me to teach him English because I told him that is what I study. I am excited to see him again this week!
We visited the Begeman's this week. They are such an awesome couple who can not really make it to church because of the wheelchairs and all, but they are brought the Sacrament on occasion. They are so cool and are a couple of the happiest people I know.
On Sunday we had an eating appointment with the Labahn family...She made Liver Wurst and Blood Wurst and then normal meat and potatoes and sourkraut....And she really likes liver wurst and blood wurst, but said we do not have to eat it if we do not want because her husband also refuses to eat it...Just the thought of eating blood is disgusting...I did not eat it. gross... But yeah. that was my week..busy, stressful, and finally over. I am praying for a better week this week, but I know that Heavenly Father is always there!
Anyways, I love y'all
love Sister Britt
Where to even begin??? Well on Monday I taught English class and then we stayed at FHE because we were suppose to have an investigator come that did not show up. So anyways, We left that night and we met a stopped and talked to this guy on the way home. We ended up talking to him for a long time and during that time the Elders tried to call us like 5 times...finally I answered the phone and they were like "Did you sisters hide or take our backpacks?" of course we were like no because we did not take there bags....but they did not believe us. Well, we got home and planned and then went to bed....well Tuesday (the next day) was my birthday...I was looking so forward to waking up and opening my cards and package for Morning sport...so at like 6:30 I get up and walk to the living room to find a trail of cup up paper leaves that lead to my chair and Sister Dorsey put my package on the chair and wrote a sign that said Happy Birthday! That was exciting and I opened my package. Thank you very much for the texas apron and all the other stuff....the cards from the ward was a fun surprise too! And oh my gosh....Lindsay is pregnant too!!!! Congrats.
Well, Sister Dorsey said that the Elders were meeting us at the institute center so we can give them our progress record. I was getting my stuff ready to leave the apartment when I opened one of the pockets in my bag and realized that my wallet was missing. . . we then remembered the Elders calling us the night before asking about there bags...we realized that my wallet and there backpacks all got stolen. So that was a happy birthday surprise...Somebody came into the institute center Monday night and stole the elder's backpacks, my wallet and a members cell phone. So what was suppose to be a happy surprise at the institute center because the Elders and the Marks were all waiting there for us and surprised me with cake...turned into me having to be on the phone with the mission office about my mission debit card and also my personal debit card because they got stolen. So at the moment I have no money, but that is ok....I am just disappointed in who ever stole the stuff...The Elders book of mormon was in there backpacks and so they are hoping the guy opens it up to the commandments and then repents. lol. We will see.
But besides that , my birthday was good. We did spend half of the day in the police office because the mission office told us to go file a report...and then we met with Dorothea and read in the Book of Mormon with her. (she is the member that wa baptized in May). After her we had an appointment with our investigator Douglas who is from Ghana. He made us african food and it was yummy...he was even more excited about making us food when he found out that it was my birthday. lol. He is awesome...we are really hoping to be getting a baptismal date set up with him soon!! Although, between our appointments with Dorothea and Douglas we did some doors in some Student housing... We only had time to just do 6 doors because we were making out appointments left and right and even taught the 1st lesson with one of them...we have our appointments to bring a couple of the people the Book of Mormon this week! It was so great!
So then on Wednesday we were to have an appointment with this guy named Mohammed Umback. From the name you can probably tell that he is muslim. But we were suppose to bring him by an Arabic book of mormon. He was not home, but his wife and there 1 year old son were. She let us in and we talked with her and she can not read Arabic, but she can read German and so we are going to bring her a german book of mormon this week! I am so excited and she is really cool!
We also added on two more new investigatiors on Thursday when we had an appointment with Mr and Mrs. Grabovski. They are an older couple...grandparents and they are baptist. They are really nice and open and we taught them the 1st lesson. Bruder Goldmund came with because he is there next door neighbor. It was a great appointment, but they are not able to met with us again until November..so we have an appointment set up for the first of second week in November.
We also met with Ben this week....Someone just needs to hit him on the head. He just will not pray and he is doing the reading and everything. But he has so many questions that he asks us, but we can not answer them all and he just does not realized that if he actually prays and reads the book that he probably will find his answers. We are just working with him with gaining more of a faith in Jesus Christ.
Marion, the women with a baptismal date....we had an appointment with her this week....It was crazy. We tried to watch the restoration and she was too quick to press play and so it was playing in English and she would not let us change it to german....so as result she did not understand a single thing that was happening and then her friend came over and we pretty much got kicked out because she was now going to leave with her friend, but we did get an appointment set up for this week. We will see how it goes...This lady is really weird.
We also had an appointment with this guy named Jörn. He is mentally disabled and I got so excited because it reminds me of talking to Neil. He is more there though in vocabulary and speech than Neil is. But it was fun and he wants me to teach him English because I told him that is what I study. I am excited to see him again this week!
We visited the Begeman's this week. They are such an awesome couple who can not really make it to church because of the wheelchairs and all, but they are brought the Sacrament on occasion. They are so cool and are a couple of the happiest people I know.
On Sunday we had an eating appointment with the Labahn family...She made Liver Wurst and Blood Wurst and then normal meat and potatoes and sourkraut....And she really likes liver wurst and blood wurst, but said we do not have to eat it if we do not want because her husband also refuses to eat it...Just the thought of eating blood is disgusting...I did not eat it. gross... But yeah. that was my week..busy, stressful, and finally over. I am praying for a better week this week, but I know that Heavenly Father is always there!
Anyways, I love y'all
love Sister Britt
Monday, October 17, 2011
Interesting, yet productive week
Meine Familie,
Moin Moin...greetings from the waters of Kiel!!!! Well....I am glad to hear that Mom just keeps getting missionary opportunities!!! That is great. And I did get the package and also the cards from Grandma and Grandpa Anderson, and Grandma Matthews, and Blake, and Eric...I am waiting to open them all tomorrow for my birthday...so thank you for the cards and package!!!! Ahh....I am 22 tomorrow...I remember when I was just 10 years old and I started counting down how long I have until I am 21 so I could go on my mission and now I am turning 22 and on my mission!!!! so cool! And what better present than to get to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ...the greatest gift to children of God. I love it!
Well if I could describe this week in one word I would say Intresting....definitely weird!
Last p-day we went to a carnival on the harbor...It was fun and we went in those big air balls that the put on water...That was so much fun...for sure worth it!!! lol.
So English class is going so well..I love teaching English...all though I have realized that I have forgotten how to spell words in English. But more people are showing up and so that is really great!! We have two members that come and then the rest are not members. So it is going really good.
Dorothea is doing awesome...She is getting more excited to be recieving her patriarchal blessing!!!! I am so happy for her.
So the beginning of this week was actually way awesome...it was towards the end of the week that it turned really weird. . . although the beginning of the week seems so far away. On Tuesday we had an appointment with this guy named Gustave...He is from Camoroon. We had a first appointment and we taught him the restoration and watched the film in french. It was so powerful and the spirit was so strong...in fact, Gustave was so overwhelmed by all the new things he had learned and he really wants to find out if it is true...he is so cool. I cannot wait to see him again this week...hopefully tonight.
Another miracle person this week was Sammi... I can not remember what country he is from but he is from the middle east. We met him on Monday night and invited him to institute. On Tuesday he called us to find out how to get to the institute center...Then on Wednesday he went to the church building which was about an half and hour away...luckily we got the situation cleared met him at the train station and walked to the institute together...he really enjoyed it...He still wants to come to the activities and we are hopeing that he will be wanting to start meeting with us to learn the lessons!!! But he was a miracle because a few weeks ago the elders I guess talked to him on the street and almost made out an appointment but did not and then we found him and he came to instititute. So cool.
There was also Ferida this week...we met with her. She is a very strong Muslim and was excited to recieve the Book of Mormon but does not have intrest to keep meeting....maybe one day! Ok.... So then the WEIRD part of the week. Well, Friday came and we were suppose to have an appointment with this Mom in our ward and her daughter who is not a member. But we recieved a text from them in the morning canceling our appointment...so we came up with our backup plans. That morning we went by Douglas's shop. He is the one from Ghana. He owns the Spirit of Africa shop here. We went by to see if he read in the Book of Mormon and to teach him. We taught him the restoration and he is gaining more of a curiosity. It went really well and we are hoping to be setting a bapitsimal date with him this week. He invited us over this week and he is going to make us African food...I am excited! Then we went home from lunch and after words we decided to go visit Schwester Räwel and bring her an Ensign about baptism and new members of the church..we thought it would be good since she is less active...well we were for sure unexpected visiters...and as we were sitting in the living room she had to go to the bathroom and so she did and she left the door open so we heard all the grunting and sounds she was making...never thought I would have that experience. Then after her we decided to go by some previous investigators and contacts in the area and members. Well we saw this one previous investigator named Marion. We ringed the bell and she let us right in...so we had a walk in appointment...I will have to take a picture of her appartment some time because in order to discribe how weird and crazy this lady is..you just have to see her appartment. She is crazy and I do not think that she is completely there in the head...but I look at her as...well every body needs the gospel and the chance to be baptized. I invited her to be baptized on December 11 and she said yes...but the problem right now is that the Jehova witnesses are meeting with her and they pick her up every sunday to go to church...so we need to get her a ride to our church so she stops going to theres and that she understands that our church has the priesthood authority to baptize and that once you are baptized you can not go get baptized in another church..so we need to work on her gaining a testimony of our church because right now she thinks she can get baptized in the Jehova witnesses church and also ours. She is crazy. But after her we went by this less active man in the ward...Bruder Fesser... I have never met him before and we went by...well He was not wearing any pants and it was gross...He said to call before we decide to drop by... I do not think that will be a problem...Welll..Just in that one day...it was a very intresting weird day...full of intresting people. But every one of them needs the gospel too.
Saturday was a lot better....We went over to the Goldmunds for lunch... Sister Goldmund is from Saltlake and her husband is from Kiel...They have an 18 year old and a 15 year old son...it is really funny because when they met... She came over to Germany to learn german and he was looking for an english tutor and so yeah...now he is converted to the chuch and they have two sons...they are awesome. And the one home we go to that we get american food for lunch!!! I love it!!! After them we went by a contact on there street and made out a return appointment .... Bruder Goldmund is going to come with us to the appointment this week.
Later that night... we had our appointment with Le, the investigator from China. Wang came with us and it was really good. We taught about the priesthood and why it is important and also about prayer....He will not pray and he thinks tool logically about things...So anyways, he had alot of questions about life after death and so we are going to teach the plan of salvation next time.
Sunday at church was really good...we watched the last session of General Conference...It was really good...I love that is was focased alot on missionary work!! That night we had an appointment with Ben.. Before the appointment I was thinking that we should tell Ben that we are not going to continue meeting with him because he is not progressing towards prayer and stuff and finding out if it is true because he won't pray either. But than we had a really good appointment and taught the 3rd lesson. It went really well and we almost set a date with him...He said that he will think about it, so we are going to ask him next time again to be baptized!!! So we are still meeting with him. YAY!
So that was pretty much my week...It was a really busy week and we have another busy week ahead because of all these cool people we are finding. So my mind right now is everywhere. But I love y'all and keep sharing the gospel and thanks for the birthday wishes!!! I love y'all.
love Sister Britt
Moin Moin...greetings from the waters of Kiel!!!! Well....I am glad to hear that Mom just keeps getting missionary opportunities!!! That is great. And I did get the package and also the cards from Grandma and Grandpa Anderson, and Grandma Matthews, and Blake, and Eric...I am waiting to open them all tomorrow for my birthday...so thank you for the cards and package!!!! Ahh....I am 22 tomorrow...I remember when I was just 10 years old and I started counting down how long I have until I am 21 so I could go on my mission and now I am turning 22 and on my mission!!!! so cool! And what better present than to get to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ...the greatest gift to children of God. I love it!
Well if I could describe this week in one word I would say Intresting....definitely weird!
Last p-day we went to a carnival on the harbor...It was fun and we went in those big air balls that the put on water...That was so much fun...for sure worth it!!! lol.
So English class is going so well..I love teaching English...all though I have realized that I have forgotten how to spell words in English. But more people are showing up and so that is really great!! We have two members that come and then the rest are not members. So it is going really good.
Dorothea is doing awesome...She is getting more excited to be recieving her patriarchal blessing!!!! I am so happy for her.
So the beginning of this week was actually way awesome...it was towards the end of the week that it turned really weird. . . although the beginning of the week seems so far away. On Tuesday we had an appointment with this guy named Gustave...He is from Camoroon. We had a first appointment and we taught him the restoration and watched the film in french. It was so powerful and the spirit was so strong...in fact, Gustave was so overwhelmed by all the new things he had learned and he really wants to find out if it is true...he is so cool. I cannot wait to see him again this week...hopefully tonight.
Another miracle person this week was Sammi... I can not remember what country he is from but he is from the middle east. We met him on Monday night and invited him to institute. On Tuesday he called us to find out how to get to the institute center...Then on Wednesday he went to the church building which was about an half and hour away...luckily we got the situation cleared met him at the train station and walked to the institute together...he really enjoyed it...He still wants to come to the activities and we are hopeing that he will be wanting to start meeting with us to learn the lessons!!! But he was a miracle because a few weeks ago the elders I guess talked to him on the street and almost made out an appointment but did not and then we found him and he came to instititute. So cool.
There was also Ferida this week...we met with her. She is a very strong Muslim and was excited to recieve the Book of Mormon but does not have intrest to keep meeting....maybe one day! Ok.... So then the WEIRD part of the week. Well, Friday came and we were suppose to have an appointment with this Mom in our ward and her daughter who is not a member. But we recieved a text from them in the morning canceling our appointment...so we came up with our backup plans. That morning we went by Douglas's shop. He is the one from Ghana. He owns the Spirit of Africa shop here. We went by to see if he read in the Book of Mormon and to teach him. We taught him the restoration and he is gaining more of a curiosity. It went really well and we are hoping to be setting a bapitsimal date with him this week. He invited us over this week and he is going to make us African food...I am excited! Then we went home from lunch and after words we decided to go visit Schwester Räwel and bring her an Ensign about baptism and new members of the church..we thought it would be good since she is less active...well we were for sure unexpected visiters...and as we were sitting in the living room she had to go to the bathroom and so she did and she left the door open so we heard all the grunting and sounds she was making...never thought I would have that experience. Then after her we decided to go by some previous investigators and contacts in the area and members. Well we saw this one previous investigator named Marion. We ringed the bell and she let us right in...so we had a walk in appointment...I will have to take a picture of her appartment some time because in order to discribe how weird and crazy this lady is..you just have to see her appartment. She is crazy and I do not think that she is completely there in the head...but I look at her as...well every body needs the gospel and the chance to be baptized. I invited her to be baptized on December 11 and she said yes...but the problem right now is that the Jehova witnesses are meeting with her and they pick her up every sunday to go to church...so we need to get her a ride to our church so she stops going to theres and that she understands that our church has the priesthood authority to baptize and that once you are baptized you can not go get baptized in another church..so we need to work on her gaining a testimony of our church because right now she thinks she can get baptized in the Jehova witnesses church and also ours. She is crazy. But after her we went by this less active man in the ward...Bruder Fesser... I have never met him before and we went by...well He was not wearing any pants and it was gross...He said to call before we decide to drop by... I do not think that will be a problem...Welll..Just in that one day...it was a very intresting weird day...full of intresting people. But every one of them needs the gospel too.
Saturday was a lot better....We went over to the Goldmunds for lunch... Sister Goldmund is from Saltlake and her husband is from Kiel...They have an 18 year old and a 15 year old son...it is really funny because when they met... She came over to Germany to learn german and he was looking for an english tutor and so yeah...now he is converted to the chuch and they have two sons...they are awesome. And the one home we go to that we get american food for lunch!!! I love it!!! After them we went by a contact on there street and made out a return appointment .... Bruder Goldmund is going to come with us to the appointment this week.
Later that night... we had our appointment with Le, the investigator from China. Wang came with us and it was really good. We taught about the priesthood and why it is important and also about prayer....He will not pray and he thinks tool logically about things...So anyways, he had alot of questions about life after death and so we are going to teach the plan of salvation next time.
Sunday at church was really good...we watched the last session of General Conference...It was really good...I love that is was focased alot on missionary work!! That night we had an appointment with Ben.. Before the appointment I was thinking that we should tell Ben that we are not going to continue meeting with him because he is not progressing towards prayer and stuff and finding out if it is true because he won't pray either. But than we had a really good appointment and taught the 3rd lesson. It went really well and we almost set a date with him...He said that he will think about it, so we are going to ask him next time again to be baptized!!! So we are still meeting with him. YAY!
So that was pretty much my week...It was a really busy week and we have another busy week ahead because of all these cool people we are finding. So my mind right now is everywhere. But I love y'all and keep sharing the gospel and thanks for the birthday wishes!!! I love y'all.
love Sister Britt
Monday, October 10, 2011
Oh, the weather is frightful!
Meine Familie,
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| Sister Dorsey |
Ahhh.... I cannot believe I am back in Kiel and it is rockin' as ever!!!! So to answer a bit of Mom's questions... I was in Rostock last week for a day because once a transfer we do companionship exchanges and I got to go back to Rostock. My new companion is Sister Dorsey and she goes home on December 13th. She is from Utah, as are most of my companions. Naja.
Anyways, this week was really awesome. I am so happy that Mom had some awesome missionary work and that you are going to be giving Amy a Book of Mormon. I really hope she starts meeting with the missionaries. That would be cool. Anyways... Everyday is so amazing and I love this work everyday.
On Monday, my last day in Hamburg, we went on the Haffen tour. That was fun. I will be getting pictures because my camera was dead. The others are going to email me the pictures. But it was a really nice relaxing p-day.
So yes, I am back in Kiel and it is awesome. We have had a busy week. We met with Dorothea, who was that member baptized back in May. She is so excited to be getting her patriarchal blessing and I am so grateful to help her prepare for it. We are also teaching two English classes and that is so much fun....although I realize that I have forgotten a lot. But I love it because it reassures me that when I go home I still want to finish majoring in English. It is a great finding tool as well and we have a couple nonmembers in the class.
We also visited Schwester Hardel, then right after, Schwester Bourwieg, and then Schwester Christenson.....all of which fed us something. I now know the three members in the ward to not visit on the same day...ahh..but it was good.
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| Wang |
We also met with Douglas again this week....he is from Ghana. So cool, and he gave me a Ghana soccer bandana. lol. He is really awesome, we are just trying to get him a little more interested in what we teach.
hmmm...what else this week? On Sunday we had an awesome appointment with Ben. He still is not praying, but I think that after our appointment last night he will. We had a very powerful appointment as we talked about the plan of salvation and prayer and the only way to find out if it is true. He told us that he is looking for truth and that he is curious. I just keep praying that he will actually pray.
After Ben we went and did some doors...really funny. We did the doors in this neighborhood and we knocked on a couple and the people were very not nice. Then we knocked on this other door and some kids answered. We asked if their parents were home and they said no and that they were next door. We said ok and gave them a card to give to their parents. Well, we went to the next door where those kids parents were and this lady that lived there answered the door. She was so friendly and told us she did not have time at the moment because she had guests over. Then, a man came to the door and said, you are mormons...although he said it very negatively and so we said...no, we are from the Church of Jesus Christ. He then said "Well, do not knock on the next door because my kids are over there". Little did he know that we had already went to his house and he had a card waiting for him there...lol. I hope he was not mad when he went home. Then, the next door we knocked on, the guy was very nice and invited us in. But, as soon as we walked in, his wife jumps up and says...no we do not want y'all here. So, we had to leave...but the guy was really nice and he would have talked to us. So yeah, that was doors last night. Maybe we will find someone in that neighborhood...we will see.
This has been a great week and I know that this coming week will continue to be so...we have some great appointments set up!!!!!!! Keep sharing the gospel with your friends and I love y'all!!!
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| In the harbor at Kiel |
love Sister Britt
Monday, October 3, 2011
It has POWER!!!
Meine Familie,
So I have very much enjoyed my two weeks in Langenhorn, but now I will be going back to KIEL tomorrow and Sister Dorsey will be my companion. I am so excited to be going back to Kiel. But, before that, this week had to be one of the most amazing weeks of my mission!!!!!!! Well, the week started out with an awesome guy named Adam that we met. He is so Golden. In our appointment he was so excited when he found out that we have a living Prophet on the earth today...it was so funny and he was like "Why have I never known this before?" He was so enthusiastic about everything and I loved the excitment that he had to learn more and more!!! That was a sick appointment... Later, we had a thing called ChiKong which I guess is some sort of meditation thing that this member here does...we participated in it and it was very interesting..lol.
Now for the best part of the week...if i may say so....ROSTOCK!!!! I got to go back to my golden city...my first city on the mission. It was amazing. I got to see Bruder Schmidt and this time I could actually understand what he was saying. lol. He was so surprised and excited and he gave me a big hug...it was funny.
Julie and Danny were also there at ping pong. It was so much fun and I literally felt that I was home again and so much more confident with my German.
General Conference was so amazing. I got to see the Relief Society and the Saturday morning session on Saturday and then Sunday I got to see the Saturday afternoon and the Sunday morning session. The talks were amazing. I loved President Monson's talk. It reminded me about the package that y'all sent me because it had not arrived yet and it had the wrong address on it. I actually remember that the night before the package came, I prayed really hard that it would arrive and somehow make it with the false address. The next morning when I woke up I prayed about it again. lol. Well, Sister Bush and I got home about 9:30 that previous night and we left our apartment at like 9:00 the next morning. So, sometime between 10 p.m and 9 a.m somebody delivered a notice that my package had arrived. lol!! Wow! I would say that I had a testimony builder of prayer, so I just laughed has President Monson told that story, because I had the same story, just with a package..lol. President Uchtdorf's talk in the Relief Society meeting was so amazing. I felt like it was speaking straight to me and just what I needed to hear. I loved the conference even more as it talked about the need to be known and who we are and sharing the gospel...So many more people can be found if the members of the church just bring their friends and other people to the gospel... We as missionaries can only do so much, only talk to so many people a day..but as members we can share our light and fullfill a life long mission on the earth. I was always one growing up sharing the gospel...I remember in high school I would sneak pass along cards in peoples' back packs during lunch...We need to find a love and enthusiasm for the Gospel of Jesus Christ...I am so thankful for Mom and Dad because you raised me to love my Father in Heaven and to serve him... I am so grateful for my older siblings who were also raised that way and all served missions... y'all were always my inspiration to serve one myself. I know we will all be together for eternity. Families are and will be blessed through this message of the restored Gospel. The story of the first vision changes lives. I recall a guy on the street that Sister Bush and I once talked to ... I asked him what God meant for him. He did not really know and we continued to tell him that God speaks to man today and if he would be interested to receive the Book of Mormon. He did not want to make an appointment at all and we told him that we would like to meet with him again and share our message of a boy who saw and spoke with Jesus and God. He said, "well, i have two minutes right now ....so just tell it to me now." At the moment we recited and told him the story of the first vision, the power behind the story touched him and I once more asked if he would have time to met us on Thursday. He agreed with no hesitation...the power of the restoration is just that...it has power. We need to all believe that. If we do, there is no need to fear and not tell others. I could go on with stories, but I will just leave it at that and let y'all take the challenge this week to tell someone not of our faith the first vision and the restoration. It has power and can change the lives of others. I hope to hear back from y'all of some amazing experiences that y'all have with this challenge...
I will be back in Kiel now and so same address. I love y'all and hope y'all have an awesome week!!!!
love Sister Britt!!!!!
Meine Familie,
Now for the best part of the week...if i may say so....ROSTOCK!!!! I got to go back to my golden city...my first city on the mission. It was amazing. I got to see Bruder Schmidt and this time I could actually understand what he was saying. lol. He was so surprised and excited and he gave me a big hug...it was funny.
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| Bruder Schmidt in Rostock |
Julie and Danny were also there at ping pong. It was so much fun and I literally felt that I was home again and so much more confident with my German.
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| Julie and Danny |
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| Marie, me and Schwester Hageman |
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| Me, Bruder Schmidt, Sisters Neukomm, and Wakefield |
On the train ride to Rostock, Sister Wakefield was giving me some updates on what has happened. She said that the Hagemans never meet with them because after I left the sisters treated Marie rude and they did not want anything to do with them. Well, I gave Schwester Hageman a call and said that I am back in Rostock for a day and would love to see her. Sure enough, she was excited to agree. We went over there and had a fun time teaching Marie and laughing. Schwester Hageman is once again going to let the Sisters come over. I really pray that Marie gets baptized one day and that her Mom becomes active once again. I love them so much and I told them that I would write. Marie was so sad to say goodbye, but I told her that we will for sure see each other again. It was so much fun. I loved going back to where my mission began and where I have probably learned and grown the most.
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| Marie |
The experiences and the emotions and the miracles that happen everyday on a mission are something that can never be replaced. I think about how long I have dreamed for this mission and now I am here. I am living this dream that I have had since a child. I can say with out a doubt that Jesus is the Christ. He is the only way to find true joy. He is the only way to our Father in Heaven. The Book of Mormon is the most correct book on the face of the earth. It has the witness that Christ lives and gives testimony to the bible. It is the foundation of what we believe and the strength to open many doors around us. I know that without a doubt that I have seen God's hand in this work. I have seen his children come to him and reject him. I have seen the power of the priesthood through blessing and through baptism. I have much more to see and witness and I am so excited to be a part of this great message to bring his children into the truth. General Conference was so amazing. I got to see the Relief Society and the Saturday morning session on Saturday and then Sunday I got to see the Saturday afternoon and the Sunday morning session. The talks were amazing. I loved President Monson's talk. It reminded me about the package that y'all sent me because it had not arrived yet and it had the wrong address on it. I actually remember that the night before the package came, I prayed really hard that it would arrive and somehow make it with the false address. The next morning when I woke up I prayed about it again. lol. Well, Sister Bush and I got home about 9:30 that previous night and we left our apartment at like 9:00 the next morning. So, sometime between 10 p.m and 9 a.m somebody delivered a notice that my package had arrived. lol!! Wow! I would say that I had a testimony builder of prayer, so I just laughed has President Monson told that story, because I had the same story, just with a package..lol. President Uchtdorf's talk in the Relief Society meeting was so amazing. I felt like it was speaking straight to me and just what I needed to hear. I loved the conference even more as it talked about the need to be known and who we are and sharing the gospel...So many more people can be found if the members of the church just bring their friends and other people to the gospel... We as missionaries can only do so much, only talk to so many people a day..but as members we can share our light and fullfill a life long mission on the earth. I was always one growing up sharing the gospel...I remember in high school I would sneak pass along cards in peoples' back packs during lunch...We need to find a love and enthusiasm for the Gospel of Jesus Christ...I am so thankful for Mom and Dad because you raised me to love my Father in Heaven and to serve him... I am so grateful for my older siblings who were also raised that way and all served missions... y'all were always my inspiration to serve one myself. I know we will all be together for eternity. Families are and will be blessed through this message of the restored Gospel. The story of the first vision changes lives. I recall a guy on the street that Sister Bush and I once talked to ... I asked him what God meant for him. He did not really know and we continued to tell him that God speaks to man today and if he would be interested to receive the Book of Mormon. He did not want to make an appointment at all and we told him that we would like to meet with him again and share our message of a boy who saw and spoke with Jesus and God. He said, "well, i have two minutes right now ....so just tell it to me now." At the moment we recited and told him the story of the first vision, the power behind the story touched him and I once more asked if he would have time to met us on Thursday. He agreed with no hesitation...the power of the restoration is just that...it has power. We need to all believe that. If we do, there is no need to fear and not tell others. I could go on with stories, but I will just leave it at that and let y'all take the challenge this week to tell someone not of our faith the first vision and the restoration. It has power and can change the lives of others. I hope to hear back from y'all of some amazing experiences that y'all have with this challenge...
I will be back in Kiel now and so same address. I love y'all and hope y'all have an awesome week!!!!
love Sister Britt!!!!!
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