Hallo Leute,
First off, I'M DONE BEING TRAINED! Whoop whoop! And that also
means we had transfers this week and I'm staying in Dortmund:) Sister Thurgood
is off to Michelstadt, a Dorf outside Frankfurt. So we are calling her a Dorf
girl. My new companion, Sister Carpenter comes tomorrow! Only thing I know
about her is that she is one transfer ahead of me! So excited to meet her!We decided this week to eat healthy. Which meant laying off the chocolate and the bread and eating salad. Let's just say we would have done better with this if we didn't have such great members and investigators that gave us hot chocolate, cookies, cake, etc.
But I did manage to eat a nice salad sandwich thing for dinner...my comp didn't seem so thrilled about the idea.
Anyway we had some great lessons this week. And we took a ton of pictures because of transfers so be ready to see the amazing people I get to work with in Deutschland.
Schwester Röder, adorable woman with the strongest testimony ever. We went by her and shared a message on finding personal peace and she slept right through it. Her way of finding personal peace.:)
We teach twins, Lisa and Celine, and they are the most
mature teenagers I have ever met. They are super smart and treat everyone like
their best friend. Lisa is getting baptized next month and we've been going
over the lessons again and we talked about Christ and our relationships with
him. Lisa shared her favorite scripture, 2 Nephi 25:29 29 "And now
behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in Christ, and deny him
not; and Christ is the Holy One of Israel; wherefore ye must bow down before
him, and worship him with all your might, mind, and strength, and your whole
soul; and if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out" as she was sharing
it she teared up. True testimony to me that it doesn't matter what age you are,
if you're 82 or 10 you can know the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true. So grateful
I get to see people build their relationships with Christ firsthand. Truly no
greater thing to see. (In the photo they have the remains of their Halloween
costumes on hahaha)
Another great investigator we have is Freddy. We've been
teaching him since Sister T got to Dortmund and the progress he has made in
coming closer to Christ is amazing. He's been able to share the Gospel with
others and has become one of my best friends. We were able to teach him about
baptism and Priesthood authority this week and the importance of both. We had
the members pray for a date to extend to him for baptism and we extended it to
him and he said no. I asked if he wanted more joy in his life and he says no
because it would be too much. Haha. He's great and I know he will make that
step soon because he is ready to receive the blessings and joy that come from
following Christ and being a part of this gospel.
Here we are at the Dröges home. Nicest people and most
helpful people you'd ever meet!
So this was just a glimpse at some of the amazing people I have the opportunity of getting to teach and to learn from. There is no greater service or work I could be doing than to bring people closer to Christ and to God. I'm grateful to have been brought up in this Church and to have this knowledge so that I can share it with others around me. There is no place I'd rather be. Deutschland is amazing and I'm blessed to be here for 18 months.
Liebe Grüße
Sister Farner
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