Hallo
liebe Freunde! [Hello Dear Friends]
These
last couple weeks have been really great, so it's gonna be a long one today,
sorry! It's been pretty crazy.
Monday
was pretty chill, we made Christmas houses! They didn't turn out super
but it was fun anyway! We've been trying to call people and get in
contact with a ton of previous investigators and old contacts, so we have still
been doing a lot of area book work. We did get in contact with a man and
had an appointment set up, but he didn't show.
Wednesday
night we went to Halle for Tausch [exchange]. It was a lot of fun and we did a lot
of finding but it was pretty good. We had an appointment with a less
active sister and that was really good. We read the Book of Mormon with
her and talked about it. She had a bunch of old Books of Mormon and she
gave us one and it was super neat.
Friday
was ZoKo [Zone Conference] and it was so good! We learned a lot about teaching for conversion and
I learned a ton. We had a Sisters Stunde [hour] and talked about the talk Am I
Good Enough? Will I make it? By Elder J. Devn Cornish of the
Seventy. He talked about giving our best, and quoted President
Hinkely. He said, "I love the way President Gordon B. Hinkley used
to teach this principle. I heard him say on several occasions, 'Brothers
and sisters, all the Lord expects of us is to try, but you have to really try!'
'Really trying' means doing the best we can, recognizing where we need to
improve, and then trying again. By repeatedly doing this, we come closer
and closer to the Lord, we feel His Spirit more and more, and we receive more of
His grace, or help." he then quoted Elder Bednar, "'Most of us
clearly understand that the Atonement is for sinners. I am not so sure,
however, that we know and understand that the Atonement is also for saints...The
Atonement provides help for us to overcome and avoid bad and to do and become
good...It is...through the grace of the Lord that individuals receive strength
and assistance to do good works that they otherwise would not be able to
do...this grace is an enabling power...or heavenly help each of us desperately
needs to qualify for the celestial kingdom.'" It was so good because the
Lord knows we aren't perfect but that is okay!! If we rely on him he will
help us!! We also talked about the Christmas initiative, Der Welt ein
Licht or Light the World. It is super cool because this year it is a huge
focus on lighting the world through service and through trying to be like
Christ.
We
have been talking to a lot of people on the street and they have been super
interested in it, and they have loved the video. We have been trying to
invite everyone to visit the website and look for ideas on serving people this
Christmas season. So the lady living next door came over and klingled [rang our door bell] one
night. I thought she was going to get mad because the music was loud or
something. (It wasn't and I was super confused..) So we open and she was asking
where we got the Christmas poster we had on our door, and if we had another one
for her door. We had one hanging in our window, so we gave it to her
along with some pass along cards and she just loved it.
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| #derWelteinLicht #Lighttheworld poster we gave to our neighbor |
We invited her to
the ward Christmas party and she seemed so happy. I invite all of you
this Christmas season to be a light and to find ways to serve others no matter
what you believe! Go check out on mormon.org
all the ideas and the videos and share them with your friends! :) We shared the
video and the calendar for Christmas with our Bishop and him and his family
were super excited about it.
This
Monday we went to the Weihnachtsmarkt [Christmas Market] and that was a lot of fun. Probably gonna
spend just about every Monday there to be honest. Then we visited Schwester Kretschmar
Monday evening. She is absolutely lovely. She's a member in our ward and she is
darling. We had a wonderful time.
Tuesday
we had an appointment with a previous investigator, Frau Kütz. She is so sweet.
She said she didn't have much interest in changing right now but she was
so welcoming and loved our message. We'll definitely visit once in a while to
continue to uplift her and invite her. You never know if she'll come around so
don't give up! Right after that we went to Schwester Kretschmar's for Family
Home Evening with her, Schwester Dörlitz, Schwester Sorge, and Lucy. Lucy gave
an awesome Thema [lesson] about the Book of Mormon and we all shared our testimonies
about it and it was just so lovely.
Friday
was super busy. Aside weekly planning we had lunch with Schwester Dörlitz as
always, we visited Schwester Heiland and shared the Christmas initiative and we
helped Frau Dhillon's daughter with a school report on our church. It was
pretty cool because she had a lot of really good questions and we got to clear
a lot up that she had found online and help her out.
Saturday
we went to Glauchau and visited a couple more members, Familie Korb and Familie
Martin. They were all so sweet. We are working hard to visit all of the members
in our ward and get to know them all. It has been tough but we are getting
there and the ward here is absolutely wonderful. Whitewashing is slow and
frustrating when you don't have many investigators, but it has been such a good
time getting to know the ward and they have been so loving and
supportive.
Well
I know as we serve others this year and throughout the year we can be a light
and bless the lives of others. I'm so grateful to be serving here in Gera and
Werdau. I've learned a ton and have been having a wonderful time! Thank you all
for your love and support! Go serve someone this week and get that Christmas
spirit! I love you all!
Lg,
Sister Hammer
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| Sister Carta and I finding |
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| Sister Carta's First Door |
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| More Street photos |
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| Christmas Decorations and Sunset |
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| Our Attempt at Christmas Houses |
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