Hey friends!
The last couple of weeks have been really
pretty great.
So last Wednesday we had district meeting, and it was
really amazing. We talked a lot about the Atonement and learned a lot. It
was really cool because the Zone Leaders made the point that I found was pretty
cool, that since everyone is different, we all have different ways of applying
the Atonement and how we can learn through the scriptures and the examples
there that we can find out how to do so. It was really powerful and i learned a
lot.
Friday was pretty crazy. We had Tausch [splits], and I went to
Freiberg with Sister Darton. It was a lot of fun. So we got to Freiberg, came
home and had some lunch. We then klingled [tracted] a couple streets, sadly with no
success, then we went back to the church for the Primary's Fasching party. We
did a skit with the elders and helped with the games, then we had a dance
party.
Saturday we tausched back and did weekly planning.
Sunday we had a Thema [lesson] in Sunday school. We had it all
planned and ready to go and three minutes before class started, Sister Carta
and I looked at each other and decided to change the Thema. We both decided we
needed to talk about eternal families, which was perfect because the Trenklers
are preparing to go to the temple to get sealed. It went really well.
This Wednesday we went to Crimmitschau! We had an
appointment with the Trenklers and it was super. They were so cute haha they had
donuts and tea all ready and cute for Valentine's Day it was so sweet and they
are doing really well. But when we got to Bahnhof to go home, our train was
delayed ten minutes, which usually isn't a big deal. But we had to change
trains in Gößnitz, and so we asked the conductor if he knew if the train to
Gera was waiting. He called them, and then told us they weren't. Haha so we
called Suzi to see if she could come pick us up when we got there, but she
didn't answer. We got to Gößnitz, and looked up the Gleis [track], and saw our train,
so we booked it crazy fast, and barely schaffed [made] it. Heavenly Father loves us.
Thursday we had an appointment with Schwester Gollmann,
and inactive member and it was really great. So cool story. Wednesday, we talked to a
couple on the street in Crimmitschau, had a pretty good discussion, but they
didn't seem super interested. We gave them a card and went on our way. As we
were waiting for our bus to Schwester Gollmann's, we got a text from them, and
they wanted us to come over soon because they wanted to learn more about the
gospel and they wanted a Book of Mormon. So we are pretty excited about that.
So we take the bus to Werdau so much during the same
times, that our bus driver knows us pretty well, but we hadn't really talked
much to him, he just knows there's always missionaries that wanna go to
Uferstraße. So last week, Sister Carta decided that we should sit up front and
talk to him a bit. We ended up talking to him the entire hour about everything,
he is so funny. He knew that we were missionaries and stuff and we talked about
church, and he mentioned that he tried to go to some different churches, and
there was always something that he didn't like or that wasn't right, but he
asked us, what we believe, and we explained a bit. We got to Bahnhof [train station] and ended
up talking to him for a while, and he said he'd never heard of us, and that
he'd love to learn more sometime, but didn't know when. We gave him a card, so
mal schauen [we'll see] how that goes. It's all good though because we see him so often, so
that will be great.
So Friday we had ZTM [Zone Training Meeting] in Leipzig. It was really really
good. We learned a lot about member missionary work, supporting the ward and
using family history in our work. So I love family history. I think it is the
most interesting thing to learn about my family and to be able to take them to
the temple, and it has been such a blessing for me. One thing that was super
cool that was said, that we should pray to find those people who have ancestors
who are ready for the temple blessings and I have never thought about that but
it is super neat how Heavenly Father works and sometimes we have to be creative
to figure Him out.
Also interviews with President took an eternity, and we
were waiting forever for ours, so we all just played the piano and sang hymns
all evening. It was so much fun and it is the most wonderful thing how much
music brings the spirit. We just had a grand old time.
I love my friends here,
this ward, the work, and my Savior oh so much, and I am so very blessed to be
here.
Lg.
Sister Hammer
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