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| Beautiful Germany... |
This was probably the weirdest week on the mission for me. Sister Petersen and I called so many people,
and tried to schedule so many appointments, but for some reason nothing was
working out. Well, like always, Heavenly
Father has a better plan that we do, and we saw exactly why we couldn’t get any
appointments scheduled.
Tuesday was probably the weirdest day. I don't know how much I can say, but that
morning, we got a really weird text from a less active that we have been
working with. We ended up dropping
everything and spending the day with her.
The senior couple came up with us, and we all just spent a while talking. The whole way up, I was praying for help. Dad, it is exactly like what you were saying
in your email—I had no clue what to say or do on the way up, but as we got
there, everything just flowed perfectly.
By the end, she was a lot calmer and happier. It is always amazing to see how the presence
of the Holy Ghost can change someone. I
think one of my favorite things about the mission is the appointments when I
can noticeably see a change from the beginning of the appointment to the end.
The next day was probably one of the most exciting days for me. We have been working a lot with Danielle. She has been making a ton of progress in
coming back to church. We were with her
on Wednesday, and she said that she wanted to meet with the bishop. While we were with there, she called him up
and made an appointment for that night. She
was nervous to go, so we took the bus down with her and waited while she met
with him. I wish I had a picture to show
of when she walked out. She looked so
happy and comforted. She said she was so
glad she went, and that the bishop gave her a blessing and it was exactly what
she needed to hear. I was so happy for
her.
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The next day, we met with Kristin.
I just love her. She is making so
much progress and I am super excited for her.
We asked her to read Alma 32 about faith, and then the one question that
she had from the chapter was the one verse where it talks about baptism. We ended up talking a ton about what baptism
means and signifies and gave her 2 Nephi 31 to read. She was really excited about. She is so prepared, and I love meeting with
her. Troy, it’s funny that you mentioned
opening with hymns, because for that lesson, Beth and Bryce, the members that
we teach her with, started out the lesson by singing a hymn with the
guitar. It was amazing. The spirit was instantly there and stayed the
whole time.
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| Let the March Madness begin... |
The week, district meeting was way kühl. Elder Boyd gave an awesome lesson to
introduce something we are doing this month.
He showed a Mormon message, "Flecks of Gold" and talked about
how we as missionaries are always looking for those big miracles that sometimes
we overlook the small flecks that add up to these big things of gold. He challenged us to be more as the prospector
and collect the small flecks. Well, this
week, our Zone started our own version of "March Madness" where we
have a focus week every week, to reflect on all of our goals that Präsident has
given us and also to think about all of the miracles we have witnessed and
share. Our district decided to name our
team "The Prospectors" because we are cheesy like that, and every
night, we had to call up our "Prospector Buddies" and tell them about
the small flecks of gold that we saw that day.
It has been cool, because I find myself looking for and appreciating all
of the small wunders that happen throughout the day. It is cool to hear about their success too.
Probably the coolest wunder that we saw this week was when we
decided to do a visit to a past investigator that Sister Petersen had worked
with. We ended up meeting her entire
family and sharing a thought with her daughter.
Her Tochter told us how her mom's mom had just passed away last week,
and that this might not be a good time.
She then changed her mind and told us, "Actually, that might be
exactly why you are here.” It was so
cool. We ended up going back on Saturday
and teaching Frau Schill the Plan of Salvation.
It was amazing. At the end of the
lesson, she told us “Thank you. I know
now that my mom is in a good place." It was so great.
Probably the funniest thing that happened this week was our street
display. This week in Germany was
something called Fasching, which is this crazy carnival where people dress up
and get drunk and everything. We had to
be in early every night since Thursday. Needless
to say, there were a ton of tourists—especially from Japan. They were EVERYWHERE. Sister Petersen can say about three Japanese
words and so she kept saying them to all of the tourists, and they were so
excited. I think we are in about 300 Japanese
tourist pictures now, rocking the nice peace signs. Sister Petersen pulled out a Japanese Book of
Mormon, and one of the girls was so excited.
She was just like OOOHHH WOOOAAH.
Oh man, it was so priceless.
I am really excited about is a fiesta that we are planning with the Spanish group. At the end of this month, we are going to do a "Fiesta de los Paises" which is a party of the countries. Every other month, we will do one on a country that a member is from. Well, most are from Spain, so that is our first focus. Sister Petersen and I are in charge of ideas, so we have been meeting with all of the families from Spain and getting ideas for activities. Can I just say, that this is going to be the best Spanish party anyone will ever go to in Germany. We are going to advertise it like crazy and hopefully it will be awesome. We are really excited.
Well I hope that you all have a WUNDERBAR week. Go find your own flecks of gold, and then
share them with me! (Go watch the video
too. It’s a good one—haha). I am really excited for March. It will really be a month of miracles! Sister Petersen and I have high hopes, and we
are excited to see what will happen. I
wish I could remember what verses they were, but I found some cool scriptures
in John about harvesting and reaping, and that is exactly what we plan to do. I can’t wait to go and find some gold.
I love you all. I can't
wait to hear from all of you next week. And
I am hoping that tomorrow I become fluent, and that I forget English and won’t
understand your letters at all. That
would be cool. Pray for that for me—haha.
Love, Savannah
Oh, I forgot something else.
My ward is just so cool. My
bishop wants us to really gain the wards trust and so he is setting up
something where the missionaries will meet with a member daily. It'll be just like in the US, where the missionaries
have a dinner appointment nightly with members.
That is just a fairy tale here in Germany, so we are so excited darüber.
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