Frohes Neues! I hope you all had a good slip!
This
week has just been a blast. once again, a lot of parties because New
Years is HUGE in germany. It was fun though to be with the members.
Elder Chapman is now preparing his enter his final moments as a
missionary- its pretty sad to see him go. I can see that he truly loves
the work of the Lord- and that inspires me so much! He is really working
hard until the bitter end!
Just a little run down of our week...
Monday we went to
Engen (a little town about 20 min away) and it is AWESOME! Its so pretty
and classic old school German. In the evening, we taught a man named
Heiko- he is the husband of a member. He is usually really held back and
not interested. But we just posed the question if HE wanted to gain
faith in Christ as our savior. and he thought about it and i think the
Holy Ghost really touched him, and he wants to try. So we are going back
tonight! Yahoo!
Tuesday we had a finding day- i working with elder Miller- hes in
his first transfer, and hes been struggling with home sickness, so i
worked with him to help him find ways to get focused on the work. I
think it was really good for him. That evening we had a New Years Eve
Party- It was at the church and it was pretty lame honestly. But we made
the best out of it.. and the fireworks- WOW. It was like world war 2
all over again! The are essentially no laws in germany against fireworks
of anykind, so it was all out chaos from about
12-1 am.
It was WILD. i cannot overstate how many fireworks were exploding in
all directions. i have never lived through something like it- it was
like stadium of fire 5 feet away from your face!
Wednesday we were the Schäfer family all day- playing games and
celebrating and such. Brother Schäfer has the coolest convert story
ever, and he was basically a pioneer in Berlin was back in the post war
days! Hes story was in an ensign once- look up Horst Schäfer- maybe it
will come up.
Thursday and Friday we were in Munich for Leadership conference-
we talked all about faith and dilligence and finding- plus i found out
my new companion! its...
Elder Garrett! Hes from Provo, went to Timpview, and played soccer. Everyone says good things about him, so im pretty pumped!
Friday night, on the way home from Munich, we stopped in
Radolfzell and taught Julia- she is just so cool! She makes slow
progress, and has SO MANY questions about the gospel. But she believes
the church is true. She is so cool, i think its just a hard social
transition for her, so i think she wants to be sure and ready.
Saturday, the sisters and sister Gurney went to the temple in
Bern, so we had Elder gurney with us for the day! We took him street
contacting and contacting in Buses, it was so fun to see him talking
with people and having a blast like he was young again!
The week was really good. Its fun to be in the new year, new
goals, new focus. Im so excited for this next year! Watching Elder
Chapman get ready to go pumps me up for the time I have left!
The
church is true. We are truly brothers and sisters- every one of us!
That knowledge helps me move on and find and rescue my siblings who are
lost. I will be there for them!
I love you all! Thank you for your prayers and your support!
Adventure is out there!
Elder Bartholomew
P.s.
I caught up on previous investigators- Wolfgang is still investigating
in St. Pölten. He is working on truly repenting before he comes to the
baptism.
P.p.s. In Göppingen, the Lehr family (the miracle family Elder
Dickson and I found) finally has time and will be meeting with the
missionaries and the Kinderman family again this friday! Pray for them!
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