Hey Familie!
Wow has this week gone
by fast! I blinked, and it was p-day again!
Let's see what
happened this week? We had one last lesson with Melanni before she left for
Mexico. It went pretty well. We taught the Law of Chastity and she had quite a
few questions. We brought our returned missionary friend from Columbia with us
and she was great. There really is power in the testimony of members.
We started teaching a
super cute girl from France this week. She really liked the
Restoration and it was just so fun to hear German with a French accent and to
use all the great tools that the church has to accommodate so many
languages.
We had another week
full of finding! My favorite part of finding is seeing The Lords hand. We were
talking with people on the street one day and we stopped this young Asian girl
in the middle of a busy street. We asked her what she thought about Faith and
she just stopped, pointed at our tags, and said, "Ich weiss, ich
weiss" (I know, I know). Then she darted away from us to the side of the
street. We were confused and figured she was probably trying to get away from
us, but as she got to where it was not too busy she said, "Come, we can
have a conversation". Her German was pretty limited, but she told us that
missionaries had come to her home in Mongolia when she was a child and that she
had been looking for a church building here in Germany. She asked for the
church address and time. She came to church with us on Sunday and the ward was
so warm and welcoming. As we showed her around the church, we explained the
baptismal font and she said, "I did that when I was 8"! SHE IS A
MEMBER! That was really cool. She told us that she has kind of gone in and out of
activity in the church, but that she knew it was time to come back. We
introduced her to the YSA group and she is excited to do Institute with
them!
Another one of our
friends of the church that was at church on Sunday was a German woman named
Evelyn. She is such a spiritual person and feels everything so deeply. Our
Stake President was talking with her and I between two of the meetings and he
just started teaching her about temples, baptisms for the dead, and sealings.
With any other friend if the church, I would have been so nervous because that
is a lot of information your first time at church! But Evelyn just drank up
every word he said, and it made sense to her. I know that the Stake President
felt impressed to share what he did and I am so grateful that he was brave
enough to open his mouth to testify.
As I have been writing
this, I have noticed a pattern of joy throughout the week. Member participation
in the work. Every time a new person enters the Tubingen church building, they
are met with love, warmth, and a sincere welcoming. It makes 1000x difference
in their church experience.
Love you guys!
JJ May
Randoms:
- A little culture for
Ya!
There are a lot of street
performers, but there are also a lot of different types of beggars. A common
one is for a mom to make a Sand Castle Dog and then have their child sit by it.
Germans do not really
celebrate Halloween, but you can find random weird Halloween things
occasionally. We did not buy these.
You know how fun it is to
find your name on a key chain? Well, Sister Jensen and I DIED looking at how
German all of these names were.
The Elders came to help us
take stuff for our Street Display, but we were not ready yet! So Elder Laidlaw
decided to keep himself busy...
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