The One with the World-Wide Day of Service

Hi 

This week the Spirit of Christmas hit me like a truck! ♥️ excuse the cliché but it was a wonderful time to be a missionary representing our Savior Jesus Christ!

Our ward is seriously AMAZING! They decided for the World-Wide Day of Service they would do a Christmas Market and to raise money for the local Ronald McDonald House. Each auxiliary has been working so hard on different crafts and assignments in order to have this beautiful market! They were also working hand in hand with the missionaries and it was just amazing. Everyone came together in service and even though we were all tuckered out by the end, it went really great! We raised over 1,500 euros to donate and we still have stuff left over that we can sell next year! Members that are willing to go out of their way to invite their friends and families to activities have my deepest gratitude and respect. There is no greater service that we can do than to share this with those we love.

It was really cool because we met a girl on the street named Franciele a couple of weeks ago and we got to have a first lesson with her this week. We taught her the restoration and she really liked it. We invited her to the Christmas Market and she was so excited! She asked if she could volunteer! So, she help us at a booth selling Kinderpunsch! 

Also, funny story. Sister Jensen and I stopped this 7 ft tall guy on the street and he turned out to be a basketball player for the local basketball team (Tübingen Tigers). His name is Rob. He had some friends from back home (Canada) that were members, so he knew a little bit about what we believed, and he agreed to exchange numbers. I was not expecting too much to come out of it because he did not seem too interested, but we met with him this week and it went great! He was so easy to talk to and had some really great ideas. He expressed his confusion with all of the different churches and he told us that he is searching for the right one. We hope that curiosity turns into sincere desire! 

Have a joy filled week!

Love, your girl!

Randoms 

- For P-day an adorable American couple in our ward asked if we wanted to go to a Christmas Market with them! They stopped by the American Base on our way and let us pick out a couple of American treats! Including Krispy Kremes, Pop Tarts, and Lucky Charms. 

- Elder Sabin of the area 70 came to visit our Mission so we had quite a fun trip to Munich! They rented a big bus to take all the missionaries from Stuttgart over to Munich! I was so grateful for all that I learned. My favorite part was as we were nearing the end he extended each of us a special invitation. He said, "Elders and Sisters, I want to invite you to start a new mission today. No matter if you are 1 month out or about to go home. Your mission starts today." I loved that feeling. It was another opportunity for my "moment of decision". Every day is a new day.

- There is a Chocolate Market going on in Tübingen and it is making our finding experiences a bit interesting!