New Bishop

We got our transfer call on Saturday and Elder Rodgers and I are staying! What a surprise. This has been an exciting week full of iPads, dropped appointments, and Olympic divers.

 

On Tuesday we had an appointment with Sister Morgner to help her do some gardening in Kiefersfelden. So that was really our plan for the day but then she called us and called. So we had to act fast and we learned that it's always good to have a backup plan. We went to Graffing to just go door the area and drop off a personal touch to a family that lived there. It was a pretty good day but there were not many people out and about.

 

Wednesday with had Zone Conference in München. We went and received our iPads. Which I have to be honest. At first when I heard we were getting them I wasn't really excited because all the stuff that makes an iPad fun is restricted as a missionary. But they are so great for scripture study. There are so many references that you can use and link things together and I'm loving it. We also planned what's called a window for that night. So a window is when you pray for a specific place and road to be on, a specific day and time to be there and then you pray for someone to be prepared to hear your message and be taught by you. So we did this and as we finished up our area and our time ran out we didn't find anyone. Normally I would be discouraged but I know that the lord was just preparing us and helping us to receive other revelation. It's a great way to build faith in the lord and to recognize promptings from the spirit. It also helps you work more diligently. There were some people that night that we let slip out of our hands and I can't help but wonder if they were the ones we were supposed to find.

 

Thursday we did some garden for this 96 year old member named sister Timm. that was a pretty good day then we came back to Rosenheim and to the church to set up our iPads and do some language study.

 

Friday we had lunch with die Familie Brajkovic, and we talked to Connie for a while about baptism. But right before that we went contacting in the city center for a while trying to find some new investigators. We found a guy named Manuel who was from Mongola and spoke a little English and Portuguese. Then another person stopped us and was so excited to talk to us. He gave us his address and his phone number and we made an appointment with him right there. His name was Ali Gangineh. He told us about all these medals he had then he pulled out a book of newspaper clippings with pictures of himself. It was a little strange but when you get invited to someone’s house you always say yes. Later that night we came home and did weekly planning.

 

Saturday we had planned to meet with Manuel who we had met the day before but he didn't ever show up. What a surprise. We talked with people for a little while and then went to a lesson with Dominik in Bad Aibling. It was a pretty good lesson. We taught him the restoration and talk him how to pray. So after our lesson with him we had a get a couple trains to get us to Brannenburg to meet with Ali. He invited us in and showed us all of his medals and we practicing English with us. I guess he's fluent in six languages. He is going to be a hard person to teach because I just wants to talk about himself and he talks and talks. But I think Elder Rodgers and I can schaff it. We're going to teach him so well that he won't have any words left to say. He WILL in fact be speechless. haha just kidding. but hopefully. 

 

Sunday was a pretty good day too. We got a new bishopric!! Bruder Lederer is now the bishop and I'm way excited for him. He's going to be great. Then wait for it...................... Bruder Hunger is the first counselor!!!!! I don't know what is it about him but he is so fantastic. haha I love his voice so much and he says the funniest things. We don't have a second counselor yet so we'll see what happens with that.

 

This week has been a pretty great one. We've had some great lessons, and some great experiences with contacting people and talking with them. They Lord is building us up and turning us into men. I see his hand is so much that we do. Even the days when things don't go the way that we want them to and we might say why is this happening to me? It's because God knows what we can handle. He knows how we feel and he wants us to grow. Sometimes he cuts us down so that we can grow fruits and bloom. Whenever we have hard times in life, just remember that God is using those times to bring us closer to him. I love you so very much and I hope that you're having a wonderful week. 

 

Alles Gute

Elder Johnson