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| Elder Foster with an investigator |
Moin!
And the week begins again. For some reason this week went
by really, really fast. Before I knew it, it was already Sunday again. And here
we are again. This week I had to once again travel to the ends of the earth for
another meeting, this time to Freiberg for district-leader schooling with the
other district-leaders in the zone. I will say it was a nice meeting and I
enjoyed it. On this particular day we did not have time to do any other kind of
missionary work because we were traveling all day but we made EFFECTIVE use of
our time by talking to people while we were in the train. It wasn't quite as
exciting as the week before but it was still better than doing nothing which
was the alternative. Although it was quite entertaining because the last group
of people were asking me to sing because a few minutes before I talked to them
I was silently singing songs to myself out of the hymn book. Luckily we had to
exchange trains in the next few moments but we did manage to leave them with
some interest and some of our cards.
Probably another highlight of the week was that one day
as we were walking around and doing some street contacting, and we were unsure
where to go and we had to take a Bahn back to the church pretty soon, so we
could teach an English class. And we were just standing there for a good 30
seconds unsure of what to do when I finally just decided that we would turn
left and talk to the nearest people, yes that simple. And actually the person
that I talked to I had already talked to before but here's the catch. Last time
I talked to this lady it was also with her friend and some of her friends
children. And they were quite interested and even wanted to come to church but
never did because of complications and what not, however we didn't have a
number or anything to confirm this, but not too long ago we ran into the lady
with the young children and we had another good conversation and she said once
again that she wanted to come to church but as before no one showed up. But
finally that day we ran into the other lady that was with her the first time
and this time we got her number, her address, and an appointment. Haha finally!
So not only can we keep in contact but it is a lot more likely that we will get
them to church and also get in contact with her friend who has the 3 kids or
so. So that was definitely a blessing in my eyes. The Lord will direct you even
when you sometimes have no idea what you are doing, you just simply need to go
out there and do it. Put your faith and trust in him!
One of the perks of having a companion that is going home
is that it is the perfect excuse to get people to come to church or to meet
with us. Suddenly people have more time and are more willing to do things when
you are going to be leaving the entire country. Haha we pulled that card on one
of our investigators and it worked quite marvelously because now she will be
coming to hear my companion's talk next Sunday. It should be good. Other than
that is just hard to keep in contact with all these people we find and teach.
It is just too sporadic and not frequent enough. The only person we meet with
frequently is an investigator who as of last week lives right around the corner
from us haha so it makes it very easy to go visit him. But unfortunately he is
young and also Muslim so the stubbornness levels are extreme. He listens but
just won't follow through with the simple things. However, we did bring him to
President Kosak's house the other day and they used some righteous
peer-pressure on him so that he might actually be coming to church next week.
You can’t help but love the Kosak. You wouldn't think a twenty year old could
enjoy his time around a couple of people in their fifties so much but somehow it
is possible.
Well unfortunately that is about all my brain can handle
for this week. Haha but all is well and the future is bright. I wish you all a
wonderful week and that you may all find some peace in your lives through the
great message of the gospel!
Tschüss,
Elder Foster
