Hallo meine geehrte Damen und Herren!
Aaw yes where to
start with this week, well first and foremost it was terrible! So terrible! No,
I'm just kidding but I am sure I got you there for a second. Anyway, it was a
pretty adventurous week. It basically consisted of a whole lot of of exchanges.
We were basically on exchanges for three days straight so it was pretty crazy
to say the least but oh how fun it was. Good things always happen during an
exchange and I am not entirely sure why. There is also something about changing
it up once and a while. Which is nice because when you have been in one area
for a long time combined also with being at the end of your mission. It can
become all too easy to just get into a routine of things. But when you get new
faces or when you serve with someone new even if it is just for a little bit
then for some reason it just adds a little bit more to the experience. I guess
it just has to do with the need for variety. Anyway, the very first day of
exchange went pretty well. I was with my good buddy Elder Chadwick from Arizona
and we just get along great and honestly we have pretty similar personalities.
We didn't have a whole lot going on at first but because we were in good
spirits and we were working hard we ran into just the right people and made
appointments with these people the very next day. And actually because of those
new appointments and because of the appointments in Forst the next day as well.
We decided to exchange for another day because nobody wanted to miss any of the
appointments that we had made. And so I got to spend another day with Elder
Chadwick. And crazily enough all of the appointments went through and there
were great. We even talked to this 23 year old German guy on the street for
about an hour. He was really cool but he just couldn't bring himself to believe
in God. He agreed with everything we said and every explanation that we gave
him made sense to him but he just couldn't believe in God. It is very
interesting how people will continue to deny your beliefs and criticize them
without actually taking the time to look at their own beliefs or feeling
justified in not having any. He was a great guy all in all but as always it is
hard to tell some to give something a try that would change their life and
beliefs when they don't really see any real need for change in their lives. Or
when the society around them tells them that it is weird to be religious and
also looked down on for being so.
And once again for anybody who is reading this, Muslims
are not bad people! My whole mission I have been teaching them and they are not
only hospitable but also a lot more receptive to the gospel.
Honestly the biggest thing getting in their way of being
baptized is the fact that they usually cannot speak very much German and also
because a lot of them still do not have their papers to stay in Germany so they
could possibly be sent back to a dangerous country. But I can not stress enough
of how wrong people are and their opinions about Muslim people. Haha so stop it
if you have any anti-Muslim feelings. We shall preach the gospel to all people
and all nations.
But going forward with the actual letter. The next couple
days after we were with the zone leaders in Cottbus and we found more people
and we got to enjoy being with each other in the apartment at night. That was
really fun and it reminded me of the four man apartment days in Hannover and
Erfurt. But to make things a little short it was a great week and a lot of new
friendships were made with missionaries and with people from Cottbus.
We also had Stake Conference this week in Dresden and
that was nice, we also got to spend the night in Dresden with some other elders
and that was a lot of fun. There were some elders there that I have known my
entire mission and also Elder Benitz who is now my great bayrisch Schweizer
friend haha love his accent it is so unique. Other good news is that I also got
to see my old friend and investigator Amin in Dresden, who is now planning on
coming to Utah to study in the future.
It was quite the week and I hope the next week is as
eventful and that we can help out these other people who have now become our
friends.
Sorry that this letter is a little bit all over the
place. I hope you have had a great week and I love you all and pray for you
daily.
Tschüss,
Elder Foster
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