Hallo hallo meine Schätze!
Well well well
this is it ladies and gentlemen. The last transfer of my mission before I put
the badge down and become a normal member missionary. Oh yeah and by the way we
got our transfer calls and I will be staying in Cottbus! Woo! The die is cast.
And my fate has been sealed. I will be dying in Cottbus, which is where my aunt
also ended her mission many years ago and I am still training which means I
will be dying just like my two trainers did with me. Isn't it crazy how the
Lord leads and guides you without you really knowing it. Preparing you for
things to come and you don't even realize it. I honestly don't really know how
to feel right now other than extreme confusion. There is so much to do. There
is also the moment where you think back on your entire mission and you have to
ask yourself the question whether you have done that what you were called to
do. If you did the things the Lord needed you to do, if you filled that role as
one of his servants. It is definitely a sobering moment, and I only hope that I
have pleased him and that I can continue to do so and not fall into a state of
indifference when I get back and still have the same joy and the same fiery
passion for the gospel. Studying in the scriptures has truly become a saving
grace for me. And without those words of comfort without those answers that I
would always find there and in the words of the prophets. I don't know if I
would've lasted very long as a missionary. I am very grateful that they
are very much a part of my thinking process now. Now if there is ever a problem
of a question that I have the words of Nephi as he says, "Angels speak by
the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ.Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of
Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should
do." I am constantly reminded of where I need to go to get my answers,
otherwise I would honestly probably forget. There are many many things I could
talk about that I have learned and that I have experienced that I am so
grateful for. There are so many friends that I wish that I could bring back
with me. And there are so many friends that I have yet to make. There is never
enough time!
Unfortunately
this week was one of those weeks where all the appointments that you make, fall
out. And you can't contact any of the new people that you have recently met
with. But either way it was still a pretty decent week although not as much
happened as I wanted to. And the clock ticks away and the it is all too
apparent that time is running out. Not that it really feels like I am leaving
or that in a few short weeks I will be done. That doesn't feel real at all.
We did however
have a chance to make a trip to Leipzig and have a Zone-Conference there with a
few other zones and our mission president and a seventy. That was good and the
last little bit reminded me of the zone conferences that I would have with
President Kosak, not that they are bad now or anything they are just missing a
certain measure of spiritual nourishment rather than just always working on
this or that. They should feel like mini-general conferences for missionaries
not an extended version of a zone-training-meeting, not that I am entirely sure
if many of you know what I mean by that. Afterwards we got to spend a little
time in Leipzig because we missed our first train and the next one to Cottbus
didn't come for two hours. So that was nice to do a little tour of Leipzig
because Cottbus has its pretty spots but the rest of it is kind of...
Socialist/Communist? Haha not sure how to describe it.
Oh yeah I also
forgot to mention that last Monday we as a district went to a little lake here
in Cottbus together. Of course we weren't able to swim but we had a nice time
and even one of our investigators showed up so it was just a nice chill little
p-day and we didn't have to wear our nice clothes in the hot weather for once. Anyways sorry
if this is a short letter. My mind is little out there haha. But no worries all
is well! I wish you all a wonderful week and I pray for you and of course I
still love you!
Tschüss,
Elder Foster
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