Apparently training a new missionary is a very happy experience so far!
EXPLOSIONS OF EBULLIENCE
EVERYWHERE!!!!
And I'm not cleaning it up.
Packing the Impossible
Two 85 pound suitcases and one 45 pound "carry on"
later, Sister Diederich made it to Bremen (*I think). We at least made it to
Berlin together to pick up our new missionaries with two umsteigs (train
transfers) as well. Huzzah!
Francesco's parting words to Sister Diederich...
Insert 5 minutes of
Francesco preluding us with various Mozart pieces.
Sis. Diedrich: I'm going
to cry when I leave!
Francesco: Stay cool,
stay cool
Sister Diederich: What
should we do when you come visit me in America Francesco?
Francesco: Um....I think I'll take a shower.
Bringing in the new....
I AM TRAINING AND I LOVE IT! My new companion has now survived four
days in Leipzig! Short bio: She's from Texas, went to BYU-Idaho for three
semesters, is super hard working, and is brimming with fresh MTC excitement.
She is so happy to talk German in her endearing American accent and says hello
to everyone we see. Picture Snow White, and then change her name, and you have my new companion. We get along really well. Love. her. so. much.
DIE Wunder der Woche
If you have been studying
your German articles, you would recognize that there was more than one miracle
this week. I'm sharing two.
I went to Berlin on Thursday to bring Sister D (my new comp) back to
Leipzig. I gave her a really good first night because we met with Lisa, who is
the biggest miracle I've seen on my mission. Six weeks ago, Elders Atkinson and
Huebsch found Lisa on the street and invited her to Family Home Evening. She
accepted and then they taught her about the Book of Mormon. They were emergency
transferred a week and a half later, but on their last night here, they invited
Lisa to be baptized at the end of April. She accepted and then was taught rapid
fire for three more weeks by another set of elders as she prepared to be ready
for her baptismal date. A week before her scheduled date, she and I were
talking and she told me she was freaking out and she didn't know if the Book of
Mormon was true yet and she still had a lot of questions. I told her that it
was okay to wait until she knew, so we botched her first baptismal date. Right
before the elders left that were teaching her (we inherited her after), she
told them that she was ready to make another baptismal date and she knew that
the Book of Mormon was true. So our first lesson together in Leipzig....we got
to set a baptismal date with Lisa!!! She is so ready and has such a strong
belief in what she has learned in the past month. We are so blessed to help her
prepare for her upcoming baptism.
The second miracle happened yesterday, when Sister D and I went to some student housing to talk to people about what we believe. We
only spent an hour there, and we were able to meet and teach four students who
wanted us to come back. That is more than I've experienced on my whole mission
so far. Good gracious, golden miracles falling from the sky. so. cool.
Privileged
I am privileged to serve a mission. If I learned anything from
the past twelve weeks and the busy and exciting last few days, it is that I am
privileged to act as a representative of Jesus Christ at this time. To teach
people about the Gospel. To bring people closer to Christ. To talk to strangers
on the street. To meet with ward members. To be as awkward as possible because
people do not go on missions to act like normal people. I love it.
As an end note...WE GO RUNNING EVERY MORNING AND IT MAKES MY HEART SING BECAUSE
GERMAN PARKS ARE MAGICAL AND SISTER D SAYS GUTEN MORGEN TO EVERYONE!
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Sister
Claire Michelle Woodward
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