Dear Family,
Wow, thanks so much for the email. Mom, I never thought that
you would ever plant plastic flowers in your garden, ha-ha. But, it is a good
way to save real flowers from dying while you are away for the summer holidays.
How warm has it been in Trail lately? It's still hovering around 13-20°C here
in Kiel. It only rained once and the rest of the time it was either cloudy or
sunny. Every day is different, lol. For example today...It was sunny and
beautiful in the morning, and then by 11:00AM it was cloudy and now it is raining
-very unpredictable ha-ha!
So on Saturday we had our transfer calls! Elder
G is being transferred to Berlin, and I'm staying in Kiel and will have a new
companion. His name is Elder R, and he's German! I'm not too sure where from Germany
he's from, but I’m excited to serve with him in Kiel. I'll be training and
teaching him what a Zone Leader does...which is weird because I'm still in the
process of figuring it all out ha! Just kidding, I'm looking forward to
tomorrow. Elder G leaves at around 8:00AM, and then my companion comes at 2:30PM.
Should be fun!
This week there have been a lot of miracles! On
Tuesday I went on exchanges with the Elders in Glückstadt. I served there with
Elder N for the day. He's from Utah, and wrestled since he was a little kid.
He's been on his mission for one transfer now (6 weeks). We prayed about where
we were going to do finding, and what exactly we were going to do and then went
out and did it. It was a lot of fun talking to people and seeing how well he
did. It reminded me of when I first came to Germany and barely understood what
people were saying, ha-ha.
We also had an amazing first appointment with a family that
he (Elder N) met once before. We taught the first lesson and they were so excited and made
out a return appointment for Thursday. It's so amazing how strong the feeling of
the spirit is in the room when we teach the first vision or the restoration.
It's amazing. Sometimes I listen to myself tell the events that happen and see
them just staring at me completely focused and I think...”Are they really
understanding what I'm telling them?”? Sometimes I feel like if there was
someone just listening in to what we were saying they would think we were
crazy...but when you're in the moment, and feeling the spirit, you feel the
truth and the power that comes from the message. Something else that I noticed
is how much I love talking to and teaching people on the streets now. I think
it hit me about a transfer ago that I actually really enjoy it. I just meet a
lot of different people and learn how they think or feel about life. We had a
great “Tausch”. And yeah, he taught me some stuff in wrestling, lol. If we
really wrestled though, I'm certain he would destroy me.
While I was in Glückstadt, Elder G and Elder C
worked on a street that the K family prayed about and picked out for us. They found
a girl who lives with her boyfriend and has a 3 year old son. He talked to her
about families being together forever. She was interested and made a return
appointment. So on Thursday, we went with Sister K to the appointment. Her
boyfriend let us in and we talked to him for about 20 minutes until she got
home. Then we basically taught them both the message of the restoration. It was
so sweet! We all prayed together before we left and we have an appointment to
come back on Wednesday. And what's even crazier is that the Sister missionaries
in Kiel have an investigator with the same last name...Her MOM!! They found her
mom and met with her the same week that we met up with her daughter! Both of
them are interested. It's so cool!
We also met with the L family and also shared the
message of the restoration with them. They are such a loving and awesome
family. Each person in their family has different characteristics lol. The boys
were way interested in the Liahona picture of Lehi, and the mom was interested
in how to get a confirmation of truth, and the Dad was just happy that we were
there and that his family was learning about God. Ha-ha, it was so funny! They
also fed us an amazing dinner. They are seriously such an amazing and loving
family! Maybe don't put their picture on the blog because I'm not sure how they
would feel about it being on the internet. Thought you might want to see what
they looked like!
Elder G said goodbye to some members this week
and he still has to pack so we gotta get going. Thanks so much for the emails.
I love hearing about what's going on back at home. Charlene I'm excited for
your mission. You're going to have a lot of experiences where you feel
unbelievable love for people. Happy times and sad times depending on how people
use their agency! Same with you Jeremy. I need your email and mailing address
for your mission and MTC. Hope you guys have an amazing week! I love you all,
can't wait to skype in 2 weeks!
Jeremy, love your time in the MTC. It's a once
in a life time experience, and enjoy every minute, every situation, and love
everyone you meet, no matter what happens! You're gonna kill it!
Love all of you!
Elder Luening!
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