Dear Family,
Thanks for the emails! It was
great to hear from all of you. I just had a really good week last week. We were
busy with meetings. But they really built and uplifted me and I felt edified by
the messages shared. Elder Kearon and Elder Fingerle from the Quorum of the
Seventies were at our Zone Conference on Wednesday. They were doing a mission
tour. We had 120 missionaries in the Stake Center! 5 out of 11 Zones were
there! It was really awesome and a great opportunity to hear the voices of the
Lord’s called servants.
On Friday we had
our Leadership Training Meeting in Berlin (for Zone Leaders and Sister Training
Leaders) and Elder Kearon and Elder Fingerle were also there for half of the
meeting. I can't really explain in an email the feelings I felt during one of
the discussions we had. I felt the spirit so strong, and the love that they had
for us as they taught us the importance of faith and overcoming discouragement.
It just really hit me like a wall and knew that was something that I needed to
hear personally, and also a lot of other missionaries in the Zone, that we can
pass it on to.
This last week
was a little disappointing with lessons, because a lot of our appointments fell
through, and we couldn't contact the people we had found. But there were also a
lot of positive things that happened. Things are still moving forward. We have
a couple candidates that we're trying to commit to a baptismal date. Sister
Uhtermöhlen loves us and cooks for us every week. Oma and Opa too! They stuffed
us with the best Grünkohl (kale) that I've had in Germany so far. I ate so much,
it was great! Ha-ha. They are really doing well and I love them a lot! Opa's
still working his way through the Book of Mormon and is almost finished with Mosiah.
He's a big help for the Sunday School classes too ,because he gives good answers
and participates freely J!
There was a man that
we talked to on the street that Sister Uhtermöhlen lives on. He was about 45yrs
old and we talked to him about God outside. He said he lost his faith in God
but didn't tell us why because it was really personal to him. We bore
testimony, shared some experiences with him, and encouraged him that he could find
that faith again and that life with Him is better than without. Well he completely
opened up and said with tears that he lost a lot of family members at a very
young age and that that was the cause of him losing his faith. We thanked him
for sharing that with us and then bore testimony to him about love and about
how the Gospel brings hope and peace! We asked if we could share our message
with him and he said no, and walked away. We walked on, but it hurt, because I
knew that what we had could bless him and help him in his life a lot, but he
rejected it, even after opening up for us. My heart reaches out to people like
that and wishes that I could help them, but I can't unless they want it. We're
finding the ones who are prepared, and like Ammon worked with the servants to
gather the flocks together and contend with the Lamanites, The Lord is helping
us gather his flocks while he contends with the ones who try to weaken us!
I love you, and
hope you have a great week! I know I will! The Lord is with us!
J!
Elder Lüning.
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