Dear Family,
So this week has really run away on me. Anna is so cool. She
met with us again last week and we taught her the Plan of Salvation. We had given
her a Plan of Salvation pamphlet to take home and study before our meeting and
she had done it. She said the part in 2 Nephi which talks about the need for an
opposition in all things (misery to enjoy happiness) was a huge answer to one of
her biggest questions about Adam and Eve. It was so cool how excited she was to
tell us about it, ha-ha. She's a lot like you Kassandra. Her parents live in
Kiel, so she's home until January now, but will continue to meet with us when
she's back. We asked her if she's been praying too, and she said that her
prayers have changed. She expresses more gratitude and thankfulness than she did
before now that she does it daily. She said before she only prayed when she
needed help, but never really expressed her thankfulness. She said it's a lot
more personal now and that she really likes it.
Other than that our other investigators are also still doing
well. Henry didn't make it to church because of a funeral but called me later
in the day and said he missed us and made an appointment out with us. He's such
a loving man. The ward impressed me yesterday with an investigator that we
invited to church. We met him on the street, last week and then he came to
church. He speaks a little German and English but mainly French. We have 3
members who speak French and they translated the meetings for him and explained
a lot of things to him about the church the whole time. We barely had to do
anything. He felt so welcomed and wants to come again. We also made an
appointment with him for this week.
I thought I mentioned how things went with R and A. It was
really cool and man I was pretty nervous, lol. I “klingled” the doorbell and Andrea
opened up. She didn't recognize me at first until I stepped in and said hi, I'm
Christopher, ha-ha, as I gave her a hug. It was super wierd because I only
remember her a tiny bit, and yeah, she looks different, lol. Her mom had cooked
dinner for us and so we chatted for a bit and then ate together. R is really,
really strong Evangelisch. I asked if we could say a prayer before we ate, and
she said “ja” and asked me to say it. I said it and then she said her own
prayer afterwards, ha-ha. She didn't know I was planning on coming with my
companion, and didn't know we always had to stay together. She really didn't know
anything about the church except for that we don't drink alcohol. I tried a
couple of times to teach a lesson but it didn't work too well until A asked me
what the difference was between our church and the other ones. My companion was
busy talking to the dad about American Healthcare and I took the opportunity to
teach her the first lesson. She was really interested, R listened in a little
bit, but more of the interest came from A. She doesn't live at home either. She
lives in Barmbek which is 15minutes away from where we live. I see more
potential in her than anyone else. They are really settled in their beliefs. We
had a great time together though. We talked about kindergarten and the things
we remembered lol, and about why I'm on a mission, and what things we do as missionaries.
A left at the same time as us to go home, which gave me the opportunity to bear
my testimony to her. I'll try to see her
again and see if she'd be open for the lessons or to come to church sometime.
Thanks so much for
the package mom, and I love the advent stuff you sent me. You are so awesome! I
don't know where you find the time for that, (individually wrapping every one...thanks
so much) and thanks so much for the Christmas CD's!! Everything else is still wrapped
till Christmas. I'll let you know next week about skype times. We don't know
everything yet, but I'll keep you posted. Thanks guys for your emails, I love
you and have a great week. You're in my prayers, Merry Christmas!
Elder Lüning
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