Howdy y'all!
I was really hopeful for this past week and it ended up being a really solid week where we reached all of our goals! We did a lot of walking and train riding--almost borrowed this truck at one point!
Wednesday after a great district meeting, Elder Horrocks and I had lots of success finding--we found three new investigators. We have been really working on not using words like "maybe" or "perhaps" and just being bold, asking people straight up. We talked to this one man who said he has a Book of Mormon at home that he got it from a street display several years ago. He is Catholic and said that we are all Christians so it makes no difference. I told him, "Hey, ya know I have a Catholic grandfather at home and I can tell you that there are definitely some differences in doctrine. We want to meet with you next week and share with you what we believe." He said, "Okay!" Experiences like that really help me feel the Spirit. I love finding and street contacting. I tell my district to say that they love street contacting. It helps them like it and be excited about it :)
We have been really bold with investigators as well. We have a teaching pool of people who have been meeting with the missionaries for eons and are making no progress. It really comes back to how to begin teaching and stating your purpose clearly. We have been redoing that with investigators to help them progress.
Elder Pilling came here for an exchange with me. We had some bad luck with a couple of appointments that fell through but nevertheless we committed our investigator, Nanakofi, to baptism on the 2nd of May. We have some work to get it there but he said, "I want to be baptized in the church on Richarda-Huch Straße!" Hahaha okay we can make that happen. He came to church again on Sunday and had a good experience. Elder Pilling is doing well. He has no ceiling on his potential as a missionary. He has a gift with talking to people and speaking with the Spirit. He does well in all situations. Here is one of the neighborhoods we worked in:
Elder Horrocks and I went to the Stelter's for lunch yesterday. Brother Stelter talked a lot about missionary work. He had some interesting ideas about getting out of the main city and visiting the villages in our area, maybe once a week. We could go to the villages where the members live, have an eating appointment and look for investigators in the village--there would be a member to teach with. It is a good idea and Elder Horrocks and I would like to try it out. Even so, we probably shouldn't spend too much time here--Party Night Way!!
Elder Horrocks is doing well. He is a hard worker and is a support to me.
Take care this week!
Elder Tanner Germann
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