Hey gang! How's everyone doing this week? That's right, I went into the Missionary Training Center a year ago on Thursday. I'm now one of those missionaries that has been out for more than a year. Even with that exciting thought, I'm still working hard!
We're battling through cancelled appointments right now but still are able to collect some good experiences in between. Tuesday we met with a struggling member. We felt inspired to share with him Alma 46. I love Captain Moroni and the title of liberty. We can really apply the story to our lives today. Despite all of the temptations and struggles in our lives, we can remember the good things we are fighting for. My favorite part--the people came running to join the righteous cause.
I was planning on exchanging companions with the zone leaders this week but we ended up doing it a little unexpectedly so we were jumbled up Tuesday night and Wednesday night. Elder Friebe came with me to Marzahn. He's a really good guy. Wednesday we had a good district meeting. The zone leaders led a really good role play focusing on extending the baptismal commitment. Afterwards I had to go register which was a fiasco. First of all, getting an appointment weeks ago was nearly impossible. In addition, they required me to have some other form that I've never had any other time I've registered so they sent me away. Cool. That evening was interesting. We had a really good conversation with two brothers on the street that originally said 'God be with you' to us. We then had a power visit with a member. He's been working on bringing his girlfriend to church. He is also meeting his biological mother this week for the first time in 45 years--pretty cool! That evening we had a lesson with our friend from Nigeria. He hadn't read the chapter we left him so we read that together and made a really good lesson out of it. Alma 32 is just a great lesson to discuss! We talked a lot about what faith means and the blessings that come from it. He committed to reading a page in the Book of Mormon a day. Hopefully! We went to Teirgarten to exchange back but it was too late so we had to stay the night. I didn't have any stuff with me. Lame.
Super busy day this past Thursday. We had a couple of lessons including one with the man that has been coming to church for ten years but has never been baptized. This week I really want to ask him why he doesn't want to get baptized. He has avoided my questions about praying specifically about the Book of Mormon, etc. so we will see how that goes. He fed us really good food though! That morning I called someone up on a list and invited him to institute and he came! He's a super nice guy from Kenya! He said he's been going to a church here but liked the lesson on the Restoration...at least of the German he understood.
Friday we helped an investigator move. I think he was so impressed that we were so willing to help. In shirts and ties nonetheless! That evening we played soccer with a bunch of Germans. Super fun, super fast paced.
Saturday was not the greatest day. We were going to meet with the German girl but she ended up cancelling because she went out of town. The other three appointments we had that day fell through, too. We went to the baptism of an investigator that Elder Glissmeyer found and began teaching in Tiergarten. Yesterday was a normal Sunday. Good talks on the family and marriage in sacrament meeting.
Tomorrow we are taking some preparation day time to go to the concentration camp just north of the city. I'm really looking forward to it. This is something I've wanted to do my whole mission.
Best wishes to another week,
Elder Tanner Germann
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