deleted by my iPad! Big sad face :( so I'm going to have to give you a
quick little summary since I'm running out of time.
Last week we went to family home evening with a family that just
joined the church this year. The parents are in their late thirties
and they have young kids. What a great example they are that you can
totally change your lifestyle around to live the commandments of God.
I prepared the spiritual thought on prophets specifically for the
kids. I drew each kid on one side of a wall and Heavenly Father on the
other with President Monson on top. I talked about how Heavenly Father
blesses us with someone who conveys revelations to us. Samuel the
Lamanite is a perfect, literal example of this in the Book of Mormon.
Tuesday we had our ward mission committee and a handful of
appointments. One of our friends is a really nice old German man. The
ward loves him and he loves the church, he's just been atheist his
whole life so it's hard for him to grasp the concept of faith. After
reading Romans it was clear to me that it is most important for
him to come to church to develop that faith. He really likes Elder
Holland so we found a good video Elder Holland did on
section 59 of the Doctrine and Covenants. The lesson went really well
and the man came to church on Sunday.
I was asked to share a couple of thoughts I had at Zone Conference at our district
meeting this week. I really liked a scripture that was shared, 1 Corinthians
3:7.
In the past I've experienced that upset feeling you get when
you're transferred before someone you found or taught gets baptized.
This scripture really explains it well that everyone plays their role
in the conversion process but at the end of the day, God is the cause
of the change of heart in someone. I exchanged companions after the
meeting with our District Leader, Elder Hein. He finishes his mission next month.
He is a stud and works hard. We had an appointment with our American
friend where we talked about how the temple is important to obtaining
eternal life. Last time we had talked about the Light of Christ and
the next day I had the feeling to text him and invite him to read
Moroni 7. He did that and said, "Man! That chapter answered the
questions I had. I really felt something there." Cool!
Thursday we had an appointment with Herr Goltz. After reading a talk
by Elder Holland called 'The Inconvenient Messiah,' we felt like we
should share that message with him. We read Matthew 4 about the
temptations Christ experienced and how he could have given in but he
didn't. It was inconvenient for him and this life is inconvenient for
us as well. But when we put our faith in Christ, we can overcome every
challenge. He already experienced it all.
We found a guy during our companion exchange who lives in Oldenburg in Holstein,
interesting. This man is convinced that he can be Christian,
Muslim, and Buddhist--all at the same time. Obviously we couldn't get
past the atonement of Christ because, well, that's everything. We
also found a new guy while we were up there and will meet with him
this coming week.
Hesam is doing well. He showed up to our appointment with two friends
from Afghanistan. These guys really understand the whole concept of
missionary work. They tell everyone about the Church! Sure we have to
filter it a bit with all the red tape. We can't baptize everyone because they're
not all allowed to stay permanently in Germany. But it's crazy--these
two guys got off the boat here a month ago and that is when they first
heard of the idea of Christianity. There are so many people in the
world that live in a bubble! We need to start Hesam this week on
family history.
Tomorrow is transfer day. Elder Jensen is going to Bischofswerda with
my trainee, Elder Oldroyd. My new comp is from Provo and just
finished the probationary training transfers.
Hope everyone has a good week!
Elder Tanner Germann
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