Hallo liebe Familie, Brüder, und Schwestern! Ich hoffe alles gute! We had a really great week this past week. Lots of progress, plenty of new investigators, and lots of hard work.
On Monday we had our preparation-day per usual but it was Galia's 33rd birthday so we had a birthday party for her! We held it at the church because they were still without power at their house. It turned out really well. The Romneys brought party hats, noise makers, and a cake. We had the ping pong, foosball, and air hockey tables out. Flor came with her daughter and also the other two elders so it was a very fun party. Everyone had a great time. She was very appreciative. She recorded Elder Morton singing and me playing the piano. Apparently the whole world saw that on Facebook and loved it.
Tuesday we had our appointment with Patrick, the guy that we found last Saturday night. The lesson went super well! He was genuinely interested, asked some really good questions, and in the end said the closing prayer. He has a Catholic background, which is very common for people of Polish descent. We have a return appointment in a week. That afternoon we were street contacting and found a new investigator named Fadi. We met him on campus and as he walked us back to his dorm he told us about how he met with missionaries two months ago. It didn't hit me until we left his dorm that he is the Fadi Elder Morton lost contact with a month ago because he moved! We were telling Fadi about the Book of Mormon and how its brought joy in our lives and he stopped us and said, "You know what's cool—you all say the same thing about this book. I want to have this joy in my life that you guys talk about.“ Thanks Elder Morton for planting the seed! ;) We had German and English class that night. I taught both. We don't have any material for the classes so I was just winging it.
Wednesday morning we had district meeting--nothing new to report from there. Following lunch we went back to the church and helped Galia and Marion clean the church. Galia was a cleaning lady in Spain so she really knew what she was doing. We only stayed for an hour but apparently they were there for another two. The church really got a deep clean. We had an appointment with Claudius that afternoon to follow up on the activity he came to last week. We read 2 Nephi 31 and invited him to come to church, and really focus his thoughts on Christ. He wouldn't commit to it. It was kind of funny 'cause we were talking about how God and Christ are perfect and he said, "How do you know that?! It doesn't say that in the scriptures!" Elder Oldroyd said, "Let's check the scriptures." And then he read 3 Nephi 12:48 which is when Christ was among the Nephites and says that everyone should be perfect like he is and also like Father in Heaven is--it really helped him understand. That evening we went by and saw Mohammed. He said he had two friends that wanted copies of the Book of Mormon, too, so we said we would bring them by the next morning.
Thursday morning the appointment with Mohammed fell through. But after that we had a really good day. We found three people street contacting, two of which are friends of Matheus, the really cool Brazilian guy for which the other two missionaries have a baptismal date. They are Brazilian as well and were super open to learning more. We went by Abduel that evening. He is the tailor that always invites us to come sit down in his shop and get a geography lesson of Kurdistan. We were planning on giving him a Book of Mormon but instead, we add his nephew to our investigator pool who was just sitting there too! We're meeting with Ibrahim this coming week.
Friday we had weekly planning in the morning, we helped Marion take down the cabinets in his kitchen, and then we went to Johanna's for a lesson. We watched the video "The Restoration." She loved it. She is doing well. That evening we went and visited a member.
Saturday was intense. Tuesday night Marion told us that they were going to be moving apartments on Saturday. He had been complaining to the housemeister about the neighbor above him who is always drunk and crazy in the middle of the night and instead of talking to the neighbor, the housemeister went and gave Marion until Saturday to move out. Anyway, so we coordinated with President Romney to gets some members there to help. We got three members there and then the four missionaries. It took us from 0900 to 1500 but we got it done. The worst part about it was that their new apartment is on the sixth floor. I swear, one of the members that came just about passed out. Marion and Galia were very appreciative.
Yesterday there was literally only 15 people at church. Everyone is sick! Nevertheless, we had one of the best fast and testimony meetings ever. Johanna did a really nice job bearing her testimony and at the end Marion even got up! He said that he has been so grateful that he has gotten to know the church. Before he met the missionaries he did not believe in God and he did not believe that there were good people in the world. But now he knows that there is a God and that there are good people and he knows that this is the right course for him in his life. AHHHHHHH SO COOL! Afterwards he came up to me and said, "We gotta get me baptized!" We have some work to do first but that was the coolest thing ever. I'm so happy. He and Galia are really working on their friends. We are going to get with Flor this week and help motivate her to come to church. Marion says she has just been sleeping in. They are also introducing us to another friend this week! Yesterday afternoon we brought the sacrament to a couple in the branch who were sick. They were super appreciative.
We are looking forward to another progressive week. I hope everyone is doing well at home. Take care.
Elder Tanner Germann
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