Area book success

Hello again everyone!

Sorry I'm a bit late again this week but still
wanted to make sure that I updated you on the happenings here in
Lübeck.

We had a solid lesson on Tuesday with Rex, the man that wants to be
baptized but his children are against it. We had given him Mosiah 4 to
read in the Book of Mormon and to consider how he could strengthen his
family relationships. We also gave him The Proclamation: The Family for
a reading assignment.

Here is Brother Imanuel and Apfelkompott (apple sauce so thick the spoon
stands up!!

Here is a random WWII truck parked outside the church:

This is a the Kücknitz neighborhood we work in often:

This past week we took a lot of time to visit people that had met with
the missionaries in the past or old contacts that missionaries had
written down. We saw a lot of success from it! Well, we got in contact
with a lot of the people and had some really good conversations. Some
even let us in and we were able to have a good gospel discussion. On
Wednesday we got in touch with a family that was super nice and told
us that we could come back whenever we wanted. Having these people to
go by is nice because it gives you direction but I've found on the
mission that the most success comes from the people you talk to on the
street in between the old contacts. For example, that's how we met
Angelica in Marzahn. We met a guy on the street on Wednesday that was
super nice and invited us over to share with him the Book of Mormon.
We're going by again at the end of this week to teach him about the
Restoration. Wednesday we taught a German class again to the two
Afghans that normally come.

Sunrise on Sunday:

 Here's the resort Travemünde and the Baltic Sea:

Thursday we had our usual lesson with Br Goltz. We set a baptismal
date with him for the 26th of March! He is super excited and of course
we are too. He had studied 3 Nephi 11 this past week and basically
gave us a lesson on it. It was beautiful. We went to Oldenburg
afterwards to visit a guy that Elder Hein and I had found about a
transfer ago. Long story short, the guy told us that he is the second
coming of Jesus Christ. We will not be going back there. On the train
ride back, I finally got ahold of a man that Elder Jensen had met with
a couple of times but ever since I've been here, we've never met with
him. Elder Jensen told me that the guy wanted to be baptized and that
we would invite him the next time we met but that next time never
came. So I talked to him on the phone for awhile and it was weird. He
was talking about reincarnation and what a philosopher has said and
has written. I was really confused. I asked him if he had
read in the Book of Mormon and prayed about and he said no
so I invited him to do that and bore testimony.  So hopefully we will be
able to meet again.

 

Friday we met with Amir, who was baptized in September, and we
recapped the law of chastity. Afterwards we went to Travemünde which
is the northernmost part of Lübeck. It's actually a resort area so
it's super nice. We visited a family that had met with the
missionaries once in the past and they were super! They invited us
back so we are ready to go there Thursday evening.

Saturday we had the normal Farsi speakers lesson. It went really well.
Now two of them bring notebooks in which they have taken notes about
what they have studied in the Book of Mormon. They want to be
baptized! Unfortunately, they need to wait until they have permanent
residency here.

I've been racing through the New Testament and I find it so
interesting how much the apostles prophesied about the Apostasy. Paul
wrote all about it in First and Second Thessalonians, as well as about
the second coming of Christ, which we all should be preparing for! And
what's wonderful is, the priesthood will never leave the earth again.

Have a great week!

Elder Tanner Germann