Third round in Lübeck

Hello family and friends! How's everyone doing? Just wanted to report
on the events of the last week! I'm staying in Lübeck here for another
transfer!

Monday I did the fitness test for my reapplication to the Air Force Academy.
Of course I didn't do so great on it but I think I've kept myself in
good enough shape to do satisfactorily. It was below freezing
temperatures all week so doing the test in that was not so much fun.

Here's a picture of my former companion and a recent baptism in my last
area.  So happy for him!

I had reported to you that we had invited a man to live like a Mormon
for four weeks and if he saw good fruits from it, we invited him to be
baptized at the end of it. We went and saw him last week and he was
waiting for us outside. I knew that meant bad news. His children
forbade him from joining the church. He had told his family that he
wanted to be baptized and they reacted negatively. Thats not the
normal situation we're used to--old man being forbade by his children.
Problem is the family knows nothing about religion let alone about the
church. He wants us to speak to his family but they aren't willing to.
We had a good lesson with him this week. We invited him to live like a
Mormon anyway. His family is bound to notice a change for the better
if he lives like that.

Friday we had district meeting. Elder Stott and Sister Hammer came
with their trainees. Gosh it's been awhile since I've heard trainee
German! I gave a short lesson out of the white handbook on how we
should conduct ourselves during meetings, etc. we had a dinner
appointment that afternoon and then two lessons that evening, one with
our friend that was supposed to be baptized this past week. He's been
going AWOL and has taken a few steps backwards. Kinda doubting things
but he knows he can't deny the spirit that he's already felt. We're
praying hard for him.

Here's my favorite chocolate..with kittens?

Class with the Persian speakers went super well. One of them took
lots of notes on the chapters we gave them to read. We really have to
move slow with them. But the translating during sacrament meeting is
really helping. They're starting to tie things together that they hear
during church.

I was asked short notice to speak during sacrament meeting. I gave a
talk on our attitude during the sacrament and how we should conduct
ourselves. I used the example of Joseph Smith when he prayed to find
out his standing before the Lord. The Apostle Paul taught that the
sacrament is to be a self examination. I thought it went well. Didn't
use any notes, just spoke to the few scriptures that I picked out.

I wish everyone a great week!

Love,

Elder Tanner Germann