Wow. Well it looks like devin is anti-trunky! Ha ha there are some missionaries here that you can tell cant wait to get home and then there are others that just want to stay. There is a huge difference. But all that i have to say is that i want to stay enjoy the time i get to teach Gods children here and then just be a lifetime missionary afterwards, take the skills that i have learned and then apply them to my life. With being called as a missionary there is also a release date. That is something that i have learned. Although we may not like it it must come and that is ok. Hey you should forward this to devin. This is sounding pretty good. I am recieving inspiration right here on the spot, as i type away and eat a dellicious piece of German Chocolate. Anyhow with the calling there also comes a release date, however that is not a problem or anything to fear or dread about that only means that you make the world your mission. When somebody later on asks you about where you got your mission call to, you answer with the somewhat boastful and proud answer of "Planet Earth, the Greatest mission in the World". If we constantly work at showing our love and our appreciation to our brothers and sister here that are co-inhabitors of this wonderfull world that God gave us then we will constantly see the blessings of missionary work in our lives and those around us as we bring the Gospel to them. That is my promise to you and lots of joy awaits you as you embark on bringing others to the Gospel of Christ.
So... now that my preaching is done for a few moments and before i continue with recieving revelation i would like to be jealous. Devin gets to go to the tempel!!!!!! What? So jealous. We dont have a temple close to us and so I am really missing the temple. That is gonna be the first thing i do when i get home. I am going to go to the temple and spend a good 40 days and 40 nights there if you know what i mean!
Gratulieren!!!!!! Das ist bestimmt wunderbar! Gut gemacht!!!!! Those are congratulations in german exclamation for your wonderful work on conquering your tests at jet blue. I am so proud of you mom. I love you. Keep it going you know you've got my prayers.
Well i havent as of yet recieved your card for valentines day but that is because it is fasching here. It is basically like halloween or carnival in america. People dress up as clowns cowboys and other wierd mythical creatures ride around on horses and party really hard. So mail is probably a little slowed down.
As for me.... I am doing wonderful!!!!!!! The snow has been falling, the main river that runs through Bamberg is completely frozen, it is cold here. Elder Wilcoxson is being transferred to Würzburg. I am staying here and becoming senior companion. I dont even know what senior companion is. Eh nothing that i will waste to much time with. WE will work in unity Elder Hansen and I. It will be a grand and glorious ol time. Ich freue mich darauf!!!!! (that means i am excited)
This week has been amazing. we have started something in our ward called a 40 day fast. That means that 40 different members will fast consecutively for one day each and thus constituting a 40 day fast. they are fasting and praying for the mission work here in Bamberg. And its working!!!!!!! We have seen so much success since this fast has begun. We have found many new investigators. we have been Teaching better and helping the investigators we have make progress. tis absolutley AMAZING! We found a family they are so amazing. His name is Alec and his wifes name is Natasha. They have two boys and they are super stoked about the Gospel. Once again pray for them that they will be able to find the right way and hopefully enter into the covenant of baptism. Another cool story is that we found a girl named Verena. She is 24 and she loves theology as a topic to just talk about. She had never had a belief in God before though. But that changed this week. We had an amazing appointment with her where she was trying to teardown all that our church was about. Book of Mormon, prophets apostles, and i was almost done but i had a strong impression to just bear testimony of the savior and then to share a scripture. After i had done such with the authority that my calling holds the spirit of the Lord came over her and i could see a change in her face. she felt it. Then our joint teach (Brother Wolf our Ward Mission Leader) continued from Where i left off and she was so impressed. I can see a mighty change of heart working in her. Please pray for her as well. Teaching and bearing testimony are some of the greatest feelings in the world. I love it!!!
We have an investigator that is praying about a baptismal date. Her name is svetlana. Im EXCITED about that. (<----Did you see that? I wrote that in caps) The work here is going great. I am doing great. i am healthy and about at the weight i was before the mtc. i am now 148. I think its because of the cold. But its really awesome i still eat like a horse. the other day at our mission team meeting i ate 3 knödel, 2 rouladen, a helping of rotkohl and semmel brötchen. I am awesome. well if you have any questions for me then you can just shoot away. I understand about the shoes. I will send you pics in the mail. and a description and documentation and a wiaver and a t-90 paper to cover the taxes. just kidding. I made about 90 percent of that up but i will send you pics. LOve you all. Have a merry week and know that i love you all so very much.
ELDER ADAMS!!!!!!!! peace out!!!!!!! THose are gross!!!!!!!!!! ew! ultimate yucky. well i no longer am hungry. just kidding im always hungry! cool!!!!
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