June 29, 2105
I am doing great!!I will be honest and say that
the past five weeks have been hard with the work but this week was one of the
more successful weeks I have had on my mission so far!!! We were able to enjoy the blessings from
heaven to help us see progress in the work. This Sunday we thought we weren't
going to see one of our investigators at church because we called him and
didn't answer. However, half way through priesthood meeting we got a call and
it was him!!!! He said he wanted to come to church today but needed someone to
pick him up and he came!!!! We ended up having two investigators at church this
past Sunday. It was so exciting and then we had two unplanned lessons yesterday
with people we have been trying to meet with for a while. It was a good day. We have also been able to make a lot of
contacts this week.
One
interesting finding story happened this week. At the end of this one day, we were
finding (talking to people to find those who were interested in learning about
the gospel) at 8:45 at night and usually nobody is outside but we saw one
person so we went and talked to her. We had
a 15 minute conversation about the Book of Mormon on the street and she was
interested. She didn't really want the Book
of Mormon but said if we see her on the streets again to go and talk to her
again so I call that a success.
The ward is good for a German
ward in East Germany. The have the family history program in another ward
building and I do not really know much else about family history stuff that is
going on here.
Last P-day we ate cookies and kinda stayed at the church. I played piano a little bit and we usually have
our email time at the church now with our iPads. I am liking the food here and you asked about
some of my favorites. A few foods I
remember are Berliner (dessert), Knödel (main dish really good especially with
small muchrooms), Snitzel(german iconic thing), and that is all I can think of
right now. And the kraut has never tasted better.
I think President Kosak has been a great mission president and you can just feel his love when he talks with someone. He isn't afraid of chastising a missionary but at the same time he would rather work with the missionary than send them home. We have zone conference next week to meet our new mission president. (Mom note—The Germany Berlin
mission will be getting a new mission president this Wednesday, July 1, 2015.
President Kosak and his wife have served as for the last 3 years. If you want to see more about the mission,
they have had a blog for the last three years at http://germanyberlinmission2012-15.blogspot.com/ One of my favorite blog posts is on http://germanyberlinmission2012-15.blogspot.com/2015/04/04-15-missionary-training-as-disciples.html There are pictures from a mission conference
and there is a video clip at the end with all the missionaries singing.
We do not really celebrate 4th
of July here but we will do something in the companionship so we can still feel
a little American.
Right now, I am studying the Book
of Mormon and how scriptures relate to missionary work and it is really
interesting. This week’s scripture is
from the Bible-- 1 Peter 4:8 footnote included "And above all things have
fervent charity among yourselves: for charity preventeth the multitude of
sins."
Quote for the week Gordon B.
Hinckley "The woman you marry is taking a terrible chance on you." I
heard that this week and thought it was funny and since I won't be thinking
about marriage for a while I do not find it insulting.
I hope you have a good week and
I love the pictures you are sending. Do you have any more stories from grandma
and grandpa about their parents? Those are fun to read. I hope you have a good
week and keep cool in the hot weather. I love you and I am thankful for how
much you have helped me in my life and how much you care about me
Love you!!
Elder Fisher
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