December 7, 2015
They done put me in a new area. I have been transferred to Braunschweig
in the Hannover stake. It is a little
east of Hannover. The ward has about 130 members and it sounds like the ward is
pretty good, too. I have heard that it is one of the best wards to serve in, in
the entire mission so that is pretty cool I guess.
There is not too much that has happened this week but it has been a
good week and I will be sending pictures today (mom note: the pictures did not
happen but I’m sure they will happen next week—it was probably hectic with
packing to move)
This week we did not visit any place for a conference or anything, but
we are spending the day with our district today because one elder is finished
with his mission. When a missionary
leaves to go home, they leave on Monday now and they meet with the mission
president in Freiberg (where the temple is located) so we are staying with the
other elder until tomorrow afternoon.
What I have loved most about being in Bad Bentheim are a few things,
first is that the ward is so small it feels like you are part of the ward and
you help everyone too, the other thing is that it is all farmland and a lot of
our service projects were farm work and other things of that nature.
We have shared the new Christmas video with almost every member in the
ward.
You asked what the most Christmas-y thing that I have seen this week
and the most Christmas-y thing I have seen this week is a Christmas market. I
actually got to try shaorma this week and that was really good too.
The past week I have studied the very first chapters in Alma so that
was pretty good. It is always interesting to read about how Alma truly leaves
everything to go and preach to the people. If I had to choose one Christ-like attribute to
work on this week it would be humility.
I was thinking about how you have the sister missionaries in your ward
now and how it would be pretty funny if I have an experience like Lindsay Anne had
with Elder Dale at BYU-Idaho-- where the sister recognizes me from the pictures
at home. (mom note: a family story—we had a missionary serving in our ward for
a long time and he got to know the families really well. During this time our
daughter was at BYU-Idaho. After the
elder went home, he also attended BYU-Idaho—and ended up in the same class as
our daughter—and recognized her from the pictures on our wall. Elder Dale introduced our daughter to her
future husband)
Scripture for the week Alma 5:12 "And according to his faith there
was a mighty change wrought in his heart. Behold I say unto you that this is
all true."
Quote of the week is "You just had to love him [President Spencer
W. Kimball]" President Thomas S. Monson.
I do not really have too much to say but it has been a really good
week. I love you and pray for you and the rest of
the family every day. I hope that you have a great week. Love you.
Love
Elder Spencer Fisher
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