August 1, 2016
We are still pretty low temperatures here in Germany, but the members
say that the weather is not completely normal for this part of Germany.
This week we had a lot of appointments fall out, which was kind of a
bummer but we have to keep going forward. I haven't had to speak since Father's
Day but my companion and I will be giving a Sunday school lesson this coming
Sunday.
Last Saturday, we were able to go mini-golfing (it was the ward
activity_, sadly there weren't as many less actives there as I thought there
would be and no friends of anyone came, so it was kind of just a let down and I
didn't really want to be there but we stayed because we were already paid for
and we talked to the guy that owned the mini-golfing place a little bit, so it
wasn't a total loss I guess.
I usually check the mission blog on P-days when we actually get over to
the church. It is pretty much the only way to know where my friends in the
mission are. For P-day, we usually get all of our shopping done but sometimes
we forget to buy something then we have to go and get it during the week. The P-days
in Germany can also get boring fast if you don't plan to go and see anything. This
past week, we went to a castle tower thing in Bielefeld with the district, it
was fun, I forgot to get pictures from the other missionaries though.
The people in Minden are excited about the remodeling (of the Frieberg
temple), but a lot are not going there because it takes five hours just to
drive there, and that means they have to rent a hotel room, so it is just a lot
of money.
Mom mentioned cleaning out the refrigerator and I can understand why
cleaning the refrigerator is so important after being on a mission for so long,
because you get to some of these elders apartments and there can be jam that
has been sitting there for six months and no one cleans it, or a sauce that
went bad two years ago but no one throws it out!! I do not understand elders
sometimes!!!
I have gotten more optimistic on the mission, not to say difficulties
are not there anymore, but I have learned to enjoy a lot more of the little
things in life on the mission, especially when I am in situations that I do not
want to be in at all.
We are used to teaching lessons in the street but it doesn't make it
any less awkward though, you could always offer our house to teach an
investigator though, then it is almost always a good setting, for example, have
the missionaries and the investigator over for dinner, and then after dinner,
you can teach the investigator! It is the dream for me to have that kind of
appointment on my mission.
Scripture of the week: Alma 24: 23-24 “Now when the Lamanites saw that
their brethren would not flee from the sword, neither would they turn aside to
the right hand or to the left, but that they would lie down and perish, and
praised God even in the very act of perishing under the sword--Now when the
Lamanites saw this they did forbear from slaying them; and there were many
whose hearts had swollen in them for those of their brethren who had fallen
under the sword, for they repented of the things which they had done.”
Quote of the week Neal A. Maxwell "Involve newcomers quickly in
the Lord’s work. They have been called to his vineyard not just to admire but
to perspire--not to “ooh” and “aah” but to “hoe and saw.” Let us make of them
friends--not celebrities; colleagues--not competitors. Let us use their
precious enthusiasm to beckon still others to come within."
I hope that you have a great week and that you enjoy the summer, since
you actually get one.
Love,
Elder Spencer Fisher
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