Exciting Right? Yes, they have July 4th here in Germany too! It's just the same as any other day though. There is nothing special about it. A couple people on the street knew that it was our independence day though, and they mentioned it. My companion and I celebrated by speaking a lot more English than normal!
Tuesday was an awesome day! We traveled all the way to Berlin for a mission conference tour! Elder Causse came and talked with us! The train ride(s) took about 3 hours there, and 5 hours back. It was only 3 hours there because we took a super cool, but very expensive, express train. It was almost exactly like being in an airplane. We even got a tiny snack of gummy bears on the way there. As we arrived, we searched for the correct bus. We found some sister missionaries who were also going to the mission conference, so we rode the bus together hoping that one of the six of us would know which stop we need to get off on. Not a single one of us knew, and we ended up going much further than we should have. We got off the bus and tried to catch a bus going back. That was crazy. Two busses didn't even show up, and the third bus took us, but we showed up late. Late to a meeting with a member of the first quorum of the seventy! Woops. I guess that's just like me though, make people wait on me, and make a big deal about showing up. Everyone got to see us, and everyone had been waiting for us to show up. We made it, and they started the meeting right away. The conference was wonderful! I learned a lot, and it was a very spiritual time. We learned that there are thousands of people out there who are ready to hear from the missionaries. We just need to find them! We are given the task to talk with EVERYONE. If we don't talk with everyone, how can we find the people ready for the gospel? It was cool. Of course the 5 hour train rides back made us really tired, and we didn't show up at home until about 11pm.
Throughout the rest of the week, we worked hard to implement all the things we learned. We continued to talk with everyone, as normal, and we invited more people to be baptised. Nobody accepted... yet! We also invited a lot of people to church! That was really cool. We invited somebody we met on the street to church. I had only met her once for a brief minute or two, and Elder Johnson didn't know her at all, but she showed up! That was really exciting!
The next week brings new opportunities, and more chances to find new people! I hope everyone is enjoying their Summer break (if you happen to have one)! Have a great week!
mit freundlichen Gruessen,
