Wait, that was an entire week already?

Wow!

Sometimes the time just goes by so fast.  I think that the last 7 days have been shortened somehow.  I don't know how, but it didn't seem nearly as long as 7 days used to be!  I guess that's how life goes.  Time seems to take forever.  Later, you get older, and time goes faster.  Who knows!  Maybe time really is going faster?  Haha!

The last week we didn't have anything out of the ordinary happen.  Okay, maybe we did.  We got a new district leader, Elder Shaeffner from Austria.  He is actually one of the very first people I met here in Germany.  It was super dark when I met him, but he gave me chocolate, haha!  It was fun.  Now we serve in the same district until he goes home in November. 

Other than that, my companion and I have just been doing a lot of doors lately.  Ringing doorbells all day long!  Mwuahaha!  It needs to be done!  We are working on finding people, and so far it seems to be working!  I'm pretty excited for all the new appointments we have made out, and for the people that we can potentially turn into investigators.

We have one investigator, with whom we met on Saturday, and she told us the wonderful news!  She discovered that the Book of Mormon is true!  We have already invite her to baptism, but she did not accept it.  However, we will not give up!  She is making some real progress, and it's really cool to see.  This would be my first baptism if all goes through! 

I attached a couple pictures.  We were in a far out part of town yesterday and took a couple snapshots of the sun setting.  I miss the mountains, but these hills are cool too I guess.

General Conference is coming up this weekend!  We are very excited!  I know that we can learn so much from General Conference!  I invite all of you to watch it!  This is where we hear from the Prophet and Apostles of God!  There is no better way to learn what it is that we should do than to listen to what God says we should do!  I invite you to prepare for it, and to be ready to learn what you should do, and where you shoud go.  As missionaries, we are inviting everyone to have a question in their head that they want answered.  For example, "How can I find a Job?"  or "What should I do about my education?" or "Am I really doing the right thing?"  Your question will be answered during General Conference!  I promise!  If you don't have any questions, I invite you to have the question, "With whom can I share the Gospel?" in your head as you watch this coming General Conference.  If you don't know what I'm talking about, or you don't know where to watch conference, then click here! (http://lds.org/church/events/all-members-invited-to-participate-in-october-general-conference?lang=eng).

Viel Spass, und Schöne Woche!

The Week's Gone By

Dearest Friend,

Guess what!?  The time seems to be flying by!  I can't believe how much time is going by so quick.  The last week felt like nothing, and in two weeks we are going to have a General Conference!  I can't believe it!  It feels like just yesterday I was sitting in the classroom at Brigham Young University - Idaho learning about science, or learning how to speak German like a school-kid.  Now I'm in Germany teaching people about the Gospel and speaking German like a foreigner, haha!

This last week has been pretty interesting.  I can hardly remember what happened because it went by so fast.  We have been doing many doors, and talking to many people.  That much I do know!  We have not had a lot of lessons with poeple, but we have talked about the Gospel with many people on the streets and on their doors.  We have been giving away copies of the Book of Mormon to people, explaining it's significance and bearing testimony.  People are usually pretty surprised that we would give away a book such as that for free.  I know that someday these Books will help people have more joy in their life and help them prepare to meet their Maker.  It's an important work, and it is a wonderful work.

This week we get a new district leader!  That's weird because it's not even transfers yet!  A missionary is going home, so there are a few missionaries being switched around.  I'll probably stay here in Goettingen next transfer as well.  I may even stay here for Christmas!  That could be fun!  Like I said, the time is going by pretty quick, and it will probably only get quicker!

Stay positive and prepare yourself for the coming weeks!  It's a great time to work hard and help others!  Unselfishness brings us true happiness.  Never give up!

P.S. Here are a few pictures for you!  This is my companion and Osterrode, an awesome village in our area.  We had quite a bit of success there!  It was really cool.  A couple people WANTED to talk with us!  So cool!  I can't wait to go back and work there some more!

Work Work Work, that's what it's all about ;)

Hey!

So, this last week has been interesting.  It ended up being quite a different week than I have had in the past.  My companion and I have been working hard to try and get new appointments with new people, and we lost our focus on people that we already have!  Weird eh?  It's because my companion is such a hard worker that he just wants to do the hardest stuff all the time!  We did have a few lessons this week though.  They were quite interesting for sure!  My companion and I are pretty convinced that everyone thinks we are FBI agents, and that's why they don't take us seriously.  :P

As we decided to knock on doors (or ring door bells I should say), we prayed to find out where we should go.  We found a destination, and felt that we should do doors from where we were to our destination.  As we did that we ran into a lady who actually moved out of Freiberg (where one of the temples is) because the temple was built.  She is convinced that we are of the devil.  We talked with her a little bit.  It was definitely an important and good talk.  First of all, she was open to talking about it (which is very unusual in Germany), and second of all, it helped her to understand a little more because we were able to explain some misunderstandings.  She didn't have a lot of time because she had to clean something up, but she accepted the invitation to talk with us more if we happen to meet her at another time.  I hope that we can run into her again soon.

Overall, it was not a bad week.  We worked hard, but maybe not completely in a balanced manner.  That's what it's all about though.  We need to work hard, and learn how we can make ourselves more effective.  That's also pretty good council for life, I think.  Work hard, and learn as you go!  Haha!

A few pictures

Here are a few pictures of Goettingen and Northeim.  It's really a pretty place :)  Enjoy ;)

New Companion: New energy: New Month

Hey You!

The last week has been pretty good!  I guess I didn't write last week, so I can say the last two weeks have been good!  I got a new companion, Elder Olsen!  He's sort of from Canada, but he has been living in Utah for the last few years.  I just accept him as Canadian, because it's way better to say that than to tell everyone we are both from the United States.  The German culture in general doesn't think highly of the US.  That might be a european culture actually. 

We have actually just done a lot of talking with people this last week.  It was really good!  We are building up this area even more.  It's fun working here, and it's cool to see how the city is growing as more students come in to study at the university.  The semester starts in October, so the time has come for the students to start moving in!  :D

My companion and I were doing doors on Sunday.  It was really cool.  We actually felt like a certain street was good, so we starting knocking on doors (actually we were ringing the doorbells because that's how you do it here), and we ran into a certain young lady.  It turns out we had talked to her on the street in Goettingen, and she went to the website we gave her on the pass along card.  We found out a little later that she had even ordered a Book of Mormon!  We were excited, and I offered to simply give her the book now while we had it, but she insisted that she waits until it comes in the mail.  I explained that we will just get a letter saying she wants a book and we will just come back, but she didn't understand.  That was kind of funny.  So I guess we will just wait for the referral letter, then we will head on over and give her her book.  Fun stuff!

Well, have a wonderful week!  I know that Jesus is the Christ and our Savior.  Never forget!   Enjoy yourself, and stay positive!