HI!!!!
All I have
to say about what has happened the last two weeks is WOW.
I can't remember
a lot of what happened, because I have been so tired the last couple weeks. This
letter will probably not be worth much, because I left my planner at home
(seems to be a trend come end of transfers. hmm,) but I will do my best.
So, the
first couple days of this week were really slow. Not a lot happened. Then,
Wednesday after noon, things took off. We had a LA termin, and it was interesting.
Appointments with Sister Schwenk (sh-vehnk) are always interesting, because she
has had some of the most bizarre experiences. Like seeing her mothers spirit,
or praying her cat back to life, and supposedly talking to John the Beloved. Not
entirely sure how that one worked out, but, like I said, bizarre.
Thursday way
zone training, which was all about the BoM, and how we can use it in our
finding and better use it in our teaching. It was really cool. We did a skit on
the first 7 chapters, and it was really fun. I got to be the angel and told our
District leader, Elder Christiansen, (playing Laman) to shape up and try again.
It was really fun (and by that I mean entertaining, and silly).
Friday was
the Temple, for which we left at 7:00 practically on the dot. And then drove
for 2.5 hours and did an Endowment session (was the only missionary to do it
all in English, the other 3 did in in German. the Elders even did the veil in
German. I was quite impressed), and had lunch, and then did a ward sealing
session. There were 15 of us from Gemeinde Essen. It was spectacular.
Saturday,
once again started early, because we decided to do a district breakfast for
transfer calls. The only problem was that the missionaries who had been put in
charge of food (the Essen elders and Sisters) were the ones who didn't have the
cancel to go shopping this week (due to P-day switch for temple). So Sister
Bates and I made an emergency run to ALDI ( All-dee =just a grocery store) ,
and got some pastries, and eggs, and we had scrambled eggs and German pastries
for breakfast, as we made transfer predictions and waited for 9:00. Then we
learned that we are getting "digital, mobile devices," as President Stoddard
called them, on the 24th of April, and that Elder Bednar will be coming that
same day to talk about "Missionary work in the digital age." we are
all very excited. President said that our stake presidents should be
getting an email with information to give to our families, and that we pay for
them the same way (though our home ward) as we do tithes and other donations. We
are super excited.
Saturday and
Sunday were General Conference, and it, as always, was spectacular. I loved the
talk about learning to hear the music, and Elder Holland's talk about the
brothers, and how the looked out for each other. I got about 7 pages of notes,
and it was amazing. We listened to it in English, but the women’s conference,
and the Sunday evening sessions were and will be in German because we'll be
watching the 5th session in Sunday school, and relief society. 2-hour class. It's
gonna be fun.
OH!!! Ange
(ange-hard G)came back!! Ange is an eternal investigator from the Ivory Coast,
who is constantly dropping off the face of the planet, and losing his phone.
He's quite the character. Sunday, between sessions of conference I checked the phone,
not expecting anything. We had a text from a random number. It basically said
"hey, Sisters, it's Ange. I just got back from Paris. This is my new
number. I still want to meet with you." we were flabbergasted, but super
excited. We texted back and asked if he had time Tuesday at 4. He said he'd be
there. I'm a little apprehensive, but super excited. he seems like a really
cool guy, with a lot of potential. Will you pray for him, please?
Also, we
heard from one of the members that her friend/one of our other investigators,
Manuela (man-you-ella) had prayed this week and recognized her answer. Then
today, she randomly texted us and asked for a restoration DVD. We got super excited,
and told her of course. She's finally making progress!!!
So, yeah,
it's been a fun absolutely crazy week. Love all and hope to hear from you,
soon,
-Sister
Montgomery
P.S. remember
to eat your veggies, and get enough sleep!
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