Hallooooo, Familyyyyyyyy!! And friends :)
so, this week was a little crazy. Especially Saturday. But I'll
get to that story in a minute.
Tuesday was DDM. It went mostly as normal. Besides the fact that
it was not at the normal time, the Zone leaders got lost unter wegs (on the
way), half the district was late, and Sister Bates and I had to leave after an
hour. Then we met with Sister Irgang, and basically sang hymns our entire
lesson. It was actually really peaceful.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were not terribly eventful.
Saturday however was an adventure.
So, it started out as a normal day. We got up, did Morgan sport,
got ready, did Personal Study. And got ready to go to our weekly appointment
with Sister Arnold, (an elderly sister who lives in a nursing home, and we help
her with her therapies --- walking to her wardrobe and back leaning heavily on
her walker). As we're getting ready to leave, Sister Bates leans over the
toilet and proceeds to lose her breakfast. Both of us were hoping it was a one-time
thing, and that we could still make it to our appointment. Nope. As soon as we
get to Bahnhof, she lost the rest of her breakfast. She was mortified, poor
kid. I called sister Arnold and told her we wouldn't be able to make it, but
left out that she was vomiting (I don't know how to say that in German). So she
asked if there was anyway we could still come. of course I told her no, and we
went home. The rest of the day was a mix of slow moments with un-restful naps,
and frantically rushing to the bathroom as we try to keep the house clean. It
was quite the adventure.
So, this week I made a couple of decisions. I'm doing the floppy
copy challenge, with the focus of "understanding the enabling
and forgiving power of the Atonement." specifically the Enabling
power. I have officially made it through the first 15 chapters of first Nephi,
and I have realized that the Atonement has a lot more power than we give it
credit for. It not only allows us to change, but gives us the power we need to
change. It erases the mistakes of sin, and helps correct the mistakes of
weakness. It's been really interesting to focus more on the stories and
Atonement together as I read because I have gotten a better picture of why the
stores are in the Book of Mormon in the first place. It's amazing, the power
the Atonement has.
The other decision I made this week, is that I want to do
another Floppy Copy challenge with the focus of "understanding how
I know things with my heart and not just my head". Specifically
because of Elder Wilford W Andersons talk from the Saturday afternoon session
of Conference. I gave my first German talk this week (this is related, I
promise). I was actually really proud of it. It was based on Elder Andersons
talk, and I talked about being an example, and showing/teaching others how to
hear the music of the gospel. If you want I can send it to you. The only problem
is that it will be in German, and I'm not sure Google translate would do it
justice. hmm . . . I'll figure it out. If you want it, that is.
So. Subject line explanation: there is a street right outside
the church, that is always busy, and we have to cross it to get to our bahn
(bon) or to the church. Sister Bates calls this street "the bane of my existence."
("That's its name," she says). Today was really busy as we were
headed here to do email. We waited a couple minutes for traffic to die, and
then sister Bates says "Okay, I'll start setting up the tent. You go get
the snacks," apparently thinking we were going to be there for a while,
the goober. My companions hilarious XD
Love you all, can't wait to hear from you!
-Sister Montgomery
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