This week we went to Germany.
I may have already mentioned that because we did emails on the train but it was
super fun to go on an adventure and to see some people I haven’t seen in a
while!!
Because it snowed Sister
Heller and I took the wonderful opportunity to write Jesus lebt!
Mormon.org everywhere we could! It was genius!! We even saw people
looking at us as we were writing with our feet! Thank you Grandma and Mom for
that idea (Remember when we would say hi to the mailman in the snow?).
On Tuesday before Distrikt
meeting the Wetinkon Elders and we were waiting for the Zone Leaders and it had
snowed, so we of course made snow balls and anxiously waited for them show
up... yes we had a mini snowball fight before Distrikt meeting; it was fun!!
We also had MLC, which
meant that we went to München (Germany again!!!) to be taught by the AP's
(Assistants to the President), President and Sister Kohler, and by the former
Berlin Mission President. It was so much fun to see so many people I hadn’t
seen in a while. I have friends who are in the office, zone leaders and STL's.
It was so much fun! We even got to ride on a Ferry!! That was pretty cool!
President talked about setting a new baptismal goal for our mission. Sister
Kohler talked about persuasion, and the AP's talked about trying to improve
constantly, not letting ourselves be okay with where we are. It was so good!!
Sister Kohler talked about persuasion and in German there are
two translations: überreden and überzeugnen. I always viewed persuasion as
something bad or rude, negative. In the Book of Mormon when describing the
devil, they use überreden which is negative, but when describing the prophets
and when they persuaded men to do good, the translation is überzeugnen.
Zeugnis is testimony or Witness and reden is to talk. Satan is very good at
persuading people or überreden people to go against God's will, but we as
missionaries need to testify and persuade (überzeugnen)
through our testimonies that Jesus Christ lives! Persuasion is as good or as
bad as your intentions for it.
I also had a really cool
experience with fasting this week. It wasn’t in what I fasted for,
but how! Normally, I just skipped 2 meals so I would start my fast before I
went to bed and then I would skip breakfast and lunch and then have an early
dinner, but Sister Heller has always done a full 24 hour fast and I felt kind
of guilty, so I did it with her. At first I didn’t know about it and the
temptation was strong at different parts, but one thing I noticed as I went to
Church suddenly, my stomach didn’t growl like a bear and I was weak physically
but strong spiritually. It was an amazing experience! I can really put into
words what it felt like, but I encourage you next Fast Sunday to fast
for 24 hours and see what you feel and experience!
If you don't understand
what fasting is or why we fast visit this link:
https://www.mormon.org/blog/what-is-fasting-why-do-mormons-fast
If you want more in
depth information on how you can be better at fasting visit his link:
https://www.lds.org/topics/fasting-and-fast-offerings?lang=eng
My challenge this week
is to look at the Church's Self-Reliance Program. Maybe in there you can
find a goal to work on and make it a New Year’s Resolution Becoming
Celestial and you will become more self-reliant!
Alles Liebe
Sister Anderson
Alpenländische Mission
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