Denglisch all the way!!!

Hallo Freunde!!

For your information our P-day is being moved to Tuesday so no emails will be sent until then. 

This week we had some adventures: Tausch (exchange), transfer calls, and zone training!!

This week we had some challenges with appointments falling out and a rude guy ripping my card and throwing it on the ground (first time). On top of those times though, we had an amazing appointment with a girl who accepted the Book of Mormon and we had a super fun Easter dinner with a half-American half-German family (they are masters at denglisch). And today we are having a relaxing P-day catching up on end-of-the-transfer to-do lists!!! 

We had a Tausch with the sister training leaders, and it is an amazing experience. She is an amazing example to me of wholly and completely relying on the Lord! We talked about my goals and my fears of finding and her answer—although varying to fit the situation, always echoed the same truth: God is always there. He loves you and He can help you when you turn to Him. How amazing is that? When we have a problem, we can try and find an answer and then take it to the Lord. He will guide us to find our own answers and help us fix our own problems! I love the opportunity to learn from others!

Zone Training was really good. The sister training leaders did an amazing part on President Monson’s talk on the Book of Mormon! This amazing talk can be applied to those who are not members, are new members, or have been members for a long time.   I encourage you to read it! I copied and pasted it below for you. I encourage you to take the challenge. Read the Book of Mormon and find out for yourself if you see a difference. No matter how many times you have read it before, you will always learn!

For P-day today we hiked to a little castle in Salzburg!! Super cute!! Pictures below!!

Transfers: We are staying after being worried that we would be split up. Have no fear; the fantastic Salzburg team will be staying together for another transfer (Elders included)!!! 

Alles Liebe
Sister Anderson
Alpenländische Mission

The Power of the Book of Mormon

By President Thomas S. Monson

      My dear brothers and sisters, I greet you most warmly as we are met again in a great general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Before I begin my formal message today, I would like to announce five new temples which will be built in the following locations: Brasília, Brazil; greater Manila, Philippines, area; Nairobi, Kenya; Pocatello, Idaho, USA; and Saratoga Springs, Utah, USA.

      This morning I speak about the power of the Book of Mormon and the critical need  we have as members of this Church to study, ponder, and apply its teachings in our lives. The importance of having a firm and sure testimony of the Book of Mormon cannot be overstated.
      We live in a time of great trouble and wickedness. What will protect us from the sin and evil so prevalent in the world today? I maintain that a strong testimony of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and of His gospel will help see us through to safety. If you are not reading the Book of Mormon each day, please do so. If you will read it prayerfully and with a sincere desire to know the truth, the Holy Ghost will manifest its truth to you. If it is true—and I solemnly testify that it is—then Joseph Smith was a prophet who saw God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.
        Because the Book of Mormon is true, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord’s Church on the earth, and the holy priesthood of God has been restored for the benefit and blessing of His children.
         If you do not have a firm testimony of these things, do that which is necessary to obtain one. It is essential for you to have your own testimony in these difficult times, for the testimonies of others will carry you only so far. However, once obtained, a testimony needs to be kept vital and alive through continued obedience to the commandments of God and through daily prayer and scripture study.
        My dear associates in the work of the Lord, I implore each of us to prayerfully study and ponder the Book of Mormon each day. As we do so, we will be in a position to hear the voice of the Spirit, to resist temptation, to overcome doubt and fear, and to receive heaven’s help in our lives. I so testify with all my heart in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.