Last Friday was my Spiritual Birthday (4 years since my baptism and confirmation)
And guess what?! The mission threw me a party in Munich. They even
invited M. Russell Ballard to come.
On Wednesday we
had two member appointments, with two amazing women. With one we learned how to
say cross stitching in German and with the other we learned that potatoes are actually healthy.
Thursday we went
on Base where we ate Taco Bell and
hung out with the funniest optometrist, who taught us that "It is by their
countenance that ye shall know them." Which then somehow he connected to
the eyes... So yeah... eyes.
M. Russell Ballard
encouraged us to stand strong throughout of lives, and to give our missions
over to the Lord. He stated that we are in war with the evils of the world. We
know which side we are on and it is Christ's side aka the winning side. We are in a hurry to win this battle. We
were encouraged to talk to 10 people a day outside of normal finding, and to
allow the Spirit to touch the hearts of those we teach! He said, we are bearing His cross on our shoulders,
when people don't like us or scorn us, it is for Him. We are defending Him. We
are defending our friend!
On Sunday he came
to our ward in Stuttgart. There he asked us to bring a friend unto Christ
before Christmas
, as a gift to Christ
. We invite you all to do the same
as we all endeavor to bring our brothers and sisters
unto HIM.
Funny quote from Elder
Ballard talking about how he is now 89 and he is nearing the sunset of his
mortal life and he joked that when the alarm goes off in the morning he says,
"Oh, I'm here. Better get up!"
bis nächste Woche!
Pictures: making crepes
last night, shaking hands with Elder Ballard, and selfies on our
"hike" this morning.
Alles Liebe
Sister Anderson
Alpenländische Mission
Sister Anderson
Alpenländische Mission
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