This week
was truly a week of miracles. They all started on Tuesday when our first
appointment fell out. Although it fell out, Sister Sanders and I were already
on our way to the church. While we were walking to the church, we came across
an investigator that we have been trying to get in contact with since I got
here. He is really sweet and I am hoping that we can meet with him soon.
We also did a ton of "dooring" this week. We knocked on over 150 doors this week with no success of finding anyone that was interested. We ended up doing a service project later in the week for a member that needed help cleaning her house. While we were cleaning, her neighbor walked by and asked that we would help her as well. Right after we finished working, we went upstars to this other lady's apartment. She was so kind and she was from Russia. We ended up teaching her a lesson about eternal families. It was really cool to see the spirit touch her.
We work with people from all over the world here in Bergedorf. We are now teaching a few people from Ghana, Turkey, Russia, Persia, Bosnia, Servia and of course our Germans. I love serving here because we really get to influence people from all over the world. The people that we are working with from Bosnia and Servia are from our German course. Both men randomly showed up one day. Unfortunately they don’t speak any German or English. So it is hard to teach them without knowing what they are saying. But fortunately, they speak some Russian. One of the Elders that we work with can speak a little bit of Russian so he really helped us out.
This week I went on Tausch again. It is where we switch companions for a day. I got to work with the lovely Sister Jeffery’s. She taught me so many awesome things about missionary work. While I was with her, we did a little dooring and as usual found no one. But, on our way to the U-Bahn station to go get my companion, we came across this man from Ghana. He started talking to us all about the church and how he had a lot of friends that were members and wanted to learn more. I hope that we will have the opportunity to meet with him this week.
There is really opposition in all things. We began to teach a lady this week that used to be a Jehova Witness. She was very open to learn more and is excited about the new insights that we have on some things. She said that being a JW helped her, but she thinks there is more truth out there. I am so excited to be teaching her. But, right after that we had an investigator Tschüss us... (it means he told us that he didn’t want to meet anymore). It was sad, but I am grateful that he told us so that we can spend more time finding people that want to hear this message.
So it was a very busy week! But I am grateful for all of the experiences I get to have. I would go into more detail... but that would take way longer than two hours. Y'all are great!!!
"Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight"
Sister Reed
*Today for P-Day we are at the Hamburger Dom, which is the largest Fair that they have in Northern Germany!We also did a ton of "dooring" this week. We knocked on over 150 doors this week with no success of finding anyone that was interested. We ended up doing a service project later in the week for a member that needed help cleaning her house. While we were cleaning, her neighbor walked by and asked that we would help her as well. Right after we finished working, we went upstars to this other lady's apartment. She was so kind and she was from Russia. We ended up teaching her a lesson about eternal families. It was really cool to see the spirit touch her.
We work with people from all over the world here in Bergedorf. We are now teaching a few people from Ghana, Turkey, Russia, Persia, Bosnia, Servia and of course our Germans. I love serving here because we really get to influence people from all over the world. The people that we are working with from Bosnia and Servia are from our German course. Both men randomly showed up one day. Unfortunately they don’t speak any German or English. So it is hard to teach them without knowing what they are saying. But fortunately, they speak some Russian. One of the Elders that we work with can speak a little bit of Russian so he really helped us out.
This week I went on Tausch again. It is where we switch companions for a day. I got to work with the lovely Sister Jeffery’s. She taught me so many awesome things about missionary work. While I was with her, we did a little dooring and as usual found no one. But, on our way to the U-Bahn station to go get my companion, we came across this man from Ghana. He started talking to us all about the church and how he had a lot of friends that were members and wanted to learn more. I hope that we will have the opportunity to meet with him this week.
There is really opposition in all things. We began to teach a lady this week that used to be a Jehova Witness. She was very open to learn more and is excited about the new insights that we have on some things. She said that being a JW helped her, but she thinks there is more truth out there. I am so excited to be teaching her. But, right after that we had an investigator Tschüss us... (it means he told us that he didn’t want to meet anymore). It was sad, but I am grateful that he told us so that we can spend more time finding people that want to hear this message.
So it was a very busy week! But I am grateful for all of the experiences I get to have. I would go into more detail... but that would take way longer than two hours. Y'all are great!!!
"Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight"
Sister Reed
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