Woww!!! This week was crazy!!!
Sister Sanders and I traveled to Flensburg on Tuesday to get her apartment ready for her new trainee. It was so nasty! Do Elders know how to clean. We bought about 50 euro of cleaning supplies and then spent about 8 hours straight cleaning. But, now it looks nice for her new companion. Flensburg is a beautiful city. It is right up next to the Denmark border. We actually almost crossed over on accident because it is just a normal street.
On Wednesday, we took a train all the way down to Berlin and stayed the night with some Sisters there. Thursday I picked up my new companion, Sister Garcia!!! She is super awesome! I am so excited to be working with her :)
This week, we experienced a little thing we missionaries call "ein wunder". We had some time on Saturday to do some finding. We were walking up and down the streets of Bergedorf and ended up talking to this man. We talked to him for a little while about God and how he really is our Heavenly Father. We talked about how he has a plan for us in this life and wants to help us return to him. We told him about the Book of Mormon and how much it can help him. So he took it! We exchanged information and parted ways. While he was walking away, he dropped his cigarette to flip through the pages of the book. It was really cool to see. It is interesting to me that so many people are searching for answers but really do not know where to find it. This man is actually from köln so we do not get to work with him, but I pray that the missionaries there will contact him and help him find the peace and hope that the gospel brings.
We also found out this week that our zone leaders have been teaching this lady that Sister Sanders and I found on the street a few weeks ago. She is starting to take the lessons and is excited to learn more.
I love being able to see how the gospel can really bless lives. This doctrine really is true. We can return to our Heavenly Father through the power of the Atonement. I am so grateful for it and I use it every day. I hope that at this time of year, we will all take some time to really think about the meaning of Christmas. The church made a wonderful video about Christ. I really liked it and thought it was beautiful. If you have a few minutes, I would really love to hear your comments on this video. It is called "He is the Gift".
I love you all and I hope that you have a lovely week :)
Sister Reed
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