One Last Door!

Our broken apartment door.....

     I am pretty sure every missionary has a story of the "last door". In mine and Sister Barlow's case, it was on Tuesday night. We had already spent most of the day going from door to door trying to talk to people about Jesus Christ. After a few hours, we decided to go return some church books to our branch president. They told us that they were really grateful for the work that we had been doing in the area and that they are grateful that we are working in the ward with them. When we left, we both felt like we could just do one more street somewhere. So we pulled out our Atlas in our car and picked a random street to go down. We ended up talking to one man that has had contact with Jehovah’s Witness before. He loves talking about Christ and told us that he would love to have us come back and talk. We were excited. At this point it was about time to go back home and eat dinner before we planned for the next day, but we decided to do one more door. At this last door, a young mother answered holding her five month old baby girl. We started to talk with her about eternal families and how important the family is. She told us that she isn't really religious, but she hopes that she can live with her family after this life. She told us that we can come back this week and share more with her. There really is a power in this message. And that is why I am here to share it :) 

     Wednesday, all of the Sisters met up in Berlin to have a "Sisters Conference" with President Kosak. It was really awesome and really spiritually uplifting. It was kind of like a "sisters you are awesome,” it was a go get em… kind of meeting! One of my favorite things I learned there is that if we really take away our fear, jealousy and pride and replace it with humility; we will be able to see God. Not see Him like most people think. But really get to know and see Him through the power of the Holy Ghost. It is like what Elder Bednar (a member of the 12 apostles) said in September. "You will receive no greater witness than a witness through the spirit. A witness that is stronger than any other sense." I know that that is true. 

     No week is perfect though. Sister Barlow and I were ready to finish off this week right by going to church early on Sunday. We were going to go greet all of the members before we went to sacrament. But, when we were trying to unlock the door, the key wouldn't move. After much turning and twisting, we came to realize that the door wouldn't budge and we were officially locked in the apartment. After a few phone calls, a few members of our ward showed up to help. They could not get it to move either. So Sister Barlow and I calmly did our studies while ward mission leader panicked that the sisters were stuck in their apartment. About 2 hours later a locksmith came and let us out. This was a huge miracle because in Germany, everything is closed on Sunday. Luckily, we live in a small enough town that everyone knows each other, so we were able to contact the locksmith. He was asleep but was happy to help. 

     This week was crazy but filled with many miracles and adventures. I hope you all can see the little blessings that occur in your lives every day. I know they really do happen :) 

I hope you have a lovely week! 

Sister Reed 

 
Mom’s note:

I asked Summer to tell me about what she touched her the most this last week at Sisters conference in Berlin, here is her response:

I think just knowing that we are daughters of Heavenly father and knowing that he really does know and care about each one of us. We also talked about trials, and not being afraid. Feelings of fear when trying to do something good are not from God. We also learned a lot about when we really get rid of our fears and set aside our jealousy and replace it with humility. Then we will truly get to see God and there was so much more. It was really awesome.