Guten Tag from Göppingen! I can
hardly believe I'm in Germany again! I already love it here and am so excited
for all the work that Sister Ackermann and I are going to do here in this
little part of the vineyard.
Last week leaving Wien it was sad
to say goodbye to everyone. We spent New Year's Eve with a Filipino family. We
ate, sang Karaoke, and watched fireworks. They go all out with the fireworks on
New Years here, it was intense. Tuesday we met with W. I will miss that girl so
much. She is like a little Chinese ray of sunshine. We found a newer
translation of the Book of Mormon in Chinese for her than the one she had and
helped her find the Gospel Library in Chinese to put on her phone. She was so
excited, now she has all the scriptures at the touch of a finger. After meeting
with W, we went and ate Nepali dumplings (called momo) with B, N and S. They
stuffed us to the max, it was so tasty. And we gave a Book of Mormon to one of
their friends that was there :)
On Wednesday I had to say goodbye
to D. That actually wasn't too bad, because I know I will see her in the not
too distant future, since she's from Virginia :) She loved the little testimony
book that Sister Reid and I put together for her. We had everyone at the
baptism right down their testimonies, so now she has a nice little memento of
the day and also a spiritual boost whenever she needs one.
Thursday I was on trains for a LONG
time. We started with the four and a half hour train ride from Wien to Munich. Then
we changed trains for the three hour ride to Stuttgart. That train was packed
and we had to stand the whole time, not so fun. Then Sister Ackermann picked me
up and we rode the train 40 minutes to Göppingen. Göppingen is A LOT smaller
than Munich or Wien (but that's not hard because they are massive). I like it a
lot. We will be doing a lot of work in the surrounding villages (or Dorf as
they are called in German, probably the word I will use more often). The branch
is on the smaller side, they meet in rented rooms in a commercial building. The
members are all the nicest people you will ever meet. It was strange to be
back in a German speaking ward, but also felt good to exercise my German
muscles again.
This past weekend Sister Ackermann
and I had a lot of success in a little Dorf called Schlat, about 30 minutes by
bus outside of Göppingen. We tracted in a really fancy pants neighborhood (all
new houses, all very nice). I doubted how much success we would have but we
actually gave someone a Book of Mormon there! He had a visitor so he told us to
come back later, and that we will do :) We found some other cool people in
Schlat, so we will definitely be returning there later this week to follow up
with them. Sister Ackermann's theory is that there is someone awesome just
waiting to be baptized in Schlat, that's why we are having so much success
there.
Ich weiß, dass ich an der richtige
Ort bin. Ich weiß, dass diese Arbeit die Arbeit des Herrn ist. Ich bin so
dankbar, hier in Göppingen zu sein und die Liebe Gottes mit den Menschen zu
teilen.
(I know that I am in the
right place. I know that this is the Lord’s work. I am glad to be in Göppingen
and sharing the love of God with everyone.)
Mach's gut!
--Sister Stewart
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