Well, we got transfer calls on
Friday: We're both staying!! I don't know how we pulled that off. I am excited
to be able to spend my birthday and Christmas in a city I know so well, with a
companion I get along great with, and with members and investigators that I
have really come to love. It will be awesome!
This past week we were able to
teach D twice. Once at Family Home Evening with the Bishop's family and one
more time before she went out of town for Thanksgiving. I am so grateful for
the opportunity that Sister Reid and I have gotten to know her. Sooner or later
the Spirit will 'prick her heart' and she will get baptized. It's only a matter
of time for that one :)
We also were able to meet twice
with W, the music student from China. She is doing great at praying every day
and coming to church most weeks, her main problem is finding the time to read
in the scriptures every day, so that's what we've really been pushing with her.
We read 1 Nephi 17 with her the other day and she really related to the story
and was excited to read more!
They have started to put on
Christmas lights on the streets of Wien, I'm just waiting for them to turn them
all on! Some are on in the evenings, but there are still lots more. Oh, the
city will look magical!
This past week we learned a lot
about opening up more to the people we meet in the trains and on the streets.
We practiced answering questions like "What are you doing here? Why did
you come?" Normally I just give some sort of plain vanilla answer "Well,
I'm a missionary for my church..." But what we learned and practiced
recently was really opening up to the people and telling them the real reason
you're here, letting them get to know you on a more personal level, because
then they will be more likely to feel the spirit and to open up in return. I
have been trying that out recently and the results are amazing! We were talking
to this medical student the other day and he asked "So why did you come on
a mission?" I was so excited to put my new training into effect. I told
him about how the knowledge I have of the gospel really is a sure foundation
for my life and how I realized that I want others to have that foundation as
well. He really connected with that and we gave him a Book of Mormon and took his
phone number! (Unfortunately he's German speaking so we had to pass him off,
drat!)
This past Sunday we had a member
come who got baptized in Ukraine in 2006, but has since moved here and lost
contact with the church. She brought her little boy and stayed for the whole
time! I hope we will be able to help her out, communication is a problem but
luckily our ward clerk speaks Russian. And we invited the people from our
English class to church and some of them came!
Some of the funnier stories from
this week-
-We had FHE with the Bishop's
family on Monday, at which we played a Ninja Lego game. I am still not too sure
on what all the rules were; I just know it involved fighting Guards and finding
Golden Weapons
-On Wednesday we ate dinner twice
(it was an accident)
-On Saturday we went over to a
member's house for dinner and turns out she also invited her friend (who we
have taught a couple times) and didn't tell her we would be there. We were able
to have a really nice lesson together. The look on the friend's face when she
walked in was priceless.
Ich weiß, dass ich in der
richtige Ort bin. Egal, wo der Herr mir schickt, werde ich seine Arbeit tun. Es
ist wunderbar zu sehen, wie der Geist auf andere Leute wirkt und sie hilft, die
richtige Entscheidungen zu treffen. Diese Arbeit ist wirklich die Arbeit des
Herrn!
(I know that I am where I belong.
No matter where the Lord sends me, I will do the work. It is wonderful to see
how the spirit works on others and helps you to make the right choices. This
work is truly the work of the Lord!
mit lieben Grüßen, (with much love!)
--Sister Stewart
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