Hello everybody!
It is snowing as I write this.
Doesn't Germany know that Spring is supposed to be coming? Oh well, last year
it snowed on Easter, so this should really come as no surprise.
I am training again! My new companion
is Sister Clark from American Fork, Utah. Just in case you were wondering, she
is 21, not 19. She put her papers in just before they changed the age limit.
She is awesome, she has so much faith. We have been practicing talking to
people and even though I know it's scary to talk to people in a language you
don't know very well, she has been doing great so far.
Also, I got to go to Munich to pick
her up! I didn't get to go to the mission home, just to the Bahnhof, but that
meant that I got to see Sister Pingree one last time before she went home! I
cannot believe she is home now, that means my days are officially numbered. I
have three transfers left, which is still a fairly good chunk, but it is a lot
less than the 10 transfers I have behind me. I am just going to try my best to
sprint to the finish!
On Sister Clark's very first day
in Göppingen we taught a lesson to a less active member and were able to give
away a Book of Mormon on the street! It was an awesome afternoon! The next few
days we spent a lot of time on trains, going to Stuttgart for a training
meeting and then going out to our Relief Society President’s house to help her
in her garden. She lives in a town that is 1 1/2 hours away by train from
Göppingen, but it is still part of our area. So Sister Clark got to see a lot
of the German countryside!
This past Sunday in Relief
Society we discussed President Uchtdorf's talk about regrets. In it, he talks
about the choice we all have to be happy. In addition to that, in our Book of
Mormon reading we read Alma 62:41. Sister Clark and I discussed how it is also
a choice to be humble. It doesn't matter what our circumstances are, if we
humbly accept the Lord's will in our lives, we will be a lot happier.
Especially as winter is hanging on for dear life and everybody in the streets
seems to say no, we just need to remember that our will is not what is
important. It is the Lord's will that is important.
Ich bin sehr dankbar für alles,
das ich auf Mission gelernt habe. Ich weiß, dass ich noch mehr lernen werde.
Gott kennt mich und weiß, was ich brauche. Ich muss einfach auf ihm vertrauen.
Ich weiß, dass mein Erlöser lebt. Wenn wir zu ihm kommen, wird er unsere Last
auf sich nehmen. Ich bin dankbar für Das Buch Mormon und dass ich es mit
anderen teilen darf.
(I am very grateful for
everything that I have learned in the mission field. I know, that I will learn
even more. God knows me and knows what I need. I need only trust him. I know
that my Savior lives. When we come to him he takes our burden. I am grateful
for the Book of Mormon and the opportunity to share it with others.)
Mach's gut! Tschüss! (Take care!,
Bye-bye!)
--Sister Stewart
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