June 3, 2013
Servus!
Well this week, we have bad news.
Transfer calls are going to be on Friday and it's very likely that I will be
getting transferred since I have been here over 5 months and President Miles
usually keeps the zone leaders where they are for about a 6 month basis. It
will be sad to leave if that is what happens, but you never know what will be
the case. Whether I stay or go to a new area I will love it either way. I will
update you next week.
This week was kind of a crazier
week. We had a lot of austausches and just a bunch of random events come up
where the ward needs our help with various assignments. We unfortunately had
about 7 appointments fall out this week too, but not on anyone´s fault just
stuff that came up for our investigators. We are hoping that appointments we
remade will go well in the coming weeks. We were still able to meet with Kai
who is making the most progress of our investigators right now. We were able to
bring along a member who became instant friends with him and invited him to
church and institute at the end of our lesson. He agreed to institute, but he
is still nervous about church because of his past experiences in the Protestant
Church. We feel though that as we continue to teach him the spirit will help
encourage him. Its great though how in tune he is with the spirit. He
understands the gospel so clearly and understands why it is so meaningful. It´s
like teaching a seminary class because his thoughts in questions extend beyond
the standard teaching principles and questions that most investigators don't
bring up. He would be a great help to the ward here.
This week I was in both Waiblingen
and then Munich on austausches, back to back. First I was with Elder Moon in
Waiblingen because he is one of the district leaders. It was really cool to
work with him again like we used to back in St. Pölten and Wien on austausches
there. We got to celebrate his birthday on Wednesday together and we had an
awesome lesson with one of their investigators that is progressing and is a lot
like Kai in that he understands every aspect of the gospel. After that I took a
train straight to work with Elder Hemsley one of the APs. He was also trained
by Elder Field and so he is what you would call my mission brother. Elder
Davies worked with Elder Harris the other AP who trained him so he worked with
his mission dad. It was just a mission family reunion all around. In Munich
they had a bunch of appointments outside the city out in the country side of
Bayern. All but one fell out, but the one went really well, and it was just a
treat to ride around in their car through the hills of Bayern because it
reminded me of being back in Rosenheim.
So xxxx, because he has perfect
English and its easier for his fiance to go to an English speaking ward instead
of German speaking, the two of them will start going to the International ward.
We think ultimately they are going to move to Utah in a few years, so it makes
more sense anyways. However, we are still doing the after baptism lessons with
him and we still stay in close contact nonetheless. It's pretty set that the
wedding will be in July.
Well I am going to leave it at that,
but I do have a commitment for our family. Next week on Monday I will have
exactly 7 months left until I come home. I have figured it out and if you read
one chapter in the Book of Mormon every day plus fit 3 additional chapters in
each month you will finish the Book of Mormon the day before I get home. It's
something that I think will bless us all to do it together. I am going to do it
and I encourage mom, dad, Brittney, Brandon, Amber, Bekah, and Buddy to do it
as well. I haven´t personally met Ralf or Amber´s kids yet, so I can´t commit
you to do it, but you are more than free to join as well. Also any other family
members or friends that would like to do it are more than welcome. I hope we
can all continue to learn something from it and let our testimonies grow even
stronger.
Well I hope ya´ll have a great week.
I love you lots!
Elder Bodily
Gott sei mit euch bis aufs Wiedersehen
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