This last week has been amazing! On Tuesday, we had zone conference and
zone training all in one day. It was so great to get together with other
missionaries. People just have super smart things to say. It's like an
MTC crash course. I also got to see Sister Arnold and Elder lynch again
from my MTC district which was great. We talked a lot and took an
obligatory picture together. They're both doing great in their areas.
Sister Powell and I ended up doing the musical number for zone
conference. She borrowed a cello from a ward member and I borrowed a
violin from another ward member and we played a super pretty arrangement
of "Savior Redeemer of My Soul". The violin I played was gold, so that
was epic, but I actually really enjoyed doing this musical number.
Usually, I hate playing in front of people, but I was just super happy
to be playing at all and enjoyed it. I'd say it went quite well. I am
super blessed to be with a companion who likes music too.
After zone conference, I went on my first exchange (we call them
tausches here) with Sister Motto. She is from Linden Utah and the same
height as me, so that was fun. We went to her area, Tübingen. It is a
super pretty college town south of Stuttgart. We did a bunch of vorbeis
and went to a YSA activity, beach volleyball. I am usually not a fan of
volleyball, but I had a great time and loved talking to the
YSAs; they're great. Sister Motto is hilarious. I was basically just
being entertained by her for a day. She should be in Tübingen for about
two more transfers, so I'll see her again for sure. It was just fun.
On Thursday, we had an appointment with an investigator who is
meeting with us because she already knows she wants to get baptized, she
just needs the lessons. She is nine and her Oma is an active member who
has been taking her to church her whole life. Her mom is not active
in the Church, but we're working on it. This appointment went so great!
The Oma made dinner for us first (she's Italian so it was amazing) and
then we taught the lesson. The really cool part was that the Oma had her
other daughter who is also not active in the Church come over to "help" with dinner.
She is in her twenties and asked so many questions about serving
missions and how the ward is doing. This Oma is great. She told us at
church yesterday that she wants to incorporate her family in this
baptism as much as possible because most of them are either not active in the Church or
not members, so this could be what turns things around. We'll
just have to see. Well anyways, after the appointment, we went out to
their yard and picked cherries. These are the best cherries I have ever
eaten! It was just a really great day.
On Saturday, we went to go see a potential investigator and
hopefully set up an appointment, but we got there and got shut down
pretty fast. We decided we were in the area so we should go visit an
elderly member of our ward who lives there alone. We got there and she
was working on her talk for Church the next day. She was super stressed out and
had no idea what to say, so we asked what the topic was, and she said
the Book of Mormon; how convenient. That was exactly what I studied
that morning for an appointment with a different investigator that fell
out. I got to share what I studied with her and she ended up using
those things in her talk. IT WAS AMAZING! Her talk went great and it
strengthened my testimony like crazy. This church is just so great.
Well, I hope life is good for everyone. Keep being the fantastic people that you all are and make good choices!
Love,
Sister Smiley
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