Hello world!
How are you all? I hope lovely. We really have had some awesome weather here, adventure weather. I love the rolling grey rain clouds, Sister Scruggs says its a little gothic of me, but I really do and there is so much excitement when I hear thunder! Bah I love it. We are doing really well here in our little 3 cities bordering Poland. Talking to everyone that passes and asking them what their purpose in life is, how they strengthen their faith in God, or if they believe they will see their family again after death. Its so interesting to stop and ask people on their way in their life routine these big important questions and stop and see them thinking, see their spirit in them jumping up and down wanting to hear the truth and seeing if their body/mind responds or not. Did that make sense? Its just a cool concept that Elder Nelson always says that all of these people have lds spirits inside of them, they just need to remember the truth. I love testifying of the restored gospel and the comfort and hope that it brings to know that Christ is our Savior and these people can find that out too and have a testimony of it themselves. Bah I love being a missionary.
We had a great week this past week, met with our lovely Schwester Zimmer and we had asked her to teach us the story of the restoration and the Book of Mormon, it was perfect. I was so proud of our new member and we could have taken another investigator to hear her teach it, it wasnt too much information but full of the spirit and strong testimony. I sure love that woman and feel so honored to know her, she is hoping to come visit Salt Lake next year, she wants badly to see the pioneer day parades (loves the story of the pioneers getting into the Salt Lake valley) so that would be a blessing to go with her in the temple. She really has taught me a lot in that when we have the goal of the temple then we stay clean and strive again and again every day to do our best. Hopefully we are all doing that, she wants deeply to go to the Salt lake temple and by next feb could get her endowment out, so she could come do some sessions in the temple there, with her goal of being able to do that in a year she is striving right now to do what is right....it reminds me of the lesson we taught to Roman, the 13 year old young man who got baptized in December, he is the only member in his family and we taught him this past week about the plan of salvation again and asked him what he can do today that if he died tomorrow he would go to the celestial kingdom. . . What can we do right now to work on our huge celestial goals of the future? Thats the most important thing, I liked my dad's email this week saying its all about choices, every situation and choice we are given everyday is just a little test to see if we will follow the spirit, to see if we can use our faith and do what we know is right. Good luck to you all, luckily I get to be a full time missionary so I get to think about it all day, but as a member with the Holy Ghost you have that same power too :)
We had a really great lesson with Christian this past week, we have talked to him about baptism a few times and has been meeting with us for the past couple months and has come to church every week unless he had work. He feels apart of the family and we taugth him about fasting last week, we decided to fast together for him to get an answer that this is the right thing for him and that he is going in the right direction. He is such a chill guy but also a hard worker, so as we are teaching him we wonder if he is really listening and then ask him a question and his responses are very impressive, he knows what he is doing and is trying to build his faith. He lately reads the chapter in the Book of Mormon we give him, and then just opens the book to a random page, and they have been some really cool chapters, all talking about how to get eternal life and the words of Christ. So we set the goal with him for June 11, he still has to quit smoking before that date, but he knows that and is committed to find out the truth and change accordingly. I just feel so honored to get to be the one to teach the truth.
This marvelous work of being a missionary is so unique...talking to random people, inviting them to learn more, going into their homes, testifying and teaching the truth of why we are here on earth and how to find hope, strength and truth all day! Everyday! My testimony has been so strengthened of the importance of being committed to the Lord and to do what he asks regardless of what comes, to not ask Why me? or doubt past good decisions...but to just have faith that the Lord knows what is best and is giving us what we need now to help ourselves or to help someone else.
I feel so blessed to get to learn these lessons in GERMANY? Does anyone remember when I opened this call?? I had no idea that I would be meeting these people, not just to get to know them, but build eternal friendships and relationships. Its really interesting thinking about all the missions around the world and how the Lord is doing his work and helping all his children differently around the world, but the most important thing to do isnt to compare but to realize how the Lord is trying to use you right now to answer someone else's prayer, ah isnt it such a cool feeling to know that the Lord trusts us and gives us the strength to help him do his work and to build his kingdom? Ah I love it. There are just some cool situations that I have been in this week that I really felt the Lord using us to do his work.
-Sitting in a little apartment owned by two egyptians, talking about all the less actives and investigators in this area and how we can best help them come closer to their savior.
-Having our whole district (8 missionaries) on a conference call talking about the total lessons we all taught and how many new appointments we had all made out.....it was a lot! Very motivating.
-Talking to my companion about these people, who we didnt know a couple weeks ago about their personal problems and how we can teach them about how the Lord can help them! Bah.....sorry I think it jsut hit me that Im on a mission again, thanks for living through moment that with me.
I hope all is well back in the real world, thank you so much for your love and prayers and faith and thoughts....I feel them and gain a lot of strength from them, so just know a missionary in Germany is eternally grateful for you. Happy Monday!
Love you dearly, Sister Kimberly Rasmussen.
Pictures:
1. 9:35 pm. peanut butter from America and a journal, what more could one need? (Thanks sister scruggs for the picture lol)
2. Me and Sister Scruggs in front of the Brandenburger Tör, cant believe we are together AGAIN in Berlin!
3. Us and the Tiergarten Sisters (Sister Svoboda and Jensen) at a holocaust memorial, really cool
4.We found 3 other....missionaries? Germany is sometimes an odd place
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