Hallelujah. Oh praise him. Hallelujah.
I love my mission so much, this past week was incredible, I GOT MY GOLDEN. Her name is Sister Faerber and she is from Minnasota! She and I are pretty similar looking, small and blonde and she is super great! She graduated in Piano Performance, yeah she is legit and can play the piano like a profy. Its jaw dropping. She is also well exactly what ive been praying for in a companion, she is so excited to be here in Leipzig and loves people, she is confident and just keeps going even when she isnt sure of her German, her testimony is so strong and she is really hard working. Its a blast just working hard and being obediant and loving each other and the work and these people here. Its so fun to explain the silly things Germans do and how to get around the city and etc... introducing her to new foods like Apfeltashen (appelstrudel things) and having awesome companionship studies practicing teaching to my little stuffed animal dog freddy I got from my little brosky alex in Frankfurt Oder. We are working hard and have already seen some miracles in the past few days...
We taught Bürcan a couple times and talked to him about prophets and Thomas S. Monson. We found a talk in Turkish and it was about the Priesthood and how to live worthy of it etc. He loved it and said he knows that President Monson is a Prophet of God. Its so incredible seeing his faith grow so much and see his desire to keep the commandments. We went throught the baptismal questions with him and he is ready, he will be baptized on the 25th and is very excited...we are now just trying to help him feel more integrated in the ward, which his hard cause he can only meet us at 8:30 at night and then Sundays, so your prayers would be appreciated on how we can help him feel comfortable with our ward here. Its incredible for me to see how our love and faith in the Savior is our driving motivation to keep the commandments. When we arent keeping the commandments we have forgotten the appreciation we had for the Savior and the desire to show our love and appreciation. Thats the real reason we should do anything good is in the desire to show our love to the Lord. . . and its so fun to do that with someone else who loves the Lord so much too!
I am feeling so blessed to be here in Leipzig, and to be so close to the temple, we get to go this Friday with our new district and im so excited. Who new you could feel so close to the Lord. . . why in heavens name the Prophet has to ask us to 'try and get to the temple' once a month blows my mind.....why would someone have to convince you to 'try and go' feel the divine presence of a Heavenly Father is beyond my understanding. I hope we all can make the temple one of the first places we want to go when we have some free time. Its so beautiful and so calming and the direction and guidance is so celestial, mmm i just feel loved and happy just thinking about it.
We are also seeing miracles with Michael, he came to church yesterday for all 3 hours again and enjoyed it, he said he is excited for his baptism on the 25th and is coming the fha tonight and institute on Tuesday and then boxing with the ward on Wednesday.... then we will be meeting him and ahh its just so amazing to show someone how awesome life can be constantly learning more of how the lord wants us to live and how we can be happier and come closer to the Savior. He really is changing and you can see it on his face that he is changing and his relationship with the Savior and with his Heavenly Father is getting stronger. That is something we focused on a little more the past couple days is just the mere fact that we have a Father in Heaven and he knows and loves us and knows you and loves you and will help and guide you if you just humble yourself and let him...and then follow the spirit when he tells you what will make you happier, and what is even more awesome is when the Lord than guides you to help answer the prayers of other people.....then you are blessed and they are blesssed and then wow everyone is rejoicing together and theres a feeling of Joy and a contentment that nothing in the world can give us...its so awesome being able to feel that feeling so frequently and helping others feel it too.
We have some big plans for this week and then get to end the week in my old city of Frankfurt Oder for a baptism of Caroline.....I told you about her right? She had the most awesome experience with us in July praying about her baptismal date of September 11. The spirit was so strong and look, we blinked and its here...and she called me and asked if we could make it up there!! Im so excited and so honored and had no idea these were the blessings that came from a mission, but they are so much more amazing than I ever could have thought of....and thats really the point isnt it? That is the joy of the gospel, receiving the blessings Heavenly Father has prepared for us are so much more spectacular than we could ever think of or make ourselves...so why would you ever waste your time trying to figure this sometimes challenging life out yourself when you have a perfect all knowing father who is just waiting to tell you how to do it, to live it and to be the happiest. It just seems so simple.
Hope you are feeling the love of the Savior in your life too, and coming closer to him through experiencing it. The gospel isnt learned, its experienced. and I love it! You too?
Have a great monday and know im grateful for you!
Das Evangelium ist das großte segnung die wir je erlangen können und es bringt so viel freude das weiter zu geben. Viel glück damit, wir tauschen unsere geschichten nach diese schöne erlebnisse. Bis nachher :)
Schöne woche noch!
Liebe, Sister Rasmussen
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