Isnt that a great quote? We talked about it in our district meeting this week. We've got a great district this transfer. We are all working hard and its such a blast to all be serving in the same city so we take care of each others investigators and really care about their progress. Its also motivating to work hard and be a good example to the other missionaries, we all lift each other up...more or less. Elder Guthrie loves cats so that seems to be the butt of every joke, but other than that everything is pretty uplifting in our district. Haha, we got to go to the temple on Friday and it was beautiful. I loved the peacefulness and calmness and the realization that the Lords house is so close and in the real world (thats where you live) we can go inside whenever we need to. It was such a reassuring feeling of remembering Im not alone, I have an awesome companion, a great district, an awesome family and a Savior who cares about me personally. And the awesome thing about all those blessings is you have them too! A family of people in your ward who really want the best for you and more incredible a Heavenly Father who is watching out for us and will tell us where we should go how we can be the most happy when we jsut humble ourselves and listen to him.
I used to say the phrase 'get over yourself' and listen to the lord, by that I had meant we should humble ourselves and it really is the truth. It takes a lot of humility to say, okay Heavenly Father you are right and I trust and believe you love and want the best for me and will give me the direction and strength to get it, here is my will, I jsut want to do what you want me to do. And that is the faith we have seen in our investigators lately. Its been so amazing to teach Michael and to see the change in his life. He came to sport and interacted a lot more than before and came to FHE and was cracking jokes and said he would help cook for this weeks fhe...its so awesome to see someone feel apart of the family and thats what the gospel is, a feeling of belonging and an opprotunity to feel the love of the Lord and give it to others. Bah isnt it the best? Yeah anyway we are hoping to teach him most of the commandments this week and have his baptisimal interview next week, did I tell you we watched the Restoration with him and he said he got the same warm feeling he had gotten when he prayed about the Book of Mormon? Yep, he said that, and then showed us he had put the Book of Mormon on his Ipodtouch so he could read it easier every day....what a stud huh? Its so awesome to be able to bring people unto the knowledge of the truth and invite them to 'get over themselves' or to humble themselves and come unto the lord with a willingness to do what he wants, and then just experience miracles of his guidance and presence in their lives.
I felt so so blessed these past two Sundays sitting with the people I was, while the sacrament was being passed. It was so neat to be passed the sacrament from Maik who knows the importance of the sacrament and the sacredness of it to then pass it to Michael who also is aware of the sacredness of the renewal of the baptismal covenant with the bread and water. It was such a neat expereince and on top of that yesterday we got permission to go back to Eisenhüttenstadt (my last area) for the baptism of Caroline! I got to first teach her and set her with the baptisimal date of Sept 11 and then got to go! It was so rewarding to see the 'family' again in that branch and to see how it has grown. I got to sit inbetween Hany and Schwester Zimmer and then Hany and Roman passed the sacrament and that was so incredible to be handed the sacrament from someone I got to find and teach to then hand it to another new member of the church to see that both of them are still doing strong wtih the temple as their goal and their commitment to the gospel so strong. The baptism was beautiful we all drove to the lake and two sisters, della and danita sang out on the deck on the water and the spirit was so stong, the weather was perfect and the water was so still. It was so amazing to see the holiness of the baptism and to see the influence it had on the visitors that came to see it. We had a great time and got to come back to an awesome appointment we had with a miracle named Ronny.
We had talked to Ronny last week at the straßenbahn haltestelle (streetcar stop) and he was so golden I thought he was joking, he said he had been in the Evangelish church but left because he thougth it was missing something and said he was looking for truth, he didnt make out an appointment with us but we had told him about the Book of Mormon and he said he would look at his calendar and let us know, well at 10:30 that night he smsed us and said he would love to take our invitation to learn more and was wondering if he could bring a friend!! We were stoked and thats what we got to teach last night, we also got a new ward missions leader, Christoph Kolbine who is a younger guy who just got married who also served a mission so we are stoked about how he will help us, he came as well to teach Ronny and his friend Thomas. Thomas is like 50 years old and it was one of the coolest first lessons ive had. It was a little intimidating leading the lesson with the big group but the spirit was strong and it was so incredible hearing their faith and questions and responses like, well yeah I guess we would need another prophet after Christ wouldnt we? and it was so cool to hear our member bear testimony of the organization of the church and how it blesses his family, we gave them the book of Mormon and invited them to be baptized, they both said they would pray to find out if its true and we have another appointment with them Thrusday to discuss where we come from, why we are here on the earth and where we believe we go after this life. . . im so excited!
We also found an awesome girl named Olga who is from Ukraine and she has perfect German almost done with studying law! She married a German man 5 years ago and told us that she remembers having missionaries visit her house when she was 7 in Ukraine! We had an awesome first lesson with her and she just kept smiling, we gave her the Book of Mormon and she said she would pray and pray about baptism...
We are working hard to find new people and teach the fundamentals of the gospel, I really thing the hearts of the people are being softened and we are seeing more and more miralces as we stay obeident and follow the spirit. Its such a blast and we're laughing all day. I love the gospel so much and love being able to bear testimony all day, the feeling of helping someone feel the eternal divine love and presence of their Heavenly Father is so rewarding, I recommend it. Its such an awesome knowledge, how could you not share it?
Ich weiß der Himmlisher Vater da ist, dass er ein Plan für uns hat, und wann wir dieses Plan erkennen und dabei leben, wir bekommen so viele segnungen, wir können die alle gar nicht erfassen.
Have a stellar week!
Love, Sister Rasmussen
ps pictures dont really work here, either with my card or card reader, so maybe next week. Tschüssssssss
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