We went to the zoo today! and they just built this new jungle area and they let these cute little monkeys just climb around you and jump from tree to tree and climb on the railings and we were playing with them but they sometimes think your fingers are food....and then one took Elder McCanns pen and they all ran away, and we were told by the German zoo worker lady to not give the monkeys anything, so theres a pday in the Berlin mission for you. Who knew?
Sister Faerber and I are seeing miracle after miracle....we had Burcan"s baptism on Sunday and it was beautiful! We had given him a tie in our appointment the night before and he was so grateful, he said he didnt know the last time someone had given him a present, he wore it proudly and was a little nervous but excited and we all went and met at hauptbahnhof and rode together to the church. We had the baptism before church so he could get the Holy Ghost on the same Sunday (becuase there is generalkonferenz next week) and the sunrise was beautiful! We had a full room of members all welcoming and bringing the spirit. We had two new investigators there, our new 20 year old sweety Christiane and our French friend Stephan, I was super impressed they both came at 8am! The meeting was so great, the spirit was strong and we worked hard to have everything ready. We had an awesome talk on baptism by a kid named Daniel who is 12 years old and is a stud, he was just baptized in June...and then I sang "ich mochte so sein wie Jesus" *im trying to be like Jesus" and it was a little early to sing, but it went well, Sister Faerber and her master piano skills made it very beautiful. It was so amazing to see Burcan after the baptism and the grin on his face, just filled with the spirit and the excitement of finding the truth and finding his family, who really love and care for him. Its such a testimony of the truthfullness of this gospel, that a turkish man can talk to two sister missionaries one day and nine weeks later he is welcomed as a friend and a brother into the ward and has people her can rely on...well forever!
We also had some awesome new appointments with our new golden investigator Christiane, who was invited to Familieheimabend by Nadine and now is excited to come to everything and get involved.We taught her the plan and she said it brought her comfort. Both her parents have passed away and she said she believed they were with her, and had the strong desire to get to the Celestial kingdom to then be able to be with her parents again and have eternal happiness, it was so cool! The spirit was strong and we had two other members there so 5 girls between 19 and 24 talking about the plan of happiness and how we can fulfill this plan that our Heavenly Father has for us....what an awesome experience, I love my mission!
We then met with Stephan who is our "happy" french friend who has been living in Germany for 20 years and said he has been looking for the truth, he said he has never felt at home and has always felt like more of an outsider but we"ve met with him twice and he has come to a couple activities and yesterday was his first time at church and he participated in all 3 meetings and asked me if he could go up and give his testimony as well! and he did....all of us missionaries were praying that he wouldnt say anything too....well out of the ordinary, but he bore testimony that he knew this church was of God because anyone could come from anywhere and fell accepted and a piece of the family. He said "why wouldnt there be a prophet today?" He believes that he is on the right path,we had given him a tour of the church earlier this week and sister faerber played the piano for him as we read along to her rearrangeent of "I stand all amazed" and the spirit was really strong....he said he felt he is on the right path and its just so exciting beceause we just talked to him on the street across from a doner laden... and just like that these people looking for a place to feel at home and belong and a way to become better people and come closer to their Heavenly Father, they found it, and WE get to be the ones to teach them...mensch we are blessed.
The last email I wanted to quickly tell youa bout was the FAMILY WE FOUND!!! We talked to the mother last week by hauptbahnhof and she said she had moved to leipzig two weeks ago and she believes in Christ but has kind oflost her faith and feels sad and lost and wants it back in her life...TA DAAAA. We said we had a bookwe would like to give her in Romanian and she said we could come see her family, husband brother and kids....so last night we went over there and she was so excited to see us. She let us in and her dad was on the couch and flashed us his bible and the brother was sitting on the couch and immediately started asking us questions of why we were different than any other church. The husband and well Zoriza is her name, came in as well and we taught them about Christ and we all talked about our faith and what Christ means to us and then we explained the apostacy and then told thim about Joseph Smith.... the spirit was strong and they were excited when we pulled out the Book of Mormon, by the end of the lesson the husband was asking Zoriza about the churh and asked how one could join the other 14 million members in the world in this belief. We asked if we could kneel and pray ttogether and they were all up for it and said they would read together the chapter we gave them and said they would have come to church yesterday morning if we had told them haha, so we are sure they will be coming soon! Theyre three younger kids were sitting on the couch and it was such an awesome lesson! She said we could come back whenever we wanted too haha so we made out another appointment for TuesdaY! Sister Faerber fasted last Sunday to find a family....and I knew fasting was a commandment of God, and it helps us, but I can say that this experience has really strengthened my testimony of Fasting.
The last email I wanted to quickly tell youa bout was the FAMILY WE FOUND!!! We talked to the mother last week by hauptbahnhof and she said she had moved to leipzig two weeks ago and she believes in Christ but has kind oflost her faith and feels sad and lost and wants it back in her life...TA DAAAA. We said we had a bookwe would like to give her in Romanian and she said we could come see her family, husband brother and kids....so last night we went over there and she was so excited to see us. She let us in and her dad was on the couch and flashed us his bible and the brother was sitting on the couch and immediately started asking us questions of why we were different than any other church. The husband and well Zoriza is her name, came in as well and we taught them about Christ and we all talked about our faith and what Christ means to us and then we explained the apostacy and then told thim about Joseph Smith.... the spirit was strong and they were excited when we pulled out the Book of Mormon, by the end of the lesson the husband was asking Zoriza about the churh and asked how one could join the other 14 million members in the world in this belief. We asked if we could kneel and pray ttogether and they were all up for it and said they would read together the chapter we gave them and said they would have come to church yesterday morning if we had told them haha, so we are sure they will be coming soon! Theyre three younger kids were sitting on the couch and it was such an awesome lesson! She said we could come back whenever we wanted too haha so we made out another appointment for TuesdaY! Sister Faerber fasted last Sunday to find a family....and I knew fasting was a commandment of God, and it helps us, but I can say that this experience has really strengthened my testimony of Fasting.
We are hopefully going to have 5 investigators come tonight to FHE and we already have a booked week..I love it. Love it here in Leipzig and our awesome ward. I am counting my blessings and hope you are too!
I attached pictures of the baptism and also us with the Schmidt family we ate with yesterday. . . they are the greatest. 3 gorgeous daughters, twins who are 16 and one 18 yr old....but they all look older than i do...they have such strong testimonies and are such awesome girls, i love them already.
Hope you as well are seeing miracles and feeling this love and excitement and joy of the gospel, hope you can go to the temple sometime soon, like Sydney Monson this Wednesday!! What a blessing, have a great week! KNow i love and prayfor you!!!
.Sister Rasmussen.
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