June 10, 2013
O
what a week it has been. It has been a week full of miracles and I am just so
grateful. Well here is a little recap...
So
start off with...
Miracle#1-
Monday night we were doing our nightly planning and setting goals for the next
day. We knew that we wouldn´t have any other lessons, or any new investigators,
but we both felt like we should set a goal for one other lesson and one new
investigator. Well the next day we headed to district meeting. As soon as district
meeting began this cute little Spanish lady walked into the church and said she
was looking for Herr Anderson. She told us he was a missionary a year ago and
she wanted to be taught again by the missionaries. She happened to belong to
our ward and so we were able to teach her right on the spot, make another
lesson appt. with her, and BOOM! Right then we had gotten one other lesson and
one new investigator. At that moment I KNEW that Heavenly Father had helped us
set that goal. I knew that it was a little miracle/tender mercy from the Lord.
Miracle
#2- Also, we set a goal for last week to only speak German to each other. Well
Monday afternoon we got a call from President, saying that one of the sisters
serving in Switzerland was going to work with us until Thursday. Sister Szabo
is from Hungary and she knows a little bit of English, but can mostly only
speak German. So we worked with her until Thursday and had to speak German! It
was wonderful. Another miracle from the Lord!
Miracle
#3- As you know, it is so hard for me to not eat gluten, especially being here
in Germany. Well I have been praying so hard for some divine help to help me
get off gluten. I finally got some wonderful help on Wednesday night. Wednesday
night we had an appoinment with Marja. We were going to talk more about the
Plan of Salvation. That morning I studied the Plan of Salvation but I also
studied The Word of Wisdom for myself. Well during the lesson the topic ended
up completely changing and we started to talk about the word of wisdom with
Marja. She was having a really hard time not drinking coffee and tea. We
committed her to live the Word of Wisdom for 1 month. As soon as I committed
her to do that I then promised her that I would do it with her, but with
Gluten. She loved that idea. After I promised that I kind of began to freak
out, because I know how hard it is for me to stay of gluten. I then realized
that it wasn´t me that made that promise, it was the Lord, because he knows how
hard it is for me to do that. It has been so awesome because Marja and I
have been both working together to live our own word of wisdom. It was truely a
miracle.
Miracle
#4- Saturday night we met with die Familie Böhlke´s, a less active family.
After the appointment with them they took us to the S bahn station were we sat
and talked for about 5 minutes. We then said our goodbyes and Sister Smith and
I headed into the S bahn. We had about 10 minutes before it was going to leave.
Well all of the sudden Sister Böhlke came running torwards us with this guy,
telling us that he wanted to learn more about the gospel. Well, his name is
Ishmael, and we ended up teaching him a lesson on the Ubahn because we were on
it for about 40 minutes. He was so open and receptive!! He wanted to learn more
so we invited him to the special meeting on Sunday with Elder Nelson. He agreed
to come and said he would meet us the next morning at 9 at hauptbahnhof. Well
the next morning we go and he is at Hauptbahnhof waiting for us to go the
meeting. He comes to the meeting with us, really enjoyed it, then we met up
with him again that night to give him a church tour. It was so awesome and
really a miracle. We have another lesson with him tonight. He has really been
prepared.
Miracle
#5- As we were at the church yesterday doing our studies after the special
meeting with Elder Nelson, a man named Tai walked into the church. He had just
moved to Munich from Zurich and was taught by the missionaries there. He found
the church and was able to spend time with alot of the YSA´s who were there. We
found out he lives in our ward boundary, learned about everything he had been
taught before, and commitments he was trying to keep, set up an appointment for
Wednesday, and now he is a new investigator. Miracle I tell you.
There
were even more miracles but the list is so long. We have truely been blessed by
the Lord. Seriously, we have just been in the right place at the right time and
the Lord has blessed us. Everything that has happened has been because of Him,
and we are so grateful.
Also,
I am not transfered!! I get another 6 weeks in Munich and I couldn´t be more
happy! The work is really hastening. and I absolutely love our investigators
and our ward. Ahh so many miracles. We were so blessed this week because we
were able to find 5 new investigators, and the mission average is .7 new
investigators every week... so we feel so blessed.
Then
tomorrow we have the huge meeting with the missionaries and Elder Nelson. I am
so excited. Yesterdays conference with him was so great, and now I can´t wait
to hear from him again!!!! It was so cute, because yesterday after he spoke, he
bore his testimony for all the people in German. O everyone was so touched.
sorry
this letter is scattered, but Saturday all the missionaries in our district
headed to Rosenheim to do a service project for all the flooding that happened.
It was crazy all the damage that had happened. People´s basements were full to
the ceiling and so much was destroyed. It was sad. It was such a blast being
able to help the people clean up. We met some really incredible people. The
pictures of us are attached. We are going again this coming Saturday to Passau,
Germany which was really damaged and affected by the floods, and helping there.
I am excited.
Well
I love you all!!
Sister
Allman
