Hello Family!!
Another wonderful week in Munich!! The weather was cold and I have to wear a scarf and jacket, but it was just as wonderful as ever. The Lord is blessing us.
Last Monday for P-day, Michael (the zone leaders investigator) took us and the elders to Neu Schwantstein. It was so much fun. He actually took us to another King Ludwig Castle as well, and took us to these beautiful little towns in the Bavarian hills. It was like a fairytale. I felt so grateful that I have the opportunity to serve in one of the most beautiful missions in the world. I am so lucky!!!
Well back to missionary work:
The baptism was so wonderful yesterday. Angela is just the cutest ever and giggled through the entire thing. The spirit was so strong and everyone really enjoyed it. After she was baptized and came out of the water, this 3 year old girl named Camille yelled, "THAT WAS COOL!!!" And everyone laughed. The whole baptism was full of innocent laughter and you could really just feel the love Heavenly Father has for Angela. It was such an awesome experience. I just felt so grateful to be apart of her decision in taking the next step in having eternal life. That is what she is most excited about, to be able to have eternal life. After her baptism she said she just felt so full of joy and couldn't wait to have eternal life with all of her new "brothers and sisters." She is seriously such a ray of sunshine and I am so grateful for her!! She keeps talking about how Sister Smith and I need to go visit her one day in Taiwan and we can go to the Temple together. She always always tells us we have to be eternal friends, and of course I agree because she is just the best.
Marja came to the baptism and really enjoyed it as well. Saturday night we went to President and Sister Miles house and had dinner with them, then taught Marja a lesson. We talked about faith so she could have the courage to tell her parents about her decision. The spirit was so strong, Marja told President and Sister Miles about setting the baptismal date for August 15. They were so excited. Marja has been learning about the church for a year now and President and Sister Miles have been helping every step of the way. Marja seriously glows when she talks about the gospel. Her testimony has gotten so strong and she has made so much progress. I am just so excited for her. She also made me a gluten free cake out of chickpeas this week. It was delicious. Mom, she could seriously have a gluten free restaurant with all the amazing food she cooks me!! and thanks to her I don't eat gluten at all. I have been feeling great!! This thursday a Finish Elder in our mission is coming up to munich with his companion for Zone Council, and before the council starts we are going to have a joint teach with them and Marja. Marja is wanting to know all she about the YSA in Finnland, and the church up there. I am excited.
Britta is doing well. She came to church yesterday and her wards talent show!! She is getting to know a lot of people which is great. It has been really hard to meet with her thoough because her work schedule is crazy. Keep praying for her:) I know she will get baptized one day, it just might take her a while.
So we have a new investigator and his name is Pasquala. He is 27 and german, but his parents are both Italian. We weren't really sure if he just liked to discuss religion or if he really had a desire to learn. At the last lesson we had with him he looked into my eyes deeply (It freaked me out way bad at first haha) and said "I can just tell you are really faithful, and you mean everything you say. How did you become this way? How were you able to make our faith so strong?" It was so cool!! I was really able to testify to him about the Book of Mormon and prayer. I think it really hit him and he said he would read more in the Book of Mormon and pray every night. It seemed like he finally had a desire to learn more. He actually just called us this morning and asked us if we could meet tonight, so now we are! I hope he had some cool experiences with prayer and the book of mormon!
So this email is random, but I just have so much to say today and luckily we are able to use our full time today to email!! hahah
There is the family in our ward who seriously are my inspiration. There names are Robert and Lenay Arnold. The are both converts and from America. Brother Arnold is actually our ward mission leader. Well they are amazing. They are always finding ways to talk to people about the gospel, and always jumping to help us with any of the investigators that we have. They are the perfect example of a family that works with the missionaries ( Like the Broadcast talked about). Friday night they invited us over with Marja and the Elders. Sister Arnold talked to Marja the whole time about her conversion story. ( She actually used to be a missionary for the baptist church, but she started working for a mormon as his secretary, and would edit his talks for church and that is how she got introduced to the church!) It helped Marja so much. Marja had to leave early, and then The Arnolds had one of there friends come over who was going to babysit while they went out on a date after our eating appointment. They told us they only were having a date night so they could introduce their friend to the missionaries. How cool is that???? Then on Sunday after Angela's baptism, they said "what is Angela doing tonight? If she and you two dont have plans, we want yall to come over for dinner. " So we went over to dinner because they wanted to completely welcome Angela to the ward and make her feel loved. The best part is, they dont speak any Germany, so we had to translate for Angela, but Angela left so happy and said "They were the example of eternal love!!" okay, sorry this is so long, but it was awesome. They are both so incredible and have such strong faith. I hope my husband and I can be like them with helping the missionaries and making sure everyone feels loved and welcome into the ward.
Speaking of my future husband. This is random, but I was thinking the other day about the person I want to end up with, and this is what I realized. I just want to marry someone who is solid in the gospel, treats me right, and is someone that I have so much fun with. I just want to have fun with him and laugh all the time! All the other things I thought were so important, arent!! I just want someone who loves the Lord and the gospel, treats me right, and someone that I can continually and eternally have fun with!! Okay random, I know. hahah but I was just thinking about it. haha
well this gospel is amazing. We are so lucky. Really, that is why we should share it with the world!! We have something that can changes everyones life for the better. We have a message of happiness, and we should do all we can to share that with everyone, even if we are not on missions!!!
WELL I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
Sister Allman
Here is a picture of me at Neuschwanstein, and then sister Smith, Angela, and I at the baptism.
More pictures to come with other emails:)
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