Das ist mein Freund!

Hello Family!
I am sorry I am the absolute worst because I haven't taken any pictures, but I will take some soon!

Well, opening an area is dang hard. Man. One thing that I am really going to learn this transfer is patience. We are outside most of the day and talking with tons of people and getting rejected over and over. The rejection usually isn't mean, but when it happens so often and you are not having any sucess finding potentials, you start to get a little frustruated. That is why patience is GOLDEN when you open an area. I know as the weeks go by, everything will get better, but sometimes that is hard to remember. Finding people is just something that is not one of my strengths. I mean we talk with everyone but I can just never seem to get their information-BUT I know it will come with time. I have been studying a lot about weaknesses lately, and I KNOW that the Lord will help my weakness of contacting turn into one of my strengths. I just can't give up.

Good thing is- this week is going to be so much better!! Sister Freimann and I have really been trying to figure out what we need to focus on right now. We both had a strong feeling that we need to focus on the part member families and other families in our branch- so this week we have a lot of appointments set up with familes and one potential family so that is going to be way good.

Saturday our district had a Finding Day in Schwemmingen and we straight street contacted for 5 hours straight. It was so hot and we found no potentials. It was a long day. Sister Freimann has been having a lot of trouble with her feet because we walk so much, so she was in a lot of pain and she was really struggling. I suggested that she get a blessing from Elder Gurney. She was hesitant so I told her I was going to get one too. After I said that I thought " I really don't need a blessing, I am fine," but it seemed to me that she didn't want to get one on her own. So I decided to get one. I was thinking in my head if it was still okay if I got a blessing even  if I didn't feel like I needed one... I didn't really know what to do because I didn't want one either. Well when we got back to Singen, Elder and Sister Gurney picked us up and took us to their house. They are seriously such a great ehepaar (Senior Missionary Couple). They have done so much for us!! But When we got to their house they talked to us for about 30 minutes and told us some stories. It was in that moment when I really felt like I needed a blessing. It was so weird. It was like the Lord was telling me that I really needed to recieve this blessing from Elder Gurney. It was crazy because I didn't even really want one at first. Well the blessing was awesome! O man, one of the best I ever gotten. I know the Lord was really speaking through Elder Gurney. One thing he said was "You are so young on the mission, and you are definitely not ready to be a trainer." That sentance was very BAM hahah I completely agreed with it and I thought about it a lot. I am so young on the mission, I still have no idea what I am doing, and I am not adequate enough to train alone. But, I am not alone. The Lord is helping me every step of the way. If I was training without the Lord's help, I wouldn't be able to do it. But I can do it, because the Lord is guiding me. He went on a said so many other things. Two other things that stuck out to me were "Use your personality to find people," that was really cool because sometimes I feel like to be a certain way in order to be a good missionary, but this blessing reminded me that I need to be myself and use my own personality! The other thing was "People at home are relying on you right now." That was cool because it reminded me that I have not only the Lord with me everystep of the way, but I have my amazing family and friends back home who are my cheer squad also helping me every step of the way. Man, I am so lucky.

How awesome is the Lord? Seriously, I have experienced so much as I have been here in Singen showing me that the Lord really knows each of his children. We are never forgotten!!

Well my branch is just so great. There is the cutest girl and her name is Kim Joy. She is 21 and is down syndrome.  We have become best buds. She is constantly following me around in church. It was seriously the cutest thing ever because in sacrament meeting yesterday the Branch president was talking about how he was so grateful to have 6 missionaries in the branch and he was naming off all of our names. When he said my name, Kim Joy yelled "DAS IST MEIN FREUND!!!!" (That is my friend!!!) It was seriously the cutest thing in the world.

Well thank you for all the prayers. I love yall so much. Next week I will make sure to send pictures!! Well love you!!

Sister Allman