These Boots are made for Walking

Happy Halloween in 3 days! Today for Pday our district is having a Halloween Party at the Gurney's. We are carving pumpkins and doing all the typical american things for Halloween so I am excited. I will make sure to send pictures next week. 

This past week was super good. Sister Freimann and I have been working so hard! It has been so rewarding because every night we come home we are completely exhausted and we know we did our bests. It is such a great feeling. Also, I actually am growing to love contacting. I can't believe I am saying that, but you meet some of the coolest and craziest people on the street. It is so fun.

We were able to meet with Achmed 4 times this week. Each time went so well and he is so excited to be baptized. We taught him the Plan of Salvation and he loved it. He is just soaking everything up like a sponge. He is hilarious as well. He calls me the president and sister Freimann the secretary because she always writes down his reading assignments for him. hahah The awesome thing is that Sister Freimann has a turkish man in her home ward who was muslim and converted. We gave Achmed his number and he called him and that really helped Achmed as well. He was excited to know he is not alone and that if he goes back to Turkey, there will be other members. I am a little bit nervous though because tonight we are teaching him the Word of Wisdom. He smokes like a chimney and I learned he loves his coffee. Yesterday at church he found out more about the Word of Wisdom and he kind of freaked out a little bit. But, good sign, during sacremant he was looking around for a "Old, wise man" that could baptize him. haha So hopefully it goes well tonight. If it goes well I think he could change his baptism to in a few weeks. So we'll se what happens.

This week looks really great. We have so many lessons with promising potentials and I think we will be able to have new investigators this week. We ran into Simplice yesterday!! He was working. He is just the best. He said that he wants so badly to be at church, but his work schedule is just so crazy. We are hoping we will be able to meet with him this week, so we will see what happens.

We met a cool guy named Bernie last week. When I first stop and contacted him he was so mean and scary. I was telling him about the book of Mormon and he kept making sarcastic remarks so I just bore my testimony. Then he looked a me and said in a snooty tone, "You want me to buy this book don't you?" I told him no, and that we give this book to people that have a desire to read it and learn about it. His countenance then completely changed. He looked at me and said "You mean, you would really give me this book?? For Free?!?!" I told him yes. O my goodness. He then got so happy and was just like "I have so many questions about God and the purpose of life and yes I want this book!" It was hilarious. We exchanged information and he was just so excited to read it and meet with us. That was a lesson learner to me that you should not give up so quickly with the people you talk to on the street. hahah We are meeting with him on Wednesday and I am excited to see what happens.

O my goodness. Mom! My boots are such a wreck but I love them!! It was so funny because yesterday the Relief Society president came up to me and said "Do you need help buying new boots? I talked to President Frank and when you need help, the branch can help you out." haha It was so cute and nice and also hilarious because I had no idea how she knew my boots were falling apart. Maybe she saw them?? I'll send a picture. haha

Well I love you guys. Thanks for all the prayers. This church is true!!

Here is something in German. Excuse mistakes.

Ich liebe eine Missionarin zu sein. Es ist ein wunderbare Erfahrung Gottes Kinder zu dienen. Diese Kirche ist wahr!! Wir konnen immer zu Gott beten und Er wird uns immer antworten. Wir sind nie Allein. Wir haben ein Vater wer ist immer da. Wir haben so viel Glück!!!!!! Ich habe alle euch so viel Lieb!

Here is the one picture I took this week. haha That is a german house for ya!

and here is one of my boots. It doesnt look so bad in the picture, but they are hahaha The whole goes all the ways to the inside of the boot. But I want to keep wearing them because I think they are awesome. haha 

Naturlich!

Can I just say something??? I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!! Ahh I love it so much. Don't get me wrong, it is so stinking hard. You experience more disappointed and hardships that you could ever imagine, but the opportunity to be able to serve God's children and testify of our Savior is so rewarding!! The other day I was just so overwhelmed with gratitude. I was brought to tears over how grateful I am for this opportunity to be a missionary. It is changed me and strectched me in ways that I never thought possible. I really think my mission is becoming sacred to me.

My personal study this morning was der hammer. (That means awesome in German! haha) O man. The Spirit was so strong and I was totally engulfed in the Book of Mormon. I have been studying the chapters about the best missionary examples and that is, of course, Alma, and the sons of Mosiah. O how I hope that one day I will be able to be missionaries like them. I especially loved reading Alma 7 this morning. It is such an amazing chapter in the Book of Mormon for everyone. It testifies of the Savior and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Mom, Dad-you two should re read it. It is so good. Also 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 and Romans 5:3-6 are a perfect desciption of missions.Gosh I love this work.

We saw a miracle with Achmed this week.  On Tuesday night we had an appointment with him and we wanted to watch "The Restoration." Before we put in the film he said "Today is my birthday!" We were all suprised and then he said " Well not really, but is has been one year since my first brain operation". (He has had 4). He said it was a miracle that he was alive. We asked him why he thought God spared his life. His response was "For the experience! So I could learn and grow!" We then looked at him and asked "Achmed, what if God spared your life so you could hear this message that we have?" It went silent. The Spirit came right into the lesson and Achmed began to weep. He said " I feel it when I read this book. I feel it everytime I meet with you guys." The spirit was so stong!!!!! We changed our complete lesson plan and felt like we should all bear our testimonies about the Savior. We did and Achmed weeped again. We invited him to be baptized and he was so excited and said yes and felt like he would be ready the14th of December. That lesson was the most spiritual lesson I have ever had on my mission. I really feel like I was able to feel just a glimpse of how much love Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ has for one of their sons. O man, and it is just so incredible to watch his testimony develop of this gospel and Jesus Christ. Miracles happen and THIS CHURCH IS TRUE!!!!The rest of the night I just felt so much love for Achmed. I knew it was the love that Christ has for him and I was just so overwhelmed and grateful. That is the best and greatest part about being a missionary, being able to feel the love that the Savior has for his children. It is so incredible.

So I am struggling with German. Really struggling and it is a great trial for me. I have been out on my mission almost 11 months now and my German is not where is should be. I am working so hard and Sister Freimann is helping me so much as well. Sister Freimann and I only speak German together and I do my best to think in German. During any time I have I am studying German or trying to learn more. I do my studies in German and I am doing every little thing I possibley can, to learn it, but it is just not really sticking. People don't understand me that well, and it is wearing on me. I have been praying my little heart out and fasting, so now I am just trying to be patience. I am trying not to compare myself with other missionaries, because so many people have a gift and talent with languages, but that is not for me. But I am working my little heart out and hopefully by the end of my mission I will be able to speak German. But just know Sister Allman is doing everything she can!! And I know the Lord will provide a way. Just like my favorite scripture Alma 26:12 "But in his strength I can do All things!" which means I can learn German!!!

Okay well I love you all so much!!

Sister Allman:)

We were in this little village in the middle of nowhere and while we were waiting for our train we took these pictures. hahah Hope you like them.

Conference-mein Kopf ist geplazt!

O meine gute. Was conference just about the best conference you have ever seen?? It was sooo amazing. I had so many questions that I had written down, and literally all of them were answered, and I haven't even see the last session yet! Wow. I can't even choose a favorite talk either, just all of them were so good. Mind Blown. haha I couldn't help but think of so many of our family members and friends the whole time. I was just overwhelmed with a gratitude for all my many blessings and the blessing of the Atonement. How wonderful is it that everyday we have the opportunity and change so we can become more like our Savior?? We are soo lucky!!

Can I just say something?? I am so incredibly grateful that I have the opportunity to be a missionary. Let me tell ya, it has been harder than I ever imagined, but it has also brought more joy to my life than I ever thought. It is such an exciting time to be a missionary and I get to be apart of it! I love that I have 18 months to completely focus on others and become more like the Savior. It is the best. Time is starting to go by so fast. I heard at half way it starts to fly by and I have already notice that. Now I am just trying to cherish every moment I have to be a missionary and declare glad tidings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This gospel is true and we should be sharing it with everyone!!!

So remeber Akmed?? Well he is just so awesome and prepared. We were only able to have one appointment with him this past week, but it went so well. Our appointment with him was on Tuesday night. We had given him the Book of Mormon on Saturday, and by tuesday he had already read to Helaman!! Cool huh??? O meine gute. The lesson went so well. He said " I have always wondered if it was the Bible that was true, or the Koran. I guess I will just have to continue reading in the Book of Mormon and pray about it to find out." Ahhh So wonderful.

I am just so incredibly happy. We are so blessed to have this gospel in our lives. We are so lucky to have the knowledge that Heavenly Father always loves us, no matter what. This gospel is something I hope each one of us treasures.

Also, I uploaded a video on drop box of me at the church! I dont know why but I was speaking in German. Sorry! But enjoy the video. heheh

I love you guys!!! Thanks for all the prayers!!!

Sister Allman:)

Here is a picture of me last pday at Sigmaringen! A caste here in southern germany.

The other picture is me at a members house with the two cutest girls. They are excited to be missionaries one day:)

Kurbis Soupe o so lecker!

September 30, 2013

So to start off my email I would like to say that I keep having these reoccuring nightmares!! I have had it 3 times on my mission so far. It is my wedding day, and I am dressed up and ready for everything to happen. It is about an hour before we seal the deal, and I freak out and I find you mom, and I tell you I don't want to marry this person. And you tell me it is okay and then I call off the whole wedding. hahahah What the heck? Why am I having this dream on my mission?? hahah Maybe there is a reason that I was suppose to come on a mission, because if I didn't, I might of found someone and gotten engaged but then called it off? hahahaha o dear. Thank goodness I don't have to worry about dating and boys for another 9 months!!!

This week was great. We were able to find a lot of potentials, the leaves are changing colors, and I have been able to eat pumpkin soup!! Fall is here and I am so happy. Yesterday I was sitting in sacrament meeting and a huge love came over me. I love the branch here is Singen so much! Since we opened this area, we have been able to work a lot with the members and it has been such a blessing. I love the branch here so much. It is soo diverse! We have Russians, Asians, Americans, Englanders, Crazies, propers, and all of the above! It is such a rag-tag group of people and I love it so much. One of my most favorite things about the mission are the people we are able to meet. That is the best part of being a misisonary is being able to feel just a glimpse of the Love that Heavenly Father has for his children. He LOVES each and every one of his children so much, that we can't even comprehend. As I was overwhelmed with this love, I realized my time here in Singen has been so hard, but it has also been so worth it, and I am so incredibly grateful!!!!

MIRACLE ALERT!!! so saturday we were going by on some potentials and we met this man named Akhmed on the street. We told him all about the Book of Mormon and we were able to give him one, but not get his information. He told us he was going to come to church on Sunday. (so many people tell us that but never come). Well, Sunday rolls around and sacrament begins. As I looked into the foyer, I saw this man, Akhmed walk into the church with his Book of Mormon. I went and grabbed him and he came and sat by the GML and I. I asked him if he had read in the Book of Mormon and he showed me where he had read too, and he had read the first 99 pages!!! We talked after church and set up an appoint for 6:00. We met with him and it was great. He is Muslim, but I think he has so much potential. He is really open and excited to learn. We have another appointment with him tomorrow, so we are excited.

This weekend is conference and I am so stinking excited!! Conference is like Christmas for missioniares. We have been counting down the days to be able to hear the counsel of the prophet and his apostles!! O man, I can't wait. The Relief Society broadcast will be broadcasted at 4:00 on Saturday, then 6:00 will start the saturday morning session. Sunday we will watch Saturday afternoon at 2:00, then sunday morning at 6:00. They will broadcast the last sunday conference at church the next sunday.

Well Love you guys, thanks for all the prayers. They mean soo much!! Enjoy conference!!!

Sister Allman:)

Here is a picture of sister Freimann and I. A while ago we went to a second hand store and bought dirndls for super super cheap. It was awesome. That is us today! We are going to a castle with our district and wanted to wear our dirdnls.

and here is a picture of me with to YW. We were invited to the yw activity and did makeovers on each other. I curled michelles hear, and joyce with the mask curled mine!