ConGRAZ on the new Area!

What a week what a week.

First off, I am headed to Graz, Austria! I am soo excited to go to Austria! It also means that I am in the Vienna Zone so I will be headed back to Vienna a few times a month for meetings and Austauches. I am beyond excited. Also the new zone leader in Wien is Elder Curtis who was in my mtc district so I am excited to be working with him as well! It'll be a great adventure serving in a new country and as the Sister Training Leader. ahhh Graz has the biggest ward in the mission and it is the 2 biggest city in austria! ahhh I am excited. I am leaving on Thursday and I will probably be in the trains for about 8-9 hours. It is sooo far. The Sister in the office told me it takes the longest to get to graz from any other place in the mission, especially because it is surrounded by alps and you have to go around a big mountain to get there. Goodness I am excited.

But with every ounce of my heart I will  miss Singen!  Man. It was soo hard saying goodbye to the members yesterday. I love this gemeinde so much. It is a whole lot of crazy but so full of love. I love it. Yesterday I just had to hold back my tears the whole day. It was so hard. Especially bearing my goodbye testimony. Man. I have been in Singen over 7 months! It is crazy. But I know I have eternal friends here in Singen. All day yesterday the members were saying that they were going to call Church head quarters and tell them that I couldn't leave. They all said I have to finish my mission here. It was cute. I am so incredibly grateful for my time here in Singen. I have learned more than I could ever thought and met people that have changed my life. It has been a great 5 transfers here.

This week was so great though. On Saturday our ward had a Talent Abend. It was soo wonderful. It was a great success and there were 5 nonmembers and some less actives! Our investigator Erwin was just the cutest and performed with the guitar and then Benji sang. He brought 3 of his friends and his daughter. They loved it and had so much fun. It was such a great opportunity to invite people to see the church and become acquainted with it. Erwin is making a ton of progress as well. This week we met with him this week and talked with him about baptism. He didn't freak out. It was really a miracle and the lesson went well. I have no doubt, one day he will get baptized. It will just take him some time. Yesterday when we were saying bye, he said that I have to come back and visit and go to the disco with his daughter. haha Goodness I love this work and the people you meet with it.

Last night we finally met with the very first potential I ever found in Singen. Her name is Marianna and she is from the country Georgia. We have been trying to meet her for the past 5 transfers, but it just never worked out. Well her lesson was incredible. She is so ready. She said that she has been searching for the truth and she knows there is a life after this. All of her questions were about the lessons we teach. I don't know if that makes sense, but she was so excited. She had a lot of back pain to and so Elder Gurney gave her a blessing and at the end of the lesson she said he pain was fading away! It was incredible. It was so cool to see that the first potential I found here in Singen is a new potential. She is going to get baptized. We are all sure of that. Sister Smith and her new companion will meet with her on Friday.

Oh and one other cool thing! We set a baptismal date this week! His name is Christoph and he is searching for the truth. He is african and such a huge believer. We taught him a great first lesson and he was soo excited to read and come to church! He is solid. We are meeting with him again wednesday.

Well that was the week. It was such a great week to end my time here in Singen. I love Singen so much and for all the incredible people I have met here. It has been such a blessing to serve here!! ahhh the mission is the best. I am so grateful to be here. There are miracles everywhere!!

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Sister Allman