New Transfer

Heilige Kuh,

What a week, what a week. We probably spent around 18 hours in a train, but we sure had fun. Thursday and Friday we headed to München for MLC and when we got there it was this huge mission reunion. So many missionaries together and it was crazy. All of us together had a huge finding day around the place they host Oktoberfest at because Frühlingsfest is going on right now. (It is right down the street from the church). I think there were about 110 missionaries and we went around Theresienwiese(The place where Oktoberfest and Frühlingsfest are hosted) and invited people to come get a church tour. I think it was definitely a sucess, and we had fun as well. This mission seriously has the BEST missionaries in the world in it. Man, I just love the missionaries in my mission, and I hope I will be friends with these people forever!!!

After the Finding day we started MLC. We focused a lot on the Book of Mormon and how important it is to get our investigators to start reading it from the beginning. We all read the first chapter together, and it was soo incredible to see how much of the first lesson is brought up in just the first chapter! It talks about families, prayer, prophets, revelation, God, Jesus Christ, just everything!! It is incredible and I urge everyone to try and study just the first chapter of the Book of Mormon, and see how many different things it testifies of. I also heard a quote from President Eyring. Someone asked him how long they should read the Book of Mormon each day and he said "Read the Book of Mormon until you feel the spirit, then read a little bit longer." I love that soo much!! That should be the guideline of our daily scripture study each day! It was soo good. That night Sister Smith, Sister Henry, Sister Clark, and I got to stay at a hotel because this mission home was full, so that was a little adventure. We then woke up early and had another great MLC with Elder and Sister Dyches. We talked about Agency and how we should take control of our own lives. He talked all about how it is OUR CHOICE if we are happy, or if things are good. Dad, of course I thought of you. I just kept replaying over and over in my head when Mckay and I would fight, "He's not annoying you, you are LETTING him annoy you!" I couldn't help but laugh, but of course I loved learning about it again, because I think I could always be better at that. But agency is so huge within our happiness. It is really our choice if we are happy or not. One of my favorite quotes is "If you want to be happy, BE!" Who is to decide for us if we are happy or not?? It is our choice! We learned about transfer calls at MLC and guess what?? Sister Smith and I are staying together:) Of course we already figured, but I am just so happy that I will be ending my mission with her, and Sister Freimann!! She is coming to the Wien Zone and I am so stinking happy because I will get to see her and do a tausch with her too. It will be great!! But MLC and München was great. I love that city with my whole heart, and I love being able to go back once a month.

Saturday we had the JAE Sporttagung all day, and it was just a blast!!!! O man, we were soo happy to be there with the JAEs. The best part about it was that it was a huge reunion. I saw Naemi, Oliver, Dago, Marcella, Vera, Lukas, David, Magdelena, Rebekah, Chris, and so much more. I was just besides myself because I was just soo happy and so grateful that we were allowed to go and able to be there. Lisa was there as well and just loved it. It is great to see her make friends with everyone and just have a good time. It is awesome because it is like she is already a member!!

Speaking of Lisa, she is doing great. Saturday at the JAE Tagung she was talking to these two converts from Slovenia and they were telling her their conversion story, and Elder and Sister Tew told us that she teared up during the converstaion, and then she said "Can I be baptized tomorrow?" She is just incredible. She came to Albert's (The Elders Investigator) baptism yesterday and just fits in so well. She is just the best and we will be meeting with her again this week. Sister Smith and I are both freuing ourselfs and are just so happy to be able to teach her. She is just the greatest.

GUESS WHO CAME TO ALBERT'S BAPTISM??? David and Phillip!! O man, we haven't been able to meet with them for a while, but they came to Albert's baptism and just loved it so much!! It was seriously a miracle. David (the 10 year old) was soo excited to see me and ran up and gave me the biggest hug. He had told me that he had been reading in the Book of Mormon and that his dad was going to fix the dvd player so he could was The Restoration after the baptism. How cute is that??? He also said that him and his dad were going to come next week again to church with this big smile on his face. I was sooo happy. Phillip came up to me and just told me how David loved every second of being with the ward members, and he knows they have to come back again next week. Phillip enjoyed it as well, and we are able to set another appointment with them again on Wednesday. We are so excited!!!! Goodness, the Lord is blessing us so much.

This morning during studies I was just overwhelmed.. This next transfer is going to be incredible. I feel it in my bones and I just know we are about to start witnessing miracles and we are going to feel some of the purest joy this transfer. This week we have been able to make out a lot of appointments with members, investigators, and potentials. It is going to be great, and I am ready to work as hard as I can and use EVERY moment that Heavenly Father is granting me. This time on a mission goes by so stinking fast, so now I am just trying to cherish every second and do EVERYTHING I can to accomplish the work the Lord has for me.

We get weekly emails from the mission and this was in the last email that I thought I would share:

 Ein Missionar zu sein ist einfach das Beste.  Ich habe diese Woche eine kleine Zitat gefunden von Präsident Ezra Taft Benson die ich gerne mit euch teilen möchte.  Er sagte, „I challenge you to enjoy your call and to magnify it completely.  Be happy and joyful in the service of the Lord.  Love missionary work with all your heart.  I promise you that as you magnify your call this will be the sweetest and most glorious experience you have had.”

All I can say is, AMEN to that quote.

WelI Ich hab euch ganz doll lieb!! Ihr seid der Hammer!!!

Sister Allman

Here is a picture from Sister Smith and I in Salzburg, we had a hour layover in Salzburg on the way to Munich, so we were able to take a few pictures.