Sorry my titles are getting worse and worse as time goes on. And I definitely got behind again on that daily writing thing I was trying to be good at. I only wrote once this week. But I'll still try to keep you all more updated on what's going on, I just can't promise that it'll be an every day thing.
We're still meeting with our progressing investigator "J". He is definitely one of the most ready people I've taught on my mission and he continues to progress. The way he goes about things tells me how willing and eager he is to learn more and find out if God really is there. He came to English this week (and our English class really isn't good, haha, and sometimes it's only ever Enrico that's there) but he enjoyed himself and said its good for him just to hear English so if we wanted we could even teach him in English, haha. We also taught one of the elders investigators, "L", who's African. It was kind of a weird ordeal because we had an appointment on Tuesday but we went to the wrong street because of a one letter difference in the two streets and he more or less yelled at me on the phone because we got it wrong... So we were a little apprehensive about the new appointment. We met with him in the hallway of his apartment building because we're not allowed in his apartment when he's alone so we just got three chairs and met, haha, we were pleasantly surprised by how well the appointment went. We talked about the Book of Mormon and he expressed some concerns that he had that hadn't yet been addressed by the elders and we were able to make some good progress with him. We asked if he would be baptized and he said he really wants to study more but would be if it came to that point. Sweet! Also you should know that Africans say the BEST prayers. They pray with so much energy and power and soul that you just can't help but bow your head and smile and feel that if anyone's prayers are going to be answered, it's going to be theirs. :) We have so much good going for us right now! We also cleared up chastity and tithing with "D" and everything's going smoothly for his baptism in three weeks! We've also been seeing success just stopping by on less actives and finding them at home and making out return appointments. We received another referral this week, but haven't gotten a hold of her yet. If things keep going the way they're going, my last transfer is going to be a blast.
Funny experience from this week, :) we were reviewing chastity with "D" and we were talking about the six main points that are a part of the overarching commandment and since his German isn't that great, we were using our google translate app to make everything in French and then say it out loud because he can't read French! Anyways, I'm talking to "D" and all of a sudden Sister Egbert's iPad says "MASTURB[...]" really loud in an English accent... HAHAHA and "D" kept saying it cause he didn't know what it meant and we were just dyyyying. Another cool/random thing was when we were talking to this woman on the street and we had come to the end of the conversation (she didn't have interest) and we asked her where she was from, she said Turkey, and we told her we were from America. She was like "oh my gosh, you're Americans!!" in like a perfect American accent (up to this point we were speaking only in German). Turns out she married an American and lived in Ohio for some time. Super cool. She still didn't have interest though but it was a cool moment.
Welp. Transfer calls are this week—my last. I can't believe another transfer has gone by. It's amazing how much the Lord is able to squeeze out of me and my very limited ability and through that I truly know that He will always help us do what He requires of us. It's true what everyone says about love and charity ('neighbor love' in German), that it has the power to heal hearts and brighten days and cover long distances. When we ever ask ourselves "why?" we can always be led back to this answer, that the love of God is the reason for all things.
7 weeks.
Sister Seamons
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