delicious lunch made by Elder sonne
September 19, 2011
Dear famile und freunde,
This week has been a roller coaster of experiences! First of all and most importantly, we were able to once more get in contact with my previous and golden investigator, Joe Schwartz and his girlfriend, Danielle.e hae been ringing their door bell for the past month and a half with no response... until mitwoch... Wednesday. We klingeled and they responded. We made an appointment for the next day. We found them in a pretty uneasy and depressed state. We taught them about the joy of the gospel and how they could find true and lasting happiness through the one and only church of God. We also taught them about priesthood authority and the importance of baptism. By the end of the appointment, the couple was beaming and we made an appointment for the next day. At the beginning of the next appointment, Joe asked us if we would baptize him!!!! Needless to say, that took me by surprise! After he said he wanted to be baptized, his girlfriend said, "ya, I would like that too!!" Yes, that was the miracle I have been praying for. That may be the first time that has happened in the country of Germany. haha wow... There is a small problem, however, they are moving within the next week and a half and will not be ready for baptism in that time frame.... But we are working towards that goal and they truly have a desire to be baptized and to be worthy for it.
We also met with Eckhart Steinat and he had been, as it says in 2 Nephi 32... feasting upon the words of Christ. He had post-it notes and had marked up all over the book of Mormon... When I saw his copy, I couldn’t contain myself and just started laughing uncontrollably. We asked him if he would be baptized when he finds out the book of Mormon is true and he said" you would really like that wouldn’t you" haha he likes to joke around and for some reason he just loves elder hamilton and I, although he hates America... anyway he said he would be baptized when he knows it is true!
We also made progress with Annette. We talked with her once again about baptism and she wants to eventually be baptized. She said she felt a special spirit at church a couple of weeks ago and knows that it is true... its amazing. She has also changed since our first visit. I can see more light and happiness in her eyes! She watched Jesus the Christ by herself and cried for 10 minutes straight. She said she didn’t know why she cried... and we told her" that is the spirit of God!!!!!!!" I love the work here.
Oh and Synthia doesn’t want to meet with us any longer and she gave back her Book or Mormon and the restoration DVD. It is unfortunate but we were in contact once more with Ziyeed who lives in the same complex. So it’s not a complete loss.
Not much else is new and I will report how everyone is progressing.
The gospel is true, but hard. With the lord nothing is impossible.
Elder Sonne
