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Liebe Familie,
Well, as always, the time flew and I can't believe it is P-day again. Last week, we went to the Hard Rock Cafe in Hamburg. It was quite an experience. It was very loud, very expensive. Sister Fulton was in heaven (see picture). I'll probably never go back.. Wasn't that impressed with their "gourmet" 3€ water. Today we played football. Imagine me and sister Fulton and 20 elders in a park in Hamburg playing American football. It was a little crazy. I tried, but I'm not very good. I did get ran into a few times. And I stopped some people so that was sweet. Pday fun.
We went on Tausch (exchanges) this week. It was nice to mix it up and learn from having a different companion for a day. We visited with a lady in our ward and tried to help her do her family history work. She's from Haiti, and basically has no information, so all we really did was help her get on to family search. She is going to have to research in Haiti to find all the information. Crazy. But I really love her and she's super solid. The rest of our appointments fell out, so we went by on a less active. She wasn't home, but we met a lady as we were leaving and ended up talking to her about the Book of Mormon and she seemed really interested. It was a miracle!
Also, we talked to a guy at our bus stop about the Book of Mormon. We gave it to him and told him how it has helped us and how it can answer all of life's questions. He told us that he just began a relationship with a girl and they both are new to dating... He asked if the Book of Mormon could help with that. (¿Alma 39?) He was very friendly and gave us a hug when he got on his bahn, even though we both tried to shake his hand. Haha.
We had a fantastic lesson with Peggy this week. She had a rough week and we talked about trials, what happens after we die. We all knelt down to pray together and it was incredible. The spirit was so strong. We all cried. She wants to get baptized, but she's worried about how her mother will take it, so we are praying that she will have to courage to pray about and make that choice and that her mother will be supportive. It has been such a blessing to see this change in Peggy. I love her!
Peggy and Leslie both came to church. Our Sunday school class was full and it was awesome!
So actually, it was kind of a hard week. (Lots of people cancelled on us). We need to always be talking with people, and I want to do better, but it doesn't always happen. I feel like the Angel in The Forgotten Carols who just really wants to sing but can't get it to come out.. (Sorry if that doesn't make sense. Thankfully, the forgotten carols is good at all times of the year, so you can just look up "Handel's dream" on YouTube and can listen to it. Beautiful.) So that's what we will be working on this week, because we are commanded to open our mouths, so I need to do my part so the Lord can do his.
We gave a Spanish Book of Mormon to a lady a while back and this week we went by and followed up. She let us in and talked to us for 10 minutes. She's super interested, super busy and super hard to understand (I haven't really learned Spanish yet, haha). She is Cuban and told us about all of her medical problems (her adult diaper). Throwback to my days as a CNA. We love her already.
Sister Fulton and I were talking about why it is so important to give 100% as missionaries, as members of the church, etc. It may seem, sometimes, that the church/gospel requires so much of us. And it does. God has blessed us so much in our lives. Our blessings are without number. He requires so much, not just because where much is given much is required, but because we have a divine heritage. Our spirits were born of heavenly parents and we have the potential to become like God, perfected beings. But we can reach our full potential only by continually giving our best, trying every day to put 100% into serving and loving others, repenting, being humble disciples of Christ. We are not perfect, but as we try every day to reach that 100%, we will get better and better until we are perfected through Christ. We always need Him, no matter how good we become. We are saved by His grace, but only when we are doing ALL that we can to live like He did.
Well, that's all I have. Love you all!
Sister Simpson
P.s. We found two fantastic things this week: peanut butter and a Mexican restaurant. The peanut butter will do until I can find American stuff and we'll let you know how the Mexican food is when we go.
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| I am a photographic genius |
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| Hard Rock Cafe |
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| My 13€ meal ($15) |
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| Tausch (Exchanges) |
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| Cool Field |
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| We watch Mormon messages when we eat.. This is what happens because they are frequently sad/touching |
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| Cute flowers |
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