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| Ringing in the New Year at 6 p.m. in our apartment with Crème Brûlée |
We had Tausch this week with the Wartenau Sisters. I stayed in Altona with Sister Gomez-Bravo and we found this super cool family from the Middle East. They let us right it and we promised to come back with a Arabic Book of Mormon. So Sister Harger and I came back and taught them the first lesson. Their German isn't super great, but their cousin was there and his was better, so he was able to translate. He told us that the Book of Mormon is old Arabic, but that he can understand it and he will read it. So that was cool.
On Sylvester (NYE), we met with Eunice. She gave us dinner and had an amazing discussion about prophets and why they are important. It was so cool. We ended with Joseph Smith's first vision and afterwards, Eunice said, "I'm so thankful that he was willing to make that sacrifice and give his life so that we can have this church on the earth!" It is a blessing to see her understanding of the gospel deepen. It has strengthened my testimony to be a witness of God's plan for her and how he has prepared her to accept the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The rest of New Year's Eve was spent at home.. Germans are a little crazy with the fireworks. We felt like we were in the middle of a battle all night. Our backyard neighbors set some off right by our house. We had to be home by 18, so we ate Crème brûlée from ALDI and worked on our area book planner app. We went to bed like normal (with tons of fireworks) but we both slept until 6:30. We decided to celebrate the new year at Mountain Standard time, so 8 am here. We just drank juice and went to church like normal.
There weren't many people at church, but Schw. König brought Gina, a lady we've been trying to meet with consistently for a while. We are meeting with them both this week. Also, Bruder Giesen spoke about a spiritual thought we had shared with their family over Christmas about making Christ our foundation and Helaman 5:12, and it was a tender mercy to see (and be reminded) that the gospel and missionary work is not really about we say, but the spirit through which God touches our hearts. It is humbling to be here. This has been the craziest year of my life and I can't believe it's over. I have spent the last 347 (ungefähr) days as a missionary and I would not take a single one back. There are hard days, but it is sooo rewarding. Unbelievably so. And with the turn of a new year, I am just grateful to be here, to have such an amazing family, and be able to serve God by sharing what is so important to me! Life is good, and even when it's not, God still always is.
Happy 2017! Love you all!
Sister Simpson
P.S. We got to meet with Carly and Daniel today, which was awesome. I love them. :)
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