Week 8

WOW This week has been crazy.  Germany is SOOO amazing, I am loving it! 

 

Eisenhüttenstadt the area that I am serving in is one of the only branches left in the mission. Sis Szvoboda and I feel like LOTS of fasting and praying, Hard work, obedience, study and LOTS of miracles that can change in a matter of three transfers. We are in the process of setting up some pretty big community gatherings to help educate people about our beliefs. One of them being a Christmas in June, Thanks for the idea Nicki. We are in the process of putting together a concert that will also includes a slide show of the life of Christ as part of the Christmas presentation. Also last week, BYU came and did a concert in Eisenhüttenstadt which the Mayor attended. We were able to give the Mayor a copy of the Book of Mormon, and got her contact information. We are now in faith calling the Mayor Queen Lamoni. We also are setting up a 'Mormon Hands' service project with the Mayor in hopes that that will truly show her that we are here to help, and that we really do care about her town. This and so many other miracles have been happening as we have been fasting, and truly following the spirit of the Lord as he leads and guides us in this work. The members here are a BIG support and so full of faith. I often feel like I am back in the early days of the church where every one is a convert and because of that they are SO committed. We brought 7 investigators with us to church yesterday and I was almost brought to tears with how loving and welcoming the members were. The testimony meeting was exactly what any missionary would want when bring people, filled with faith and lots of love. Over all I am humbled be the Lords hand in all this. I feel so blessed to be able to even be apart of the miracles that are happening in this area! I LOVE being a missionary! 
 

My German is coming along just fine, someday better then others, but for sure improving day by day. We have this lady names Ola in the ward (She was the one that I thought was a "Golden" investigator at the train station, but turned out being a member) Ola is from Egypt, has learned English and is completely fluent, and is in the process of getting a Doctorate in German literature, she is fluent in 3 languages, and is in the process of also learning french... basically she is a linguist. We meet about 2-3 times a week and she helps me with my German, she is an answer to prayers! Between my Comp Sis Szvoboda and Ola I will be speaking German like a native. It is really cool, every day I realize that I am understanding more and more conversations. Yesterday I taught the branch President. Pres Highbreader the 1st lesson, he does not understand English and by the end of the lesson and after a promise to come back and go dancing with him after my mission he had agreed to get baptized. Basically the fact that he even understood that I wanted him to get baptized is a big improvement!  :) 

 

I hope all is going well back home. I really wish all of you could come over her and do splits even for just one day so that you could see the hand of the Lord as clearly as I do on a regular basis. He really does love each and everyone of us. He wants us to come back to him, and I am convinced after this last little while he will preform miracles if that is what it takes. 

 

Love you lots, 

  
-Sis Kim Bohne

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