The work here is going great like always. This last week we set two baptismal dates. One for a man by the name of Uwa and another for a man by the name of Eric.
Uwa and I have kindred spirits. He is about 50 years old and was raised behind the Wall in East Germany. He is a Forester which is equivalent to a Park Ranger in the U.S. While growing up he dreamed of travelling the world, and finally got the opportunity once the wall came down. He has travelled all over and has some pretty crazy stories about hitch hiking, living in caves, and many other situations I can imagine myself one day being in ( Mom and all others in my life the worry about my safety, disregard that last part). He was contacted by missionaries about three years ago but soon dropped them. Sis Szvoboda and I saw his name as a former investigator in our Area book. On his paper it said that he had backpacked the world which caugth my attention so we called him up. We made out an appointment. Long story short I have been able to use my backwoods experiences, story's I had while living on the road working for the corps. The experiences I had while living with so many different people in a non-traditional LDS life style, experiences most other missionaries have not gone through, to really get into this mans hart. Through teaching Uwa I am learning that if I trust God, He will use me to teach some of his Children, and connect in a way that few other missionary's can because of my life style these last 4 years. I am slowly learning that there are parts of Kim that I didn't know could be Sis Bohne, but as I follow the spirit God is able to use these parts in some pretty cool ways.
Erick is a really intelligent, cool 26 year old man from South Africa. We contacted him through a friend of Max. He is extremely humble and open to following the spirit. We have taught Erick differently then you normally would due to him being a quick learner, and so humble. We have really had to follow the spirit while teaching him,. We have been able to explain the more long term goals of this gospel during our time together. It has been a great experience to really be 'moved upon by the spirit' while teaching. It has also been cool to witness that as someone really catches hold of all this gospel has to offer, Eternal Marriage, Priesthood Blessings, The Holy Ghost, it becomes easy to stay strong when faced with temptation. It seems that those stumbling blacks of life turn into stepping stones as we keep an eternal perspective.
Uwa and I have kindred spirits. He is about 50 years old and was raised behind the Wall in East Germany. He is a Forester which is equivalent to a Park Ranger in the U.S. While growing up he dreamed of travelling the world, and finally got the opportunity once the wall came down. He has travelled all over and has some pretty crazy stories about hitch hiking, living in caves, and many other situations I can imagine myself one day being in ( Mom and all others in my life the worry about my safety, disregard that last part). He was contacted by missionaries about three years ago but soon dropped them. Sis Szvoboda and I saw his name as a former investigator in our Area book. On his paper it said that he had backpacked the world which caugth my attention so we called him up. We made out an appointment. Long story short I have been able to use my backwoods experiences, story's I had while living on the road working for the corps. The experiences I had while living with so many different people in a non-traditional LDS life style, experiences most other missionaries have not gone through, to really get into this mans hart. Through teaching Uwa I am learning that if I trust God, He will use me to teach some of his Children, and connect in a way that few other missionary's can because of my life style these last 4 years. I am slowly learning that there are parts of Kim that I didn't know could be Sis Bohne, but as I follow the spirit God is able to use these parts in some pretty cool ways.
Erick is a really intelligent, cool 26 year old man from South Africa. We contacted him through a friend of Max. He is extremely humble and open to following the spirit. We have taught Erick differently then you normally would due to him being a quick learner, and so humble. We have really had to follow the spirit while teaching him,. We have been able to explain the more long term goals of this gospel during our time together. It has been a great experience to really be 'moved upon by the spirit' while teaching. It has also been cool to witness that as someone really catches hold of all this gospel has to offer, Eternal Marriage, Priesthood Blessings, The Holy Ghost, it becomes easy to stay strong when faced with temptation. It seems that those stumbling blacks of life turn into stepping stones as we keep an eternal perspective.
I hope all is going well back at home. Until next week.
Sis Kim Bohne
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