Hello Family,

 

I am sorry that these e-mails have been short the last few weeks, but today I will explain a little more of that is going on.

 

First as mom has already seen on the Blog, my new Companions name is Sister Hinkle. She is from the state Indiana, is 23 years old, and is super ready to be on a mission. She took German in high school, and so her German is good for a new missionary. 

 

It has been an interesting last week to say the least. So Tuesday is when I went to drop Sister Schaerr off in Berlin. I know it was going to be hard to say good bye to her after 4 1/2 months 24/7 together, but I did not realize just how much until it was time for her to Go. She has been an amazing example to me, and has helped me learn so many lessons. Under her guidance I have truly become the missionary I desired to be, the missionary God expected me to be. So needless to say it has been an adjustment with out her by my side. But I will forever be grateful for her and everything she has done for me. Mom I know you are really good at ''finding'' people. I think is would be cool if you ''found'' Sister Rebekah Schaerr on facebook. She will be going to BYU in about a month and I have been telling her a lot about La Luna. You may be able to trade a smothered burrito for a lot of stories of the last few months here in Hamburg. :)

 

So after Dropping off Sister Schaerr in Berlin, I was able to go back to Eisenhüttenstadt for the next day and a half. IT WAS SO CRAZY! Last time in I was in EHS my German was horrible and I was unable to understand a lot of the people in there, that is those that did not speak English. But while I was serving there I learned to love them despite the language barrier, and they learned to love the little ''Green Bean''. This week I was able to go back and for the first time have real conversation with the people that really took me under their wings and loved me in the beginning of my mission. It was super COOL!

 

Then on Thursday morning, I traveled by myself from EHS to Berlin, 2 1/2hrs alone! That was a crazy feeling! As I got on and off the different trains, and moved around I remembered how confused I was when I first got to Germany, and how thankful I was that I had an older comp who I could just follow around. I then had a slight panic attack when I realized that I just became that ''older comp.'' But so far everything has been ok, we have yet to get lost.

 

After getting to where I would be picking up Sister Hinkle, we had a training meeting with President Kosak, and then I finally got to meet her. After meeting we jumped back on a train, and spent the rest of the day on trains, heading back up to HAMBURG. Needless to say it was the most....different thanksgiving I have ever experienced. But we will be making a pie today to celebrate! God bless the USA

 

I am doing good. Learning lots about myself, about the gospel, about the love God has for his children, and a lot about being a ''mom''. I am so thankful to be out here right now, and so thankful to know that the Lord is blessing you as I am out here giving my best to serve him. I can't wait to talk to you guys next month for Christmas. I miss you a lot!

 

I hope everything is going well for you, let me know if I can do anything for you.

 

-Sister Kimberly Bohne

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Good Bye Sister Schaerr! Hello New Sister!!!!

Hello Family and Friends,

 

First I am sorry that this is late again and going to be short and a mass e-mail. I promise next week will be a proper e-mail.

 

So tomorrow I will be taking Sister Schaerr to Berlin to end her mission. It has been an amzing 4 1/2 months and I have learned so much! This week we have gone around and been able to meet with a lot of those that we have taught together. It has been wonderful to see just how much these people love Sister Schaerr, and how she has changed their life. I feel so blessed to be able to have served with her for as long as I have.

 

So with Sister Schaerr leaving there has been a spot opened in Langenhore and...I will be training! Yep that is right President Kosak know how sad I was going to be about Sister Schaerr going home so he decided the best way for me to be able to focus was giving me a new missionary that I would have to watch over, and learn from. To be completely honest I feel like I could use a few more transfers under a more experienced sister, but the Lord qualifies who He calls, and I am excited to be qualified ;)

 

So I will be in Berlin most of this week, which I am way excited for. I will be able to take Sister Schaerr all the way to Berlin, and hopefully be able to see some of the members that I worked with in Eisenhüttenstadt!

 

Once again I am sorry this is late, but things will settle down next week, and I will write more about what has been going on with all the people we have been working with. I could have never imagined just how crazy busy missionary life can be, but I am thankful that I can have this chance. I love you all so much! I am sorry I have not be writting super good e-mails how ever I have been trying to keep a good journal so when I get home we will sit down and I will tell you all the stories in person.  

 

Well we have to finish packing, but I will write next week. Thanks for all the updates, the pictures, and the stories! I love you all so much!!!!!

 

-Sister Kimberly Bohne

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Sorry this is late

Gutten Tag,

 

First I am sorry this is late and that I sent it now and not yesterday. I was planning on e-mailing you later in the day but ended up getting super busy and by the end had no time.

So I am feeling much better then I was last week. Still super tired and warn out but not sick, which I am thankful for.

 

Most of last week was spent laying in bed and not doing anything besides eating amazing homemade food that Sister Schaerr made, reading in the Book of Mormon, and listing to my comp tell stories. It is crazy being sick on a mission because half the time you feel guilty for not doing the work and the other half of the time you are sleeping and dreaming about all the things that you need to do WHEN you get better. Needless to say, it feels good to be doing better and being well enough to meet with people again. 

 

So there are not a whole lot of up dates from last week, but Abel will be receiving the Priesthood this upcoming Sunday!!!! It is so cool to see him progressing in the gospel. Every time we talk with him I am so surprised how happy he sounds. He seems to be floating on cloud 9 right now! Before he was baptised he seemed a little unsure because he know how hard it can be to keep the commandments in a world where that is not so popular, however he has told us many times since making the decision to be baptised how much more strength he has, and how he is so happy now.

 

Well, I love you all lots, I am sorry this is short and is just a mass e-mail but I just wanted you to know that all is good.

 

-Sister Kimberly Bohne

November 5, 2012

Gutten Tag,

First I have been super sick these last few days with the flu and still am, so if none of this makes since just understand I am on a tone of drugs and can't think clearly....it is a good thing it is p-day :) But I got an AMAZING blessing on Saturday evening, and that for sure has helped. I will just rest some more today and take it slow the next few days and it should get better. Nothing to worry about.

So yesterday, Sunday,I was feeling super sick when I woke up, but said a little prayer that I could get through church then started getting ready. As we walked into the church it was really cool, because instantly I felt better... I wanted to go to church because Abel was getting the Gift of the Holy Ghost yesterday and I did not want to miss that! It was a great blessing. After the service when we asked able how he felt he said that right after the prayer he got really hot, and asked us if that was the holy ghost...it brought a whole new meaning to ''baptisim by fire''

Also a lady that we talked to on the streets last week and invited to church ended up coming. So I ended up sitting with her, and Sister Schaerr with Abel. The very first man that got up to bear his testimony is one of our high council men, named Br. Roggow. In his testimony he expressed that when people think about us, the Mormons, we should set an example so that they understand that we are good Christin people. As he said the word ''Mormon'' the lady sitting next to me tensed up and then with a shocked face turned to me and said: '' YOU ARE MORMONS!!!.........''(now looking a little confused) ''I thought that the Mormons were a cult?!?!?'' I had to keep myself from laughing because of her reaction. The only thing I could think of to answer her question, was with a question of my own. As I pointed to all the people around us I simply asked ''Do we look like a cult?'' After a moment of observation she leaned comfortable back in her chair and then looked at me and said, ''Nope, just good Christin people''. It was really cool to see the change in this women as her preseptions of the ''Mormons'' as a cult changed to now seeing us as the Church of Jesus Christ, a group of saints doing their best to follow Jesus Christ. It strengthened me testimony of the power of out personal examples.

Well I am going to end with that, because I honestly can't think stright. But I do want you to know that, I,  Sister Bohne have a testimony that God lives, that Jesus is the Christ, and that the Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the kingdom of God on the earth right now.

Alle Liebe
-Sister Kimberly Bohne