Re: Gesegnete Weihnachten und ein glückliches neues Jahr! 12-17-12

Hello Family!

 

Wow this week has flown by so fast, it is crazy to think that it is Monday again!

 

First ya we are still trying to set up the skype for Christmas, but we should know for sure by next Monday and I will let you know. Is there a time that would work for you best? Or I guess what I am asking is does any one work on Christmas?

I am going to side with the rest of the Family on the idea of not having Stir Fry for Christmas dinner. A nice Lasagna could work ever now and then but I am not sure of ''Stir Fry'' says Christmas like some good Chicken Cordon Bleu. Mom I think some traditions should just not be messed with, this may be one of them ;)

As for the snow, IT WAS CRAZY last week!!!! It for sure was not normall, but this week has been better, basicly at this point all the snow is melted and we are back to wearing only one coat and not two. 

Every one were are teaching are doing good, this last week it has been hard to keep contact with everyone getting ready for Christmas and all. But despite the drop in contact it still seems that they are doing good. It is truly building my testimony of the power of prayer, because with some of them that is all we are able to do right now. 

Sister Hinkle is doing so good. I have been really blessed having her as a comp. I feel like I got custody of Ashley again. I have the title but lets be honest we all know who has the smarts and the know how ;)  

 

Oh my goodness I have not heard about the Franks!?! Do you have an address for them so I can send them a letter? Tell the Lyons that I will be praying for them!   

 

So one funny storey before I close for this week. This week we light our apartment on Fire..... Yep firemen, police man, LOTS of smoke, the whole 9 yards. My comp and I made some homemade soup, and left our stove on. Some how, we think it may be one the devils little minions, a paper ended up falling on to the stove as we were getting ready to head into Hamburg for exchanges with the other sisters. Long story short nothing happened besides the door getting kicked in and our apartment smelling like a camp fire the next few days. The Lord is really watching out for us!!!

 

I love you all so much!

 

-Sister Kimberly Bohne

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Güte Morgen meine lieber Familie,  

I love hearing that Emily was able to go to the temple for the first time in the Salt Lake Temple. Emily I would love to get a letter telling me how you felt and what it was like. I remember my first time in the Salt Lake Temple, it is SO OLD, but so beautiful! I remember just sitting there imagining all the pioneers carving the wood and painting the pictures, I felt like I had gone back over 100 years in history. 

 

Thanks Dad and Mom I feel so blessed for the support if I decide to extend. I for sure will let you know after Präs. Kosak and I have had more of a chance to talk. It could still go both ways.

 

Regine is doing good, we are currently just working on the basics with her. Reading the scriptures every day, praying, the things that will build her relationship with our father in heaven so that when the time is right we will be able to build on the foundation to the point that she will be able to make the convents that will lead back to Him.  

 

Family Fischer came to church again this week, they are seeming more and more comfortable there as they see the loving reactions of the ward members with their son. Helping this family make progression would be impossible with out this ward, so I am just so thankful that the members here in Langenhorn are really steeping up and embracing this family! Esmeralda is continuing to develop her personal testimony. I have never met someone who has so much childlike faith. She Believes in the power of God, and believes that through the gospel anything is possible. It is humbling to be able to work with her. 

 

Laarni, is also doing good. She came to her first church activity this week, which was a Relief society activity. She loved it! She brought her son Paul and all the women just feel in love at first sight. She was suppose to come to church but it snowed about 2 feet Saturday night so was unable to make it. We will be praying that she can make it next week.

 

We came in contact with a man named Viktor this week who was able to make it to church. Viktor works as in the Emergency Room at a local hospital. He nearly has a photographic memory and is able to quote the bible backwards and forwards. When we gave him the Book of Mormon and explained that through this book that a man can gain a testimony of Joseph Smith the only thing that he said was; '' You will know a man by his works. I will study this book out and compare it to the bible then I will know if this book comes from God. And Then I will know if this Joseph was a prophet.'' Can you say the PERFECT answer. I am just thankful at these times that I can be excited that they are wanting to 'prove' this book because I know it comes from God, and that the story of Joseph Smith really Happened.

 

Everyone else is doing really good. It has started snowing a LOT her in Hamburg, which has been interesting. I am just thankful that Sister Schaerr build this program up with so many people that between those we are teaching, the referrals that we are getting, and the extra study time that we have with Sister Hinkle being new we are not outside a ton for long periods of time. God know that I don't like the snow and has been blessing me!

 

Mom thanks for the package and I will open it right when it comes in. Ya stevia would be great. We have been drinking lots of tea and that always helps. Also thanks for those vitamins we are trying to eat healthy but there is just that little boast that you can only get from those vitamins.

 

I hope everything has been going great back at home. It sounds like everyone is staying busy with your different responsibilities. I love you all so much and can't wait to talk with you guys on Christmas. We will be having another zone conference this week where I am sure we will find out about the rules with talking on Christmas. But as for right now we are planning on Skyping from our church computer. That just means that we are going to have to bring our Eggnog and German deserts to the church as we are talking :)

 

-Sister Kimberly Bohne

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Family and Church!

Hello Family,

 

Wow this week has been so good.

 

First I want to start out with a super cool story from church yesterday.

 

For the last few months we have been teaching this lady named Esmeralda. Esmeralda is from South America, but is married to a German. They have a son together named Florian who is 12. Florian is handicapped, but so sweet. In the last few weeks she has been making some AMAZING progress. Before Sister Schaerr went home we set a baptismal date with her, and from that moment on there has been this focus to all of our lessons. And between all of our appointments she has been reading and praying by herself. 

The first time we meet with Esmeralda and asked her why she would meet with us she explained that she believed in Christ but wanted to know more. She also explained that she felt that be meeting with us it could help her son. She also explained in latter lessons that one of the reasons she would let us in was because, Florian, her son, has a special gift of being able to sense people, weather they are good or bad, and that he felt totally comfortable with us. For her that was a sign that she should listen to us.

So yesterday Esmeralda, her husband and Florian all came to church for the first time!!!! They came a little late, and both Sister Hinkle and I were already sitting by different investigates so we were unable to get up. But it was cool to feel the excitement of the ward when a family of investigates walked in! The Bishop had this huge simile on his face!  During sacrament Florian was being a little louder then Esmeralda thought was appropriate, so about half way through they got up to leave. As I noticed them getting up, I was sitting on the other side of the sacrament hall, and despite getting up as quickly as possible to go and stop them they were already headed out. In the confusion of me trying to get through some people I didn't notice that another member had already gone after them. By the time that I got into the hall There were already two other members talking with them and telling them that Florian was fine, and that they would love if Family Fischer stayed. After less then a minute of talking, led by these members they walked back into sacrament.

At the end of sacrament meeting our Bishop got up and bore his testimony, as he was bearing his testimony Florian stood up and was just looking at him, completely silent. As bishop sat down and we started singing Florian walked up to the front and for over a minute just stared at bishop completely calm. Then walked calmly to Esmeralda and sat down beside her.

As I watched Florian looking at bishop the spirit was SO strong. It was a testimony to me that first the Priesthood power is real, and that this little 12 year old boy, who is unable to speak, can recognize that power that the Bishop holds. Yesterday was also a huge example of how important members are in missionary work. I would have been able to help them back into the chapel. But when a father in the ward steps up and invites them back in it means a lot more. That family would have walked out, and may or may not have even come back, but because the members were accepting and willing to help them stay, willing to get out of their seats I feel like we will see many miracles with this family.

The Fischer family ended up staying for most of church. Florian was taken into primary by one of the primary teachers. By the time they left it was so hard for us to say good bye to this family because all of the members were surrounding them. Needless to say the Fischer family will come back to church!

 

Besides that everything is going good. We are teaching Regine again, and she will be coming with us to a Relief Society activity this week. I just love that lady so much!

 

Laarni will also be coming to the activity this week and hopefully we will be able to get her to church on Sunday. She is growing so much, she has started reading in the Scriptures by herself, and praying. I will give it just a little longer till the desire in her is so strong that we will be unable to keep her away from church!

 

I am doing good. I have been learning so much these last few weeks. There has been this desire growing in me that is difficult to explains. I am changing, and it is good, but it is crazy to realize.

 

So with all the mission age requirements changing there will be a few shorter transfers to get on the same time as the MTC which means that I will be coming back over 3 weeks sooner then I thought, and between going into the MTC 3 weeks late I miss a whole transfer in my mission. So I have been having these feelings that I should extend, which means if I measured it right, when I extend, I will come home beginning of October of 2013. making the total of my mission 18 months and a few days. That means that I have just under 9 months, or in missionary time 6 transfers. This means that I will be able to train to the end of my mission and with all the new sisters coming in President Kosak is in need of some older sisters on the mission. But nothing has been set in stone yet. So we will talk more about it on Christmas.

 

 

-Sister Kimberly Bohne

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