Weekly Highlights 4 Feb 2013-10 Feb2013

Weekly Highlights 4 Feb 2013-10 Feb2013 

Monday:

We had a few adventures but we will explain them next week when we have pictures. ;) We had dinner with the Diener family and the Mansour family! It is amaizing to have a great ward and members who are always seeking opportunities for missionary work. It is awsome to work in a ward where they truly understand the three-fold mission of the church.

Tuesday:

We had brunch at Sister Glen's! She is the lady that gave us the rootbeer. We talked about grace and love. We read a quote from Believing Christ by Robert E. Stevenson. It's under the Saved by grace section around pg. 68. Yeah this is us saying that you should find the book and read it. :)

Wednesday:

We were invited to the Relief Society presidency meeting and we asked to give the spiritual thought. As a compainionship last week we studied "Use time wisely" chapter 8 of Preach My Gospel. In it, it says: ''Do all you can to leave your area stronger than you found it. Meaningful goals and careful planning will help you accomplish what the Lord requires of you. As you care for the people in your assigned area, you will account to Him and to your mission leaders. ''

Compainionship Study

Read Jacob 5:11–13, 61–64, 74–75, and answer these questions:

• •How does the Lord feel about His children?

• •What kind of effort does the Lord require of His servants?

As we read in Jacob we related the tree to our ward here in Langenhorn. Like many other wards in the church this ward is getting a little older. They look back on the good ol' days. As a missionary it is hard to watch and hear a ward walk about how they ''once were strong. How they once were united.'' We decided to change that.

In Jacob 5:11 it talks about the Lord also being grieved to watch this ''Langenhorn tree'' get weaker. 'And the Lord of the vineyard caused that it should be digged about, and pruned, and nourished, saying unto his servant: It grieveth me that I should lose this tree...''

We felt inspired through this and other scriptures that one of our callings here in Langenhorn, or Germany in general is that of Strengthening the branches, wards and stakes . In verse 61-62 it says

61 Wherefore, go to, and call servants, that we may labor diligently with our might in the vineyard, that we may preparethe way, that I may bring forth again the natural fruit, which natural fruit is good and the most precious above all other fruit.

62 Wherefore, let us go to and labor with our might this last time, for behold the end draweth nigh, and this is for the last time that I shall aprune my vineyard.

We shared our testimony that the Lord will work with us. We know that the natural fruit is most precious. We as members, missionaries, ward leaders are those who have been called to labor diligently preparing our "tree" for the last time. This includes working with the active members, working with the fruit that has fallen from the tree (inactive members), and those who the Lord has placed around the tree to be grafted in, (investigators).

The lesson went well it was great to see the hope our leaders had as they were reminded that the Lord truly is watching over their tree, and that he is laboring beside them.

Thursday:

Today started off with District Meeting, Lunch, and finding. We had a great time walking on the streets of down town Hamburg. We were able to place a Book of Mormon and have some great street lessons. Today we also saw the first fruits of all the sport we have been doing, all the salads we have been eating, and all the stairs we have been climbing. Today while finding, a man "elevator looked" checked Sister Hinkle out head to toe MULTIPULE times.To which she says to Sister Bohne after walking away; '' That whould not have happened 20 pounds ago!" Sister Bohne is so proud of all the hard work of her little daughter but alittle afraid that she will have a lot of lock your heart problems... Go Sister Hinkle GO!!!!

On to more important matters...We regained contact with Bertha and Luis!! Whoot Whoot!! We set up an appointment for Saturday. Yay!

Friday:

TRANSFER CALLS!!!!

First we have got to explain the family tree of missionary life. When a missionary trains the one the train is considered their child. When your child trains you become a grandparent. If your ''mom'' trains another child she becomes your ''sister''

SISTER HINKLE IS A MOM!!!!!!! She will be picking up her new companion in Berlin a week from today on the 18^th of February. They will both return back here to Langenhorn to carry on the work.

Sister Bohne is a GRANDMA...and a Mom all at the same time. Does this remind anyone of Father of the bride 2? Young mothers, aunts the same age as the cusions, yep we are on a mission. Sister Bohne will also be picking up here new companion in Berlin on the 18^th of February and will then be headed to Marzahn, Berlin to open up a new program.

It has been a blast working together. We have really enjoyed the time that we have had to be able to learn from eachother. Grow in our testimonies of the importance of the spirit with us 24/7. We are excited to be able to continue to learn and grow as we take on these new roles!

Saturday:

We ate tacos at the Fuchs's again. Sister Bohne was supper happy, she loves tacos!

We stopped by a "costume" party held by the primary. Sebastian Mansour showed up to it by himself. We are so proud of him!

We met with Laarni today and spoke about how God is always there for us. We sang Lead kindly light together. She is making so much progress! Her faith grows stronger everyday.

We also met with Bertha and Luis! Had a wonderful appointment. We talked about the "why" of the gospel using President Uchtdorf's talk Forget me not. We didn't think about the name of the talk until after Sister Bohne had told them that she is being transferred. It was a very very good lesson and we felt the love of God with us.

Sunday:

Sister Bohne had the opportunity to Bear her testimony. The entire congregation felt her love for them and the strength of her testimony. The words might have not been elequent but the spirit was there.

We met with Mirja and Olivia tonight and had one of the most spirit lead conversations we have ever had with them. We took turns sharing conversion stories. It was a great opportunity to strengthen all of our testimonies.

We are happy that we have one more week together! We will let you know the fun stuff we do next week!

Sister Bohne and Sister Hinkle

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