How we doing out there?
This week ran us into the ground. We had a ton of finding as usual this week but that’s always fun to talk to people on the streets and at their doorsteps about the restored Gospel.
We had ward volleyball on Friday night that was way fun. Helped a less active family move for 6 hours on Saturday and then went and did 2 hours. We were dead at the end of Saturday.
Sunday was great and I got to meet the ward members, after we had lunch at one of my favorite family’s house. Fam Staack and they loaded us with food and we had an amazing spiritual thought relating to Christ and Easter. They then gave us like 6 people to go by right there on the spot. So we went and did that for two hours and it was hard to come back saying that nobody wanted to hear the message but the family was so happy we went by on the people. Just to give you an example. The dad of this family 3 weeks ago got on a train with a Book of Mormon and said a prayer that he’d be able to share it with someone and he straight up had a guy love the Book and took it. Such a man of faith and he loves his family.
Monday had a split in Bamberg, so weird to be back in that apartment again but had such a fun split with Elder Garner. We did a ton of contacting but it was so much fun to be back on the streets of Bamberg. Bamberg and Coburg are some of the prettiest places I have ever seen Holy cow!
We have some people to teach but nobody is keeping commitments or staying in very good contact. Frustrating but ya know, we all got our free agency.
Something that has been on my mind this week is what have I built my own testimony on? I’ve tried this week to cut all of my strings of where my testimony is relying on what anyone else believes or says and to just truly have my own firm knowledge of the gospel through what I personally know and have experienced. Regardless of what others think or believe. If one of the apostles or my stake president fell away from the church tomorrow would it shake my testimony or would I stand firm? Had some soul searching this week haha
Some interesting things I heard this week were “yeah I’ve heard of Joseph Smith, I’m pretty sure he was on some magic mushrooms or something so I can’t believe that story.”
Haha this one was hilarious because I wanted to say “well that is a possibility for sure but you could pray and ask God for yourself and get an answer” but I was like ehh this guy is probably on something himself. Also heard “honestly I could pray about the Book of Mormon tonight, but even if I did I’m not sure that I’d be ready for the answer because that means I’d have to change my life.” This one made me sad but I could tell the Spirit was working on her because she must’ve had the feeling that she would need to change in order to live the Gospel.
Watch the new Easter video the church made it’s so good! The guy who made it is actually a member in our mission. The girl at the first is from the Hanau ward (where I was trained) and then the family at the end was baptized in the Frankfurt ward just before Christmas by my man Scotty Hughes. Such a good video. Christ is always there for us.
Also got some insight from a Persian Translator that is translating for conference. There are going to be some big announcements and awesome talks :) way stoked for conference. Hope you guys enjoy it!
Anyways I’m about to go to the World Wide head quarters of Adidas and Puma right now so I’ve got to wrap this up! You guys are awesome and I appreciate all the support I get throughout the week!
Love y’all!
Elder Rothwell🦅⚔️
Germany Frankfurt Mission
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Scriptures oder?
Mosiah 28:1-4
Alma 26:30
Moroni 7:13-19
D&C 18:15-19
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