Saturday morning we had a lesson with a woman from Eritrea and her two sons. They met us at the bus station and we walked to the park. We sat and taught the first lesson and the boys were playing with these yo-yo’s it was amazing. She has great faith in Christ. Elder Whitney snagged a picture of us middle of the lesson that I’ll attach. We were speaking all in English so the boys couldn’t really understand but at the end, I said the prayer in German and afterward the boy just looks and me and is like oohhhhhhh, you can speak German too? Hahaha so funny he was stoked. Pray for this Eritrean family.
Saturday we had a Sommerfest with the ward, I’ll have some pics attached too. I and Elder Whitney grilled some mushrooms, brought some American candy and they were pumped. Good stuff. Church on Sunday as good and we were contacting in this small town a little outside of Coburg and this little family was hyped on our messages about family, and they were German. They said they just got back from vacation but to come back and we will sit down and talk. So we are going back this week. They were so funny at the doorstep and they were loving that two Americans knocked on the door.
The rest of the week consisted of interviews with President Boyer and then Zone Conference yesterday which was amazing. I felt the spirit so strongly and my prayers were answered for what I need to work on this transfer and the rest of my mission. The two huge bullet points I took away was 1. Learning more about the savior allows me to know more about him, come closer to him, and then strive to be like him as a missionary as well as a disciple of Christ the rest of my life. 2. Was 5e Christlike Attribute of humility and how to develop it. So amazing. 3. Was FAITH. I feel like to this point on my mission I have done the work but I realized that as I have Christ more apart of the work and have perfect faith in him that this is really just his work and I am apart of it. I need to let the spirit guide me more out here and not rely south on myself.
As I have studied more about Christ and his teachings and how he handled people it has opened my eyes so much. I love the Savior and am so grateful for what he went through just for us. His love for us is perfect, his knowledge of what we are going through and what we need is perfect. When Christ appeared to the Americas he let people touch his wounds and feel his scars. I challenge you to touch his wounds and feel his scars this week. Make Christ the center of your life, study his teachings and strive to come closer to him day by day with small simple steps that become lifelong habits.
Love you all and I miss America! Hope the 4th was a blast.
-the boy in Germany
Elder Rothwell🦅⚔️
Germany Frankfurt Mission
Elsässer Strasse 6
Coburg, Germany
96450
Scriptures:
James 4:10
Proverbs 15:10
Romans 14:9
1 Peter 4:12
1 Nephi 16:1-3
3 Nephi 26:17-21
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| Barley before it turns into some cold brewskies |
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| ‘Murica |
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| Dolla dolla bill ya |
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| Gangsters |
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| Went by a referral 2 hours away, walked for 45 minutes and then found a nice bar with some killer lemonade. Taught the locals about the doctrine of Christ |
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