Hey jungs, family, and friends!
WE HIT A BENCHMARK FOLKS.
WE DID IT.
TWELVE MONTHS AGO TODAY, I WOKE UP IN A SALT LAKE CITY HOTEL TO HEAD TO
A LITTLE OLD PLACE CALLED THE M.T.C..
It is crazy that I hit my year mark of being a missionary today. But, at
the same time, I feel pretty normal. I did not wake up today with some sort of
supernatural power running through my veins that will never make me trunky
again, or make me twice so much. So yeah. It is crazy to think that twelve
months from now I will be back in Idaho: Das Land der Grumbeeren.
Oh man. Time to stop thinking about home until Christmas Skype
calls.
This week was crazy, though. We went to Heidelberg for a stake missionary
council with the other ward Mission Leaders and some other stake authorities to
discuss how we can better work with our branches and wards here on out. We went
to Offenbach for the day on Tuesday to meet our new mission President. He is a
great man and his family is here with him, which is awesome and also a slightly
different dynamic than before. He seems to be a great man who will keep things
going in the same direction upwards and I have a feeling it will be great to
serve with him. We've been teaching lots of people and, essentially, our
schedule is booked out. We have been working with our baptismal investigators
and they are seeming to open up more and more. That is neat! We also got to
talk with a baptismal candidate who will be getting baptized later this month in
the Offenbach Ward, and he was stopping through Kaiserslautern and wanted to
speak with us. Actually, he lives here, so we may be working closing following
his baptism to get the new convert lessons in and so forth!
All this reminds me of the good old saying that follows: "You can lead a
person to the font, but you can't make them go under and be baptized." Our
success is based on our effort to lead and guide people to it.
Today, we are going to Heidelberg. We came a few weeks ago but we will be
returning. Should be exciting. Trying to save my money though, and I get the
impression that it gives a lot of opportunity to spend money. I'll have a nice
look-see today.
Well, I am busy today as we travel drawing pictures for people in the
zone. I promised that if people got their numbers in on time last Sunday, they
would receive a picture from me. I'll send a picture of the results next week.
And no, no proselyting time will be put into this :)
If you guys would like to read an awesome chapter on prayer in the Book of
Mormon, read Alma 31! It provides a great contrast between set, repetitive
prayers and sincere prayers from the heart. I think we can each learn a lot
each time we read!
Thanks for your support and love! Love you!
Elder Wallentine
The gang is all here now :,) (MTC GROUP):
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