Hey folks!
Transfers are this week! I got an exciting call
on Saturday morning and was informed that I will be training for the next two
transfers. I am PUMPED. I will be heading down to Frankfurt tomorrow and
staying overnight, then returning Wednesday to Bayreuth, and then WE ARE GOING
TO GET TO WORK.
We've had continued progress with several of our
baptismal investigators. Emmanuel has accepted to live according to all the
commandments that we are supposed to teach as missionaries, even though he
admitted that it would be hard. Zack, his friend, also has committed to do so.
I really think that they're promising, and hope that they will keep progressing
through any potential difficulties approaching their baptisms.
We met with Bravedo and shared the Word of
Wisdom with him. He seemed on board for almost all of it, except for tea, which
he thought was really weird and said he would need time to think about it.
We've been doing all we can to maintain daily contact with him in an effort to
commit and prepare him for baptism.
We couldn't meet with Favour, sadly. She was
sick and had to cancel. We couldn't meet with Markus either because we couldn't
get a hold of him until last night. But we have an appointment scheduled with
them for Wednesday and Friday respectively!
We keep doing our best to find new potential
investigators. We continue finding about 20 each week...for this week, we got
22! Hope to have another 30 week one of these days or weeks!
But anywho. I continue to ask you all for your
support in the forms of prayer. Pray that our investigators can come to church,
and that they will all develop testimonies of the Savior strong enough for
conversion and obedience. My heart would swell with gratitude if you did
that!
I've been continuing my study of the Book of
Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and New Testament. I read a super good Romans
scripture, in chapter 12:
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to
every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought
to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the
measure of faith.
As a missionary, I feel like I am on a
roller-coaster of sorts at times. Some days, particularly on those when I am
exhausted, I have felt that perhaps the load is hard to bear over the remainder
of my time. I assume this is normal for anyone who undertakes a calling,
especially in mission work, that may require long and sustained effort over a
"long period of time". But then, there is always the realization that this is
for our benefit as well, because God uses our sacrifice to build us up, and
bless us for the rest of our life. And also, the realization that I am in my
fifth transfer and that the time has FLOWN BY...I am grateful for the
opportunity I have to serve and am truly loving my mission!
Also, we have a new schedule change. My next
letter will come next Thursday, and our P-Days will be on Hursdsy instead of
Mondays from now on.
I openly acknowledge the typo above but
refuse to fix it.
LAST PDAY WAS AWESOME, TOO. We went to
Rothenburg! Very fun.
That's all I have.
Thanks for the support you guys! I love you all
and hope all is well back home!
-Elder Wallentine
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