This is a voice recording transcribed by mom---Things are pretty good right now. I haven't emailed home in a while but transfers happened Elder Frost is now a Zone leader in Nuremberg. I got a new companion Elder Hawkins from Idaho Falls. He is a new missionary. We are trying to work hard- just grinding away.
I wrote an email a couple of weeks ago about finding in the rain and it kind of really sucked. We were finding for like 4 hours and we didn't really find anyone but we did have one really good conversation with a girl. She was like- I want to have a relationship with god but I just don’t know how to do that but we didn’t get her contact information. Anyway fast forward I got my residency permit and I'm by the government building and this American walks up and says - Hey Americans! What’s up? I'm from Idaho and then he was like yo like we should chill sometime grab a drink i'll buy you like apple juice and i'm like alright. So we go get our apple juice and we're just chilling with him and his girlfriend walks up. First things girlfriend says is I remember you. I don't know if you remember me and she's like it was pouring rain when you stopped me on a bridge and talked about God. I was like wow! I remember you. It was the same as his girl we talked to on the bridge. The only person to talked to us the whole day in the pouring rain. We are now meeting with her and her boyfriend just insane! it's just really cool like if nothing else those three hours in the rain we're just for that one girl. That way she could have one more step on her path. So we're going to meet with them and hopefully something turns into that if nothing else this is a nice step on her path closer to God that's been really cool miracle that we saw.
We are working really hard to get the members to trust us. Anyway there is a baptism set for Sunday for an 8 yr old little girl (which is awesome because there aren’t a lot of kids in the ward). Any way we asked her mom if could help with anything and she asked us if we could set up the chairs and table sometime this week. I said we could do it tonight! We were going to be at the church between 6-7pm and would that work? So we set up all the chairs and tables super quick and she's like that's it you've earned a meal- come eat with us sometime this week. We're working really hard on doing things so the ward will trust us.
We set some goals this transfer. Elder Hawkins is new and so we are going to focus on his German. Training has been really good and it's been a little hard. I was really stressed since there's a lot of there's a lot of pressure. I guess that didn’t know what I was doing or I was worried Elder Hawkins would think this was horrible and not like me. But his has been great! It's still a lot of work but we are planning and things are working out.
One thing I've really focused on this week is Alma 22. Aaron is teaching Lamoni’s father. And his father says I will give everything i have I'll give i'll even give him my kingdom for God and Aaron is basically like God doesn't want any of your things- he just wants your heart. If you looked to him and you pray with real intent you can have this. Lamoni’s father says a prayer and its probably the first prayer he has ever said. Basically, God just wants me to give up my sins and give my heart to him. He doesn’t need our cars or palaces- He just wants our hearts and for us to give up our sins. The more I repent the better person I am becoming. I can really see change. It is a step by step process but it works!
Well, I hope you all have a good week. Much Love-
Elder Miner
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