So this week was a little bit rough... it started out super awesome
with two street lessons on Tuesday with some really nice people that we
talked to. After that, it went kinda down-hill. It was cold, and we
both didn't really want to work. The wind was probably the worst part. I
just don't enjoy it. haha. On Sunday we were warned of 'eisregen'
(ice-rain) and church was actually cancelled. As the closest people to
the church building, we went to the church and stayed to inform anyone
of the situtation, or teach them about the gospel, or whatever we
wanted. We planned on studying for those few hours. To our suprise,
there was a knock on the front door, it was a member with two friends!
So I don't remember the name of the member... (I have only met her
once), but she is from Brasil and is here studying! She brought two
friends, one from Argentina and one other from Brasil! It was so
awesome. We gave a tour of the church and then had a wonderful lesson
about the restoration of the gospel! It was a blast. They also said that
they would come play volleyball on Thursday! woo!
After this super awesome lesson, they asked us to take a photo of them outside of the church, so we stepped out into the cold, and I took the photo... after this, we turned back to the church to continue our job of letting people know of the church cancellation... Elder Daugherty grabbed the handel and... yup, you guessed it... locked. bahhh! roughly thirty minutes of cold later, another member was there to bail us out... and he even came with hot chocolate for us :)
After this super awesome lesson, they asked us to take a photo of them outside of the church, so we stepped out into the cold, and I took the photo... after this, we turned back to the church to continue our job of letting people know of the church cancellation... Elder Daugherty grabbed the handel and... yup, you guessed it... locked. bahhh! roughly thirty minutes of cold later, another member was there to bail us out... and he even came with hot chocolate for us :)
Kassel has some of the best members.
We have been working on communicating better with the members, and involving them more in the work. There are only so many things that missionaries are able to do, and with members, it is a billion times more efficient. We were talking about missionary work with one of our members, and he explained that missionaries are called to teach, not to find. Member missionary work is where we need to be focused.
I look back on the opportunities I have had to share the gospel, and I didn't take any of them! ahhhh! But now I know better, and more importantly, now i know HOW I can share the gospel.
I love being a missionary, even though sometimes it is ridiculously cold and I can't feel my face, fingers, or toes.
We have been working on communicating better with the members, and involving them more in the work. There are only so many things that missionaries are able to do, and with members, it is a billion times more efficient. We were talking about missionary work with one of our members, and he explained that missionaries are called to teach, not to find. Member missionary work is where we need to be focused.
I look back on the opportunities I have had to share the gospel, and I didn't take any of them! ahhhh! But now I know better, and more importantly, now i know HOW I can share the gospel.
I love being a missionary, even though sometimes it is ridiculously cold and I can't feel my face, fingers, or toes.
Elder Braden Thorkelson
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