Highlighted by such opportunities as a trip to the Temple--with the full session in German--the opportunity to have Personal Study with President Kosak, and finding a less-active member who is exactly the person we need to help with one of our investigators--he is from Africa, speaks Portuguese, and can translate from German to Portuguese--this week was great. fabulous really.
I did have a little trouble with my back, more particularly my shoulders, but nothing that needed to be reported, or that should be a problem. It still continues to improve, and with more work and more prayers I should be good moving forward.
Like I said, seeing as the week began with a fabulous trip to the temple, I tried to take what I learned while there and use it to help Gemeinde Dresden. Specifically, I learned and relearned that 1) God will never ever effect our personal agency. He always allows us the personal opportunity to act. As it says in the Scriptures, he did not come to the Garden and say to Adam, ''Get thee Hence!!'' rather, he asked him, ''Where art thou?'' Somehow I doubt that omniscient Heavenly Father really needed to ask that question, but he, again, laid the decision to act, the agency, in the hands of man. Second, I learned a new way to look at my investigators. I already had the basic idea of agency stuff, but I did not have a true VISION for my investigators. More correctly said, I did not look at investigators as they COULD be, dressed in full white, making covenants with the Lord. Regardless whether it is in the temple, in a baptismal font, or in the river. And applying this principle has really helped my to love my investigators in an even greater way. Even so with Members, Less Actives, contacts, everyone.
I am actually planning on giving a talk on Vision this week in District meeting, part of the revelation I received during that very special personal study. I am using parts of Elder Jeffery R Holland's talk ''As Doves to our Windows,'' with vision being the true driving force behind so much of what the early saints did. If we seek to live up to our heritage, and create exactly such a great heritage for our children, we must have this vision--or even greater ones--as well.
This week the district is doing good as well. The key indicators show success and miracles, and the dedication of all these missionaries is both wonderful and commendable. Even Elder Gerhartz has managed to fight off the trunky-bug thus far. The clock is ticking for him, and we as a companion ship have the goal of baptizing 2 people before he leaves. It is both possible, and plausible. He will go home still dripping wet from the font.
Oh, did I mention that Elder Gerhartz does 600 push-ups a day, is a cross-fit specialist, AND did MMA fights for 4 years before his mission? Yeah...talk about opposites...from me, that is....
Elders Roth and Sagmeister are doing a great job, as expected from Zone Leaders. Both very, very German, and thus sometimes a little hard to understand, in action as well as accent. Elder Sagmeister is actually one of the funniest people I have ever ever ever met. So strange as well. He enjoys eating raw fish for breakfast...kind of like Smeagol...
Anyways. Sad to hear that the Patriots are in the Super Bowl. Glad to hear that the Packers aren't--hee hee hee--and yeah...looking forward to maybe getting more information from Grandpa about family connections with Dresden.... :)
Did I mention that we are moving this week? Current apartment is full of mold and crap...going to a new one. Yay!!
Anyways, love you!
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