The Dish on the Mish

Familie,

We had a great week this week. It is almost Oktoberfest time so all week we have been seeing plenty of people walking around in their lederhosen and dirndls. What more could we ask for?!?!

This week was Zone Konferenz in Hannover. It was great and I learned a lot. President Kosak set a goal for our mission to help 150 people come unto Christ through baptism before the end of hte year. It is a pretty hefty goal. I know he set it in faith though and I believe we can make it. We will most definitely be having a white Christmas!

We also focused on a different way to find. Often when we go door to door or do street contacting we get in the mode of simply handing out cards. We call it OYMs. (Open your mouth) We just try to talk to people. That is great but we don't always see success from that. The people aren't super likely to even call us. Sister Kosak asked us to switch our focus from that of simply handing our cards out, to inviting these people to learn more. Now they are called ITLs (invitation to learn) I like that and it works.

We got a new GML (ward mission leader) this week. He is super excited for missionary work and already does so much. I am looking forward to the chance to work with him. I think with us, him, and the elders all working together we can really start to see some miracles here in Osnabrück.

I am gaining a strong testimony of obedience. When we obey we are blessed. Simple as that. We have seen so much success in the past week and I really think it is because we have been striving for obedience. Some times I don't want to and it is almost always easier to break rules than to follow them but i know that when we obey we see blessings.

We have seen a lot this week.

We got lots of teaching in this week. People we went by on were home. People picked up the phone when we called. People we stopped on the street actually had interest in talking with us. We got a few new investigators and also a growing list of contacts. We have a busy week of appointments ahead of us.

One of our biggest miracles came after our termin with D***** fell out. We were kind of bummed because she has been pretty fest lately. We decided we could spend the time finding. So we hit the streets for awhile. Then we were just standing at a bus stop and a woman comes up and asks "Since when have there been sisters here in Osnabrück?" After recovering from a temporary shock we responded "How do you know the Sisters?"

It turns out that she was an investigator like 7 years ago and was almost baptized and then her husband died. It was really hard for her and she took some time to figure things out. In the process, she loss contact with the missionaries. Then today she found us at the bus stop. She told us that she would always meet with the missionaries with her daughter and just the other day they were talking and her daughter mentioned how fun that was.

We have an appointment with them both for this week!

We also met with Frau K******* this week. We really got some stuff cleared up. I was a little nervous going into the lesson because we didn't have as solid of a plan as I would have liked. But it went well. We asked a lot of questions and then just really listened. I felt like by listening to her and the Holy Ghost both me and my companion were able to know what to say.

She has told us she wants to be baptized but there are still a lot of obstacles in the way.

Sometimes it is easy to see those and get a little frustrated or overwhelmed. In this appointment she told us she still wants to be baptized and in that moment, looking into her eyes I totally felt it. It was like a little confirmation that it is possible. It was such a cool experience.

We just had good week!

Thanks for all the ZOKO post that I found waiting for me.

I really do have the best family ever!

I love you all so much.

Make it a great week!

Love,

Sister Brown