The Dish on the Mish: We are Family

So this week we had mission tour in Hamburg.

We ended up leaving the night before and sleeping over with the Sisters in Langenhorn because there were so many trains falling out because of the storm. We didn't want to risk not being able to get to the meeting.

So we traveled with the Elders the night before.

Our second train was super late getting in so we ended up with some time to kill in Bremen. We walked out of Bahnhof and stumbled into a magical carnival land waiting for us. We walked through and saw roller coasters and games and food stands. It was so fun.

We did finally make it to Hamburg and the meeting was great. It was fun to be with so many other missionaries too.

This week was Halloween! It is pretty much nonexistent here in Deutschalnd but Sister Hayden and I kept the spirit alive. We made little mummy hot dogs and eyeball Oreo truffles. It was a lot of fun! Who needs pumpkins or costumes?!? :)

Oktober 31 is also Reformation Day. That is celebrated here. I didn't even know what it was. It is to celebrate the reformation of the church. I was able to learn more about Martin Luther and what he did here in Germany. He realized that there was corruption in the church and wanted to change it. He translated the bible into German. It is cool to see how God prepared men like the reformers to help set the stage for Joseph Smith. I am blessed to have this experience to share the message of the Restoration in the language and land of the Reformation.

We saw miracles this week.

One of them is named B******. She was a referral we got from our GML. He just called us up one afternoon and said "Sisters, I have an appointment for you tomorrow at 10." He gave us a name, number and address. That was all we had. We were both pretty nervous going into this appointment. We knew nothing about this woman.
It was a great lesson to me on teaching by the Spirit. We explained what we do here on missions and then we read a little with her in the Book of Mormon. We bore testimony and shared experiences. The Spirit was definitely there. Something caught her interest too because when we invited her to church she said she'd come.

And she did.

It is cool to see how God puts his prepared children in the paths of His prepared missionaries. We try to find them on our own. We talk to as many people as we can. Sometimes we find them and other times they find us.

So yeah, believe in miracles.

We do!

I love you all and wish you a happy week!
Love,
Sister Brown