The Dish on the Mish

I have super exciting news to share!!!

G will be baptized next Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He told Sister Nilson yesterday in sacrament meeting that he thought he got his answer. He was ready and so excited so after church we had the interview and everything is set for the 1st of February! 

I should probably back up and tell you the whole story.

  

So the sisters found G while doing doors in a student apartment building.  They were dooring with a new member.  They weren't seeing any success and the recent convert was thinking that missionary work was a fail.  So they stopped and prayed that they could find someone.  The next door they knocked on was an African man who wasn't super interested either, but he told them to stop by his friends to see if they were.

So they did and they found G and his friend R.  They are from Rwanda and were here studying sports medicine at the university.  They were both excited to learn more about Jesus Christ.  They said they had been looking for a church, but none of the German ones they had been visiting made them feel good.  

So they started coming to church, family home evening, institute, and lessons with the sisters. R was a little more hesitant, but G was always so eager to learn.  We knew that he had a testimony.  We had watched it grow.  He just didn't recognize it.  He was totally ready for baptism.  We were just waiting and praying for him to recognize his answer. 

So that takes us to yesterday when he told us he wanted to be baptized.  We met with him during Sunday school and asked him what had made the difference. We had given him a list of scriptures in the Book of Mormon.   He told us that he had read all the scriptures and then even more.  He really wanted to know if the book was true.  Then he prayed and prayed for his answer.  He still wasn't sure, but he kept reading and then he told us that it came.  He said that he felt it.  He just knew it was true.  By the time he was done with this testimony there was not a dry eye in the room.

The two things we still needed to go over were tithing and the word of wisdom.  Tithing was the topic in sacrament meeting and the Sunday school teacher had prepared a lesson on the word of wisdom.  The Lord has a plan!!   So we met and briefly went over both and then he had his interview.  

He flies back to Rwanda on Sunday.  We are working hard this week to get in contact with the missionaries there. We  knew it was coming because he is just a student here.  Once the semester is over, he will go back home.  We had heard the church is still really small in Rwanda so we were nervous about the move for him.  He found the church and it is less than a 10 minute walk from his house. 

 

We are so excited for him to go back and share the gospel with his family and friends.  We know he will be a great asset to the growing Church in Rwanda.  He told us that his program here at the university hadn't really worked out.  It wasn't what he thought it would be at all.  He told us that he thinks the whole reason he came to Germany was to meet us and join the church.  

It is always so crazy to sit back and watch how the Lord's plans work out!!!!

So there is G and his miraculous story.  

I am so thankful that I have got to play a tiny role in his journey to find the gospel.  He is an amazing guy and has definitely strengthened my testimony. 

 

There is my news for the week!  

We also went to the temple.  We were running super late because we got stuck behind a slow truck and the roads were slow and icy.  We pulled into the parking lot with 6 minutes until the session started.  We ran into the temple and the sweet temple workers helped us get everything ready.  

It was one of the coolest experiences I have had in the temple and on my mission.  That building is just a special place. It was amazing!

It has been a good (freezing cold) week.  

I love you all!

Love,

Sister Brown