The Rainbow Connection

Family

So this week we saw a cool rainbow.

We also saw some miracles.

Our investigator M H came to church with her husband and N, the less active we are working with, brought two friends to church as well.  After church, S, the Elder's investigator, was baptized.  He had invited TONS of friends so we also met lots of new contacts there.  Lots of people coming closer to Christ at church!

We also found a "giving shelf" by the church. It is basically a bookshelf on the sidewalk where people can take or leave random unwatned objects.  It is a treasure trove.  We wrote our testimonies in a copy of the Book of Mormon and left it there.  We went back two days later and it was already gone!  We are excited to go put another one back and just keep praying that they will get to the people who need them most.

Sister Jensen and I played "I need thee every hour" in church and at the baptism yesterday.  That was another miracle.  It was just a miracle that I had a companion to do the musical number with.  We had made plans to do something with the other sisters and then they got transfered.  I had no idea what to do. Then came sister Jensen, who just happens to be a violin whiz!

We had crazy adventures tracking down a functioning violin for sister jensen and then we didnt really have practice time but it all worked out really well.  

We visited some less actives, celebrated a member's birthday, talked to people in bahns, and taught some practice first lessons with members.

It was a good week.

Ich hab euch Lieb!

Alles Gute

Sister Brown

So here is my new companion. 

 

Her name is Sister Jensen.  She is from Rochester New York and is barely 19.  She is wonderful and I love serving with her.  She is just so excited to work.  She wants to share the gospel with every single person that we see. 

 

She is very brave when we talk with people on the street and has great ideas about how we can find new investigators.  She won't sit next to me on the bahns and always looks for an empty seat next to someone so she can start up a conversation with them.  Then I find someone else to sit by and we do twice the missionary work :)

The very first question she asked me as we were getting on the train was what the plan was to do missionary work as we drove.  :)  We sat in a 4 seater and soon a man came and sat by us and that was that.  We talked for the next hour with him about the gospel.  

When we start these converstaions we never start out with the church. We  dont use our street contacting or dooring approaches.  No! We just sit down and talk with people.  The cool part is that it ALWAYS comes right back to the gospel.  It always amazes me how quick it happens.

"hey we are new in Leipzig and are wondering if there is anything that we should see while we are here." 

"You should see the zoo and the denkmal and Thomas Kirche.  What are you doing in Leipzig?"

"hey I am learning german can you tell me what _________ means?"

"yeah of course!  It means_________ . Are you studying here in Leipzig?"

so there's that.  just sharing the gospel.  in german.  

love you all

love,

Sister Brown

#sisterproblems

This week I encountered that awkward moment when your DL gives you half a dozen red roses....

#sisterproblems

others include:

Getting a run in your nylons the first time you put them on.

Walking around on a windy day without flashing the entire city "garm alarms".

Awaiting the inevitable phone call to bring cookies to every missionary meeting ever.

Remembering what you wore last Sunday so the ward doesn't think you only have one outfit.

Figuring out how to wear a name tag and a shoulder bag on the same side.

Having to sit modestly because you are never in pants.

Layering leggings, two pairs of tights, thermals, and socks, all under a skirt in the winter.

Always losing keys, planners, phones, cards, and books in the black hole of a sister missionary bag.

Minimizing the appearance of the food baby after member appointments.

Creatively organizing combos of the same cardigans and skirts to get something you havent worn 70 times.

Calculating how 30 minutes of sport at 6:30 in the morning is supposed to combat the chocolate, eis, and döners. 6 months to sexy? try 6 years...

Deciding how many days without shaving is acceptable.... we are in Europe...

Walking around all day with a hand full of cards because of  a lack of pockets.

Answering the question, "How much clear nail polish can I paint on my nylons before they need to be thrown away?"

Enduring interrogations from members and others (president kosak) about elder crushes.

Deciding how many days in a row you can get away with wearing your favorite skirt.

Strategically planning what to wear to mission meetings where photos will be taken so your family and the mission wont think you only have one skirt.

Riding a bike in a skirt.

So there goes all my email time :)

Have a good week!

Love you all

Love,

Sister Brown

I found out this week that I will be TRAINING!!

I am SOO excited.

Miracles in Leipzig!!!

I have a video of it ,but too big to send

so here is a pic:

Email from a Cool Sister

Family,

This week there was a Gothic Fest here in Leipzig.  I have seen SO many weird things.  NO.  Weird doesnt even begin to describe it. My little pre-mish Utah County mind couldn't have even fathomed the strangeness going on here.   We can just say there was never a dull moment street contacting this weekend...

We also did some service in a garden.  I got to mow the lawn.  When Gracie was little we had a little plastic toy lawn mower.  The lawn mower I was using this week was about as big, sturdy, and powerful as that backyard toy one.  Plus here the lawn mowers are plugged in.  So I had to go find a socket and then watch carefully that I didnt mow over the power cord.  It was basically like vacuming the grass.

We taught our English class nursery rhymes this week.  They had asked about them a week before so we decided this week we could give it a try.  The problem was trying to remember them all.  My comp is Danish so she didn't know nursery rhymes.  I had to dig deep into my kindergarten memory and back to our Mother Goose CD ROM.  I was able to remember a lot and we shared them with the class and then took turns writing our own.   It ended up being a lot of fun.  

We went on a secret stalking mission this week too.  We have been going throught the ward list and going by everyone that we dont know.  For the most part the addresses are wrong or they dont want contact with the church.  We had gotten it down to just a few names.  There was one Schwester S who we just had a street for.  No house number.  We felt like we should try to find her, so we prayed about it and then set off.  We found the street and just started on one end looking at all the klingels searchign for her name. 

We ended up finding it and she was home and let us in.  We had a wonderful visit.  She was so happy that we came by and we made out another appointment.  Miracles!

We also had a big meeting in Dresden this week.  Once again, I came back with a bag full of post and packages.  Thanks so much for all of the fun post!  I appreciate the love and support.  

I hope you all have a warm summery sunny week! 

Love you all

Love,

Sister Brown

(A Cool Sister)

The picture is of a letter I got from the bishop's daughter on Sunday.

Sister O came back to Germany and came to visit!!

 Sharing hand sanitizer with all the kids. Thanks Bath and Body Works :)

 I bought sandals last pday and then it rained ALL week...