Every Tuesday we work at the Tafel, a place that receives old
food from grocery stores and gives to those who are refugees or very low
income for free. We sort fruits and veggies there but we also have been
making friends with some of the other workers. Since working there we
have run into two other Tafel workers when we have been going door to
door and it definitely helps us to make appointments when normally I
don't think these people would have let us in. It's neat to see how one
little thing like volunteering at the Tafel can open doors all over the
place.
Every Wednesday we have our district meeting. I really look
forward to it because its a time where we can interact with other
missionaries, get ideas on how to teach something better, and to uplift
and edify one another. We got a new dristrict leader and he is just very
excited to do missionary work and is very motivated. I really enjoy
having him as our leader to help us all achieve the goals we set and to
stay positive. I think many missionaries get into a groove and start to
have a ba humbug attitude. I have been working very hard to stay
positive through the cold and I think it has been paying off. When we
can just look for the good or the things that are funny in situations it
makes getting through maybe what would be a long day much easier. In
our district meeting we decided to name this transfer ''The Big
Picture'' so that we focus on the ultimate goal in the long run, to help
eveyone get back to live with Heavenly Father. Then with each
investigator we have to break it down to see what little things we can
work on to build up to the bigger the things to help them return to live
with Heavenly Father.
So this
week we had an AMAZING lesson with a girl that we have been
teaching. We orinigally planned to teach her the Plan of Salvation but
when we got caught up with one another she asked us the basics of what
we believe and so Sister Stewart and I began on the Restoration lesson.
We went really thoroughly and slowly. I think it is the best lesson we
have ever taught together. She was so excited the whole time and just
soaked everything up! At the end Sister Stewart and I both shared our
testimonies of the Book of Mormon and the church with her. She told us that when Sister Stewart and I first
knocked on her door she normally would have been afraid to talk to
anyone but she felt something good when she saw us and knew she needed
to talk to us. It is so amazing to teach her. She loves learning about this Gospel so much. At the end of the lesson I wasn't sure if I wanted to
cry, scream, shout, laugh, jump up and down or what. It was just too
amazing. The most amazing part for me is being able to look back in
my journal to the 14th of January, when we talked to a man on the street
for 45 minutes who ended up being interested in a Book of Mormon. He
gave us his address, and the next day we dropped off a Book of Mormon
and then klingeled or rang doors of the rest of his building. He lives
in the same building as our investigator does. If we hadn't stopped to talk to this
man we would have never found her. We definitely cannot judge what
little actions will lead to we just need to make sure we take the
oppportunity to talk to everyone.
I ate my first döner this week. It's a big popular thing to eat
here. It's a Turkish twist with a German twist on the Gyro. I'll be sure
to send a picture of it later. There was enough food for a small nation. I'm not
sure if I'll eat one of those again but it was fun to experience.
Well I love you all! I hope you all are having a fabulously warm
week. It's supposed to start getting warmer here, like 0 Celsius. Sister
Stewart and I are very excited! :) Thanks for all your love and
support! Remember to do good work and not to stress out too much! Love
you!
-Ariel Nell
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