How is everybody doing?! I'm just swell here in Hof. Coming to the
end of my third transfer in this town. With 2 more to go. Last week was
weird and the work was so slow....especially because we were out of Hof
for 2 days watching conference. But the work goes on! I thought of
something cool this morning during study. I was reading Jacob 5 about
the wine garden. The thing is the the Lord will always have a PLAN for
us that WORKS. He just needs the right servants who will also WORK. And
if it ever got to the point that there was nobody willing to work for
him, there would still be a back up plan. God is good. And he loves us.
Oh yea and sorry about last week. We did district P-Day and I literally
had 30 minutes to email. I usually take 30 minutes to read all the
emails before I start writing back. So a thousand pardons. But the week
was interesting.
The week was something like:
Montag:
Last P-Day was good. We were in Plauen for district festivities. We got
there early....well our train was being a fart and didn't come on
time....but then we emailed super short and played volleyball. We ate at
the McStanky's and went home. We got home in time to visit this old
book shop. The husband of a member owns this little shop full of cool
stuff. He went and purchased some super indie high school classics in
German. I'll be able to read them when I'm home. Among the classics that
were purchased are: Lord of the Flies, and Fahrenheit 451. That was
just a side note haha. We then had family home evening and Elder Donner
and I taught about personal revelation and how our own actions are a big
part of that. We were supposed to have a lesson with an investigator
that night, but Uwe got sick, so we visited Bruder L instead. I love
that guy! We played guitar for like a little and then had a good gospel
talk. He's less active but really wants to come back, so we'll be
working with him a lot.
Diesntag: Tuesday was full of finding. We didn't
find anybody, but had some good discussions. We did get to meet with
Schwester S again and she taught us about repentance! That was
really cool. She's only recently come back to the church and she taught a
bomb lesson about repentance! We loved it. And that night we got to
meet with Bruder R and talk about missionary work. It was ok haha.
Mittwoch: Wednesday was district meeting...and then
Elder Donner got Pink Eye. No bueno...or maybe some sort of irritation,
but it looked gnarley.
Donnerstag:
Thursday was the pits. Tag der deutschen Einheit....the day that east
and west were reunified...or the day they celebrate it. Holidays in
Germany are funny. Because NOTHING HAPPENS. Thank goodness we were
invited to two member appointments. Sister E fed us some great food!
Sauerkraut, Schweinbraten, and Klösen. So good. And then the M's
ate Döner with us. We shared some things from the work of salvation and
tried to inspire some missionary work with the members......yeah.
Freitag: Friday was weekly planning, and some fallen
out appointments. Elder Donner and I spent a long time planning because
we had stuff to take care of. We were able to call a lot of people and
make out appointments with investigators and members. It was splendid.
That night, Elder Struve from Plauen came and we went on exchanges. I
stayed in Hof, which was cool. I don't really like staying though, I
like getting out and seeing other areas. It was a good though.
Samstag: Saturday was good. Elder Struve and I had a
very interesting discussion with a Russian guy about the Bible. He was
just kind of crazy and wouldn't listen to us at all. Like he'd ask us a
questions and then start talking before we could finish haha. It was
just kind of funny. Then we went and ate and then played basketball with U! It was legit haha. Well we taught him a little about the Book of
Mormon. It was cool because he has so many questions. And he wants to
meet more and learn. Solid. Then we rode a train to Plauen and watched
General Conference and slept over. Elder Vaughen told scary stories
about Bigfoot. I couldn't sleep.
Sonntag: GENERAL CONFERENCE. So sick haha. There was
only like 3 themes though...missionary work, repentance, and the
atonement. That was about it haha. I wonder what the church needs to
work on as a whole...
I was super grateful for General Conference.
We've been trying hard to motivate members to do work and the responses
we've gotten were poor. Some even said the the missionaries were asking
the members to do something impossible. Who says that?! 1. It's not even
the missionaries asking the members to do this. It all comes from
above. And 2. it's NOT impossible. Why on earth would God have
missionaries if this work was impossible. Why would there be such a huge
increase? Let's think.
I did get to watch all session of general conference except for the Sunday
afternoon. But oh my gosh so many good talks! My favorite was from Elder
Dyches (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1fM-K-U2Ic&feature=youtube_gdata). It really spoke to me and my situation and stuff. You should
watch it again. It's weird to take a step back from life and to think
like really what can I do better? There's so much. It's crazy. I loved
all the talk of missionary work. It's so hard to motivate members here!
It's kind of funny. How can you believe in everything, but not want to
do missionary work? It's all pride and a lack of understanding.
The weather here is good. It's light coats weather
over the suit. But not too cold. I like it. It's brisk. Like clear skies
but cold and windy. Brisk haha.
Weird that you got a letter from the mission. Yep
I'll be home in 3 months...what about it. I'm scared haha. Home sounds
scary.
The week was good. I learned a lot about myself haha
how cheesey is that? But I did. I love the scriptures and I love all
the blessings in my life. I'm pretty content with my life. I do need to
fix a lot. But at least I know what needs to be improved and changed.
God loves us.
Germans do celebrate Halloween! Not as
intensely as Americans. And it's more of a fall/harvest fest...going
back into the day you know? But they have parties and stuff. The
zombies last year was a flash mob of students on Halloween haha. So yes.
I'm glad to hear that you're taking care of the missionaries. Think
about tithing and stuff and how much we sacrifice for them to be there.
Why would we not treat them great now that they're actually in front us
us! I'm going to be so good to missionaries when I'm home haha.
Well...that's about it! Another week. I started
collecting presents for everyone for Christmas. Some good German stuff.
So get excited!
I love you all!
Hope you have a good week!
Elder Pollard
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