Wooh

Right now I’m on a train back from Hamburg, we met up with some missionaries and visited a church, and wandered all around.

This week we met with as many members as we could, and it paid off well. Monday night we went over to a member’s house for FHE. We taught a small lesson out of preach my gospel, and it went quite well. But what was cool was afterward I got to talk with their son, he’s 20 and getting ready to go on a mission and he’s such a cool kid. I told him how fun a mission is, and all the cool people you meet. He’s already excited so it was awesome to tell him more about it!

Saturday we met with a lady we found last week doing doors. She’s from the Philippines and she met with the missionaries there when she was 17 but didn’t remember anything that they talked about. Now she just wants to follow God, and to raise her kids with the same belief.

As she reads in the bible she tries to follow everything it says. She told us she doesn’t know why her church (not naming any names…) has statues of Jesus inside if the bible talks about not worshiping idols. She said “I don’t think you need a carved piece of wood to pray.” So we looked at her and said “yeah! You’re completely right”.

She believes so strongly in personal revelation, I think she’s ready to put the Book of Mormon to the test! 😉

Right now we’re trying to get as many of the members as pumped about the Book of Mormon as we are! So we’re trying to get them all reading every day! My number one goal right now for when I am home is that I will read in that wonderful book every day! It opens your mind, it warms the soul. If you don’t think it does… then try it out! I know it’s brightened my life.

Elder Winkel