How Firm a Foundation

This week we had the special opportunity to have Elder Ballard visit
our mission, we heard on Friday morning that on Sunday night he would
be coming so figuring out how to get there was a fun ride. The mission
rallied together in Berlin! Always rad to see all my friends from the other side of the mission!

Well first off I’ll tell you, he’s a short man… also pretty funny.
We got to shake his hand before the meeting and of course I forgot my
name tag on my backpack… but it was alright only Präsident
noticed.

It was a great meeting, Elder Ballard mainly focused on making sure we know chapter 3 of PMG, through and through, and also that as we strive to always become better teachers, we will find ourselves having more opportunities to teach.

Well after the getting to the meeting was only half the fun… Our
train home left at 9:15 and we weren’t supposed to get home until
12:00. Unfortunately we had a 20 minute delay with one of our trains,
but we ran through the Bahnhof like madmen with the Köthen elders and
made it to our next train just in time, but the train wasn’t there
because it was also 20 minutes late… So it finally came and we took
it an hour or so. It was about midnight by the time we hit the
halfway point. We got off to switch trains to find out that because our
train was late, the other trains we had to make had already left…
And the next one didn’t come until 4:00 so we scurried around and
found a taxi. 65€ later and at 1:00 we got home… Yes, tired, could have been worse.

The closing song we sang was “How firm a foundation” and it was really cool (and nice to hear it in English). But I remember how I should remember my foundation, it doesn’t matter that I’m tired, that a church policy was updated, or that I haven’t worn my retainer in a while (I’ll make it fit mom), because I’ve got a foundation. And a pretty solid one at that.

The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not, I cannot, desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, I’ll never, no never,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake!

-Elder Winkel

So on P-day we found an abandoned warehouse in the forest…