The Iron Curtain

The time has come… I’ve been transferred to a city called Zwickau (pronounced ts-vick-ow) where I will be serving with Elder Brimhall! He trained my friend Elder Williams from the MTC and this last transfer he was with Elder Weirsdorf my companion from the MTC. So Tuesday I’ll have a nice 6 hour train ride by myself to Leipzig!

M***** was originally baptized in the US while he was at law school. When he returned to Germany he went inactive and then because of social pressure he had his records removed from the church. This week he was baptized! It was a great experience, he was really excited. He’s changed jobs, who he surrounds himself with, where he lives, and so many other things. I’m glad I was able to be there to help him. He bore his testimony after and shared how God pretty much talked to him and told him he needed to choose the way he knew was true. The spirit I felt was more of a peaceful feeling, it was an amazing experience. Very cool.

We also committed our investigator K**** to be baptized at the end of March! We went and visited him and read from the Book of Mormon with him about why Christ was baptized. It was a little difficult though because a guy came to install a dish in the auslander home and he had to drill through a cinder block wall in the room we were in. I’m excited for how things go with him after I leave.

MZ, he’s been an investigator for about a year now and on my last Sunday he came to church for the first time! He’s a deacon in the Evangelish Kirche, but really likes our church. I believe he will be eventually baptized but it will just take time.

I also got to eat at Sister N******s and she got to try to kill me with her fatty food one last time! Luckily she didn’t succeed.

I’ve learned so much in Minden, it’s where I was trained, and where I began my mission. I’ve met so many people that have changed my life while I’ve been trying to change theirs. I’m excited what is next in store for me! The Savior lives and loves us, and is always looking to help us. Mosiah 4

Elder Winkel

Here is my new address:

Bahnhof STR. 33

08056  Zwickau

Germany