Monday, December 29, 2014
It Was Warm...
I was so grateful to call you all this past week and see all of your amazing faces:) I had such a great time and wished I could have answered all of your questions, but I had a great time with the time we had. I can honestly say, this was the greatest Christmas I have ever had! I love the members, and they all took such good care of this week. On Monday, we were with Family Aeschbacher eating Fondue, Wednesday we were at Family Harder (a vegian/health health family) eating falsch fleisch, then Family Müller... Oh I love Family Müller! They have grown to become my absolute favorite Family. They have the two real cute daughters that said Hi to you on Skype;) They fed us breakfast, gave us Swiss shirts, feed us a huge 3000 course dinner, absolutlely amazing with salad, soup, chicken, potatoes, fruit salad, and so much more. We also played Settlers of Catan! I was almost in tears knowing how much they had sacrificed for us.
There was one thing though that touched me the most that Christmas day. As it was getting late, we all gathered together and sang around the christmas tree with lit candles:) We sang and we were all given a chocolate ornament to hang on the tree. We went around one by one, hanging these chocolate ornaments and each was a gift. Each was a gift of Jesus, we would say, this next week I will give Jesus the gift of.. Loving everyone... forgiving more... being a better missionaries... having Him engraven on our heart. It was incredibly beautiful and touched me. That is the true meaning of Christmas. It's not about the gifts we recieve, but the gifts we give to Jesus. What will you give Him? Think about it:)
On Friday we went to the Temple, Saturday we had Raclette with the Schültz. Sunday was my birthday:) What a wonderful day as well. At Church everyone was wishing me a happy birthday and then afterwards we went to a Weniger Active famile. We traveled by train, then 45 minutes in a wild, freezing Snow storm. We ate more Raclette and had a wonderful time together. This week was the greatest week:) I am so greatful. I can feel the love of everyone and especially the love my Savior has for me. I felt it so strongly, I hope you did too. I wish you a Happy New Year's and I love you all!
Love,
Elder Annen
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas!
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas,
Ich wünsche ein frohes Weihnacht!!! With Everyday getting closer and closer to Christmas, I am getting more and more excited to call all of you! Really, I am so excited and can hardly wait. This week we finished setting up our huge/small christmas tree. I remember at home, spending hours decorating the whole house with ornaments, snowmen, lights, the nativity scenes, angels, stockings, candy and so on. The ganz Christmas time is so exciting, and is nur ein Happy time. I can always feel it in the air, when Christmas comes closer and closer.
So Like I said, we finished decorating the Christmas tree this week, and continued through our adventkalendars. The Chrsitmas tree is beautiful, not real, but still beautiful, and I can say this may be the greatest Christmas I have ever had.
This past few weeks I have been pondering about Christmas and what makes this time such a special time. What makes it special? I think about past Christmases... What part made this day such a wonderful day? I think about the gifts I gave. I remember being more excited to see others open their presents, then I was about mine. I remember, hoping that Jessica, Ashley, Jeremy, Mom, or Dad, would really enjoy the gift, that they would be happy and smile and laugh. So is this why Christmas was so special to me? Giving, brought me greater joy then getting.. Then I think about what we all got. All of us collectedly as a whole. What have we all received? Gifts? Toys? Candy? A Testimony? This day we all received, Jesus Christ. That day, He was born and He is the greatest gift to us all.
I love the picture, The Spirit of Christmas, by Greg Olsen. I will include it in this email. Truly it shows the true meaning of Christmas. Receiving gifts is fun, giving gifts brings happiness, but remembering the true meaning of Christmas brings us everlasting joy:) I find this art to be quite inspiring. It makes me wonder, what do we focus on when it comes to Christmas? The world may focus on Santa, but even Santa seems to be focused on Christ. Thomas S. Monson talks about the true meaning of the Spirit of Christmas. He says, "We must only drop the last syllable and it (The Spirit of Christmas) becomes the Spirit of Christ." What a wonderful, yet simple sentence. We must only drop the last syllable, we must only drop the focus of buying, buying, buying, shopping, shopping, shoping, and this becomes the Spirit of Christ:) Again, this art is amazing, It reflects the true meaning of Christmas. I hope we all remember the real meaning and that we are happy, not overly stressed, but reflect on Christ.
I love you all!
Love,
Elder Annen
'Tis the Seasons!
Happy Thanksgiving and on to a Merry Christmas!
This week, woooooooooooow! I have never eaten sooooo much in my entire life! Yep, I will be fat this season, haha. No but seriously, no joke. I will be HUGE! I have to say though being feed by members is a huge blessing. I love every appointment, even if I understand 1% of the conversations On Monday, we ate with the Reisen, and had an awesome Family Abend zusammen. We ate, then Elder Hassley, out of nowhere pulled out those small, animal making balloons. What in the World!?!? First off, where did he get those? Second off, what can you do with these balloons to make a spiritual lesson? He did a great job though. Elder Hassley told us to try as hard as we can to blow up these balloons with our mouths... and wow that was a little more then tough. I huffed and I puffed, and no way was that balloon going to fill up. I kept trying and Elder Roberts actually strained his cheeks trying to blow it up. Poor guy!
Then Elder Hassley, brought out a pump and explained how this is Christ. We can never fill up this balloon, unless we have a pump. The pump is just a simple toy. It fills with air, then compresses, until it can give no more air. The pump takes effort, similarly our relationship with Christ takes a similar effort. We must give all ourselves. We will be compressed till the point where we can almost give no more. Then We are filled. We are renewed, with a greater capacity, greater faith, greater happiness. Are we willing to give be compressed in order to be filled with this greater love? I wonder if I am willing to go through the hardest times for the sake of having the Happiest of times. I think I would be willing. I desire so greatly to be filled with pure Happiness, to know that I have worked hard, done my best, then can be happy. We only go through hard times in order to be happy. Everything we do, trials put on us, in the long run, is only ment to make us happy. We may have a trial because we have made a mistake, Heavenly Father asks that we repent. So we can be happy. He gives us trials, to help us learn, and be happy!
With this season of Christmas, let us forget about the worries and stress, and be Happy. For the only gift we should think about receiving is Him. Is Jesus Christ. That is what makes us happy. I love you all, and wish you the best, and Happy Birthday to Jeremy soon!
This week, woooooooooooow! I have never eaten sooooo much in my entire life! Yep, I will be fat this season, haha. No but seriously, no joke. I will be HUGE! I have to say though being feed by members is a huge blessing. I love every appointment, even if I understand 1% of the conversations On Monday, we ate with the Reisen, and had an awesome Family Abend zusammen. We ate, then Elder Hassley, out of nowhere pulled out those small, animal making balloons. What in the World!?!? First off, where did he get those? Second off, what can you do with these balloons to make a spiritual lesson? He did a great job though. Elder Hassley told us to try as hard as we can to blow up these balloons with our mouths... and wow that was a little more then tough. I huffed and I puffed, and no way was that balloon going to fill up. I kept trying and Elder Roberts actually strained his cheeks trying to blow it up. Poor guy!
Then Elder Hassley, brought out a pump and explained how this is Christ. We can never fill up this balloon, unless we have a pump. The pump is just a simple toy. It fills with air, then compresses, until it can give no more air. The pump takes effort, similarly our relationship with Christ takes a similar effort. We must give all ourselves. We will be compressed till the point where we can almost give no more. Then We are filled. We are renewed, with a greater capacity, greater faith, greater happiness. Are we willing to give be compressed in order to be filled with this greater love? I wonder if I am willing to go through the hardest times for the sake of having the Happiest of times. I think I would be willing. I desire so greatly to be filled with pure Happiness, to know that I have worked hard, done my best, then can be happy. We only go through hard times in order to be happy. Everything we do, trials put on us, in the long run, is only ment to make us happy. We may have a trial because we have made a mistake, Heavenly Father asks that we repent. So we can be happy. He gives us trials, to help us learn, and be happy!
With this season of Christmas, let us forget about the worries and stress, and be Happy. For the only gift we should think about receiving is Him. Is Jesus Christ. That is what makes us happy. I love you all, and wish you the best, and Happy Birthday to Jeremy soon!
Love,
Elder Annen
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Musikalisher Abend
Dear Family,
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all eat as much turkey as you can because I won't be there, but I will be thinking of you all! My companion and I, plus our two roomates Elder Roberts and Sanft, are thinking of putting together a little Thanksgiving so, I wont be missing out, whoot! Anyways this week, we had many eating apointments and really great musical fireside. And these firesides are what I want to talk about because they are absolutlely amazing! The Spirit and power that these events bring are incredible.
So what is a Musikalisher Abend? Well here in Switzerland, it is a huge deal. There are flyers and advertizing all over the Schweiz, a story created, movie film made, music prepared, and many prayers and much fasting all to make this event happen. I will a link if you want to find more info, but it is all in German so best of luck to you all;)http://musikalischerabend.com/
This Fireside was called "Auf Der Suche Nach Gott." The story is of a man, that has a single daughter, but a wife and 2 other children that died in a car crash. He wants to be the best father he can be. Sadly, with no wife, he leaves his child at home, while he is away at work trying his best to make a living. He ponders about life. Why did his family pass away and how can he be a great father? Does Gott exist? As he thinks about his he stumbles upon two books. A child's book and the Book of Mormon. These two books tie together and builds this beautiful scene of a man and a daughter auf der Suche nach Gott. The Spirit I felt was incredible. I know the Church is true, I had that reconfirmed to me over and over again and at the fireside it was even greater. Joseph Smith is a prophet, he restored it to the earth. I know without a doubt in my heart, because the Spirit filled every doubt in my heart as I listened to the fireside. I Know that my Redeemer lives. He loves us, and is always there. I love him so greatly, and grow contunally everyday to love him more and more. I wish I could describe the event in its fullness but feelings are hard to describe. In short it was inspiring, amazing, spiritual. I loved it. I hope to bring this fireside back home.
Well, Christmas is also coming up soon and I am really excited, especially to spend it in Europe. in Konstanz they have already started to decorate the city with lights and a huge christmas tree. What an exciting time! Well I love you all and pray for you always.
Love Elder Annen
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all eat as much turkey as you can because I won't be there, but I will be thinking of you all! My companion and I, plus our two roomates Elder Roberts and Sanft, are thinking of putting together a little Thanksgiving so, I wont be missing out, whoot! Anyways this week, we had many eating apointments and really great musical fireside. And these firesides are what I want to talk about because they are absolutlely amazing! The Spirit and power that these events bring are incredible.
So what is a Musikalisher Abend? Well here in Switzerland, it is a huge deal. There are flyers and advertizing all over the Schweiz, a story created, movie film made, music prepared, and many prayers and much fasting all to make this event happen. I will a link if you want to find more info, but it is all in German so best of luck to you all;)http://musikalischerabend.com/
This Fireside was called "Auf Der Suche Nach Gott." The story is of a man, that has a single daughter, but a wife and 2 other children that died in a car crash. He wants to be the best father he can be. Sadly, with no wife, he leaves his child at home, while he is away at work trying his best to make a living. He ponders about life. Why did his family pass away and how can he be a great father? Does Gott exist? As he thinks about his he stumbles upon two books. A child's book and the Book of Mormon. These two books tie together and builds this beautiful scene of a man and a daughter auf der Suche nach Gott. The Spirit I felt was incredible. I know the Church is true, I had that reconfirmed to me over and over again and at the fireside it was even greater. Joseph Smith is a prophet, he restored it to the earth. I know without a doubt in my heart, because the Spirit filled every doubt in my heart as I listened to the fireside. I Know that my Redeemer lives. He loves us, and is always there. I love him so greatly, and grow contunally everyday to love him more and more. I wish I could describe the event in its fullness but feelings are hard to describe. In short it was inspiring, amazing, spiritual. I loved it. I hope to bring this fireside back home.
Well, Christmas is also coming up soon and I am really excited, especially to spend it in Europe. in Konstanz they have already started to decorate the city with lights and a huge christmas tree. What an exciting time! Well I love you all and pray for you always.
Love Elder Annen
Blessings In All Times
Meine geliebter Familie,
What a week of blessings and of miracles.. Seeing people with almost nothing, has touched my heart so greatly. First off let me try to draw a picture of Europe and Switzerland for ihr (you all).
The building are all beautiful, greatly decorated with pillars, stones, statues, cobblestone walkways, fountains, fancy cars, trains, green fields, a country full of colour and full of life. As you walk, down small alleyways filled with small shops, one can only wonder. How can a place be so beautiful? As one walks around on dirtpaths and can only see tall, green, yellow, sunflowers, cornstalks, plowed fields, one can only wonder. I wish I was skilled inwriting and describing how beautiful the contrasts are in Europe, but I do not have that skill. Europe is simply a beautiful place, a place seemingly full of life.
Yet the life here is dying. Maybe this applies to the whole world, or simply here, I am not sure. This amazing place, with great history, art, beauty, is slowly falling apart. They have forgotten what it means to live. Have we forgotten what it means to be alive? Are we living everyday, as a number, or as a blessing from heaven?
Again, Europe a perfect place, many seemingly perfect cities, I would even say a Traum Wohnung. I remember Jeremy telling me about Korea, with their "cellpads." This epidemic of technolgy. Menschen have forgotten what it means to live. They are constantly plugged in and plugged away. Have we forgotten what it means to live? To unplug? To actually live? To interact with others? I think at times we have forgotten. Have we forgotten about others? Europe has in part.
My challenge would be to unplug from the virtuals worlds that are out there and starting living in the world you are on now. Talk to someone, you dont know. Do something unsual crazy, different? Take a chance, a leap of faith. Take an oppurtunity to help another. My fear is that America is starting to die like Europe.
Seeing people with almost nothing, has touched my heart so greatly. I have seem people with absolutle nothing, who have the greatest faith. They truly have learned to live. They care for others even though they, themselves have nothing. I had the oppurtunity to give a blessing to a boy in a family that had absolutely nothing. I was greatly humbled by them and their faith. As I gave the blessing, the feeling of peace and completel love filled my head, and heart. I wished I could bless them with everything, with money, with a nicer apartment, but they do not need that. I wished I could bless them with happiness, but they do not need that. Because they are so happy with nothing, they know how to live. So please unplug and connect with someone in need, even if on the outside they dont look in need. I love you all.
What a week of blessings and of miracles.. Seeing people with almost nothing, has touched my heart so greatly. First off let me try to draw a picture of Europe and Switzerland for ihr (you all).
The building are all beautiful, greatly decorated with pillars, stones, statues, cobblestone walkways, fountains, fancy cars, trains, green fields, a country full of colour and full of life. As you walk, down small alleyways filled with small shops, one can only wonder. How can a place be so beautiful? As one walks around on dirtpaths and can only see tall, green, yellow, sunflowers, cornstalks, plowed fields, one can only wonder. I wish I was skilled inwriting and describing how beautiful the contrasts are in Europe, but I do not have that skill. Europe is simply a beautiful place, a place seemingly full of life.
Yet the life here is dying. Maybe this applies to the whole world, or simply here, I am not sure. This amazing place, with great history, art, beauty, is slowly falling apart. They have forgotten what it means to live. Have we forgotten what it means to be alive? Are we living everyday, as a number, or as a blessing from heaven?
Again, Europe a perfect place, many seemingly perfect cities, I would even say a Traum Wohnung. I remember Jeremy telling me about Korea, with their "cellpads." This epidemic of technolgy. Menschen have forgotten what it means to live. They are constantly plugged in and plugged away. Have we forgotten what it means to live? To unplug? To actually live? To interact with others? I think at times we have forgotten. Have we forgotten about others? Europe has in part.
My challenge would be to unplug from the virtuals worlds that are out there and starting living in the world you are on now. Talk to someone, you dont know. Do something unsual crazy, different? Take a chance, a leap of faith. Take an oppurtunity to help another. My fear is that America is starting to die like Europe.
Seeing people with almost nothing, has touched my heart so greatly. I have seem people with absolutle nothing, who have the greatest faith. They truly have learned to live. They care for others even though they, themselves have nothing. I had the oppurtunity to give a blessing to a boy in a family that had absolutely nothing. I was greatly humbled by them and their faith. As I gave the blessing, the feeling of peace and completel love filled my head, and heart. I wished I could bless them with everything, with money, with a nicer apartment, but they do not need that. I wished I could bless them with happiness, but they do not need that. Because they are so happy with nothing, they know how to live. So please unplug and connect with someone in need, even if on the outside they dont look in need. I love you all.
Elder Annen
Some quotes I heard this week...
"Even when you trip you fall forward."
"When Life knocks you down, you are in the perfect position to pray"
Some quotes I heard this week...
"Even when you trip you fall forward."
"When Life knocks you down, you are in the perfect position to pray"
A Week of Meetings
Dear Family who I haven't written for a while......
This past week has been great and as the title suggests, full of meetings. We had Stake Conference two days in a row, then interviews with president, and then zone training. I have heard so many inspired words and stories that I do not have enough time to write them all to you. So I will stick with one story, the story of John Tanner.
In Zone Training we were talking about being Consecrated. What does that actually mean to be completely consecrated? It means we give ourselves to the Lord right? Heart, might, mind, and strength right? Its that simple yet that difficult. I knows it actually easy to do everything the Lord asks us to do, but why can it be so difficult? And this is what I wish to explain about Consecration. We give everything. Absolutely everything, which means we give him our agency and desires. I read an interesting scripture, in Moroni 7:6-8. It speaks of giving gifts without holding it back. With giving gifts because you want to give the gift. And yet if you do not desire to give the gift but give it anyways.... it counts as nothing. Now back to being consecrated... Do not take this as doctrine, but as I have pondered this scripture, I have had the question "So how does this idea apply to this gospel?" Hmmmmm... If I do something the Lord wants but inside I don't have the desire to do it, wait.. It profiteth me nothing.. True Consecration, is giving everything, our desires are the same as the Lord's. We WANT to do it. We are HAPPY to do all the things he wants. Why do we want and why should we be happy to do the Lords will? Because why not. These things bring us closer to Christ and that makes us happy.
The Story of John Tanner is inspiring. Look it up, please. He was a man that gave everything he had for the church. We saw a movie clip of where John Tanner speaks to Joseph Smith. And John Tanner did not want to be paid back for all that he gave, He gave because he was completely grateful for everything Heavenly Father gave him. He was truly consecrated. Please look up his story, it's amazing. Well that's it from me. I love all of you.
Elder Annen
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-07-139-treasure-in-heaven-the-john-tanner-story?lang=eng
This past week has been great and as the title suggests, full of meetings. We had Stake Conference two days in a row, then interviews with president, and then zone training. I have heard so many inspired words and stories that I do not have enough time to write them all to you. So I will stick with one story, the story of John Tanner.
In Zone Training we were talking about being Consecrated. What does that actually mean to be completely consecrated? It means we give ourselves to the Lord right? Heart, might, mind, and strength right? Its that simple yet that difficult. I knows it actually easy to do everything the Lord asks us to do, but why can it be so difficult? And this is what I wish to explain about Consecration. We give everything. Absolutely everything, which means we give him our agency and desires. I read an interesting scripture, in Moroni 7:6-8. It speaks of giving gifts without holding it back. With giving gifts because you want to give the gift. And yet if you do not desire to give the gift but give it anyways.... it counts as nothing. Now back to being consecrated... Do not take this as doctrine, but as I have pondered this scripture, I have had the question "So how does this idea apply to this gospel?" Hmmmmm... If I do something the Lord wants but inside I don't have the desire to do it, wait.. It profiteth me nothing.. True Consecration, is giving everything, our desires are the same as the Lord's. We WANT to do it. We are HAPPY to do all the things he wants. Why do we want and why should we be happy to do the Lords will? Because why not. These things bring us closer to Christ and that makes us happy.
The Story of John Tanner is inspiring. Look it up, please. He was a man that gave everything he had for the church. We saw a movie clip of where John Tanner speaks to Joseph Smith. And John Tanner did not want to be paid back for all that he gave, He gave because he was completely grateful for everything Heavenly Father gave him. He was truly consecrated. Please look up his story, it's amazing. Well that's it from me. I love all of you.
Elder Annen
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-07-139-treasure-in-heaven-the-john-tanner-story?lang=eng
A Change, I Could Use Some Change
Dear Family,
Another transfer starting and thank goodness for a change too! Honestly, I needed a change and now I have a new companion Elder Hassley! He is another German, really nice, friendly, and overall a fun person to be around.
This week, has been really interesting, with me trying to take over an area. I THOUGHT I knew everything about my area, what trains, buses, what times, everything comes and goes, but I don't.. So this week was... Whats the right word? Exciting? Adventurous? A whole new experience from the past 4 months, where I had no clue what I was doing. Haha, I still dont have a clue what I am doing, but I try my best. This week we had another service project with Garten Arbeit and that was exciting. Raking, chopping, trimming, and ja, Garten Arbeit. With all this service, I have some time to think and ponder. The story that keeps popping into my head is the story of The Currant Bush.
So here is my spiritual thought for this week. The Currant Bush story, I think we all know it. If you have forgotten, look it up by, Elder Hugh B. Brown. I realize more and more that I need to change. I have many faults, many imperfection, and yet I feel that I always fall short. At times when I feel down I remember the purpose of the Atonement, and how Heavenly Father says,“I am the gardener here. I know what I want you to do.” We have no clue our potential. I remember Jeremy`s homecoming talk and how he talked about racing horses and how we have great potential with having Heavenly parents. Then I think about why we go through such hard times. Hard times, where we feel alone, we feel under high pressure, we cannot move anymore. We want to give up and just cry. And as we cry or cannot move anymore, it seems we fall. Yet when we fall, we naturally, fall to our knees. At these moments we may realize, we have forgotten about prayer, Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, the Atonement. It is at these moments, that we realize, we have forgotten who the Gardener is. In the future we will look back at these times and say,“Thank you, Mr. Gardener, for cutting me down, for loving me enough to hurt me.”
I love that phrase. I love you all and pray for you immer.
Love,
Elder Annen
Another transfer starting and thank goodness for a change too! Honestly, I needed a change and now I have a new companion Elder Hassley! He is another German, really nice, friendly, and overall a fun person to be around.
This week, has been really interesting, with me trying to take over an area. I THOUGHT I knew everything about my area, what trains, buses, what times, everything comes and goes, but I don't.. So this week was... Whats the right word? Exciting? Adventurous? A whole new experience from the past 4 months, where I had no clue what I was doing. Haha, I still dont have a clue what I am doing, but I try my best. This week we had another service project with Garten Arbeit and that was exciting. Raking, chopping, trimming, and ja, Garten Arbeit. With all this service, I have some time to think and ponder. The story that keeps popping into my head is the story of The Currant Bush.
So here is my spiritual thought for this week. The Currant Bush story, I think we all know it. If you have forgotten, look it up by, Elder Hugh B. Brown. I realize more and more that I need to change. I have many faults, many imperfection, and yet I feel that I always fall short. At times when I feel down I remember the purpose of the Atonement, and how Heavenly Father says,“I am the gardener here. I know what I want you to do.” We have no clue our potential. I remember Jeremy`s homecoming talk and how he talked about racing horses and how we have great potential with having Heavenly parents. Then I think about why we go through such hard times. Hard times, where we feel alone, we feel under high pressure, we cannot move anymore. We want to give up and just cry. And as we cry or cannot move anymore, it seems we fall. Yet when we fall, we naturally, fall to our knees. At these moments we may realize, we have forgotten about prayer, Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, the Atonement. It is at these moments, that we realize, we have forgotten who the Gardener is. In the future we will look back at these times and say,“Thank you, Mr. Gardener, for cutting me down, for loving me enough to hurt me.”
I love that phrase. I love you all and pray for you immer.
Love,
Elder Annen
Another Transfer Gone....
This past week was Transfers and boy! I was so excited to see what happen next... New companion, new area, or stay the same. I had no idea! I was so excited and didn't know what to think. I really wanted a change, but if not, that is what the Lord wants. Calls came and I learned I am staying here and my companion is going to Wettigen. And so I will be getting a new companion, Elder Hassley! All I know it that he is another German, and not much more than that. I really am excited, but a little nervous since I am taking over this Kreuzlingen area. But I am ready, let's do it!
This week, we went to St. Gallen, for a flash mob to advertise the church, and guess who I saw?!?! I saw Wendy! She spoke crazy German to me and I couldn't understand very well, but she was there and I hope I can bump into that family again! The flash mob was really a good and then all the missionaries went out and talked to everyone, handed out Books of Mormon, pass along cards, and really was a great advertisement. So many people stopped, videotaped, took pictures and it was exciting to see other people being excited about missionary work.
This week, we went to St. Gallen, for a flash mob to advertise the church, and guess who I saw?!?! I saw Wendy! She spoke crazy German to me and I couldn't understand very well, but she was there and I hope I can bump into that family again! The flash mob was really a good and then all the missionaries went out and talked to everyone, handed out Books of Mormon, pass along cards, and really was a great advertisement. So many people stopped, videotaped, took pictures and it was exciting to see other people being excited about missionary work.
I have been thinking of a spiritual thought to share, and I wish to speak about the Seed of faith. The faith as small as a mustard seed. We read about having only a seed of faith, we can move mountains. This shows that faith doesnt have to be a gigantic number, its more built on quality and simplicity than quantity. When I think about a seed, I think of it as being the most simple basic unit of life. Exercise faith in a simple pray, excercising faith in simple scripture study, in a simple family activity, these simple activities build our faith. They dont have to be expensive, just simple and meaningful. Moments that are so simple yet rememberable. Quality not quantity. Anyway that is my little geistig Gedanke.
I wish you all the best and again, I hope to hear from you soon. I love you all! Perhaps next week I will hear from more of you, but who knows!;)
Love,
Elder Annen
Elder Annen
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