Hello everyone. :) I hope you aren't all freezing to death. Make sure to
wear some extra layers and stuff. It has been pretty cold and mildly
humid, just making it colder. :P
Been a pretty good week. We got
to see the confirmation of the lady that got baptized last week. That
was really cool. The Spirit was so strong as the blessing was given. :)
Had
a little craziness agian with a trip to Dessau, but things worked out
alright. Pretty good week overall. Kinda bothersome though, because all
of our student investigators/contacts have a lot of tests and are very
busy, and half of them (the chineese ones) will all be leaving to China
for the Chineese new year (simester break), and the rest will probably
go home for break as well. Things are still going well though. :) We
even talked to a younger German person who actually wants to meet with
us! That was a surprise. Usually the German students want nothing to do
with us. :P
Spiritual thought time! :)
I was thinking,
during church yesterday, how many people tend to say that they would
love to be newly baptized again. Once I truly learned that the sacrament
is a complete renewal of all the baptizmal covenants and blessings, I
find it sad now when people say that. I want to sit down with them and
talk to them about how they are newly baptized each week. I continued
pondering and realized that what most people see, looking in hindsight
at their own baptism, are the feelings they felt at the time. The thing
that draws them back to wanting to be back there was the contrast. How
much of a difference it made. The change they feel. That's the answer.
The way to truly make full use of the sacrament is week, is to prepare
ourselves, sanctify ourselves. We strive to see the Sacrament for the
great and wonderous blessing and change that it is. A new baptism. We
need to let it change us, and work to notice the difference as it comes.
Christ is making us clean, but only as far as we let Him in. :)
Well I hope you guys all have a wonderful week. :) Go do something cool. :)
God bless you and be with you. (D&C 84:88)
- Elder Michael Miles
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