Hi everyone! Gotta be quick, but I have some stuff ready. :)
Germany stuff! (brought to you by the clever asking of Danny)
- Lots of bakeries. Just little cafes where you can go in and buy nice breads and pastries and rolls and stuff and they usually have coffee there as well.
- There also is more support from the Government for little stores that specify in one kind of product (big chains with a little of everything, like wal-mart, being discouraged and given less help(there are no wal-marts in Germany that I know of)).
- Fast food is also a lot more expensive here. At Subway for example, they kinda do the 5-dollar foot-long thing, but it's not as wide, like it's only at specific times or for very speicific sandwiches, and they do it in Euros (5 Euro foot-long). If you look, at the exchange rate, it turns out to be a much sadder deal than in the states.
- People eat a big lunch, it being the real big meal, and then usually eat 'Abendbrot' (eveningbread) where they just have rolls and other bread where you take a slice and put on some cheese and meat and eat it. Big full time jobs often give big long lunch breaks so people can go home or go out to eat and have a good big lunch.
- Lots of bakeries. Just little cafes where you can go in and buy nice breads and pastries and rolls and stuff and they usually have coffee there as well.
- There also is more support from the Government for little stores that specify in one kind of product (big chains with a little of everything, like wal-mart, being discouraged and given less help(there are no wal-marts in Germany that I know of)).
- Fast food is also a lot more expensive here. At Subway for example, they kinda do the 5-dollar foot-long thing, but it's not as wide, like it's only at specific times or for very speicific sandwiches, and they do it in Euros (5 Euro foot-long). If you look, at the exchange rate, it turns out to be a much sadder deal than in the states.
- People eat a big lunch, it being the real big meal, and then usually eat 'Abendbrot' (eveningbread) where they just have rolls and other bread where you take a slice and put on some cheese and meat and eat it. Big full time jobs often give big long lunch breaks so people can go home or go out to eat and have a good big lunch.
Spiritual stuff! I want to share with you an experience that I had with an investigator the other day. :)
Had an awesome appointment the other day! We are meeting with an older gentleman who is a strong Christian (Catholic) who has been meeting with the missionaries for a while now. (1-2 years) He has a strong testimony of Christ and a good knowledge of the scriptures and the Catholic Church. He is very kind and admirably humble. He even says that he probably would have already joined our chruch if it weren't for his strong Catholic roots. Awesome guy. In any case, we had a great joint teach (Br. Glück) who was really open and friendly with him, helped us review the Restoration of the Gospel with us really powerfully and got him thinking, asking him to think about what questions he has in life that we could discuss. We then visited him during the week shortly, shared Amos 3:7 with him "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." and emphasized how the scriptures (the words of God through the Prophets) can truly help him with his questions and concerns. He seemed to really feel the idea and said he would think about his questions. When we met with him yesterday we were really able to talk to him, he opened up and told us about how he has been having troubles since his wife died 15 years ago and doesn't feel like he is getting answers to what he is praying about. Expressed a fear that he had done something horribly wrong, or is doing something horribly wrong for which God is punishing him, or something like that. We were able to tell him very powerfully about how God loves him and cares about him and wants to help him. We promised him that God is listening (he didn't really doubt that God listened, just felt like God wasn't really doing anything about his prayers) and we were able to just perfectly share Alma 7:11-13 (http://www.lds.org/
Had an awesome appointment the other day! We are meeting with an older gentleman who is a strong Christian (Catholic) who has been meeting with the missionaries for a while now. (1-2 years) He has a strong testimony of Christ and a good knowledge of the scriptures and the Catholic Church. He is very kind and admirably humble. He even says that he probably would have already joined our chruch if it weren't for his strong Catholic roots. Awesome guy. In any case, we had a great joint teach (Br. Glück) who was really open and friendly with him, helped us review the Restoration of the Gospel with us really powerfully and got him thinking, asking him to think about what questions he has in life that we could discuss. We then visited him during the week shortly, shared Amos 3:7 with him "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." and emphasized how the scriptures (the words of God through the Prophets) can truly help him with his questions and concerns. He seemed to really feel the idea and said he would think about his questions. When we met with him yesterday we were really able to talk to him, he opened up and told us about how he has been having troubles since his wife died 15 years ago and doesn't feel like he is getting answers to what he is praying about. Expressed a fear that he had done something horribly wrong, or is doing something horribly wrong for which God is punishing him, or something like that. We were able to tell him very powerfully about how God loves him and cares about him and wants to help him. We promised him that God is listening (he didn't really doubt that God listened, just felt like God wasn't really doing anything about his prayers) and we were able to just perfectly share Alma 7:11-13 (http://www.lds.org/
.
We told him that Christ wants to help him and is answering his prayers,
even if he doesn't see how they are being answered. He looked like he
was getting choked up here and there and bore huge grattitude for what
we had shared. He said we were freeing him of a burden he had been
carrying for 15 years and that he had hope again. It was wonderful and I
felt the Spirit very strongly. Even got choked up a bit as I was
reading those scriptures to him and testifying to him. :P He also then
told me that I was going to make a great therapist one day. :P That was
fun. In any case, it was a wonderful appointment. Hope you enjoyed the
story. :)
I
want to bear testimony that following in the footsteps in Christ,
partaking of this wonderful Truth and Joy of the Gospel, and then even
more so, the abolute Joy of partaking of it with others is the most
wonderful feeling I have ever felt. I have a testimony that it is the
most wonderful feeling a man can have. (1 Ne. 8:12/1 Ne. 11:22) (http://www.lds.org/
Go have an awesome week! Don't forget to smile. :)
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