Hello Family, 1/19/2015
This week has been a different
week, that is for sure. I am not used to big cities anymore. It is
a major shift coming from a place where the city we were in had about 20000
people and now the area of one city that we live in has about 3 million
people. I have never seen soo many people, and some of them are soo young
too. And the weirdest of it all, is I hear english alot. Like alot
alot, from random people on the street. I am not used to that, and sometimes I
have to stop myself from staring. So it has definately been
different. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for me here, and I trust
Him with this plan. I was able to meet my companion on tuesday, Elder
Stringham, who is actually from Fresno. And I got to meet also the two
other missionaries in our apartment, and this is actually their last transfer
and they go home. So they are trying to help us out alot because they
might close their program here in Marzahn, but not us. We will
stay. And then we also had a alot of appointments with investigators,
whose names I really do not know right now, but I will be able to talk about
them more as the weeks progress.
It has also been very different to be
district leader. It is just really weird being the youngest one on the
mission and I am the district leader. I still have no idea how to be a
district leader, how not to step on toes, how to really help them. So
that is something I am currently handling and how to handle certain
situations. I also got to meet the ward here in Marzahn, and it is
definately different as well. I really grown attached to the other one,
and because there was so few of them, I knew them personally, and it was weird
to see about 100 new faces. But at the same time, I always have the same
expierence, everytime I enter into a new ward or branch as a missionary, I just
get this feeling that everyone looks so familiar. That I know them
somehow. I have had this happen to me as I sat in church and some of the
members looked so familiar that I felt I could just walk up to them and ask
them how they have been since the last time I saw them. So that was a cool
expierence, to be able to expierence that again with some of the members
here.
But other than that, I am still pressing forward. I know that
it has also only been one week, and as time progresses, things get
easier. If I could, I would recede back to my comfort hole of Meißen. But
Heavenly Father does not want that for me. He knows that this is a time I
have to progress and to continue. So I am sorry that this letter this
week is pretty crappy, but I as I get a better hold of the city and as I get my
bearings so to speak, then I will be able to write more, and take more pictures
too. But I would want to leave my testimony that I know how much God
really cares for us. He planned it all out, and He promises us a way and
help throughout everything, if we follow His Son, His Example, and do the
things that He has commanded us. All of it is prepared for us, I believe
firmly that it lies in how much we really want His help. I know that when
we line our wants and desires with what God wants and desires from us, that is
when we can reach our fullest potential. And I know that even I have so
much progression to make. But we have the best promises that can ever be
promised to us, if we only follow Jesus Christ. And that is something
that I strive to do every day. I love you all and you are never far from
my prayers.
With all the Love I possess,
Elder Bretzing
And my new address here in Berlin is Irenen
Strasse 1, Berlin, Germany, 103713 (the area code I do not know if it is right,
but we are living somewhere called Lichtenberg, in East Berlin. So I will
check the zip code next time.)
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