Hey Family,
Well as the title suggests, this week was sure
interesting. I guess I will start off with the interesting part.
So this week, we had our Missionary Leadership Council in
Berlin. It was actually really interesting because this time we had it at
our Mission Home. Usually it is held at the stake center in Berlin.
However, this is not the interesting part. So, because now that I am in
Kiel, we live a little farther away from Berlin than we did in Hamburg, so that
meant that we had to spend the night in Berlin so that we could make it on time
for the meeting Friday morning.
We had the opportunity to actually stay
in the Marzahn apartment. That was fun and memories just raced across my
mind. It looks completely different and it was nice to stay there for a
day. So here is where the interesting part comes into play. As we
were on our way to our meeting on Friday morning, something very interesting
happened. We were looking at the times and the map on my iPad on how to
get to the Mission Home in Berlin. As we were trying to buy a ticket for
the Train, the machine would not take our money. It was quite frustrating
and so we were pulling out all different type of bills in our wallet to see if
we could finally get it to work and get onto a train that was coming in like 5
minutes. We figured that we could try to use coins instead and so we saw
a little shop behind us and to see if we could exchange the bills for
coins.
As we started to walk to the little shop (I am not exaggerating,
this happened in all about 30 second time span) I received that little thought
to check my bag and my iPad was not there. I remembered setting it on top
of this ticket machine and so right as I turned around to look for it, it was
gone. In about this 30 second time span, someone came and took my iPad
and walked off with it.
But what did I learn from this? Even in the smallest
amount of time, the worst things could happened. And that if I do get
another iPad, because now I have to pay for the last one, that I will NEVER let
it out of my sight. And so all my pictures from the last 6 months were on
that machine. And it was not backed up because we do not have the
internet to do it, so everything is gone. I am going to call Berlin
services today to see if by chance the one who stole it had a change of
heart. I think the most saddened part about this experience is that I was
entrusted with this great and wonderful tool and I lost it. I could care
less if i had all my pictures, I just really wish I had the iPad back.
But its too late and I cannot dwell on the past. I know how that turns
out and its not pretty.
Well, besides that, this week has been jammed-pack with
activities. We had a Zone Training Meeting that we had to plan for, and
there is a picture on the blog, I do not know if you knew there is a new blog
website ( http://germanyberlinmission2015-18.blogspot.de/
) but that was our first meeting as a zone here up here in the cold north.
General Conference was good and I enjoyed it. I am
willing to start this scripture ponderizing and because we have a added focus
in the mission to memorize certain scriptures and I need to be better at that,
I will start there. I am just wondering where I can put these scriptures
where I see them everyday because we are hardly if at all at our
apartment. I think I might keep some in the institute center because we
are there alot for teaching German or for Institute when our friends come.
Well, if there is anything encouraging I could leave with
you is how I felt on the return trip home from Berlin. I remember playing
the scenario over and over in my mind and finally I stopped and I heard
something tell me, "This event is insignificant in the scheme of what God
has planned for you. Stop beating yourself up about it and just make it
right with God." I think that sometimes that applies to almost all the
things that happen to us.
Well, I love you and I hope all is going well back at
home. Keep me updated about the family and the ward and maybe even the
dog and cats (oddly enough they are family too).
Oh yes, please send Dudley Leavitts patriarichal blessing my
way. Did it come to you in the mail? I requested his patriarichal
blessing because I thought it would be great to have the chance to read it and
come to know him a little more. I would like to start doing that with
more of our ancestors. And tell the young women thanks for the card I was able
to get it!
My love to you from Germany,
Elder Bretzing
8-15 Zone Conference with Elder Johnson
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