Hey Everyone,
I was trying to think of a subject for this letter but I
could not think of anything. The days mesh together. But this week
we had a lot of new experiences that is for sure!
We had a Zone Training Meeting on Tuesday of this
week. That just means we go down to Kiel and we do not get back until
really late. It was good. Our mission focus for the next two months
is family history. So I am very happy that you sent me all that family
history stuff! I have it saved on my I pad and I show the pictures to
people that we come across. I have also noticed some new things on the
familysearch profile. Is that you as well? I think its super cool!
So thanks to whoever is doing that! (sorry my thoughts got sidetracked)
But so we are going to have to do a lot of things this next two months.
For example, every area is supposed to do a street display by the end of the
month I think. So we have been organizing that with our ward so that we
can do one here in Flensburg. I hope it will all turn out smoothly.
Elder Ausobsky and I also had a very unique opportunity to
help someone in their garden. In the winter.... lets just say it was
something I will never forget. I am grateful that I can feel my fingers
and toes again because it was really cold. But there is a lady that needs
help and she has this land and she wants to turn it into a very nice
garden. It reminded me of our project back at home. By the way, it
could probably help us if you send pictures of before and after of the
garden. Then, I could show them to her. But so the ground was
already frozen and we just ended up moving rocks for 2 hours. And because
the ground was frozen, we had to take a shovel and pry them out of the
ground. So that was interesting. It was also a nice opportunity to
talk to her a little bit about the gospel. Her interest in anything
church related is very minimal but we are seeing if maybe she would like to
learn more.
We have been starting a lot of new activities in our area as
well. We played basketball with an exchange student from a small country
next to Russia and also a few of the kids from the branch. We are also teaching
a English class and also maybe a German class for some of the refugees here
that are staying in Flensburg. and we also want to start doing some more
community service, so we are going to a place called a Tafel (I think its a
soup kitchen in English) and just see how we can help. It is interesting
to think that here in Flensburg, we have met a lot of people that are either
homeless or just wanders.
The work is also starting to pick up here. We had a
great day yesterday. Our Ward mission leader and a new convert went on
splits with us and for the whole day, we just went by on people who
investigated the church either earlier and we went by also on some less active
members. We found a lot of new people that we can work with and it was
just a great experience to have and to see that it was so much fun to be with
the members and I hope that when I get home, that I can do stuff like that.
We had a really funny experience with a member this last
week as well. Well, he is a member because about 10 years ago he got
baptized but then never came back to church. We went by on him because we
want to get to know everyone in the ward and so he let us in and we started
talking with each other. And the entire time, he was asking us questions
like, "So tell me more about your missionary service. Like what is
that about? Does your church make you do that? " and just asking
really simple questions that any member would know. Well, our next lesson
we have planned that we are going to go in there and just remind him that he
was at one point a member of our church and if he remembers that. So that
was a really funny experience. I remember walking out of that appointment
just confused and I double checked our list to make sure his name was right and
that was indeed the right person we were supposed to visit.
Kevin and Hana are having a Disney theme announcement?
Since when have there been themes with baby announcements? Ok,
whatever. I would like a picture though when it is done.
Well, I love you all and you are all in my prayers.
Love,
Elder Bretzing
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