FINAL COUNTDOWN - 10/27/14

Well....it is now the FINAL COUNTDOWN!!! It's the last 5 weeks of the Germany Berlin Mission for me.

So let me tell you about last week! :D

It was pretty great. We had some interesting experiences walking in the rain...seriously, it rained for days..or what seemed like days. HAHA. 

We had a nice eating appointment at our Bishop's house this week...with Rouladen. Sorry Germany, our Rouladen is still wayyyyy better!! WAY TO GO RIMMASCH'S FOR MAKING AWESOME FOOD. Not that I am prideful or anything...okay, yeah I am. HA. 

We have had some really good times with the Book of Mormon this week! Lots of our investigators are really started to catch on how important this Book is. Because, when we read the book, and we know that it is true, then we know that Joseph Smith is a Prophet, that what he said was true and that this is the true church of Christ. The Book of Mormon is basically what we call the Key Stone of our Religion. Without it, we have nothing. With it, all of what we say and know is TRUE. And absolutely true. Pretty cool, huh?

It's really fun having younger investigators, they are about my age and students! Being able to really connect with them on a level of Peer is super important! That is usually why is it better to have members with us, they have friendships with them and support them with all of their questions.

This weeks open house was SO FUN. Let's just say...PING PONG...I mean, TABLE TENNIS in a Skirt! Yes, that just happened. We have a cute member who plays on a team and beats everyone...but then our investigator came! He is pretty dang good and beat this member in one round. Not bad!! They are now friends. (HA) 

Things are getting crazy as there are only 5 weeks left for me...like...insanity here people!! I am staying in Leipzig for the next 5 weeks with my trainee so nothing changed with us, but everyone else in the district has a new comp. I am thinking about pretending to be Russian to the brand new trainee coming in...I don't know if I can hold it for 5 transfers...I could probably pull of British though...hmm...we'll see!!!

MISSIONS ARE GREAT. And Prayer are answered every day! I thank you all for always praying for me! Every prayer helps me be the instrument God needs to bring light, truth, and happiness to His Children! Thanks for alles! 

COUNT DOWN: 35 days 

ps We made french toast and my companion had a pool of butter on hers...after we cooked it in butter. oh man, Sister Jensen! How are you not fat!? Yeah, nice.

Also, I made that Schnitzel!! We make gourmet food at our apartment!

Love

Sister Rimmasch

Miracle Friends - 10/20/14

This week was nice...not really that cold...except sometimes and full of weird miracles. Personally, I think those are the best types of miracles. There are so many different kinds of miracles, I could be typing forever, but then again that would be super boring. Ha.

So...miracle one.

We got caught in the rain. Yes, this is a miracle, just wait. So, we got caught in the rain and so naturally, we took cover. As we waited for the rain to go away, a man walked by. (we were in town) and I smiled and waved. He must have been surprised, because he turned around came back and introduced himself to us. As we told him what we do, he wanted to meet and make out an appointment right away! :D

Miracle two: We got a random phone call from a contact that same day after walking around for HOURS. He called and said he was sorry he hadn't met for awhile but he wanted to meet..TODAY. Well, of course we were super stoked and changed around ALL THE PLANS and met with him instead. He is super excited to learn more.

Miracle three: Oktoberfest....So there is this street in Leipzig call Straße des 18. Oktobers. So obviously, we went there on the 18th of Oktober. Who could miss out on such an opportunity. As we walked around trying to talk to people, we may or may not have run into an Oktoberfest...yeah. People where just walking around in Lederhosen and Dirndls. Typisch Deutsch. Yeah, super funny, but that't not the miracle. We went by on our contact on this street and SHE WAS HOME. She is from China and wants to learn more! Yes, I love these people! Student are literally the best!

Oh, I saw some breakdancers in the middle of town, they were soooooo good! They drew a HUGE crowd and I thought...why did I not learn breakdancing? I could have drawn a huge crowd to come and hear about the Gospel...so those of you preparing to go on missions, learn breakdancing! :D Of course, I took a film and pictures! It was great!

Well my friends! Time is flying and I've 42 days left! Insanity!! Keep up the good missionary work where you are at! People need you there! The LORD needs you where you are. (unless He tells you otherwise!) Love you all!

Love

Sister Rimmasch

Well hello there. - 10/13/14

Well...I joined an orchestra this weekend. Yup...I joined the Stake Orchestra and will be playing in Stake Conference in a couple of weeks!! SWEET! Blessings of what happens when you finally repair your violin and take it with you to the church on a Saturday. It was totally 'coincidence'. There is no such thing. Haha.

We had Zone Training Meeting this week. We spoke a lot about the enabling power of the Atonement. Seriously, it was so good. The Atonement not only cleanses us from sin, BUT it enables us to change our very natures. I do not think that would be possible without Christ. He made it possible for repentance and possible for us to change our hearts. It was great. Please, if you  haven't already, study the Atonement.

I had my interview with President. I will most likely be staying in Leipzig until the very end. Sweet! That is about....49 days! Crazy!!! It was quite funny. I guess I will be needed to sign up for Institute when I get home...wooo!!! It rained pretty hard that day, and two of our appts. fell out, but that wasn't a problem. We had still a Word of Wisdom lesson and it went fabulously!!

We taught out Chinese investigator again. She is so great!! She follows all her commitments and even said that she loves prayer and she reads in the Book of Mormon EVERY NIGHT. People! Is this not amazing?! A girl who had no contact with the gospel four weeks ago is reading this book every night and prays everyday! What an example of Faith!!! So great.

We also saw the Lichtfest this week. It is the 25th anniversary. We went with one of our investigators and we there was SO MANY people there. (Dad, I don't think you would like it...:) ) But it was great! We had a good time and saw cool stuffs.

We also played basketball with our investigators. It was so fun! It was really good for our investigators and we got some good exercise. So that was good!

We had an actually German meal on Sunday, YES!!!!! It was so good, it was about time. Everyone likes to make other delicious foods, but it was the first German meal my poor comp has had. Hahaha.

Life is great and I have 49 days left before I am done with my mission....CRAZY. But then, the real mission starts!!!

Love,

Sister Rimmasch

PS

pictures from the zoo

KONFERENZ - 10/5/14

Well my friends, if you didn't watch conference, I would suggest going to the LDS account and watching it for yourself. It was pretty awesome.

We had exchanges this week in which I had to say goodbye to my trainee for a day. That was kind of lame. But yeah, so that happened...but then I got her back, it's okay.

We had some fun times randomly running into investigators...like everyday. I got daily contact with some investigators just by walking out the door...kind of handy I suppose. Haha. Actually really handy, you have no idea. It was great.

I also witnessed an act of beautiful kindness this week. I got off the tram to my surprise I see someone I know running after the tram. What had happened is someone had left their child on the tram so he dropped all his things and ran after the tram. He got the child back and a bag of apples which he then proceeded to hand to me and we walked back to the worrying mother of the child. So...yeah, that was the most Christlike thing I have seen for a while. It warmed my heart to know that people of all nations still have the Light of Christ burning ever so brightly in them. Look out for these people, they are everywhere. :)

And sorry for the lateness of the email, but we were at the zoo. I don't think I was built for the zoo...four hours and I was a gonner!! Next time...there is no Leipzig zoo next time, I've already been twice! ACK!

8 weeks and it's all over...just kidding. 8 weeks and it will all be beginning

LOVE

Sister Rimmasch

PS

congrats AJ and Cami for running a marathon! And their kids for running the mile!

New Companion

Sister Rimmasch and her new missionary, Sister Jensen.

LEIPZIG RULES - 9/29/14

People, did I ever mention how much I absolutely love Leipzig? And just how great it is to be a missionary?! Well...Super cool, let me tell you.

So for my birthday...we went and bought Oktoberfest stuff...aka a Bayern Flag...and a new outfit. Yay! And...yeah. Oh well! But this week we had miracles so it doesn't matter!

Using the 12 week programm to train has really made a difference in missionary work! It is so great! We love it! I like the part where we watch clips of the District. Super fun. This week we also got a new missionary couple. They are really nice and sweet. They brought me my packages! :D How nice! They are spunky and ready to work! Woo hoooooo! We love hard workers!

We had some good lessons! One of our investigators brought his girlfirend to our lesson and so...NEW INVESTIGATOR. Sweet. Also, someone stopped us on the street! He had met with missionaries before and wanted to start meeting again! Cool!!!

We tried out some new finding this week. We thought of it through inspiration! Pick a card finding!!! We wrote down some really deep questions and walked around the down town and asked people to pick a card! It went really well!  We had good gospel conversations and found a new investigator! MAN! PEOPLE LEIPZIG IS JUST BEGGING FOR BAPTISMS!! Super cool! So excited!

We also had an investigator from China come to church!! For testimony meeting! She asked me a really funny question. Why do people go up and announce their problems to the public? HAHAHA. I have no idea. People, watch what you say up there! :D Still it was funny.

Anywho. Lovely day lovely day...we are going to the harvest festival today! Bwahahahaha! Super excited!

AND General Conference is this week! I challenge you all to go with a question in mind and really pray for an answer and look for you answer because you'll get it!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Love 

Sister Rimmasch

a picture of me and my trainee at a members place 

and the sunrise this morning!