AND ALMOST THERE - 11/24/14

Well...my companion and I have discovered that we LOVE doing doors!! It is so great!! We see miracles every TIME. For example, I felt like I needed to take a Chinese Book of Mormon with me. (Hello we are in Germany) and we did some doors. Then we were almost done and the VERY LAST door we did was a Chinese man who happily accepted the copy of the Book of Mormon. Like, whoa. What, are you serious? (Yes, I just quoted the district 2 thank you, missionary jokes are getting way too old. HA)

Or another one, we did doors and the girl already had a Book of Mormon in her native language and set up a return appointment with us on the spot. Talk about miracles of actually doing work. Seriously, you do work, you see miracles. That is just how it is.

We also had a lovely appointment with our self referral. Man, this man is definitely searching for the truth and it is absolutely awesome! I love it when people have such great questions and really are searching after the truth. So nice.

Also, I discovered...that I like to attack my companion in empty elevators and tickle the crap out of her...it just happens that she falls on the floor dead. I think I will do it next time when someone is actually in the elevator. Bwahahahhahahahahaha. And we totally bought comp toothbrushes...THE HOBBIT!!!!

Yes!!!

Well friends only one email after this and then I am slowly on my way home. I will take my dear sweet time. Please enjoy the hilarity of these pictures

The Countdown - 11/17/14

This week...oh man.

We did exchanges this week. I was in Chemnitz with a German companion! Cool!! We had a great time and found 2 different people! SWEET! I like finding people!

This week we did something special. It's called Pioneer Day. On this day, we plan no appointments and are not allowed to use Trams and Buses or S-Bahns. Too bad on this day, my foot had been acting up.,..so I basically limped the whole day around Leipzig. 8 hours of finding! We walked to Lindenaur Markt and back and then over to Straße des 18. Oktober. Cool! We found a new investigator and three different new contacts! How cool is that!!! Yes. Unfortunately for me at the end of it all, my foot was left with a giant bruise and I am still wondering what the world happened to me...na ja

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAREST MOTHER!!! :)

However, this week we tried out the SURVEY. Oh my best things to ever hit finding!! It is really nice! It really helps people to find interest and works like a charm. I think I would be a really good sales woman when I get home. Sweet.

Had some weird experiences. This guy... that I met in March...decided to call and wanted to meet...upon meeting him, we found out that he just wanted to hang out...so I basically had to tell him nice offer, but we got some work to do. Yes, even on Sunday! TSCHÜÜÜÜÜÜßßßßßßß

Yeah, so that is that. I guess I should probably start cleaning out my apartment slash packing things....that is super weird. I am not sure what to do with that. Does anyone have any tips on that?? ACK!!!

My ward is doing really good though! They invited my investigator to go bowling with them....without the missionaries!! That is good work right there! People being friendly without me having to ask them. That is a real good thing! Invite the investigators of the missionaries to be your friends and do stuff with you! It will make the missionaries faint and then it will be funny!

LOVE YOU ALL

Got about...14 days left. 

Anndd...we out!

Love

Sister Rimmasch

Soon to be reinstated as Steph

Yeahh - 11/10/14

Okay, people. 3 weeks.

This week was cool. We had Zone Training Meeting and!!! the Elders and Missionary Couple in Magedburg are going to check out some cemetaries for me and see if they can find my ancestor buried there!! How cool is that then?! Family history in the country of my family. So neat!

Also, even though I am in Germany and there are some many wonderful foods to eat, my district LOVES Subway. Plus, it was Sub Day, were each Sub was one euro. Needless to say, that is all I ate that day because we bought a ton of Subs as a district! Hahaha.

We have invited so many people to baptism this week! One it even going to pray about a baptismal date! We are so excited to be assistants in the Lord's work, because it is His work!!! We even so little miracles everyday!! The Lord really does take care of His children, sometimes we just have to pay attention.

Even at the end of my mission, I get to learn all the time. This week, one of my investigators asked if I would pray in English. Let me tell you, I have not prayed in English since who knows when. But seriously. I was a little nervous, but went for it anyway. As I prayed in my native language, I felt such a Spirit that is was almost emotionally overwhelming. It's tiny experiences like these that make a mission up. And Moments are just the little molecules holding life together. 

I was privileged to watch a baptism yesterday. Does anyone realize HOW cool this is? It is literally the first step in making it back to our Heavenly Father. He really wants us to return, so he set up a way for us, namely, baptism. So cool!!

Being on a mission is interesting. You meet so many people from so many different places with so many different ideas and stories. It is really cool and changes your whole perspective on everything. 

Also this week, I was at an eating appointment and do you know what happened? I tried to cut something in half, slipped and got sauce all over myself, my companions face, and the members' nice white shirt. Yup. Bummer. Good thing, nobody seemed to upset. I just laughed for the most part. Bwahahaha. Yes, I did this on purpose! (no I didn't...awkward. HAHAHA)

LOVE YOU ALL SEE YOU SOON

Tschüß!

Love

Sister Rimmasch

November 3, 2014

This week I was confined to a Trio once again...but it only lasted two days, so it's not a problem! Haha.

We had some good times this week! We had a service project! My favorite!! We helped someone move in to their new apartment...and here's the think in Germany, most of the houses do NOT have an elevator. (what's up with that?!?) Anyway, we had to make a chain to take everything up and they were so happy with us that they gave us ROOTBEER. Man, I miss that stuff so much. That's okay, I will just drink it all the time when I get home. ha.

 Also, we had a Halloween Party in the which one of our investigators came...that was really good though!  I really like it when the people I teach come to ward activities. Contact with members that stay in the area are essential! Please! Invite your friends and missionaries to the activities. That really helps...a lot!

We had stake conference this weekend!  Part of the Stake Conference was in a city called Böhlen. That was cool. I got to play in the orchestra and sing in the choir. Too bad I am sick and basically suffered through the whole thing....lammmmme. Haha. But I  made it, no problems...or too many anyway. I really stood out in the orchestra...I was wearing yellow...everyone else: black and white. Oops! Hahaha

Also on this day, we went to a members house. In the which she gave us Black Forest Cherry Cake...as I was eating it, I thought it tasted kind of werid, but I didn't want to be rude. Then...the hostess said, something is not right...she went to check the box...yes. There was Alcohol in the cake. Mensch!! That is so unfortunate. Needless to say, we did not eat anymore. Too bad the little kids may have already had two slices...Welcome to Germany, where you have to check the box on Cake and Icecream to make sure that there is no alcohol in it. Hahaha. Hahaha.

Anywho, we are teaching some great people! Including...a real German person!! Yes! Most of the people I end up teaching aren't actually from Germany...but he is! Heck yes, and he's super cool! And very German. Well done, Germany.

Also, sometimes in my spare time aka, during lunch, I like to copy things out of the Arabic Book of Mormon because that is the native language of two people I know here. They are so cool!

Also said bye to some people this week, they went home, but that's okay, we replaced them with new people...:D Like always. Haha. But I miss them! Life is good, the Gospel is true and the Book is blue!

Love

Sister Rimmasch