Written October 27, 2009
So I hope that you guys have a wondeful time in hawaii take a lot of pics for me will you.
Well as I have been telling about our wonderful referral.
She is progressing really well, andf she told us last wednesday that she would like to be baptized , but we have no exact date, and we are meeting with her tomorrow.
An amazing experince happen to us yesterday
We were coming home earlier to eat dinner. That was a little unusual for me but, I just rolled with it. After we ate I had a feeling about o go on this guy that I contacted a few weeks ago. As we were headed out we decided to go by on this man and well he let us in and we got to teach him the first lesson and gave him the comitment to read and pray , and now we are meting with him mext friday.
It is really amazing to see how the lord will tremdously bless you as you obey with exactness and listento the promptings of the spirit
ELDER SMITH
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Koln
Written October 20, 2009
Hello mother this is my address
Elder Zak Smith
Taunus strasse 36
51105 Cologne , Germany
Well here is the add on to the story that I told you last week
Well to tell you how the lesson went with the referral that we got last sunday.
Well first off it was a little complicated to find how we were going to go there , but after that we got it all figure out. When we got to the s bahn station and from there we were supposed to take a bus, but we missed it by a few minutes. Honestly we did not know how we were going to get there, but as I realxed and listned for the spirit. we found a bus that we could take that would take us closer than the other bus that we were planning on taking in the first place. After that we got there found where she lived. Their was one problem and that was we were waiting on our mitbeleher. We were just waiting there and i think I called him about 5 times, but no answer so I was really getting worried, but again as I relaxed and left it in the lords hands he called us about 5 min later and he was lost. That was some really good news to hear. So in the lesson we found out that she has really had a hard life and that she has a lot of knowledge about other churches and that she had real the Book of Mormon 2 and starting again. The lesson went really well. Every question that she had went a long with our lesson. At the end of our first lesson we asked her if she had ever prayed about the book of mormon and she said that she had and that this is what happened after she did that and it wasa feeling a peace. So we explained that was the holy ghost and then we committed her to pray about what we said and the book of mormon. Then she asked us how does one pray, that was an aweosme question to hear. Then we asked her to say the closing prayer and guess what she DID.
That was an amazing experience to me Presdedent this LAdy is goldem Golden as it gets. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY
Elder Smith
Hello mother this is my address
Elder Zak Smith
Taunus strasse 36
51105 Cologne , Germany
Well here is the add on to the story that I told you last week
Well to tell you how the lesson went with the referral that we got last sunday.
Well first off it was a little complicated to find how we were going to go there , but after that we got it all figure out. When we got to the s bahn station and from there we were supposed to take a bus, but we missed it by a few minutes. Honestly we did not know how we were going to get there, but as I realxed and listned for the spirit. we found a bus that we could take that would take us closer than the other bus that we were planning on taking in the first place. After that we got there found where she lived. Their was one problem and that was we were waiting on our mitbeleher. We were just waiting there and i think I called him about 5 times, but no answer so I was really getting worried, but again as I relaxed and left it in the lords hands he called us about 5 min later and he was lost. That was some really good news to hear. So in the lesson we found out that she has really had a hard life and that she has a lot of knowledge about other churches and that she had real the Book of Mormon 2 and starting again. The lesson went really well. Every question that she had went a long with our lesson. At the end of our first lesson we asked her if she had ever prayed about the book of mormon and she said that she had and that this is what happened after she did that and it wasa feeling a peace. So we explained that was the holy ghost and then we committed her to pray about what we said and the book of mormon. Then she asked us how does one pray, that was an aweosme question to hear. Then we asked her to say the closing prayer and guess what she DID.
That was an amazing experience to me Presdedent this LAdy is goldem Golden as it gets. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY
Elder Smith
Hello Mother, Hello Father
Written October 13, 2009
Well really all is well here In köln the work is really starting to blossum as we forget ourselves and go to work. The lord reall is willing to bless you as you strive to achieve his will. I have personally seen that.
my address noch mal is Taunus Strasse 36 51105
Greetings from köln Kalk. All is well here actually something really awesome happened on sunday.
Well it started off being a normal sunday in that we got to church and talk to some ward members and then we sat down waiting for the meeting to start. I was just sitting in the chapel contemplating how best I could help the Köln gemeinde, then someone ushered me out to the foyer and to be totally honest I was a little confused. This man came up to me and and intoduced this lady to me and said " Hey this is my friend and she is investigating the church and I would like it if you would teach her." I was taken back I did not know how to take this, I mean I accepted it of course , but it was a real blessing that the lord is there and alway blesses you when you are in his service.
Have a wondeful week strive to have the spirit in all that you do!
Tchüss
Elder Smith
Well really all is well here In köln the work is really starting to blossum as we forget ourselves and go to work. The lord reall is willing to bless you as you strive to achieve his will. I have personally seen that.
my address noch mal is Taunus Strasse 36 51105
Greetings from köln Kalk. All is well here actually something really awesome happened on sunday.
Well it started off being a normal sunday in that we got to church and talk to some ward members and then we sat down waiting for the meeting to start. I was just sitting in the chapel contemplating how best I could help the Köln gemeinde, then someone ushered me out to the foyer and to be totally honest I was a little confused. This man came up to me and and intoduced this lady to me and said " Hey this is my friend and she is investigating the church and I would like it if you would teach her." I was taken back I did not know how to take this, I mean I accepted it of course , but it was a real blessing that the lord is there and alway blesses you when you are in his service.
Have a wondeful week strive to have the spirit in all that you do!
Tchüss
Elder Smith
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
A Day in the Life of Elder Smith
Written October 6, 2009
Hello Mother and family,
Well from your email I got that you would like more details, so here they are.
Usually for general conference we listen to it at the ward building. We get to see most of the sessions live. The first one on Saturday we see at about 6 pm at night, then on Sunday morning we watch the Priesthood session, then we see the Saturday afternoon session. Then we have a break for about 2 hours until the Sunday morning session starts, but we do not get to see the Sunday afternoon session until we get our Liahona. That is why I would like the iPod. We listen to it in our native language unless we have an investigator with us.
How is my german coming? That is a very good question. I have very few struggles with it. It feels like it is second nature. Now about my companion he is from Washington. He is about a year and a half out. I really do not know much more about him that I could tell you.
Elder Crump is in the southern most tip of our mission in Karlsruhe. So yes, he is still out. He trained me when he was very young on the mission.
Well about Köln, it is is the biggest city in our mission. I think it has close to 3 million people in it. The ward is a very small one. The ward used to be pretty big, but something happed and a lot of members fell away. So the majority of work that we have to do is reactivation along with finding our own investigators. I can not tell you much more about this city because I have only been here a little while.
Something interesting happened to me and my comapnion last week. Basically we were robbed by some turkish punks and we were threatened to be killed if we did not give up our cell phone. We gave up our cell phone.
Elder Smith
Hello Mother and family,
Well from your email I got that you would like more details, so here they are.
Usually for general conference we listen to it at the ward building. We get to see most of the sessions live. The first one on Saturday we see at about 6 pm at night, then on Sunday morning we watch the Priesthood session, then we see the Saturday afternoon session. Then we have a break for about 2 hours until the Sunday morning session starts, but we do not get to see the Sunday afternoon session until we get our Liahona. That is why I would like the iPod. We listen to it in our native language unless we have an investigator with us.
How is my german coming? That is a very good question. I have very few struggles with it. It feels like it is second nature. Now about my companion he is from Washington. He is about a year and a half out. I really do not know much more about him that I could tell you.
Elder Crump is in the southern most tip of our mission in Karlsruhe. So yes, he is still out. He trained me when he was very young on the mission.
Well about Köln, it is is the biggest city in our mission. I think it has close to 3 million people in it. The ward is a very small one. The ward used to be pretty big, but something happed and a lot of members fell away. So the majority of work that we have to do is reactivation along with finding our own investigators. I can not tell you much more about this city because I have only been here a little while.
Something interesting happened to me and my comapnion last week. Basically we were robbed by some turkish punks and we were threatened to be killed if we did not give up our cell phone. We gave up our cell phone.
Elder Smith
Thursday, October 1, 2009
General Relief Society Broadcast
Written September 29, 2009.
So I was transferred to Köln. It is actually the biggest city in our mission. I would like it if the family got together, not the whole family, but the ones at home and you looked up KÖLN and things about that city. You should be receiving a giant letter from me soon so be prepared.
My companion is Elder Despain. He is from Washington state and that is all that I really know about him.
Well, I would like to tell you an awesome story that happened to us the second day that I was in Köln.
We were heading home for the night and honestly I did not want to do anything but go home. Elder Despain thought that we should go do some doors at the Fach hoch shule wohnungs. We went there , but nothing happened. No would let us in and they also wouldn't listen to us for more then 10 seconds. We were on our way home when I saw a girl out of the corner of my eye when we were crossing the street. When I saw her I had this strong impression to go talk to her, and so I did. It turns out that she already had the Book of Mormon but she had not read it. I then asked her if we could meet again and explain what the Book of Mormon is about, and she said yes. We have an appointment with her this week.
-Elder Smith
So I was transferred to Köln. It is actually the biggest city in our mission. I would like it if the family got together, not the whole family, but the ones at home and you looked up KÖLN and things about that city. You should be receiving a giant letter from me soon so be prepared.
My companion is Elder Despain. He is from Washington state and that is all that I really know about him.
Well, I would like to tell you an awesome story that happened to us the second day that I was in Köln.
We were heading home for the night and honestly I did not want to do anything but go home. Elder Despain thought that we should go do some doors at the Fach hoch shule wohnungs. We went there , but nothing happened. No would let us in and they also wouldn't listen to us for more then 10 seconds. We were on our way home when I saw a girl out of the corner of my eye when we were crossing the street. When I saw her I had this strong impression to go talk to her, and so I did. It turns out that she already had the Book of Mormon but she had not read it. I then asked her if we could meet again and explain what the Book of Mormon is about, and she said yes. We have an appointment with her this week.
-Elder Smith
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