Called to Serve

Called to Serve

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Uuuunforgetabllee....da da di dum - Feb. 29th, 2016

Bok Family!!!!! 

This week was .... that's right....uuuunforetableeee...that's what it was. Just to summarize (as if I ever do anything else) this week in three awesome highlights. The new place, the dancer, and the weekend. 

We have a place that we call the 'new place' though it is not new at all. We went contacting there earlier this week and went down a street that was actually new...aka we saw a woman and went down the street to talk to her and turns out she was on her phone. No one else in sight...buuut we kept walking. Then I thought to myself, "self, when do you ever see streets like this in America. Rarely. That's when." So I went to take a picture when a girl came from behind us as we stopped. We started talking to her and told her what we do and she took a book of mormon right away. She just lost her job and is young and has been thinking a lot about God and trials and I am so excited to meet with her this next week. 

I also took the picture after we talked to her...so that is actually her in the pic. Haha. Not creepy. 
Highlight number two. The  dancer. We had a great gospel of Jesus Christ lesson and she agreed to a date for baptism in March!! That was on Friday and we originally were not going to be able to have a lesson. Ya! She is so very cool and she has come to church EVERY WEEK SINCE THE FIRST TIME WE INVITED HER. THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF ...EVER! So that is great. She stayed at sunday school this week for the first time as well, so really everything is on the Lords time and it is great to see her taking these steps of faith. 

Highlight number 3. Germany. That rhymed. Fact. 
So this weekend I have been looking forward to for quite some time. The direct of European public affairs for the church from Germany, assistant-director from Portugal, director over the european country websites and publishing from Hungary, as well as two amazing service missionaries from Germany all came for three days to our mission. A lot of time for meetings, questions, planning, and let me tell you, I have never been so excited about the work on the internet. I also never imagined in my life that I would be having such an amazing opportunity to get to know these people and over the hours and hours of meetings and meals, etc. I got to see some behind the scenes of the church and be a big part in it all! I am very grateful for my calling right now and wish I could tell you all the details of the whole weekend...believe me, if we could pick a skype session, I would pick this week and tell you all about it because I simply cannot type how amazing it was. This weekend was one of the most rewarding, fun, spiritual weekends of my whole mission and truly unforgettable. The people I met, the things I learned, the spirit I felt, the excitement I felt.....will be with me forever. 
  
Me, Denis, Gabrielle, Germany mission couple, Allred, and Rita Somfai! 
Such amazing people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Better pictures to come. 

I love you all and hope you had an amazing week as well. It is not dependent on the events that happened that week to make it a good or memorable one. We are the deciders. 

Sestra Rhodes

ps. we went with the senior sisters to Ikea today for some good food, look around, and watch them get the stuff they needed. It was great.

pps. I had the first steak this week that I have had since .... last time we ate it at home, whenever that was. Crazy!!

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