August 24
Ludwigsburg is a dream. I love this place. It isn't the
prettiest, but I love the ward here and the people are amazing. They
are usually pretty open and stop to talk to us on the street. We met
some amazing girls this past week and met with them on Tuesday. I
wasn't there but the lesson went really well. We are going to meet
again this week. Unfortunately they are only studying here and are
leaving for Russia this Friday, but they will hopefully look up the
missionaries in Russia. We are going to try and get some information to
send missionaries by them. :) That is always better. They are
amazing though. I am so glad that we stopped them on the street. They
are younger and have a lot of interest in talking about God. They grew
up not talking too much about Him in the home. They have a lot of
questions and are really excited to have someone to talk to. It will be
great.
We also had an amazing experience this week with
dooring. We got let in!!! That happens so seldom that I can count all
the times it has happened on one hand. But we went by on a less active
and she wasn't home. We decided to do some doors around where she lives
since we were there and we have this promise in the Mission where we
knock 6 doors around every appointment we have. So we went to do that
and we met this super cute old lady. She let us in and we talked for
the next hour about the Book of Mormon. And she invited us back next
week!!! She even gave us really tasty Orange Juice. She was super
sweet!! We are so excited. It was really funny after cuz I got thinking
about how growing up you are always taught to not talk to strangers and
not take candy/food from them. Then as a missionary you just throw
that all out the window. You talk to every person and when they invite
you in you love to eat and chat and it is the best thing. We laughed
pretty hard. But Frau T was wonderful. We are excited to go back and
meet her again this next week.
This week has been
fantastic. I also got to go back to my first area. I was in
Tübingen!!! It was a dream. I got to go back and see Frau A who was
baptized when I was there with her son. They are doing so good. She saw me and was like Sister
Poll!!! And her son just turned 12 so he is going to get the Priesthood
soon. It was so great to walk back down memory lane and see some
familiar faces.
I also got to go visit one of my favorite
member families. They are so wonderful. We ate some great food and we
had a great talk. I got to see their two little girls and her oldest is
talking so much now. She wasn't doing that just yet in German when I
was there. But it was a dream to be back. I can't wait to go back
again one day and visit again. It was amazing.
This week has
been wonderful. So full of miracles and wonderful things. If you take
the time to see God in your life, you can't help but be happy. I don't
think I have ever been happier my whole life. I love being a
missionary. Life is amazing. I love you all!! Have a great week!!
Stop to see what God has done for you that day!!!
Liebe Grüße
Sister Poll
August 31
This past week here has been so busy. I really have no idea where
all the time goes. It just flies by. We had interviews with President
Kohler this last week. We were in Stuttgart and it was really good to
talk with him. It was really awesome to receive some training from President
and to hear him talk about his family. He is amazing and gives us so
much and also the love he has for his family is evident every time he
talks about them. It was really great to hear from him this week and
talk with him.
After Interviews we had an eating appointment
with a family and it was wonderful. I got to eat deer..... It wasn't
that bad actually. But I never thought I would be eating deer in
Germany. haha. We had spetzla and deer and great cheesecake for
dessert. I was in heaven. It was wonderful. I was so excited to eat
deer, but unfortunately I forgot to take a picture. I realized that I
haven't been taking very many pictures lately. I am trying to change my
ways because I want to have as many memories as possible. But we just
get laughing too hard and we forget to pull the camera out until later
in the day. We have way too much fun. haha.
We also met
with some really great people this week. We met this man on the street
that we are going to meet with in the next couple of weeks. He was very
interested in talking with us and wanted to know more, but was on the
way to meet a friend. We got his contact information and we are going to
call him today. We are really excited.
We also have this
great family that we visit. They were cleaning their house and getting
it ready for people to visit. So we went to help on Friday.
It was so great. We got to help the daughter paint her room. Even
though it was only white, she was really excited. And we were excited
as well to be painting. We had a lot of fun together. .
This past Sunday
was a beautiful baby blessing in the ward. We played a musical number
together for it. Sister C played the Viola and I played the piano.
We played an arrangement of Come Thou Fount. It was really pretty.
Sister Cook is amazing. The ward loved it and it was really nice for
the baby blessing as well. We had a lot of visitors who were not
members and I think it really helped them feel the spirit.
We
also tried something new this week with Sister C and her Viola. We
like to call it "Viola finding" We went to a park and she was playing
hymns and I was talking to people about them. We had a few people stop
and were able to talk about the church with them. It was really fun and
I think we are going to do it again sometime.
This week has been amazing. We
are seeing so many miracles here. Even though we don't have too many
investigators to work with at the moment, we get to talk with so many
people and help them stop to think about God for a minute in their
lives. It is amazing. I love this work and I love being a missionary.
I can't imagine being anywhere else right now. Hope you all have a
wonderful week. I love you and think of you often.. Love you!!!
Sister Poll
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