Transfers
Transfers came through and I am staying here with my companion. We are both really excited since we have 2 hopefully 3 baptisms this transfer. This next transfer will be 6 weeks long I believe, but if not I will let you know. I'm glad that you got all the barn stuff taken care of so when it rains now it won't be an ice sheet there. I really miss working on the farm, and I know this may backfire on me, but I can't wait to get back to it when I get home. :)
Things are going great here. We have our baptism all set. They have it set for the 16th of November
and they are super excited for it. P just says that she is
already a member so we keep praying that she accepts all the commandments
ok. She took tithing really well even though she has such a small
income and everything. Now we just have to get over the last hurtle of
the word of wisdom, cuz we think she drinks coffee. So pray this week
that she will stop and be accepting to it. Other than that we are super
excited for her and her son. They truly are a miracle to us and we
are super grateful that the Lord sent them to the church. And I am
super glad that we get to teach in English, although it is a different
kind of English. I really have to talk slowly and simply, which is
really hard for me. And she told us the other day that she is getting
better at understanding me, so even when you talk in the same language,
there is still a language barrier. But it is better and we really love
her. I think her exact words were " I love sister poll, but at the
beginning I had no idea what she said. Now I understand everything and
if I don't I ask" So that was funny, and humbling. This week she cooked
some Nigerian food for us. I told her before that I couldn't eat very spicy food, cuz she asked. And when we were eating she said that she
made it mild for me so that it wouldn't be too bad. I think I could
have breathed FIRE after the first bite. And my companion who likes spicy food and eats it well said the same. It was the hardest things I
have had to do so far was to keep putting bites in my mouth. Luckily it
tasted really good, but I drank a whole 2 bottles of water and needed
some yogurt after as well. my companion took the fall and helped me eat
some cuz we were sharing a plate and eating with our hands like in Africa. It was really cool but honestly I felt that food burn my whole
digestive system. It was the worst thing. And then she told us that it
wasn't even spicy. I just looked and her and told her straight up that
she was crazy since I was crying from the heat. She just laughed at me.
It was interesting, and defiantly something I will not forget. No more Nigerian food for me.
Also our other investigator is doing well.
She has committed to baptism, but we are not sure if she will be ready by
the same date. We need to work hard with her and get her
less dependent on everyone bringing her to church and things. But she
is also amazing and one day she will be baptized. We hope really soon.
This
week has been pretty focused on these three people. We also have
another investigator who is 21 and a student here and she is cool. We
meet with her as well and she is from Africa but speaks really good
German. So that is nice that it forces me to practice since the rest of
our lessons are in English. We think she has some real potential. And
then she also decided to cook for us this week. And guess what is was.
Nigerian food. With peppers in it. Man it was also spicy, but not as
bad as the first one. I will be so good at eating spicy food by the
time this is over if this keeps up.
This week we need to
find more people to teach. We are super focused on the ones we have
which is awesome, but we need to be working on that as well, so that is
our goal. We are really glad that we get to stay together even though
sometimes we have some communications issues. We are also glad that we
are staying here in Tübingen. We love it and the people are awesome.
I know this is where we are supposed to be and that I am here for a
reason. I am learning so much and growing and I am so grateful for your
support and love from home. I miss you all and think of you always.
Sister Poll
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