Transfers came over the weekend and off goes Elder Henderson to Kiel up north near the Baltic Sea. Probably a good time to spend in a northern city. I came across another Elder's blog who spent his first assignment in Kiel and loved it. We're hoping the same for Scott.
Much like journal writing (at least mine as of late) the weeks can pass quickly without an entry, so we have some catch up to do. I'll try to hit the highlights and include some pictures and video that we received.
I've also updated the new address in Kiel on the right, so feel free to send him something. Even if it's a short one-page "how ya doin'?" letter. Sometimes those are the best.
We just got this picture this morning which we thought was very cool:
These are the water trays for sacrament that the ward had to make themselves during the DDR. They are different and they could get new ones but they want to keep them as a reminder of the times they used to live and of the work they had to do in order to have a church and everything as Bautzen was behind the Berlin Wall until it came down in 1989.
Now to some catch up...
May 30, 2011
Well this week has been great! A lot has happened. To start off:
We made the pizzas and that went over just great! Awesome recipe and we made Hawaiian. Solid! We are making it again this week.
So last Tuesday we were talking to a Lady on the street and it was going well. I saw a kid out of the corner of my eye and just thought, "Ok we will talk to him next." Towards the end of our conversation this kid bumps into me trying to show me whose boss. I looked at him and asked, "what was that?" and he just gave me a confused look. We finished talking to this nice old lady and by that time this kid and his little little friend were way down the street. I decided he is someone who does need the gospel and love more than anyone. So we ran to him, and started talking to him. He was being a smart alec and trying to get us angry etc. We were helped by God. At least I was, it would have been easy to justify yelling at this kid. But we kept talking about real stuff and kept loving him. By the end of our entire "interaction," we could tell he was thinking and confused why we had not yelled at him or anything yet. We gave him a card and he went his way. It was kind of like getting punched in the stomach a couple times in a row, but we loved him. With God’s help we were able to exercise charity. It was really cool. And the more I thought about it the more and more happy I was about it.
We met a guy, his name is Alexander. Solid man let me tell you. We met him on a bench and he was drunk and smoking, as we talked to him the first time I really could see the actual light in his eyes. We had a sincere conversation and he made out an appointment with us. We were not to sure about it but the next day we went to the bench we planned to meet at and he was hiding behind a tree... We saw him and then he slowly walked over to us and we heard him take a deep deep breath haha. (He felt the spirit the first time we talked to him.) We talked about God, and Prayer. Also the importance of reading the Book of Mormon and Praying about it. It was a great lesson even though he smoked and smelled pretty bad like beer. He said he would do what we said after we taught him how to pray and we made out an appointment for the next day. We met again! Same bench, same time. He didn’t smell, and he had shaven. He looked sharp haha. We taught him about the commandments and read Mosiah 2:41 and then talked about 1 Nephi 3:7 and asked him if he would be willing to stop smoking and all and he said “Ya, no problem." He is so classy I love him. I really hope we can continue to follow the spirit and do what he needs us to do for him. He is ready and we must be nothing else but tools in the Lords hands.
I had another cool experience this week. We had to do a split and I went to Görlitz. It was cool and part of that zone is actually in Poland! So I got to go to Poland and buy two ties haha. At the end of the split though we had to get on a train and go to Dresden to meet the other Elders. On the train I was talking to the other Elders I was with (we were in a trio) and the oldest one was talking about maturing on the mission and stuff like that. I actually caught myself saying, "man I am glad I have already gone through that whole process..." Oh I was so surprised but understood. It’s so not true that I have gone through that whole process. That whole process is everlasting!
We all go at different rates of speed, but for that moment I thought that I was just about "mature." I am so grateful the spirit whispered to me to listen to my thoughts and to keep them in check. I cannot become a better person when I have that kind of attitude and be the person God wants me to be. A big portion of this I think was just leading up to the mission. I was told, "you will be the best missionary; you’re going to be so great; etc. etc." And I think because of that I almost thought that I already was ya know? And I am not. It’s been a blessing. This whole experience. I know I am going to have to change and I must be open to the way God wants me to change. The happiest we can be is when we do gods will and that’s all I am going to try to do. One of my friends gave me the scripture D&C 103:27... I think that’s the reference. And it just states that no one should be afraid. For me I would be afraid of not being the person I used to be, because I liked that person and so did other people. But that doesn’t matter anymore. This scripture promises that I will find my life again (or something like that). It’s really cool to be taught by the spirit and be able to listen. It has been such a blessing and I truly am going to "Get Lost in the Work."
I love you all and hope that everything is going well for everyone.
You are all in my prayers. Keep on, Keepin’ on
Love Elder Henderson
June 6, 2011
This last week was pretty good. I don’t have all too much to write but I did read a cool talk today from Sister Rosemary Wixom, the Primary President. It was called "Stay On The Path." I suggest it to everyone.
Mom’s Email made me think of this talk this morning, and about how scary and hard it is to exercise faith sometimes but the pioneers and our ancestors did it. In this talk one thing she mentions first off is Joseph Smith and the surgery he needed done on his leg when he was a young boy. He did not want to be tied down or take brandy. All he wanted and needed was to be in his father’s arms and he could do it. That is how our lives should be. We don’t need anything else to do anything we ever need to do except our father in heavens help and comfort.
In the scriptures Christ always talks about becoming as a child. I love this. It makes me think about how when I was a child I just knew Mom and Dad could do anything. I had faith in them no matter the circumstances. But all of us as we grow up we learn and eventually become more a part of the world. We start to think that we know better than our parents sometimes. We think the world is better or smarter sometimes. This process is un-avoidable because we are natural. But when we really think about the gospel and how it applies to our families now and when we were younger kids, to our father in heaven it’s amazing. We are always going to be relying on our heavenly father. We are always going to need his help. We need to trust in him just like we see little kids trust in their parents so greatly. We can only do this with the Atonement. We have to rely on Christ, and the plan God has laid out for us.
I am so grateful to be a member of the true church of God. It is such an amazing blessing to have so many sources to learn from and to help. It is amazing to have a modern day prophet. I know he is called of God and he leads and Guides his church through Thomas S. Monson. I cannot express how thankful I am for the way my father in heaven has watched over me and blessed me with the most amazing people in my life to help me overcome the wonderful trials I had and continue to.
We cannot take what we have for granted, as part of Gods Saints. We must continually share, help, inspire, sacrifice, love, build, and remember.
I am so thankful for every single one of you and your support. I love you all so much and hope you have a wonderful week!
Elder Henderson
June 13, 2011
This last Saturday we did have our transfer calls and Elder McCann my beloved trainer is leaving me. He is now a zone leader in Leipzig. It’s a pretty sweet and an awesome opportunity for him. So that means I get a new comp! His name is Elder Shepherd, I have met him once or twice. He trained one of the elders in my golden group. He seems like an awesome guy and I am really excited to work with him.
The couple days leading up to transfer calls were kind of sad because we both knew he was going to be leaving probably and we enjoy our companionship ya know? But it happened and we are both so excited to go and experiences new things. It’s important to remember that we really have to be ok with change and just moving from learning experience to learning experience while enjoying all that comes at us.
At the middle of the transfer I decided that I wanted to start reading the Bible and my goal was to finish Matthew which I did. I have grown a new love for the Bible, it is great scripture! I am kind of bummed I didn’t really focus too much on it before the mission but I am learning more about it now. I loved Matthew, the parables and teachings in it were just so awesome. It made me think and apply things to me and come up with my own modern day parables.
One thing that I loved in it was how whenever the scribes and whatnot say something wrong or have a question for Jesus, the first thing he says a couple times is just simply, "have you not read?" It goes to show all the answers we ever need are in the scriptures and words of the latter day prophets. We can always find our own answer when we look for it. I also really liked how the last two verses of Matthew is just Jesus telling everyone that they need to go forth and preach the gospel and teach what Jesus has taught. The book finishes with an invitation to missionary work. Not just for young men, for everyone! In every way shape and form. I invite you to reach out to those investigators that the missionaries bring to the ward. It means so much when a member reaches out to an investigator and makes a friend. We are all missionaries, and it is everyone’s responsibility.
I have made friends with a young man in the ward who is named Lukas. He is 14 years old and a stud of a kid. He and I have built a friendship and we visit his family every Tuesday now and leave a quick spiritual thought. It makes me happy to see the joy he gets just from us talking. Remember those who we don’t think about and reach out to them. Make them happy, go out of your way to do something nice. It always is the best way to turn a not so good day into a great one!
That’s one thing I have learned on my mission more and more. Whenever the day is a not so good one and whatever way shape or form. When I serve someone, talk to someone, or just say hi it sparks a little bit more of happiness in my day. Then I do it again and again and next thing I know I cant stop telling Elder McCann how thankful I am to be part of the True Church of God and to have the blessings and covenants that come with it. Ah man so amazing!
There really is nothing that makes me experience joy like missionary work or being thankful for my blessings. They go hand in hand. I promise that as we continually strive to lift one another’s burdens and keep our baptismal covenants like it says in Mosiah 18: 7-11 or something. I don’t remember for sure. But I promise we are our happiest when we are selfishly serving and loving other people. We don’t have to know them, we don’t have to like them. But we do have to do it.
Love you all and I hope you are all happy and loving life!
KEINE SORGE!
Elder Henderson
June 20, 2011
It’s going great here. I got my new companion Elder Sheppard last Tuesday and he is sweet! Reminds me a little bit of Jacob Covey and his type of thinking, it’s really cool haha we have good talks. He got here on Tuesday and we had 5 appointments and he was stoked! Said he hadn’t had that in the longest time. We are getting rolling with the work and making progress with every investigator so far. And it’s going really really well.
It was funny a couple days ago we were walking and saw a guy walking towards us. There was a pillar however so we kind of waited so we could talk to him, but he didn’t make it around the pillar. We were so confused and then found him like shimmying his way around so he wouldn’t have to talk to us. It was really funny. We just kept walking and let him leave. It gave us a good laugh.
Oh yesterday I made Banana Bread in the morning! It was pretty good. Thank you for the recipe mom! But ya it’s just about gone now and I might make it again today with some chocolate in it... We will see.
Saturday was different. We were invited to do another type of missionary work at this säcsiche familien tag. In English it would be like "Utah family day" or some other state. We got to go and they wanted us there in normal clothes and no name tags. Just talking to people about the family. It was really interesting but it was a lot of fun.
People listened a lot and we still got the same type of people every now and then. But the goal the members say was to let Germans see that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are totally normal people. We were there along with some sisters from neighboring cities. It was interesting and really cool. It was packed with German food stands and lots of cool little gadgets and fun stuff for families. It also had like a DARE program helping kids choose not to do drugs and I thought that was really really cool because so many twelve year olds you see walking around with something in his mouth whether in be a cigarette or worse. I saw a young young kid riding his bike yesterday with a pipe in his mouth smoking something. It is so weird, but really more sad to see so many people giving their free agency to these substances. They can’t just quit no matter what they say.
Anyway, we ate a lot of stuff that was way good. A member wanted me to eat something called a fischbrötchen. Its just like a fish sandwich but is was a raw fish with tomatoes and pickles and onions or whatever. I tried it and it was good! He told us of another place that has the best fischbrötchen here in the area. I think I am going to go get one one of these days!
I don’t know if I told you this but Elder Sheppard is from England and he has a sweet accent. I am hoping to pick up on his vocab because that’s the coolest. I really think I am going to try to start saying "I reckon" haha he says that a lot. I guess it’s totally normal and not like some guy on a ranch.
We are actually doing a two-day split with some other Elders so I will be with a missionary who is still Golden. He just began his second transfer so I am stoked for that. I am going to be praying for help that our German will be ample for the whole two days of appointments and whatnot haha. I’m stoked!!
Anyways love you all! I hope all is going well and you are in my prayers.
Elder Henderson
June 27, 2011
First off this thing is way cool. You can see all of Bautzen and any of my future cities on this site kugel-panoramen.de. It has an English thing to translate if you need to, But ya its way cool just the streets of Bautzen where I am working! Our Ward Mission Leader showed it to us.
So this week has been solid. Elder Sheppard and I are lovin the time we have together to work. We are relying on the spirit more, which I really like. We come out of every appointment feeling good and just so thankful for the opportunity to be missionaries and witness the God's hand so prominently in our lives. We don’t always come out like that but there has been a few haha.
I am kind of regretting not bringing my MTC journal with me here to Germany because there were so many great talks and cool experiences in there. If you happen to send another envelope and could squeeze that purple one I sent home from the MTC that would be really sweet.
This last week we had interviews with President and it was great. He gave a really good lesson to our zone about unity and it just got me thinking about sports and my teams in the past and how unified or un-unified we were. Then the Zone Leaders gave a lesson on the same thing with out knowing presidents so that was pretty cool. They drew a chicken on the board with a ton of legs. We all pointed out the pros and cons from having so many legs and they tied it in really well with being unified and our mission is the chicken and we all are on the same team and we need to be moving the same way. It was pretty good.
After interviews I decided that I would love so much to have a responsibility like that and to teach missionaries. It got me excited for church back at home when I have callings and stuff.
When we are given assignments it is an awesome opportunity to learn and to teach. It shows that who ever is in charge has faith in you that you will do a good job. I love that so much! With football kill the receiver at the line and cover him. Done! Give a lesson on what you feel prompted too. Done! Ah I would love to start my process of giving lecture type of lessons to missionaries or church members because that’s what I am going to be doing my whole life. Missionary lessons are so fun to give as well don’t get me wrong, they are just different and I have that opportunity every day and its great! I would just like that opportunity... Anyway.
I love you all and I hope everyone is happy. You are in my prayers and I am so thankful for yours!
Love,
Elder Henderson
July 4, 2011
Things have been going really well here this last week. We have had a good amount of missionary work to do and I have been loving it. I love being busy now. However it is nice to have to rely on the spirit so it’s easy to slow down and really think about what’s happening and what I need to do ya know? It’s almost like a perfect mix of busy and calm focus.
Last week we got to meet with Frau Gebhardt again and that was just great! We asked if we could have a joint teach and she said ya so we brought this awesome sister in the ward named Sister Nikol. She was so great and really was cool with participating in the lesson, which was terrific. Frau Gebhardt also fed us and got to know Sister Nikol better so that was good. She has a friend at church now when she comes to visit. We have another lesson with her this week too and we are going to ask for a joint teach again and bring another sister just so she can meet more and more people. I pray Frau Gebhardt will come to church this Sunday after our next lesson.
We also had a couple great lessons with Frau Rill. She is a Russian Lady who I just love. It’s so amazing to see how those lessons are really just led by the spirit and how the spirit teaches her. I love it so much. I really hope that she will gain the testimony she needs. She believes in the Book of Mormon, but not 100%. She doesn’t want to get baptized until she knows for sure either. Just takes a little bit of patience with her but that’s ok. We are here to help people come to the truth and change lives for the better by bringing them unto Christ through baptism. Some peoples journeys are just longer that others.
It was so funny. So there are a lot of drunk guys around here. Especially this one corner of Bautzen and we were doing doors there just walking around and this guy came up to us and just started talking. It’s happened before but he kept going. Then he started crying. Then he hugged me and started like blessing me with his hands or something. After that he did the same to Elder Sheppard but then when he shook his hand he kissed it! A nice long wet one haha it was terrefic! Just funny haha. He eventually kept walking after we gave him a card with our number on it and told him to call us when he wasn’t drunk. Then he came back and went again. Pretty typical however I loved him kissing Elders hand.
On that same outing we got a walk in actually! It was cool and first but then just turned into a joke. Right when the guy saw us he said, "You are Liars!" Our first reaction was "you don’t even know what we are doing or who we are pal!" So the first couple words were a little heated but then he invited us in, and we just thought ok cool haha.
He sat us down and started talking. Oh man was it funny. He was just blabbering and blabbering about how he knew everything! I asked him if I could say a prayer and he said "just pray to me I will answer your prayer, I know everything." Haha I then explained what I would like to do and he let me. He was just so funny. Oh he was Italian too so it made it more fun. Just this little old know it all Italian who spoke really really fast haha. It made me think of dad on his mission because I am sure he ran into people like this guy. He then showed us his source of all knowledge and it was two atlases. haha they both said "the whatever atlas up to Christ." After that I was like cool this is great stuff and he agreed. Then we told him about how he needed another one for Christ and after his death etc. He said that stuff didn’t matter haha. It was just one ridiculous conversations after another. We aren’t going back there because it was kind of a waste of time but it was soo funny. I got a picture with him just for kicks.
We had a way cool experience this last Saturday too! We were just walking around and stopped this guy, as we kept talking he seemed to get a little bit more and more snooty. It was kind of interesting and then finally he just started saying stuff to show how informed he was about churches and what not. Then we asked him if he has read the Book of Mormon and he said no. Then went off on how he needs it with the Bible and so on to experience the fullness of the gospel.
He then started asking all of these questions that seemed to be the reason why he no longer had a testimony. And I could understand, but my brain doesn’t work that fast in German yet. However Elder Sheppard freakin kicked his but. The spirit just filled his mouth with the answer to everything he asked, and after the guy heard it he just laughed like in amazement. Like "you believe that? That’s to good to be true!" but after that little battle where I couldn’t do to much we just asked him if we could meet with him and he said no he would rather come to church. He didn’t come but we really planted a good seed we feel like. Right before we left he said "man I was hoping you were JW's so I could have had some fun." I thought that was kind of funny. But ya Elder and I walked away from that just filled with the spirit! It was so cool! We call that experience "confounding the wise" haha.
Love you all. You are in my prayers and I hope all is well!
keep on keepin on
Love Elder Henderson
July 11, 2011
This last week was good. We were really busy walking around from appointment to appointment. That always makes the days more enjoyable. We also had our mission conference on Thursday! That was sweet, we had a 70 just teach to us for like a solid 4 or 5 hours. (ed note: I believe it was Elder Caussé of the Seventy based on another blog). We had a period where we could ask any question we wanted too and he would answer it. It was really cool to see how humble he was and REAL. That was really awesome. We had to keep all of the questions pretty mission based we felt so there wasn’t crazy stuff, but just solid new important stuff that I think he really felt good just getting across. It was a form of rejuvenation to hear from him.
I’m sure everyone had a sweet fourth of July! we had our own American celebration with homemade hamburgers and chips and other typical food you all probably ate. We also played ping pong. It was cool that it landed on our pday too so we could do that. An Elder from Switzerland and I had a sweet ping-pong tournament. We played for a while and man that was sooo fun. He eventually beat me after we went into game 7 but man it was a blast.
It’s really weird how I have grown to love Bautzen soo much. I really do enjoy this city, the people, the ward a lot! There is a possibility of me going somewhere else next transfer and that will just be weird. My mission so far has really just been Bautzen, Germany ya know? But man I am excited to see what the Lord has in store for me.
We had a great lesson with one of our investigators we have been seeing pretty regularly named Frau Gebhardt and it was great. We invited her to church last week but she couldn’t come but this last time we visited her before we even started the lesson she said, "I’m planning on coming to church this Sunday. It’s all planned and I’m ready." Haha we were pretty happy about that. Then we followed it with a great lesson. She is one awesome lady. I have faith that she will continue on the path she is just beginning.
German is coming along a lot better too. We have been trying to speak a lot more. I have been making more phone calls and participating more in church too so that has been great practice. Its still annoying when I am just talking to someone like normal and I can’t say what I want but learning the language is stretching me and man I love it. The challenges of the mission are just so awesome and so important.
I love you all, you’re all in my prayers.
Elder Henderson
July 18, 2011
This last week was a little tough but still a solid week. We had a lot of appointments fall out with people going out of town but it still ended up successful. We also had not to many people on the streets and normal because school here is out and people have been going on vacation. However we had a couple of really awesome things happen.
Last pday we had a man call us and tell us he wanted a Book of Mormon. It’s not to common to get that because a lot of people just see the card we give them and huck it in their bag or throw it away so we were stoked about that. Then when it came time to meet the guy we were where he wanted to meet and we remembered him when he walked up! About a month ago we talked to him on the street and asked him some questions. We soon found out that he was a Christian but did not have any specific religion. He had time so we gave him the whole entire first lesson pretty much and he was keeping up. He took our card and then said that he would look at the Internet address and that was it. So when we eventually did meet him to give him the book he was serious about it and said that he would like to come to church too. We told him when and where and he said cool. He didn’t come yesterday but he is someone who really thinks about things and we are going to be expecting him and watching for him over the next couple weeks.
We actually have Transfer Call this coming Saturday. I am still on my Golden City and have been here for 3 transfers so chances are pretty good that I will be going. But you never know what is possible so I am not doing anything till I know for sure.
The transfer here with Elder Sheppard has been so legit. We have really gotten to know each other and really get along. We teach great lessons and can really work as a trio with the spirit I feel like. He has about 9 months left on his mission so I hopefully will get to see him again before he heads home to England.
Oh last Wednesday we had the opportunity to go to the Freiberg Temple! That is always awesome. My third time since being on my mission. There are only two zones in all of our mission that get to go to the temple too so I am very fortunate. I hope I will get to go again before I go home and I’m sure I will be able too. The temple is so pretty here and the people are so nice. There are lots of workers there from Utah actually on missions and it's nice to talk with them and see how they ended up in Germany.
We also had an opportunity to do some manual service this week, which was so refreshing! One of the members here in the ward said that he needed some help moving some dirt and we were more than happy to so we got to go to work in another way on Saturday. He had about one huge container full of dirt and we just had to shovel it and move it into his back yard with wheelbarrows and that was so so nice. We don’t have to many opportunities like that I feel like so we were very thankful for it. Don’t ever take yard work for granted it is so nice to be able to do it.
We made Quark this week! It was really good and we put chocolate in it. I am going to have to find out some cheater way to make it when I get home with sour cream or something.
I received my second sacrament talk assignment yesterday, it’s on Elder Nelson’s talk last conference, "Face TheFuture With Faith (video clip) (talk)." I’m stoked! That talk was so awesome and I can play with it and add experiences etc. Last time I gave a talk it was on the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood, which is fantastic, but I felt like I was giving more of a history report ya know what I mean?
I am reading the New Testament still and its so awesome. I love reading it now. I decided I am going to order the church history book from the office too maybe with the D&C study manual as well. I read knowledge in the bible dictionary this week and it really instilled a desire to learn more and more about everything so I am going to try to satisfy and grow that desire.
This is the only true Church on the face of the Earth. We have the Authority of God to perform ordinances, which are required for salvation. We have been blessed with this knowledge and this understanding and we cannot, CANNOT, take it for granted. It is so big. I am so grateful for how much the Lord has helped me and continues to. If we love him we must keep his commandments. That’s the rules that he has laid out for us and its so simple. We cannot get tied up in these huge complex tough ideas. The gospel is simple; it just takes time and patience.
I think that is the biggest thing I have been slowly learning out here on my mission. To take the time out of my day in order to do something right or make it quality. It’s such a blessing how the lord can teach us through such simple means.
I love you all so much and I hope life is going well!
Best wishes and much love!
Elder Scott Henderson
July 25, 2011
Things here this last week were awesome!
Elder Sheppard and I worked hard and the Lord gave us two new investigators! Really exciting. One of them is a nice just married woman with a son who is religious but like a wild card about it. She doesn’t know which is true, just that it’s good to go and believe and live it haha. So we are hoping the spirit can just mold her how he needs to through us.
The other is a schoolteacher. He loves America and is a really nice guy. We met him once before in his classroom and we just talked but this time he wanted to hear our message. He seems like a seeker of truth, which is awesome!
This week we also made lots of new appointments, which was so fun and exciting. The only thing is I got transferred to a new city so I wont be here for any of it. But that’s not a problem. The city I am going to is called Kiel. It’s northwest and I have heard it is beautiful so I am pretty excited. I leave tomorrow and 715 and ride trains for a solid 8 and a half hours haha.
One thing that’s sweet about the transfer too is that I should be able to see Elder Gabe Davis! I hope. That would be soo sweet! Anyway, Elder Sheppard receives a new missionary and has the opportunity to train again. He did it with one of the missionaries from my Golden Group and then had a transfer with me and now he is doing it again haha. So this missionary will be coming into a good area and a wonderful city with amazing members and investigators.
It’s weird because ever since being on my mission in Germany I have been in Bautzen/Bischofswerda area, I haven’t moved and now I am going across the mission to a totally different area with a different accent and people! I am excited for what the Lord has in store for me there and all that I am going to learn.
I gave a talk in church yesterday and it went over pretty well. A lot better than last time. Last time my topic was the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood so I felt very restricted and not to confident so I wrote the talk word for word and that I really didn’t like. This time my topic was Elder Nelson’s talk from last General Conference "Face the Future With Faith." It was such an awesome source to write a talk from. I did it just with bullet points and talked and man I was blessed with the German I spoke. It was really cool to experience and to feel satisfied after giving my talk. One awesome passage of scripture I read in it was from D&C 98:1-3. Oh that is a cool passage. One word in it is funny that I didn’t read because we had an investigator there and it was just different but it is such an amazing passage and a reminder of how cool it is that we can pray.
This last transfer went by really fast with Elder Sheppard, he is such an awesome missionary and a great example of Humility. That’s something I took from this last transfer (along with a ton of others too), how important it is to really be humble, and to know and recognize we cant to squat without the lords help.
Love you all, I am looking forward to hearing from you! Keep on keepin on
Love Elder Scott Henderson
Well, I included a little more than I thought. Hopefully, it wasn’t too long. I’ll (of course) try to stay more current so these entries aren’t such a long read.
If you made it this far it's time to reward you with some vids from Bautzen...
Elders Henderson and McCann test the echoes out in the Bautzen country side.
Missionary-powered stamping machine.
Streets of Bautzen from the bike.
So fun to read his reports--his joy is palpable. (Love the videos, too. At least he was wearing a helmet!)
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