...ask God, see what he says...

This week... My golly, ach du meine Güte, we have this week much learned. Just some German grammar for you ;) okay, so Monday our favorite member Die Frau Nowak (pronounced No-Vak) took us to the Dreilandepunkt! A point in our mission where Belgium the Netherlands and Germany touch! And so guess what... I've been to Belgium and spent a day in the Netherlands!!! Haha it's part of our zone and Aachens area, their Ward stretches into those other countries. There's a big tower we had fun on. 

Dreilandepunkt I'm standing in 3 countries at once ;)

Haha it was a great day <3 

For miracle story or rather just mission life here is a story of finding in Wuppertal

This week we went finding in Wuppertal, it was really cool. I was paired with Elder Adams, Elder Hörtigs golden, and we went out expecting miracles. I stopped this man who was passing out newspapers and gave him the spiel. He asked me "what am I doing here?"

I answered "passing out news papers..."

"But why?"

"For your job...?"

"That's right!" He said... "I'm an alcoholic and it has taken everything from me, my wife, a girlfriend, my job..." 

So I introduced the Atonement to him explaining "I promise that you can put that all behind you, you can start new without all that guilt and give alcohol up forever."

Then Elder Adams chirped in "I know that you can, my mother drank and when she joined the church she was able to give it up and now she doesn't drink anymore."

At this point the man started to Cry... We promised him the blessings and he was happy to share info and wanted to come to church... Nobert is his name, it was a very tender experience followed by Jessica.

Jessica is a 18-19 year old girl, she was walking down the street when I stopped her, I introduced the Book of Mormon and asked if we could exchange numbers and meet with her to tell her more. To which she replied "I don't have a phone" so I asked for her apartment no. And she replied again, a little softer "I haven't got one of those either..." A tone of silence came over us... I asked "How could we meet with you again?" And she said "I don't know" but then I got an idea, it was a Saturday so I said "Jessica" (having already asked for her name) "will you come to church tomorrow so we can meet with you and teach you more?" She said yes! And we gave her that Book of Mormon. I have to speak with Wuppertal to see what became of these experiences, but I know that we were able to help these people, but now it stands in their court to test the gospel and see for themselves. That is a view entirely special to the true church. We don't have to bribe or scare, we simply say "This is the way, now you go home and ask God, see what he says." It's amazing... 

This Sunday was action packed! Haha first I got to meet one of the coolest guys ever!!! Wilfred Müller!!! If you don't know who that is, look up his Mormon Message ;) 'Ich bin Mormone, Lehrer und Pilger' I watched his Mormon message probably every day for my first two transfers to practice my German and understand the north accent. Turns out he lives in my ward... He is super kind and was a hoot to talk with <3 he was flattered when I told him I learned my German from his video haha "Achso!" He said just like in the video!!! Haha I love that man.

Then after church, Sister Manzke asked us if we could give a healing blessing to her son Mattias. We agreed and when we arrived, I was chosen to give the blessing... My first blessing in German... I was scared that my German wasn't good enough, delicate enough or refined enough for a blessing... But the Lord proved to me that he didn't need my German, just my willingness. I was able to give an amazing blessing and promised Mattias some special things... It was amazing and I will cherish this experience for the rest of my life.

The mission is hard, that's true, and after that blessing I fell asleep from exhaustion haha but it is amazing. The joy I feel from sharing the gospel, even though I'm not always recovered well, greatly outweighs the struggles. I'm so happy, I'm saying hi to random people on the street, singing, dancing haha it's a little weird actually ;) I'm nervous haha but I am so happy to be here doing this work. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS!!! I love you all and hope that all is well on the Homefront.

I really don't know what I want for Christmas haha, um... Kraft Mac and cheese would be sweet haha some more of those general blue and black American pens haha I think they're bic...

And some money to get some clothes here <3 I want to send home some classic German Spicy Mustard haha it's SUPER GOOD HERE and really cheap so I can send home like 4-5 tubes if you'd like. Also let me know if there are other good no perishables y'all want. "Ich Freue mich auf die Gelegenheit euch etwas gut zu schenken." 

A special Happy birthday to Grandpa Fisher. I don't have his email so please forward this <3 grandpa, you raised a wonderful man. One of unparalleled importance and guidance in my life. He served a mission, being the valiant young man you helped to raise him as, and that example pushed me, your grandson, to also serve. I'm thankful for the many days I spent playing in your home, learning respect, forethought and love. I'm indebted to you for the blessings you helped to build in my life and the lessons you taught me. I hope that your birthday, although missed by me, was a good one, and that this year will bring you much joy. As they say in German

Zum Geburtstag, viel Glück <3 ich liebe dich

Am Ende, will ich auf deutsch to schrieben. Hier ist meine Leben, deutsch jeden Tag, der ganzen Tag haha es ist jetzt einfacher auf deutsch to reden als Englisch. Oftmals ich finde dass ich auf deutsch denken und so muss ich von deutsch zu englisch übersetzten haha. Von meine zweite zu meine Muttersprache... Total Komisch. Wenn es Erin gibt, die meine Email übersetzt "Hallo!" Haha hoffentlich ist meine deutsch besser, als es in Klasse war. Ich war total blöd in Deutsch klasse. Ich habe gar nichts gelernt. Ich schließe mich haha Mensch. Ach so, ich komme zu Ende, ich liebe euch und wünsch euch viele Segnungen und Freude!

Liebe Grüße Elder Fisher