On Tuesday, we had our district meeting and we set some goals as a district. We have been having trouble with finding people and contacting people, we decided that each companionship needs to contact at least 10 people a day and try to give out at least two Book of Mormons each week. My companion is the district leader, so he calls everyone for about 5 minutes each night so he can track our progress. After that, we left to go to an appointment with a less active [member]. We left early so that we could try to contact people along the way. As we are waiting at the train stop on the street, Elder Heil couldn't find his cell phone. He checked everywhere in his pockets and there was no luck. We looked to our left and the train is coming up. Well crap. We ended up going back to the Church to go see if we left it there. We look everywhere but could not find it. Two elders were still there so we asked them to call it. We hear it buzz and we keep looking. All of the sudden, Elder Heil realizes that it was inside a pocket in his jacket that he never puts anything in. We missed the train for nothing right? We felt like idiots. We walked back to the station to wait for the train. We take the train and then we get off a little bit too early on accident and we end up walking for a while. We end up talking with this man named Herr (Mr.) Lucas. We were walking down the sidewalk and I thought that we should talk with him. I kinda ditched the idea as we got closer. We pass and say good day, but then for whatever reason, both parties turn around and we start talking for a bit. He was super interested. He heard about us and about the church a little. He was asking us a lot of questions. He even asked us if we had a number so that he can stay in contact with us. He asked for a Book of Mormon and tried to pay us for it. The Germans always want to pay you whenever you give them a book, even when you say it is free. It was a really cool experience.
The appointment went really well with the less active member. We had his home teacher with us too. A home teacher is someone from the ward who will stop by about once a month and see how another member is doing and to talk with them and to share a spiritual thought. The less active member, Bruder Lenz, told us to stop by sometime and meet with him. We were excited for that and we set an appointment for next week.
Wednesday was pretty cool because we went to another less active who is super far away. Bishop Hübner went with us that night. We stop by and he gladly takes us in. He lives with his family and is 20 years old. He's had a rough life and is dealing with a lot here. He wants us to keep coming by. I was able to understand a good amount of German, which was nice. When we were about to leave, it got kinda interesting. He told us that he would like us to take our name tags off and to zip up our jackets all the way. This is because the people that he lives with do some questionable things and he does not want them to think that there are agents or police people coming through their home. I thought that was kinda cool.
On Thursday, I went on a Companion Exchange, or splits, with another missionary. We did not have much to do that day, so we went by some people who either used to be investigators or who gave us their address and showed interest. That night we talked with about 45-50 people and we handed out 4 Book of Mormons. Four books in one day is way good! We also were able to schedule 3 appointments for the next week. I am super stoked!
We swapped back the next day and all the district leaders had a meeting together in Dortmund. All the missionaries who were not in the meeting went out contacting. We walked in a group and sung primary songs while two people played the Ukulele and while two people went out and talked with people who were seemed to show interest. It was freezing cold and my hands were on the brink of falling to the ground and shattering. We had some good success.
On Saturday, there was nothing extraordinary. It only snowed about 4-6 inches and my comp and I were super happy. The flakes were huge and dense. It 's about time that we got snow with the cold. With no snow, the cold is boring and it sucks more.
This week really flew by and I see an exciting week coming my way. As a district, we ended up talking to 283 people and we gave out 18 Book of Mormons. It was a super good week! I hope that all of you guy's weeks were great and I will write again next week.
Stay warm!
Elder Grow
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