Woche 96

Ein schönes gutes schlingliches Morgenchen an euch! Ich freue mich dass ich hier was auch immer auf Deutsch schreiben kann, und dass niemand es wahrscheinlich übersetzen wird!

It's been a good week! 

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! My birthday was definitely a day to remember 

We've been on 3 splits this last week and visited 4 District Councils and we have another split this weekend! I'm also currently on a split! It's been real busy.

Last weekend I got to go on split with the amazing Elder Jukes! Elder Jukes is in my group and was in my mtc district as well as one of my districts in Dortmund! It was really good to serve with him again. He's an amazing missionary. We had fun in Saarbrücken. 

On Monday we visited the Mannheim District and the Heidelberg District for their district councils. It was a lot of fun. I got to see some old friends like Elder Roesner, Elder Frost, and Sister Ruesch! The spirit was strong.

Then I stayed in Heidelberg to split with the hilarious Elder Calderon in the Spanish branch! Our mission has 2 elders assigned to a Spanish branch and they learn Spanish! We had an appointment with them all in Spanish and I had no idea what anybody was saying haha. It was a blast. Elder Calderon has so much energy and love. 

So the next day on Tuesday (my birthday) Elder Calderon and I went to leave the apartment to split back with our companions to realize we had locked ourselves inside our apartment and couldn't find the keys! We prayed and searched for them for about 30 minutes before we finally found them somehow wedged in a crazy couch cushion. We had a good laugh and missed our train, but we made it finally back to Kaiserslautern. 

We split back and Elder Webster and I drove to our own District council, only to get a call from the Spanish Elders and learn that we hadn't given them their train ticket back, and so we turned around and ran back to bahnhof. It was quite the logistical adventure, similar to my last birthday when the other elders in my district locked themselves out and we had to do a surprise power split to save them 

That night though was our Ward Christmas Party from the American Ward and it was amazing. So much food and sooo many people!! Elder Webster and I bought Christmas Sweaters and wore light up Christmas beanies that his mom sent us. The ward loved it and we had a ton of fun. It felt really good to be there. 

Yesterday we visited the District Council in Karlsruhe, where my former companion Elder McBride is killing it as District Leader. It's good to know the district is in good hands. Afterwards we split (and are still splitting) with the Rhein-Pfalz Elders. I'm with Elder Penrod and it's been a great split. 

Life is good! It's crazy. We have an Area Seventy touring the mission next week so we'll get to see the missionaries from Friedrichsdorf, Frankfurt, Kaiserslautern, and Nürnberg Zones. Im excited! Last year's mission tour was one of the highlights of my life! 

I hope you all have a great week! Keep serving and keep loving! Thanks again for the birthday wishes!

Macht's gut! 

Elder Harps 

Pics:

Elder Jukes and I in Saarbrücken

Karlsruhe District

Heidelberg District

Mannheim District

Us and the Sisters with Santa

Me holding Elder Webster 

Elder Webster and I with Santa (x2) 

Woche 95

(Sorry the email is late! I wrote it last week but forgot to send it) 

Servus euch!

Well it's been an eventful last 2 weeks!

Transfers came and went, and I got transferred... I was not expecting that! Elder Johnson and I were expecting to stay together in Friedrichsdorf, but the Assistants called last Saturday night and told me I was heading to Kaiserslautern! I'll be spending my last 2 transfers here covering 2 wards: a German Branch and one of 3 American Military wards! We are right outside a Military base called Ramstein, which is the largest foreign based US Military base in the entire world. There are loads of Americans in this area and it's really trippy. English Church on Sunday really threw me for a loop!

I was very sad to leave Friedrichsdorf, but the Lord has helped me be really excited to be in a new Zone and area. I spent the weekend saying goodbye to a bunch of members in Friedrichsdorf who I will miss. The area was good to me and I watched the members grow a lot.

My new companion is named Elder Webster! He's from Saint George, Utah. We have hit it off incredibly well this last week and a half. He's a really good missionary and a really funny person. I'm excited to work more with him.

We have done mostly planning this last week, trying to prepare for the new transfer, the end of the year, the beginning of next year, Light the World, and figuring out what we want to do with the 2 wards we are assigned to. It's been quite exhausting! But we have been making really solid progress, and we are almost done (or so it feels like haha).

We had MLC yesterday in Frankfurt and I got to see Elder Adams again (among my other friends)! It was a really good time and a very effective council. I'm grateful for President Boyer and his leadership 

One of the coolest experiences of my mission was on sunday! We stopped by President Adams' house, the Stake President for the American Military stake, so that he could meet me before he left for a training in America. After we finished our quick talk, he said Mission Prep class was going on and we were welcome to stay and participate.

We hung around and did some practices with 6 of the youth in the ward preparing to go on missions. Holy cow was it fun! The spirit was unbelievably strong as they practiced teaching us the message of the Restoration. They were so open to learning, and they were incredible teachers. I was blown away with how well they taught us. 

It really really inspired me to be better with my own teaching in its simplicity. And just helped me recognize again how good and how important our message of Christ's restored church really is. 

For instance in one of the practices, they taught me how to pray and then kneeled down and invited me to pray with them. I (as an investigator) first didn't understand that I was meant to say the prayer and so we waited in silence for a few seconds as we all waited for someone to speak. They realized I hadn't understood, and so they reinvited me to pray. I looked at the guide they had given me, and then told them I didn't feel comfortable praying that way, and I asked if I could try praying the way I had grown up praying, and that next time I could try their way.

The Sister looked at me and just said "No, this is how God wants you to pray. This will help you come closer to God more than anything else." I felt the spirit and said a prayer.

But what was so amazing to me was simply how often I have not done the same thing in lessons!! I wish I could say I am a perfect teacher and missionary, but all the time I will cave to awkward situations like that and just try and "ease them into it". But that's not right! What she said is true! What we have is the most important message on the earth and God's path will help people more than any other.

Life is great! I hope you all have a great week! Ich habe euch lieb! 

Elder Harps

Pics:

Elder Johnson and I before transfers

MLC

Me and the Familie Lillbäck from Usingen

Elder Webster, myself, and the Bitburg Distrikt! 

Elder Johnson and I with Jeremiah

Elder Adams and I at MLC! 

Me with our Ward Mission Leader Jonatan

Woche 93

Ein kleines servüschen an euch! 

Well somehow its already been 2 weeks again. I don't really understand how time works anymore but it's not very nice haha.

I'm loving my time here in Friedrichsdorf. Everything is just a really rewarding and satisfying blur. There is so much to do and we rarely have a day without some Form of meeting to attend. But the work is cruising forward and it's cool to see the members making strides. 

We split with the Wetterau and Hanau Elders last week. I got to be with Elder Felix again in Wetterau! It was a really good split. Second splits are so much fun because there's a lot less trying to figure the person out and get know them and more jokes and work! We had a party. 

I also got to split with Elder King on Hanau again. It was just as amazing as the first time. He's a really great district leader. It's been a lot of fun having him in my district. 

We also got to participate in the Baptism of a kid in the ward! His parents are super great and asked us to teach him the missionary lessons in preparation, even though he's just turning 8. His baptism was great! They invited a ton of friends too and it was awesome. 

We have only a few people we are teaching currently, but they are making slow and steady progress. 

We had a really cool lesson with a man named Frank last Monday. Frank moved here from Nigeria and he works as a cook! We had given him 3 Nephi 11 from the Book of Mormon to read between our last visit and then, and we asked him if he had read. He had! And he had some questions. We discussed baptism and priesthood authority and answered his questions.

As missionaries, we really stress the importance of reading the Book of Mormon, but 100% just as important is praying for an answer as to if it is true. The book is great, but it's lasting power comes though the confirmation of its truth by the Holy Ghost. That's when the answer becomes unshakeable and life changing.

Frank hadn't prayed, and we wanted to figure out how to make it personal to him. We wanted him to care, one way or the other if the Book was true. He needed a connection. 

So we asked him "Frank, if God was sitting here in this chair at this table, what would you ask him?". Frank kind of muttered and said he had too much to ask and he couldn't think of anything specific. But we asked him again "if you had 1 question, what would it be?" 

He looked up at us, and said "Okay, you know, actually I would ask what's up with Adam and Eve. Why did God allow them to fall?" We smiled and he explained his concerns further. When he was finished and we had established that we understood the question, we wrote it down, opened 2 Nephi 2 in the Book of Mormon and promised Frank he would find an answer as we read the chapter together. He said "Really?! Right now?" to which we said "yes".

We read the chapter (which was basically written purely to answer that important question) and the spirit was strong. At the end, we discussed briefly.

Frank said it made a lot more sense, and he wanted to reread it on his own time and ponder more. He said "this was written to answer my question directly. I need to think more". He particularly liked verse 25 which reads:

"Adam fell that men might be, and men are that they might have joy" 

It was just a really great experience for him in finding answers through the Book of Mormon. That personal connection and importance was reinforced and now he has a reason to pray and seek. 

I know the Book of Mormon is true and that it can answer our questions! If not directly, then the Holy Ghost that it invites can. I have found countless answers in its pages. 

Life is great, Germany is amazing, the weather is finally getting cold, fall is almost over. 

Ich hab euch alle sehr lieb! Macht's gut und bis nächstes Mal! 

Elder Harps

PS: Our District went to the Lego store in Frankfurt last week for Pday and we made ourselves as Lego people. It was really funny

Pics:

Elder Felix and I at an appointment in Friedberg 

Elder Johnson, myself, John and Marcus visiting a baptisms in Wiesbaden

Josué's Baptism! 

Abandoned railroad tracks

Our District as Lego people

Lunch at Ikea with the Koblenz Elders

Us with the Familie Jaursch! (Josué's family) 

Our District Council

Woche 91

Servus Euch!!

It's been a crazy last 2 weeks! It's also been awesome. Life is awesome. Missions are awesome. 

A lot has happened! Sorry if this email is all over the place, I'm feeling slightly sick today and my brain has lower focus haha

We split with the Assistants last weekend and I got to be with Elder Heller again! We just had so much fun. We also visited a baptism in Hanau on the split and got to see Tim, a really amazing man I got to interview for baptism a few weeks ago, get baptized! It was just a great time. Tim is amazing, and Elder Heller is the greatest. Great day

Last Monday we also visited the District Council of the Koblenz District and split the the Koblenz Elders. I got to split with Elder Haywood, who has been here in Germany for 3 weeks! It was such a blast. He's just so full of faith and energy and the desire to learn. We had a really cool lesson on the split. We got to teach a German man Elder Koch and I found a few weeks ago. He's a father of 4 and has worked in a lot of Charity programs in his life. He's very intelligent and very religious, but in his own way. His mother had moved in with him the week before and she sat in as well on our lesson. We started by just listening and trying to understand his Mother's religious experiences and find out what she believes in. She was so nice! She really pondered the questions we asked, and gave her most honest answers as to her beliefs in God and life after death. After that we began teaching. The Mann expressed a concern essentially about the punishment of Sin. He didn't really understand why there needed to be one right way because he felt like it was overly harsh of God to say that simply because someone hadn't been baptized he couldn't be saved. At this point the spirit was really strong. I just bore testimony of God's justice and mercy and of Jesus Christ's Atonement for us. I tried my best to explain to him my understanding. That only because Jesus Christ paid the debt for our sins, we can learn and grow, and God can extend mercy. But I also explained that God has high expectations for us and wants to give us all that He has. And so he has to give us expectations and Commandments to show us the way to become like him and help us. I then invited him to read Alma 42 in the Book of Mormon which talks a lot about that. He was really excited to read it and his mother also accepted a Book of Mormon. The spirit was really strong. 

I really felt the gift of Tongues at work in that appointment. I was probably especially conscious and grateful for it because of Elder Haywood being there. I knew he was understanding a very small amount of what was being said, and I realized just how much the Lord has blessed me in learning this language. I felt the spirit speaking through me in another language and I was really grateful. God is truly a God of miracles. 

I had actually also another experience with the Gift of Tongues this week! This weekend was Stake Conference for the Friedrichsdorf Stake and on Sunday for the 2 hour meeting I was asked to translate the meeting from German into English live. I was pretty nervous but on Sunday I sat in the front row with a little microphone piece and tried to translate what everyone was saying into English. It went amazingly well. After a bit of warming up my brain clicked and it started going really great. The lady sitting next to us was the translator for the women speakers and she majored in translation at college. She said I should pursue it after the meeting haha! 

I'm sharing this not to say that I did anything well but I'm honestly just so grateful for God and his mercies. He's helped me tremendously in everything. Saturday night I prayed really hard that it would go well. I've done translation before but not for such a large meeting. I had faith that if God needed it to be done he would provide so that my efforts were made enough for the people listening. But knowing that I prayed and told God I was confident he could and would help me, and then asked that I could also feel at peace while doing it. I felt peace after and I'm grateful.

I also got to split with Elder Chapman from Hanau here in Bad Homburg and it was awesome. He's such a great and nice human being. I told him at the end of the split just how much fun I had had, and how comfortable I had felt around him. I never felt judged even in the slightest bit. He is awesome. It's sad that he is going home this transfer. He is a really great missionary.

We had Zone Conference on this last Monday! It was a really good one, albeit sad. The spirit was really strong, and Elder Johnson and I'm training went really well. It was about prayer. But at the end of the conference, there was a testimony meeting where we could go bear testimony and a lot of my friends went up and bore their last testimonies because they all go home this transfer. It was bittersweet but the spirit was really strong. 

This last Tuesday I spent a lot of time praying for help and though it took a while I got a lot of answers. I found several answers and comforts that I've been seeking for a very long time, even if I didn't know I was looking for them. Life is so good right now. 

Life is awesome. It has its ups and downs like it always does, but God is good and he is always there.

"What shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8:31-32)

Habt die beste Woche eures Lebens!! Ich habe Euch alle lieb! 

Elder Harps

Pictures:

Koblenz District Council!

Elder Chapman, Elder Harps, and Elder Golfplatz ("Ältester" means "Elder")

Eating African Fufu with a member in the ward! He's so funny. So happy

Woche 89

Grüß Euch!

It's been a crazy last 2 weeks. First off transfers came and went and Elder Koch was sadly transferred up to my old area, Dortmund! He was sad to leave but Dortmund is his dream area so he was also excited. We said goodbye to lots of members.

My new companion is named Elder Johnson from Sandy Utah, making him my 9th companion and 7th from Utah haha. He's awesome and we've already been seeing lots of miracles.

This last week was easily the busiest of my mission. I've had lots of busy weeks but holy cow we had no time to breathe. Most of it was meetings too. With transfers came also the news that we will be taking over the neighboring ward, Usingen in addition to the Friedrichsdorf ward. It's been a ton of work trying to balance it all. But it's going awesome. 

A few Highlights from the last bit/basically anything I can remember we did:

- 2 wonderful councils with the district leaders and Sister training leaders in the Zone

- really solid lessons with a lot of our investigators

- General Conference!

- Saying goodbye to members

- a service project painting at a members house!

- really great member visits about missionary work

- thankful prayers

- miracles

- going to church twice on Sunday for both wards (still figuring out how to do this)

- interviews with President Boyer

- lots of stress haha

- A great Mission Leadership Council yesterday

- a coordination meeting with our Ward Mission leader

- a finding activity in Hanau

- 2 Ward councils on the same night

- The best Baptismal Interview of my life

Okay so the ward council with the Friedrichsdorf ward was easily th ebest ward council I have ever taken part of. I am so grateful to serve in this ward and its amazing. A few weeks ago I wrote about how we managed to sit down with our Bishop and Ward Mission Leader and coordinate our efforts and share goals and plans. It went super well and ever since then Bishop has just been slaying it getting the rest of the ward council on board. immediately after that meeting he told the Ward council to pray and prepare to put a ward mission plan together. Tuesday night was the Ward Council meeting when we started and it was so good. Everyone was throwing out great ideas, and we synchronized the ideas of the whole Ward Council. They were all on board and then committed themselves to try out the plan we had started to make and test it out. 

I was and am so happy. I've tried my whole mission to help Wards catch on to the idea that everyone can do missionary work. 

Life is great! I love you all! Keep slaying life!

Elder Harps

Pics:

Goodbyes

New Distrikt

Elder Johnson and I

Me and a statue that looks like Joseph Smith in Hanau

Woche 87

Servuuuuus euch

I've decided to write every other week now. Then I can put better energy into them.

I'm doing awesome. Life is awesome. Friedrichsdorf is amazing.

This week is transfers. It's pretty likely that one of us gets transferred. Elder Koch and I's legendary time here together is probably coming to an end. It's been great.

I have seen so many miracles in these last 2 weeks. I'm so grateful. I've been able to be where God needs me to be and say what God needs me to say. I got to split with Wetterau Elders, with Usingen Elders, and with the Assistants. All 3 have been 3 of the best splits of my mission. So much learning and Ministering have been done, and I'm way grateful. 

I got to split with Elder Nielson in Wetterau! He's Elder Adams' trainee, who is my trainee! We helped with a move and had a lot of fun. I also got to split with Elder Doyle, who is currently serving as one of our assistants to the mission president. I split with him last almost exactly 1 year ago for his very first in Langen! It was a lot of fun to catch up and share experiences again. Working with him was a blast. Elder Holland and I walked around in the rain for several hours and had a ton of fun. Soaked and freezing and happy :)

We had Zone Conference last Monday and it was a blast. We talked about working with members. It was a very good Zone Conference.

I've been seeking a new direction lately. I achieved one of my biggest goals on my mission, and I'm so grateful.

Last Friday we had a meeting with our Ward Mission Leader and our Bishop who are 2 of my favorite members in Germany. We sat down and just all talked about our expectations and vision for the Ward and its missionary work. They were SO excited and we were too. The spirit was super strong and they really caught the vision. On the following Sunday, at our Ward Council, our Bishop and Ward Mission Leader spoke all on their own for about a third of the meeting about what we want to do as a Ward Council to help the Ward and make a ward mission plan. The other members were also excited, and the ball has started. The vision caught, and the fire is spreading. 

I've been trying to light every Ward I've served in on fire with missionary work, and while I've made significant progress in all of them, this is the first where it's gotten to the point that it's self sustaining. They are on fire and working with direction and Revelation to help the Ward grow and do missionary work. It's a huge burden off my shoulders. I get to now work as hard as I can to support their own efforts instead of carry the efforts alone (as missionaries). I'm beyond excited and grateful for these members and how truly they want to follow Jesus Christ. I love them :)

Life is awesome. Next week will be a bit different because of transfers. I hope you all are doing great! Macht's gut leute!

Tschüß!

Elder Harps

 

Pics:

Frankfurt

Our District's Last District Picture

Last Pday after Soccer with the Sisters

Street Display in Frankfurt

Visiting Wetterau District Council

Us and the Assistants in our apartment for our split selfie

Woche 85

Schöne Grüße an euch!

This week is a long email!

Well it's been a crazy two weeks! Also been 2 of the best weeks of my mission! Life is just cruising forward here in Friedrichsdorf. Elder Koch and I are just having a party working our hardest and seeing miracles.

Biggest thing is probably last week on Tuesday we were visited by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles! He is also the Apostle currently in charge of the Missionary department, and this is his home mission! So he shared lots of memories of his time here in the Frankfurt area and shared wonderful insights on how to work well with German members. It was a really uplifting experience. We all got to shake his hand and he thanked us for our work. And he spoke the whole time in German!

I got to see him at the very beginning of my mission as well, but I will say this time I understood his German infinitely better haha. It was an awesome experience

At that conference, I got to see a lot of old mission friends as well! including my Trainee, Elder Adams and both of his trainees! They are doing awesome and it was great to see them again. I also got to see a lot of my friends back from Dortmund, and we Dortmund Missionaries took a reunion pic. Good times!

Went on a few splits! This transfer is a bit slow split wise, but it's still going awesome! Last weekend I got to be with Elder Walker here in Friedrichsdorf. We had a good time and had a cool appointment with a less active member.

On this last Monday I got to split with the legendary Elder Frost in Wiesbaden. This was probably one of the best splits of my life. He's in his second transfer, so still in training and he's just such a good missionary. He's got such a heart and desire to improve, and we got to have a great day led my the spirit and kicking perfectionism in the teeth. He is awesome!

There have been a few baptisms in the Zone this transfer and its been awesome. Way proud of these Missionaries. The game we have been running this transfer is going really well and people are participating and having fun, so we are happy haha. 

We have a wonderful new friend of the church named John who has come to church the last 2 weeks and just has the best questions. Pretty much every question out of his mouth is soul searching and humble, and he's just been soaking up truth at church and in out lessons. His friend who is always with him is pretty argumentative which can be difficult, but we are working on it! They are doing awesome!

I'm just really in a grateful mood right now. There were at least 3 moments this week where I was able to fill a need that needed to be filled and be an instrument in God's hands. One of them we walked past this homeless man on our way to go get lunch, and then I turned around and talked to him. It ended up being one of the coolest contacts of my mission. He is a really strong Christian, but because of a shady deal one of his coworkers made, he's lost his job and home and everything. He still believes that God has a plan for him, and though he has no phone or address, he was so grateful for a copy of the Book of Mormon. I gave him a hug and then went and got lunch.

This week I had an interesting moment of revelation. A quick connection was made and I wanted to share.

It connected two previous spiritual thoughts I have shared in the past, one had to do with the Hymn "Come Come ye Saints" and the other had to do with my understanding of Fear and what it means to fear.

One of the opening lines of the Hymn reads:

"Come come ye Saints,

No Toil nor Labor fear"

As I expressed then and revisited this week, I don't understand why it is that we can fear serving the Lord or truly working our hardest. Why we sometimes fear giving our all, and serving with "all [our] heart, might, mind, and strength" (D&C 4:2). I don't really understand why, though I definitely experience it myself regularly, we sometimes fear to Toil and labor.

What I expressed a few weeks (months?) ago about fear was simply that I believe almost all fears stem back to the fear of the unknown. That as we understand things better, we stop fearing them. Even the Apostles feared when the Resurrected Lord appeared to them, and as the Bible describes it, as they understood, they stopped fearing.

My thought was basically this:

We sometimes fear to ask and seek the Will of the Lord through prayer in everything we do, because we do not know what it is. It could be something really simple and doable, but it could also be really scary! We don't know what it could be, and so we experience apprehension.

But the interesting thing is that God has promised us that if we ask, we shall receive, and as we seek, we shall find (3 Nephi 14:8). So as we ask, we can know. When we know, we don't have to fear. As soon as we know what we need to do, the question stops being "What if it's scary?" and becomes "How do I overcome this scary thing with the Lord's help?". By asking, we invite the Lord to help us. That means we can trust it will all be okay, and we don't have to fear. 

Essentially, when we experience hesitancy to give God our whole heart, all we need to do is ask! If you ask God for help and guidance, the fears will flee!

The peace and strength that come pouring in immediately are astounding. I promise you that as you seek the will of God with real intent, and then act as you know best, the fear will instantly be replaced with comfort and inner peace. 

All you have to do is muster the courage to ask :)

I hope you all are doing well and healthy and I hope you know how much God loves you! You are awesome! Habt eine schöne Woche!

Elder Harps

Elder Walker and I

Elder Adams, Elder Nielson, Elder Peterson, and I! Family picture!

Elder Monilla from my original MTC Group and I at the Mission Conference

Us and the Wiesbaden Distrikt at their Distrikt Council

Us at a Family Olympiade that our Ward put on

Dortmund Missionary Reunion! Schlingelei!

Elder Frost and I on our split in Wiesbaden!
(I swear I'm not that short! He's just 6'8"!)

Really cool sunset at a Car Washing service project put on by the youth in the ward

Woche 83

Guten guten Morgen ihr Schlingel!

It's been another crazy week! One of the better ones of my mission. 

This last weekend was bruuuutal. From Wednesday night to Sunday morning it just felt like life was throwing punches haha. We got dropped out of the blue by our most promising friend, we had to plan and organize the splits and interviews for this transfer which were thrown on us with just a few days notice, we had no time on Friday to breathe between packed appointments, and we ended up helping an unprepared lady in our ward move until 11:30 pm. Saturday was nice for part because Hanau had a baptism but then we had to drive all the way back to Hanau because the elders accidentally took Elder Koch's suit jacket with their wet laundry. We also had to give a report to the high council on missionary work in the Stake with about 24 Hours notice on top of it all haha. We were less than happy campers Sunday morning!

But on Monday we began our game we are running with our Zone. And holy cow the miracles poured down! Elder Koch and I tried to talk to at least 3 people in between every destination, even if we are really pressed for time! We found several really cool people right off the bat. People were stopping and talking with us, and several said they wanted to learn more. We made out 4 appointments for this week and it was awesome. 

Then we met with one of our new investigators and it went so well! He moved to Germany from Zimbabwe and he knew the Missionaries there. He had tons of really sincere questions about the nature of God and what happens after we die. We were able to share with him the Plan of Salvation and watching pieces click into place was amazing. He literally clapped his hands at one point and said "Oh!! Oh I get it! I get it now. I understand".

Then we had an appointment with a member family to practice out teaching skills and it went so well! We practiced the message of the Restoration and it was awesome! We all learned new things and at the end, they asked if there was anything they could do for us. We asked if we could pray for someone they knew and they immediately mentioned one of their friends. Now they are planning on inviting this friend for a party at our church on Saturday! We are super excited!!

The work here is cruising forward, we are loving it, life is awesome. 

Have a wonderful week! Sorry for the short email, we had a draining Pday at an art museum! Love you all! 

Liebe Grüße 

Elder Harps

Pics:

Modern art (pants with a tube) 

Late night move

MLC with Elder Bushman

Us doing random stuff