This email is gonna be short, since I'm short on time! But I got lots of pictures :)
I got to Skype with my family this week!! That was way cool! I loved talking with them. Also it was kinda weird because my one remaining call will be just 2 to 3 weeks before I'm finished so this was kinda a final call. My family is awesome :)
There was a baptism in Essen this last Saturday for an Investigator that's been waiting a year for his papers to get settled so that he can be baptized (Church refugee policy stuff), and he finally go the okay! He's one of my good friends and we got to go back to Essen for his baptism and support him. It was so sweet! Go Yusef!
Forgot some things from last week. We had an amazing American BBQ for Family Home Evening with the Senior Missionary Couple in our ward and it was awesome. Lot's of cool people and it was just way fun.
We had Zonenkonferenz this week and it was a blast as usual. We got to give a Thema (don't remember the English word sorry) on how to learn the German language. It was cool! Also I got to see a lot of old mission friends again. This was sadly the last Zone Conference for a few of them, including Elder Clarke. I'm going to miss him! He is a very very good missionary.
We also split with the Paderborn Elders and the Essen Elders. I got to be with Elder Kimball and Elder Fuller. They both are awesome. Way fun splits.
We also kinda found 3 families in 2 hours last night for a total of about 7 new investigators so that was kinda flipping awesome. One was the family of that random Romanian guy that asked Elder Peterson and I for a Book of Mormon last week. He's already started reading it and said he really likes it and also Joseph Smith. Their family has 3 kids at ages 12, 8, and 6. We have another appointment for Saturday and we are way excited. Also found 2 Egyptian families who are also way cool. We gotta figure out how to overcome the language barrier and a few other barriers but their faith is really strong. We are excited :)
Shumon and Shekh are doing awesome. Their friends are making really great progress. Mishal (in one of the pictures) and Hussein (in both of them) are doing awesome
Something we talked about in Zone Conference and I'd invite you all to join me in is President Nelson's challenge to read all of the scriptures listed under the Topical Guide for Jesus Christ. We were invited once again to do that at the Elder Rasband conference so we decided as a mission that we are going to complete it, everyone at their own pace. I know that as we draw nearer to our savior, all the problems, concerns, and stresses of normal life will sort themselves out and we will find more peace and strength than we thought possible.
I've started on it this week, and I invite you all to join me! If you find something cool in your studies, I'd love to hear it! Send me an email!
I love you all! Have a wonderful week! Come nearer to Christ this week!
Tschüss!!
Elder Harps
Pics:
Yeah there are too many haha
Pdays
BBQ
Bengali food
ZOKO
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