Miracles!

I have VERY VERY little time, so I wish to share a few miracles that we saw this week, after a long week of difficult work. 

So, We had an exchange on Friday to Saturday, I was with Elder Thompson on exchange in Dornbirn. It went really well, and lucky for me, we were invited to eat dinner with the Stevens Family, a family that I ate with often when I was there. That was so much fun. :-) Anyway, we exchanged back on saturday, and saw the Baptism that Bregenz had. That was fun. And a fun fact was that she was talked to last year in september and took only a card, no information given, no interest shown. But was talked to again this year and this time she tried. She thought that she would never join the church and it would be useless, but she came to church one day, and felt the spirit so strong... that was the start, and now she is a new member of the church. It was neat to see. 

Later that day we were back in Ravensburg, and had nothing that we really could do, plans fell out, and we had to try something else. I decided to take the time to call some people, while Elder Wasden ( who is a pretty good artist) made a card to take to a less active member. There were so many people with whom I tried to get contact for a long time, who finally answered! That was incredible. We made SO MANY APPOINTMENTS OUT. It was incredible. 

And then, I got a call from a lady who we found about 2 and a half months ago. She called me and informed me that she and her husband wanted to come to church tomorrow, and needed the adress! I was blown away. That hsa been the hardest thing to get accomplished is get people to church. She and her husband live in Markdorf, which is 30 minutes away, and they wanted to come. SHE CALLED ME! I couldn't get a hold of her for 2 months and she spontaneously called us and said that she AND HER HUSBAND would come to church tomorrow. That was a huge miracle.

Then the next day, they didn't come. I was so sad, and couldn't focus ( I was supposed to translate, which didn't go so well) right after the closing prayer, my phone rings, and I look at the number and it was the family. I BOOKED IT out of the chapel into the hall to take the phone call. It turns out they were there, but couldn't find the church. Our church is in a building with a bunch of business offices, and they didn't recognize it. They drove up the road ( and on the same road there happens to be a Kingdom hall ( Jehovas Witnesses)) Luckily they knew that wasn't us, but not being able to find it, they drove home back to Markdorf ( I don't know why they didn't call earlier). I told them the address was number 5 but they were so sure. 

Anyway, they will come back next week!  Then as I sat down, I got another phone call. It was from Jason, another guy who I found but lost contact with. He had moved back to Weingarten and wanted to meet with us that day. He is from China. We met up, and had an incredible lesson. It was amazing, and he said the prayer at the end. That was the first time he had ever prayed. It was a very neat experience. We will meet with him a few times a week. On thursday we will go over and help him put together all his furniture, and then he will cook us chinese food. I am so excited! :-) 

He has a TON of interest. I am so excited to get to meet with him. It was a huge miracle that he called. And another miracle, is that he moved into an apartment which is rigth around the corner from our GML David. ( They are nearly the same age) I AM SO EXCITED!  That was huge miracle. Huge Miracle. Exactly what we needed. And because he lives so close, he will be able to come to church easily on sunday, and I can imagine him really enjoying it. 

That is all I really have time to write about... But I wish you all a fantastic week!

Love,

Elder Ryan K. Christensen