Dear Family,

So, General Conference was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. We were able to watch one session in English (Sonntag vormittag = Sunday morning). We were excited to have several investigators there. As you know, there is an 8 hour time difference between Vienna and Salt Lake City, so we viewed the Relief Society Session (Frauenhilfsvereinigungversammlung ... a sweet word in German) at 4 pm and then Samstag vormittag at 18.00 Uhr ... erm 6pm. We had our Baptismal Candidtate, Frau Bräuer and her friend Nicole there. We watched the Samstag nachmittag on Sonntag at 14.00 or 2pm. We then watched Sonntag vormittage (live) at 18.00Uhr or 6pm. One out of three of the talks were translated by President Uchtdorf. One of our investigators went to Priesthood session, so I hope to hear a little more about this session from him. We will watch Sonntag nachmittag on 17.Oktober at 9.30Uhr (morning) for Sacrament meeting. So, they will pass the Sacrament and then we will watch Conference. It's actually fantastic because now we can tell our investigators that did not show that they have one more chance!

So, this week we had miracles. Surprise! We had a lesson with Sabrina, who has been investigating for a couple years and honestly would be baptised if she could use her legs and get to church (she was injured in an accident, but that is what helped her turn to God). Her friend and caretaker, Alex, suffered a very severe seizure and has been in the hospital since last week, so Sabrina has had friends over to help her. When we arrived, things were crazy and Sabrina was stressed and we wondered if we could even have a lesson. We met in another room and then towards the end, her friend, Tatyana needed my help, so (while staying within sight and sound), I went to help her while Sister Downs finished the lesson with Sabrina. Turns out Tatyana is very interested and will meet with us again!

Also, in our lesson with Frau Bräuer this week, as we were saying the opening prayer, we heard someone walk in. Once we said Amen, we found another friend in the room and Frau Bräuer said "Wir haben Bibelstudium. Möchest du mit uns studieren?" Or in other words "want to be a new investigator?". She naturally said "Ja!" and we proceeded with our fabulous lesson on the law of Chastity and the Temple! It actually went REALLY well. We also talked a lot about the Restoration to Nicole and had the opportuntity to hear Frau Bräuer's testimony as she told Nicole about the church. As we left the appointment, Sister Downs turned to me with a huge smile on her face and said, "Do you realize that we just taught the law of Chastisty and about the Temple in a first lesson?". We laughed and thanked God for how well it went.

Sorry to be redundant, but General Conference was spectuacular!! I loved the way I felt and the little I understood of Elder Holland's talk in the Samstag vormittag session. I really appreciated all that was said about Prophets! I picked up on many different things than normal as I was listening through the ears of a missionary. I LOVED the talk by Elder Oaks the best. President Packer laid down the law really well and President Eyring's talk really spoke to my soul (all Sonntag vormittag). The nurishment I recieved from the Sonntag vormittag session in English felt like all of General Conference. I cannot imagine how fantastic it was if ALL the talks were like that. I don't think I will be able to get a Conference Ensign for myself in English, so please send one ... :)

We have interviews with President Condie tomorrow. We are excited.

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Sister Carla June Carroll