Wundern von Pforzheim

Liebe Familie,

This week was just beautiful! We skipped having a Vorbereitungstag (except emailing and getting some food) this week, but the Lord truly blessed us with the energy and strength we needed. We went to a Dorf called Mönsheim and Sister Taysom and I decided we just want to live there someday--it is so beautiful. Plus, we have two member families there. :) We had some excellent Appointments with wonderful People. I am especially excited for Natascha. She came to Familienheimabend with the ward before she went on Urlaub, but we met with her once she returned. She had prayed to know if the Book of Mormon was true and got the answer that she could find the Truth in it! The Spirit was so strong in our Appointment and she really understood that this answer meant that the Church has truly been restored. We also are meeting with a group of friends--Carlo, Mary Ann and her daughter Shayna. Mary Ann is brilliant and grew up in the Catholic church, but really saw that there was an Apostacy. She is pretty skeptical of all churches, but I think she is starting to realize that there is something special about this one.

We had some funny experiences about finding new investigators. A few weeks ago, I found a Binder full of former Investigators from at 4-7 years ago. We called one woman and then I read the Record more carefully after making out an appointment. From what I read, I was a little nervous for the Appointment, but I figured perhaps she had changed in the last 6 years and there was hope. We went and she was much nicer than we expected. She asked us a lot of questions to determine if we were worth her time. By the end she was even kinder and invited us to come back the next week. We were so grateful we had the Spirit with us. I do not know a lot about the Book of Revelations on my own! All of my answers were all the Spirit.

Also, we called up a man named Herr Kaiser. I had no idea who he was, but his name was in the Phone, so I made an Appointment and we went. We found a Book of Mormon already in his home and he had read a little in it. After asking some questions, we found out that he was given the Book by someone at a Street Display (Straßenausstellung) and was a little curious. We met with him twice this week, one time at the church.

I learned so much better this week that the Lord is truly a God of Miracles. He knows our needs and he will always give us the Tools we need to solve our own problems. I know that He restored his Gospel to the Earth though the Prophet Joseph Smith. We have a living Prophet today namens Thomas S. Monson. How wonderful is that! I found a sentence in Preach My Gospel this week that I have started trying while contacting people on the Street, Bus and Bahn. "Given that there was a living Prophet on the Earth today, what would you ask him?" :) I am grateful for the Spirit of the Lord, who helps us in every situation, good and bad. Gott loves his children and knows them. Jesus Christ is truly our Redeemer and knows how to succor us. I truly bear testimony of that.

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Sister Carla June Carroll