Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Hello Familie!
IT was so good to talk to you on Sunday! I was looking so forward to it and it was so wonderful. I love each and everyone of you and was so happy to hear everyones voice and how you are all doing. Dad, I was so sad that I was not able to talk to you. I feel so bad that I was not able to talk to you at the airport or for Mothers Day. Good thing Winco is closed on Christmas, because then you will be there! I am sorry I was so scatter brained. For Christmas I will be prepared for the questions you will ask me. :)
Dad, what are your thoughts about Ritchie serving in your exact same mission? I think that is so great that Ritchie will be serving in Uruguay. Ritchie I am so happy for you!!! Missions are so amazing, and you will find that out very soon, if not already. I was thinking I wanted to make a list and send it to you, "What I wish I´d known before my mission" (like John Bytheway) but then I thought that the Spirit will tell you how you can best prepare for your specific mission. Before my mission I felt the Spirit tell me specific things I could do to prepare for the mission I needed to serve. I know He will do the same for you. With that being said I will say it wouldn`t hurt to know Chapter 3 in Preach My Gospel very well. Knowing the points in the full lesson plans really help while you´re teaching. :) And just enjoy delving into the scriptures and always follow the Spirit. You will be a great missionary!
Well Germany is great. We have a lot of finding time now, since we don`t have very many investigators. I didn't realize how much you´re heart could ache for someone else. Yesterday one of our investigators said she appreciated us talking with her, but she didn't want to continue because she liked where she was at. My heart just burst, not because I was offended or anything like that, it was just that I wanted the truth for her so much. On the mission you have to really rely on the Lord and just keep going. Nothing brings happiness like knowing the truth of the gospel. It brings happiness beyond anything I can even imagine.
Well I should probably go, but I love you all and I think you are all terrific! I am so grateful for the family God has given me. I look up to each of you so much. You don´t even know. When I see teenagers on the street I think of Chris and Jason and how they are such good examples of what good teenagers should be. When I see other elders I think of Ritchie and what a great missionary he will be. When I see little kids I think of Crozier and how much fun he is to be with and how funny he is. When I see young mothers I think of Candace and Kim and what great mothers they are. When I think of the sister Missionary I want to be I think of Tara how I should follow her example more. When I see Fathers in the home I think of Dad, Evan and Sean and what great fathers and husbands they are. When I think that I need to have more love and charity I think of mom and how she always told me, "Charity never fails." I love you all!
Love,
Sister Fitzgerald
Monday, May 18, 2009
We are agents!
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Hallo Familie!
That is so exciting that Ritchie could get his call any day now. I won't make him wait, if he receives it before Mothers Day he can open it and I'll just have him tell me over the phone. Wow, I keep hoping it's Germany! But I know that wherever he goes that is where the Lord wants him. That's funny you still have the letters with you. Last week I told my companion how excited I was to get those letters, but I guess I still get to look forward to receiving them. :) That is so neat that Elder Bednar gave the CES Fireside from BYUI and that Arthella and Steve both gave the prayers. That is so cool. Ritchie's talk sounded really good. I can imagine how good it was. When we were watching our Stake Conference I was thinking Wow, Ritchie is speaking in Rexburg right now. Then he'll get to give his going on the mission talk. Then once he gets into the MTC he will be writing a talk once a week in his language. He will be totally prepared for that now. :) Women's Conference sounded like it was fun once again. I always love those talks and the music. It is so good. That's neat Elder and Sister Niederhauser emailed you. They are such wonderful people! I am so glad to know them.
Things here are going pretty good. Our investigator who wants to be baptized is now on his vacation to Ghana. And our other investigators are kind of slowing down. So we have a lot of finding time and we are hoping to find more people to teach.
A funny story. On Sunday I had my first split. My trainer went to another city and Sister Dotty came here. She has never been around in Düsseldorf before so I was in charge of the city. It started out pretty well. We went to our first appointment and then we were one our way to the next appointment. We got on the Bus which took us to the right place so we could catch our other Bus. But there was a marathon that day and some of the busses were down. Our bus was one of those. So we were in the middle of nowhere trying to get to this place kind of off and away from the city. So we started walking and then walked for a very long time. After the meeting, we missed our bus on the way back so we walked some more. Once we got into the city I didn't know how to get to the place where we wanted to go next and we ended up just getting lost. We did talk to people on the way and got some contacts which was good. But in the end Sister Dotty figured it out and got us home. I was very grateful for her. It was pretty funny, pretty embarrassing. I found out that I need to know the buses, trams, and trains a little bit better here. It was a good lesson.
Well I better go, but I love you family so very much. I know this gospel is true and is what really makes us happy. I've been taking notes as I read the Book of Mormon and it amazes me how many times the phrase, "If ye keep the commandments, ye shall prosper in the land" appears. It is so true. We see it in the Book of Mormon and we see it in people's lives today. In our District Meeting last week one of the assistants to the President was there (Elder Peterson, P.S. he's from Vernal and knows the Flakes. He says their rivals, they both have 12 kids in their families . . . funny) and he said, "Obedience is what makes us happy. It's not the number of baptisms or anything else. When we go home it is the ones that have been obedient that will be happy with their missions." I totally believe that. I think that is true of life as well. Luckily we do have the atonement always there for us. The more we strive to come closer to Christ through His Atonement and by following his example we will be happier. It does take self control, and that kind of control brings happiness, especially when we recognize Gods hand in helping us. There are so many lessons to be learned. I am so grateful to be learning the ones I am learning here in Germany. It's not easy, but I can choose to enjoy it, learn from it, grow from it, and be better the next day. That is what I try to do and I always feel Gods arm there strengthening me.
OK I am officially done. I love you family.
You are terrific, and this life is incredible!
Love,
Sister Fitzgerald
P.S.
I'll talk to you on Sunday!
What are Ritchie, Chris, Jason, and Croziers's email addresses?
Hallo Familie!
That is so exciting that Ritchie could get his call any day now. I won't make him wait, if he receives it before Mothers Day he can open it and I'll just have him tell me over the phone. Wow, I keep hoping it's Germany! But I know that wherever he goes that is where the Lord wants him. That's funny you still have the letters with you. Last week I told my companion how excited I was to get those letters, but I guess I still get to look forward to receiving them. :) That is so neat that Elder Bednar gave the CES Fireside from BYUI and that Arthella and Steve both gave the prayers. That is so cool. Ritchie's talk sounded really good. I can imagine how good it was. When we were watching our Stake Conference I was thinking Wow, Ritchie is speaking in Rexburg right now. Then he'll get to give his going on the mission talk. Then once he gets into the MTC he will be writing a talk once a week in his language. He will be totally prepared for that now. :) Women's Conference sounded like it was fun once again. I always love those talks and the music. It is so good. That's neat Elder and Sister Niederhauser emailed you. They are such wonderful people! I am so glad to know them.
Things here are going pretty good. Our investigator who wants to be baptized is now on his vacation to Ghana. And our other investigators are kind of slowing down. So we have a lot of finding time and we are hoping to find more people to teach.
A funny story. On Sunday I had my first split. My trainer went to another city and Sister Dotty came here. She has never been around in Düsseldorf before so I was in charge of the city. It started out pretty well. We went to our first appointment and then we were one our way to the next appointment. We got on the Bus which took us to the right place so we could catch our other Bus. But there was a marathon that day and some of the busses were down. Our bus was one of those. So we were in the middle of nowhere trying to get to this place kind of off and away from the city. So we started walking and then walked for a very long time. After the meeting, we missed our bus on the way back so we walked some more. Once we got into the city I didn't know how to get to the place where we wanted to go next and we ended up just getting lost. We did talk to people on the way and got some contacts which was good. But in the end Sister Dotty figured it out and got us home. I was very grateful for her. It was pretty funny, pretty embarrassing. I found out that I need to know the buses, trams, and trains a little bit better here. It was a good lesson.
Well I better go, but I love you family so very much. I know this gospel is true and is what really makes us happy. I've been taking notes as I read the Book of Mormon and it amazes me how many times the phrase, "If ye keep the commandments, ye shall prosper in the land" appears. It is so true. We see it in the Book of Mormon and we see it in people's lives today. In our District Meeting last week one of the assistants to the President was there (Elder Peterson, P.S. he's from Vernal and knows the Flakes. He says their rivals, they both have 12 kids in their families . . . funny) and he said, "Obedience is what makes us happy. It's not the number of baptisms or anything else. When we go home it is the ones that have been obedient that will be happy with their missions." I totally believe that. I think that is true of life as well. Luckily we do have the atonement always there for us. The more we strive to come closer to Christ through His Atonement and by following his example we will be happier. It does take self control, and that kind of control brings happiness, especially when we recognize Gods hand in helping us. There are so many lessons to be learned. I am so grateful to be learning the ones I am learning here in Germany. It's not easy, but I can choose to enjoy it, learn from it, grow from it, and be better the next day. That is what I try to do and I always feel Gods arm there strengthening me.
OK I am officially done. I love you family.
You are terrific, and this life is incredible!
Love,
Sister Fitzgerald
P.S.
I'll talk to you on Sunday!
What are Ritchie, Chris, Jason, and Croziers's email addresses?
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