Date: Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2009

Family!!!

As I read the email Tara wrote in behalf of mother I felt the spirit so strong, and peace just filled my heart. I am so grateful for the peace the gospel brings. I was so grateful to hear that you have all felt it too. Tara thanks so much for sharing all those precious experiences. Mom thanks for your email too. Throughout this whole week I have just felt that everything would be OK. My testimony has been strengthened to know that God IS there, and knows each of us personally. He knows what we are going through and blesses us with His love and peace. I cannot deny that. The emails I read today were very pleasing. I am so grateful things are going well. So, so grateful.

Um, this week something really neat was we set up an appointment with a contact we got in November. He finally had time to meet with us this past week. But anyway, we were in the train station waiting for him, but I couldn´t remember exactly what he looked like, only that he was black. After a little while we looked around and saw a black man also waiting, and we thought it could be him but weren´t sure. So we went up and asked him if he was Sulay (our contact) and he said no, he was just visiting Mainz for the day and waiting for a friend. But we started talking to him and it came up that we were Americans and Mormon. Just then another man passed by and said, "Did I hear that you are Mormons from America?" We said, "Yes." Then he said, "I am from America and wanted to meet the mormons there, but then I moved here and didn´t get the chance. I didn´t know you were in Germany too." He then asked if we had time to meet with him, and we did :) and so he gave us his business card and asked us call and set up an appointment. It was just a little miracle, but so wonderful. Last week I think I mentioned that it was a "Sacrifice week" so we sacrificed things we thought we could give in order to find more investigators and teach more lessons. And I feel we saw blessings come from it. That was one. We also did meet with Sulay and had a wonderful appointment and will meet again on Friday.

We were in the temple this morning and while there I felt like there were so many more things I wanted to share with you, but now I feel like they are not as important. What is important is that the work of God is rolling forward, I am still alive, and I know that you are all well and being strengthened there at home.

And transfers are this week. I will let you know what happens to me. :)

Family, I can just not adequately express the way I am feeling right now. I am just so glad that things are going well for our family right now.

Ritchie, welcome home. I know I am not there, but I still want to say it. :) I told mom to give you a hug from me. I hope she did. I love you, and wrote you a letter last week. It should get there soon. Mom and Tara have told me of the Spirit that you radiate. That makes me so happy. Thank you for doing the things necessary for you to become what Heavenly Father wants you to become for I know it is something marvelous indeed for you truly are His child.

Well, until we write again, next week . . .

Love,
Sister Fitzgerald