People waiting to be found....

Date: Monday, June 28, 2010


Family!

Thank you for your emails! They are such a strength for me. Mom thanks for giving me an update on the Stokes reunion. That is so neat that Aunt Edie and her husband were able to fulfill the mission that they were called to serve and give the church some positive public recognition in their area. You suggested that I write a letter to the newspaper here. I might, if I feel the urge or impression :). There was an article done on my companion and me actually, back in November. I am not sure if it was ever published anywhere, but that was neat. I just got a copy of it the other day. I´ll have to show it to you when I get back. I would send it, but it is in German and you may or may not be able to understand all of it. :)

Anyway, this last week some really neat things happened. One happened on Thursday. We were teaching our English class and about 20 minutes into it there was guy that came to the door. Sister Rauh (a senior Sister) opened the door and this guy said, "Is this where I come to talk about Jesus Christ?" She said "Yes." And then pointed him to us. He came over and sat down. Then right off he started asking questions. We said that we would love to talk with him more about his questions, after the English class was over. He agreed. We then decided to have everyone introduce themselves and told him he could go first. Well then he really introduced himself for the rest of our English class. :) He told us all about his life how he was from England, but moved to Germany as a boy. He described his family situation and related all of the concerns he had in his life right now. How he wanted to help his friends change and see the light (he is 21 and a soldier in the British Army). But also wanting to learn more about Christ himself and figure out what God wants him to do. How he can be a better son and help his mother develop faith in Jesus Christ and help her understand how that would help her. He said his father is trying to help her, but can´t do it alone. Also how he can be a good father when he has children "so they won´t get messed up in this confusing dark world." We were amazed at his faith and righteous desires to help those around him. At the end he said, "So I´ve just explained a lot of my life, and the questions I have. Are you the right people? Can you help me?" At that point we decided addressing his needs were our priority. (There was only one English student there and he was our investigator, and we were talking in English :). We just bore testimony of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. How it has the answers to the questions that he has and that it can bless him and his family. After that institute was starting so we invited him to stay. He did and afterwards he said it was really deep, how important decisions are (they discussed 2 Nephi 2 opposition and agency). But that he had really enjoyed it. Right before he left he said, "I don´t know why I told you everything I did. Normally I am a very shy person, but I just felt like you were the right people." We assured him that he had come to the right place and made an appointment to meet today. I am looking forward to our appointment with him. He has so much passion (like most British people do) in wanting to find the answers to the questions he has. He has so much faith!

And my time is gone. But that long story was worth it. Miracles never cease to amaze me. I love this true restored gospel of Jesus Christ and I love sharing the hope with others that I receive from it. I am looking forward to sharing it the rest of my life!

I love you family! Stay passionate in the gospel. Love the truth and stay true to it!

Love,
Sister Fitzgerald