Sickness, sweat lodges, and a brothel?

So this week we were sick, and being sick on your mission is the worst! It doesn't matter how big you smile or how excited and happy you are to share the gospel, people don't seem to like being sneezed on very much. Luckily, no one got sneezed on, but nobody wanted to talk to us either....

This is a very frustrating thing for a missionary because our purpose is literally to "invite others to come unto Christ" and in order to teach someone you must be able to talk to them. During lunch time we decided we were going to get rid our sickness as fast as we could.... which quickly escalated into us wearing all of our winter gear and doing a variety of exercises. As you can guess....... that did absolutely nothing except for make us more tired and sore...but we pushed on and went finding. 

The location for our finding was the biggest building in Itzehoe. A 16 story apartment building.....

so we spent the day climbing stairs and talking to people, and all in all we found no one new to teach... but we did accidentally find a brothel...(really people?.....gross) So that building isn't only the biggest building in Itzehoe but apparently the greatest and the most spacious......;) (oh, missionary humor!)

Other than that we did some really good work this week. Two of our lessons turned into us boldly defending the faith (bible bashing...... I hate it!) and we set a baptismal date with Johanna our investigator from the Dominican Republic! This week has just been fantastic and I'm super excited for what this next week will turn into!

 

Now for the spiritual thought!

This week Elder Garner and I had the opportunity to teach a lesson in district meeting on diligence, then afterward we sang Put Your Shoulder To The Wheel. This song is just great! It teaches us how we should being working. With a heart full of song! Now, unless that song in your heart is a sad one or you are just not a happy person, how can you be sad?! We get to live and love and work with our families and our friends!

I just love being a missionary and I love all of your support! I sure hope you all have a great week!

Pictures

#1 our sweat lodging experience

#2 our looks of utter disgust from the top of the great and spacious building after our ordeal