The Bird-en of Growth

Almost my name

Highlights:

*We taught a first lesson in a men's African barbershop...in Germany.

*The man we contacted so quickly last week said he'd like to be baptized...but he doesn't live in our area.

*We did a finding activity as a district in Wesel, and I contacted this guy who was most definitely under the influence of something. I asked him if he believed in God, and he looks up at me, and says
"Believing in God means to be able to see without wearing glasses."
Thanks, friend. Haha

*A couple in our ward went contacting together for Easter, giving out
candy and #Hallelujah cards, and they talked to this sweet lady from
China....who came with her daughter to church yesterday!

World-o-meter:
*Turkey
*Syria
*Iran
*Germany
*Ghana
*Nigeria
*Angola
*India

Deutsch:
There is this hobby shop in Duisburg, and we were considering going in
there for something, and I was speaking in German and turned to Sister
Markl and said something about finding a "craft" except in German
"Kraft" means "strength", not something you create. Whoops.

I've been studying what it means to have a soft heart this week, and I
found this AMAZING quote a couple of days ago that I wanted to share
with you.
January Ensign 1999:

"Few mortals share with Alma the Younger or Paul the Apostle the
dramatic experiences which resulted in their spiritual rebirths over
short periods of time. In fact, I believe those experiences are
recorded in the scriptures not to define the time frame during which
one may be reborn but to provide a vivid picture of what the
accumulated, subtle changes are that take place in a faithful person
over a lifetime."

It was such a lovely thought, that it's not about just a few people
finding this deep conversion and the rest of us struggling for our
entire lives to feel something, rather, it is ALL of us on the same
journey to total and utter conversion.

Despite this knowledge, it is so easy to feel like an ugly duckling.
Something that the Lord has been teaching me this week is that no
matter how ugly we may be right now, if we keep trying we someday will
still become a swan.

Love always,

Sister Roderer

Baptism right before Elder Evans gets transferred - Friends always!