I guess I will tell you a little bit more about our Zweig (Branch auf Deutsch) here in Michelstadt. They actually meet in a fairly good sized church building. It owned by the church and everything. We have about fifty members there so it is getting there to be a ward, hopefully soon. All of them are so awesome. The branch president is President Leimgruber. He is great and we have dinner at his house every Friday. He is really excited for us to be in Michelstadt. He really wants go get the ward involved in missionary work, and it seems to be working. After church for the last 6 months many of the members of the ward would enter into a small room and pray for the missionary work in Michelstadt. They are so awesome and we really do love them.
President Schwartz read our emails last week and felt that he should come down for church last Sunday and visit the branch. It was amazing the things that he told us. He met with us, the branch President and Ward Mission Leader after church and shared some great insight/prophecy.
He said that he not only wants Michelstadt to become a ward, but also re-open the Walldurn branch just east of us. He also said that he wants to start a youth center/institute there and he already has the funding for it and everything. Our jaws slowly dropped lower and lower as President Schwartz continued to talk. It seems like he feels there is something really special about the area we are serving in.
In this meeting President Schwartz also mentioned something really cool about Elder Hogan and I. He told President Leimgruber and our Ward Mission Leader that when it was revealed that Michelstadt would be re-opened again he spent many hours on his knees praying about what missionaries should be sent there. He said that it was revealed to him that Elder Hogan and I were to serve here. He said it was very specific and very strong that we were the right ones for the job. He said that we weren't called by him, but rather called by God to serve here. Wow...
I have to tell you that I love President Schwartz. He truly is an inspired man. He is so full of love and hope and I know that I was called to specifically serve with him. I know that he will lead this mission to do great things. So good.
In other news Elder Hogan and I did receive a car last week! The fun thing is that with a Utah license you can drive in the country for 6 months. Since Elder Hogan has been here for longer than that, and his Germany driving license is in the mail, I get to drive. Haha luckily the car we have is an automatic and not a stick shift. Good news for me, that's for sure.
Driving in Germany is kinda crazy. I don't think the Germans believe in space. The roads are so narrow that I sometimes get nervous driving through them that I will slow down to under 20 kmph, but Germans have no problem zipping right through. Haha pretty crazy, but it is fun to drive again. We do have a GPS and we call her "Jane" Definitely no "Moronica", but she'll have to do I guess ;)
Other than that not a whole lot to report on. Elder Hogan and I are working hard, but we definitely have a lot to do. We are excited and ready to get at it.
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