Winston's Missionary Experience

  Hey Guys! This past week we went on an exchange with the Erfurt Elders. We met them in Weimar where we spent the day meeting with members for appointments. I worked alongside Elder Hale and was able to learn a ton, he's really been a fantastic district leader. We spent a good deal of time this week working on strengthening our relationship with members here in Chemnitz. I know from personal experience and from the words of living prophets that missionaries and members together make a very powerful team.  Gaining the trust of the members is crucial if we want them to give us referrals. This week we also had a "Mission tour" instead of a zone conference for this transfer. The President of the European  Mission Area spoke with us over zoom on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It was awesome and really spiritually strengthening. He is a really humble and inspiring guy. This morning our friend in the Philippines (Roy) was baptized and confirmed!! Elder Rowe(my current companion)...

  Hey guys! I just wrote a bunch and I lost it all since my phone died so I'll just give you guys the highlights quickly before I go to bed. This week, we were able to teach a few friends who are great and really want to strengthen their relationship with God.  We are excited about this and hope they will want to continue learning more about our Saviour. On Tuesday night we were invited over for dinner by this really nice family. The father is the ward mission leader and we were able to discuss the work we have been able to do so far. He really wants to help us get our friends integrated into the ward so it's nice having his support. On Friday we went to Dresden to get Flu-Shots and afterward we went and ate sushi with Tim (the same guy we hung out with the last P-day). He just got baptized after turning 18 two weeks ago. He had to wait more than a year and a half to get baptized since his parents wouldn't let him. I am really impressed with the testimony he has grown and i...

  Hey Guys!  This past week has been quite great. We were able to meet a few of our friends here in the area. We also decided to introduce ourselves to members by baking cookies and dropping them off at their place. Our plan worked and they loved it. Yesterday I had a great time at church attending the Hohenstein and Chemnitz wards.  I currently serve over 4 wards in the Chemnitz area. It was nice to be able to bear my testimony and meet more members of the wards. Last month this young man from the Philippines messaged me on Facebook.  My last companion and I were able to teach him over a series of video calls. He believed everything we taught him and he loved reading the Book of Mormon (he did it every day and took detailed notes). We were then able to connect him with the sister missionaries in his area, and on Friday I got the wonderful news that he accepted their invitation to be baptized! It brings me so much joy knowing that he is willing to follow the example ...

 Hi Guys!  How are you?  Hope you are all doing well?  It has been a crazy week.  On Tuesday, we wrapped up our final day in Leipzig by having dinner at Sister Karl's house.  The food was so wonderful.  Then on Wednesday, I said goodbye to my companion Elder Wandtke and said hello to my new companion Elder Rowe.  We met at the train station and made our way to Chemnitz.  My companion is great and I am already learning a ton from him.  He is a great trainer!  Thursday and Friday we spent a great deal of time getting to know the city as we were both new to the city.  We also spent some time cleaning our apartment as the previous user left it pretty dirty.  All is good now and we have it in tip-top shape. This week was pretty cool because we got to watch one of Elder Rowe's friends whom he had been working with get baptized via zoom.  We are also continuing to work with our friend in the Philippines and hope that he will...