Light the World this Christmas Season week 18

Hey Guys!! On Tuesday we went on exchanges with Erfurt Elders over video call (cause of Rona). Elder Wilborny and I had comp study, worked through a module on edapp, and did some Facebook work together. We were planning to teach a friend but the lesson, unfortunately, fell through. Even though the exchange wasn't in-person we still had a great time and were able to learn from each other. Throughout the rest of the week, Elder Rowe and I met with friends and members. We also filmed a video for the Frieden in Christus- Südost Deutschland page about our experience giving thanks on Facebook. Posting on Facebook what I was grateful for each day was a great experience. It really helped me reflect and appreciate all the wonderful blessings Heavenly Father has given me.  I know that whenever I focus on those positives I always end up much happier in life and that same rule applies to everyone. We also are about to start our Christmas campaign tomorrow, so be on the lookout for that. It is called Light the World. Yesterday after church we were invited over by some members for the first advent. Advent is a celebration of the four Sundays leading up to Christmas.  It is a time for families to spend together and prepare for the holiday. They made us some pretty bomb swiss fondue and then we helped them decorate their Christmas tree. Today for P-Day (our day to rest and prepare for the week ahead) we went running in the morning and then video-called Roy (our friend in the Philippines who got baptized around a month ago). It brings me so much joy that he is doing well. He told us all about this mission prep class he attended and how he can't wait to preach the gospel full-time. We also read the Book of Mormon and explained some of Isaiah's writings in 2 Nephi haha. He wasn't able to understand some of it and to be honest, I don't either since Isaiah writes in a really symbolic manner, thankfully Elder Rowe has a really good knowledge of the Old Testament and we were able to pick it apart. Then we went grocery shopping, got some lunch in the city center, and we got haircuts. We then drove down to a town called Schwarzenberg around 45 minutes south of Chemnitz. We walked around and checked out this really cool castle there and all the pretty Christmas decorations they put up. To wrap things up this week has been A1. I hope you guys are all doing well and can see the light of Christ in your life as Christmas approaches. Don't forget you can write to me at Winston.Rothaermel@missionary.org

Love-Winston








- Love Winston

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 5

Image
This week I had my first exchange and it was a ton of fun. The Erfurt Elders came over and I spent the day with Elder Obrist.  He is super cool! He is 22, which makes him older than the rest of us. Before leaving for his mission, he worked in the house-building industry and served in the Swiss military, so I was able to learn a lot from him. We had companionship study together and then we went to Schwester Karl's place for an appointment. Schwester Karl is the sweetest lady and always loves having the missionaries over. When we were leaving she gave us a ton of food to take home with us which was dope. I also finished my Technology training this week so I can finally use Facebook now. I'm thankful that we have the blessing of technology as it opens so many opportunities for sharing the love that Jesus Christ has for us with others. On Thursday we got notified that my mission President is currently in the hospital and will need surgery, so it would mean the world to me if you co
Read more

Jesus is the Lord Week 11

Image
  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 of Jesus Christ and
Read more

Week 79 A second weekly in a row- What's going on!?

Image
Yo was geht ab!? On Saturday I hit my 18th-month mark which is so crazy to think about .  Time really does fly when you're having fun. I also found out that I'll be released on the 21st of July, which was a bit earlier than expected but oh well. The plan right now is for me to join my family in Frankfurt since they'll be there for the summer and go home with them on the 28th. So I'll first be available to meet in person near the end of July and early August. I'm also having to look into housing for BYU already. I'm not really sure if I want to stay on campus or off. For those of you who went to BYU or are there right now, what are the pros and cons of both?  Besides finding out my plans for when I go home, this week has been pretty good. Right now I'm still serving in the city of Hildesheim and I love it here. I've been here for 6 months already, so I'll probably get booted somewhere else next transfer. If I do I hope I go to a big city like Hamburg
Read more