Winston's Missionary Experience

My mom sent this talk to me this week it was written by Hugh B. Brown.  I thought I would share it in case it could help someone else out.  It has been a really hard week.  I will leave it at that.  I am excited though because we got a new companion.  His name is Elder Witt.  He is really nice! On Thursday, we got to go to Leipzig and pick him up.  It was nice to be able to go somewhere and I am looking forward to a quarantine being over, so I am trying to hang in there until the 14th of February when the lockdown ends.  I am also excited because we might be getting some more missionaries soon.  I gotta run!  Till next week.  Winston You sometimes wonder whether the Lord really knows what he ought to do with you. You sometimes wonder if you know better than he does about what you ought to do and ought to become. I am wondering if I may tell you a story that I have told quite often in the Church. It is a story that is older than you ...

Hello Guys?  Hope all is going well.  It has been snowing like crazy here in Chemnitz.  Some of this week's highlights are giving my companion a haircut and he gave me one.  All the barbershops are closed.  He did a pretty good job.  Desperate times call for desperate actions.  In all honesty, this week has been pretty slow.  We did have interviews with the mission President and we watched a devotional by Elder Rasband on Sunday night.  There was one part where he talked about how missionaries got selected for their missions.  It was pretty cool to see the process.  Tonight we are going to have a movie night for PDay and watch The Two Best Years.  It is a pretty funny movie if you haven't seen it.  Also, going to try Dominos for the first time here in Germany.  I hope it is good.  Oh, I am going to be here in Chemnitz for another transfer.  We are also going to be in a trio.  We are getting another comp...

Hey Guys, How are you?  Hope all is going well for you!  Well, I am still in Chemnitz.  It is hard to believe that I have been out for 5 1/2 months and 4 of those have been here in Chemnitz.  This week has been kind of slow.  After the New Year, we did a deep clean of our apartment which isn't very exciting, but at least we have a really clean apartment now.  We also packed up the Christmas tree and took it back to the church.  It has been snowing here a lot which is really pretty, but very cold. Layers are the key to staying warm for sure!  The President of Germany has extended the lockdown until the end of this month.  I am trying to stay positive about the whole situation.  I know with all my heart that Coronavirus and lockdown were no surprise to  Heavenly Father, so I need to trust in the Lord.  We continue to do the Lord's work and serve his servants.  One lady, we are currently teaching has been investigating the ch...

Hey Guys!! On Tuesday morning we got a call from the Zone leaders letting us know that my comp, Elder Davis, will be the district leader of the new Chemnitz District, which will be made up of us, the Annenberg Elders, and the Freiberg four-man. Having your comp as a district leader is awesome since it means we can call anyone in our district whenever we want haha. Then after planning out our day I had some breakfast. This week I decided to blow some of MSF and try this really boujee musli. It’s called “my muesli” and sells for 6€ a tube. After having it hyped up to me by Elder Davis I was a little disappointed after having some. Don’t get me wrong it was good muesli but not good enough to be worth it. I think next time I’ll just stick to getting “Köln”. That evening we called our friend Cihan in Turkey and helped him practice his german. We also met with Uwe on Wednesday (a member here in Chemnitz) and talked about all the gems you can pull from the war chapters in the Book of Mormon. ...

Hey guys!  How are you?  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  We have had a very busy week.  Germany is still under lockdown which means the stores are closed except for the grocery stores, but we have still been able to go out to the park and talk with people.  One day while we were in the park, we started a conversation with two guys who were playing ping pong.  I asked the guys if I could play the winner when they were done.  They said, "sure, no problem."  Needless to say, the guy smoked me.  I am not a very good ping pong player, but it was fun.  While we were playing, my companion shared what we were doing in Chemnitz.   In the spirit of Christmas, we made more cookies and delivered them to people around town.  Also, we are teaching a guy in Turkey how to speak German.  That has been interesting.   So in Germany, Christmas lasts for three days.  Everyone opens presents on Christmas Eve, then...

 Hello and Merry Christmas from Germany!  I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas!   "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord" - Luke 2:11  … Love, Winston

Hey Guys!! I'm sad to say it, but the day has finally come, I have to say goodbye to Elder Rowe. He's done, tomorrow he'll be boarding his flight back home to Utah. I'm really going to miss the guy, he was such a great trainer. He did an excellent job of teaching me how to ask inspired questions and getting people to open up. On Tuesday we picked up my new companion, Elder Davis, from the Leipzig train station. Who would've guessed, he's from Utah as well haha. He's been on his mission for eighteen months and just served in Berlin. He's a great guy and I can already tell that this transfer is going to be epic. Speaking of this transfer it will last for only two more weeks since another group of over 50 missionaries is coming over from America. I'm super excited about this cause it means I won't be the youngest on the mission anymore haha. We were told all about this when we saw our mission president on Saturday. It was so nice being able to see t...