Starting with Monday, we had a member call us wanting to meet us, implying we would go into a forest. We ended up walking through a forest for something like three hours, while the member just talked with us. There was a tower at one point along the path we were walking, and Elder Pfleumer and I got pictures up there. After that we met with a family in our branch in the evening.
Tuesday we attempted to visit investigators, with some success. We tried a potential investigator, but he was heading off to work and said we could try again on Saturday. We then met with a woman who has known the missionaries for a long time. She was friendly. Other investigators or less active members we tried that day ended up not being able to meet. Wednesday we met with two solid investigators. They are a couple, and they come from America. At one point, one of the investigators brought up the film "Defending Your Life" to try to get a point across, and thanks to my parents showing me that film years ago, I was able to understand where he was coming from and what he was saying! In the evening we had some stuff come up in the branch that we had to take care of, because we have leadership callings in the branch.
Thursday we traveled to Dortmund for a zone training meeting. There I was able to see a past companion of mine from Paderborn. He is still there, and we were able to catch up, and I got to see some pictures of a recent baptism they had in a river in Paderborn. That was really cool to see. The meeting was all about the Plan of Salvation and practicing teaching this Gospel topic. In the evening we came back to Siegen and took care of some more branch business. Friday we planned for the next week, and met with the senior couple who is involved in our branch at an Asian restaurant, and discussed what we could do for the branch, and after that we went out to try to meet with a family in the branch. Saturday we were able to meet the potential investigator and talk about the Restoration of the Gospel with him, that was a good experience, and we visited a member who is currently in the hospital. We ended the day meeting with some more members in the evening.
Sunday came and we had a Ward Council meeting, which went well, and we had our American Investigators show up to Church! I translated German into English for them during Sacrament meeting, something I haven't done much, but I for the most part was able to keep up. After Church we helped the member in the hospital get some stuff in his apartment as he stays a bit longer in the hospital. All in all, a good week.
Up in a tower in the woods.
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