Dearest Familie und Freunden!
I'm getting transferred to Luneberg (SP?) Its just south of Hamburg! I get to serve in the west!!! That is so exciting for me and there is a harbor and a beach and oh I'm so excited! They speak Blatt Deutsch there which is much different from Sächsisch which is the dialect they speak here in Saxony. Blatt Deutsch is closer to Hoch Deutsch and much closer to the language that I learned in the MTC. It's just more clear and they don't use as many made up vowels. I will miss this ward however, they are making some slow progress. They finally finnished their ward mission plan after two years of working on it!
This week was wonderful!!! We had several lessons with Gustave! And he knows that he has to get baptized, but he still wants to know 100% for sure if this church is true because he was baptized before! And he doesn't want it to be okay to just be baptized over and over again. He says that he believes that the Book of mormon is true and that he hopes that Joseph Smith was a true prophet. He has explained many experiences where he has recieved the answer to his prayer but he refuses to recognize it. He just doesn't understand why God would appear to Joseph Smith and let him know and not the rest of us. That God would only give him a feeling. He says that a feeling is not enough, he needs something more but he can' define what it is so he will probably never get it. There is just something holding him back that I just can't understand. I know I'm a horrible missionary. But we have explained everything that in this life we are meant to live by faith, and that 100% knowledge comes as we act in faith. It takes a long time to get 100% knowledge. And guess what! A lot of people don't achieve that in this life! But we live in the hope that comes from Jesus Christ. That he has saved us from our current state of being and has given us a reason to keep progressing and to keep living! To give us light in this life, and to make it possible to really learn and grow. It takes time I undersand that and for most older people who have lived long in this life without the light they have lost the hope of good change. People cling too long to the here and now because they are afraid that it's going to be too hard to change too hard to do, or maybe that they may no like the future. These people are living with out the hope of something better. They can't imagion that there could be something better! This I also think comes from self esteeme issues. They think that their life right now is more than they deserve, even though that may be true, Heavenly Father doesn't care about what we think we deserve. He knows what we deserve, and it's not much (personal revelation is the only thing that we deserve and that is only because he says so), but he wants to give us so much more! And that is what amazes me. He wants to bless us even though we rebel and can't do anything right! I mean think about it if you set up some really nice vacation deal for someone and tailored it exactly to their needs and wants and paid for it, and they refused, rather rudely, would you offer it again? Probably not. Personally, I would probably just go on the vacation myself and forget about them. But thats not what Heavenly Father does! He offers it again and again and again xinfinity! And you may think it is very "Natural Man-ish" of me to ask but, what does He get out of it? Only our company on this fantastic vacation that He planned?! Really?! Does he really love us that much!? That he would do all of that just for our company? When we were whining and complaining and saying no and telling him he should change his plans because we would rather get the bennefits and not sign the contract or so that we could jump ship once we weren't satisfied.
Anyways enough of that. We said good bye to several people as I will be leaving to go to Luneburg. And I gave my testimony that I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior, and that He loves all of His children and that he wants us to be partakers of his glory. I'm really sad to leave Leipzig. I hope that Moritz will stay we got him started on his Family History so that he will be looking forward to the temple. I'm so happy that he is making such great progress!
Thank you everyone for your wonderful support! I love being a missionary I love bringing people to the knowledge of Jesus Christ I love the people even if they don'T love me back! I know that everything is possible with God! The Gospel is just like math one plus one equals two and keeping the commandments everyday brings blessings! When you are doing the lords work you are entitled to His help and he wants to help you! He loves you!! And I do too!
Sincerely,
Sister Knecht
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