Liebe Grüße! 

Diese Woche war gut. It has gotten very cold here. Down to -11 degrees Celsius and with humidity. Unfortunately no snow. 

This week was good. We met with some interesting people and had an awesome Zone Training. This months theme for the mission was Preach My Gospel chapter 5 "The Book of Mormon." I feel like I talk about the Book of Mormon in every email, but oh well. It is an amazing book. 

Elder Tad R Callister explained a little bit about the importance of the Book of Mormon:

"The Bible is one witness of Jesus Christ; the Book of Mormon is another. Why is this second witness so crucial? The following illustration may help: How many straight lines can you draw through a single point on a piece of paper? The answer is infinite. For a moment, suppose that single point represents the Bible and that hundreds of those straight lines drawn through that point represent different interpretations of the Bible and that each of those interpretations represents a different church. What happens, however, if on that piece of paper there is a second point representing the Book of Mormon? How many straight lines could you draw between these two reference points: the Bible and the Book of Mormon? Only one. Only one interpretation of Christ’s doctrines survives the testimony of these two witnesses."

Plus there are so many promises and blessings that come from reading the Book of Mormon. Zum Beispiel, "the Book of Mormon (is) the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book." There really is a power that comes from the Book of Mormon. There are probably a lot of reasons for that, but one reason I believe is because it is what some prophets have called pure doctrine. It is untouched. One translation from Joseph Smith through the power of God. We don't ask people to take our own word for it, but to ask God, the All-knowing, if it is true (Moroni 10: 3-5). I know that the Book of Mormon is true.

Vielen Dank für eure Unterstützung! Ich habe euch Lieb! Bis nächste Woche!