Liebe Grüße aus Kaiserslautern! 

I goes me good in Kaiserslautern. I hope that you are all doing well. 

This week we had the opportunity to go to Offenbach to get trained from a member of the Seventy, Elder Adler. It was an amazing meeting. Elder Adler is very inspired. We talked a lot about the new Christmas initiative from the church "Der Welt ein Licht." I am way excited for it. I hope we all remember WHY we celebrate CHRISTmas. 

The coolest thing this week came at church. There is a recent convert in this branch, who probably has the coolest conversion story I have heard. He has a very powerful testimony. The story is too long to tell, so I will try to summarize. 

He lived in Iran is whole life (he is about 30 to 40 years old). He had a friend that introduced him to the church. He felt that it was true, so he and his family migrated to Afghanistan to avoid persecution of Christians. On the way, he was caught by the Taliban, and was taken prisoner. While he was in prison, he prayed to God and said that if Jesus was the Christ, and if Joseph Smith was a prophet, then you will let me see my family again. 5 days later he was let free, which is very unlikely for those who are caught. He then was disowned by his family when they found out that he was converted, and he moved to Germany. He found the church here in Kaiserslautern on his own, and two weeks later he was baptized. He lives 75 km from the church, but makes the hour and a half train ride every week to church, without anyone having to call and get him there. 

I just want to ask if we take what we have for granted. Do we complain about church? Commandments? Rules? Standards? It is really a privilege to have what we have in this church. Never have I realized what truths, doctrines, and blessings we find, until I came on a mission, talking to people that don't have it or don't want it. This man that I talked about went through so much to have this. Just think about that. 

Kaleb is in heaven! Not only is he serving a mission in his favorite place (Germany) but he is at the FCK soccer stadium.