Liebe Grüße aus Euskirchen!

I hope everyone is doing well. This week was good as always. Not too much new. 

Yesterday we had Pfahlkonferenz in Düsseldorf. We had a member of the Seventy there, Elder Dryden. Let me just say that he "threw down the hammer." He talked about keeping the sabbath day holy. He was just very blunt and straight to the point. It was awesome. He said that "someone who really understands the Atonement will be seen studying the scriptures and praying silently 5 minutes before sacrament meeting starts." It was really cool, and then he started to go over promised blessing that we can receive when we keep the Sabbath day holy. He said that if we keep it holy, then we will be blessed in every aspect of our lives. 

This week I finished the book of John in the New Testament. There were two scriptures that I thought were pretty cool. "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name (John 20: 31)." "And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen (John 21: 25)." I am so thankful that we have the scriptures to lead us and guide us. We have over 2,000 pages of scripture, plus words of the modern day prophets, as well as the testimonies of millions that all point to God and His Son Jesus Christ. In 2 Nephi 29 we read "Know ye not that the testimony of two nations (The Book of Mormon and the Bible) is a witness unto you that I am God..."

This week we did a lot of contacting. We saw some miracles and met some way cool people. I think that one of my favorite parts of missionary work is getting to 1) Study and 2) create relationships with the people here, especially the members. This church is true, and it is a blessing for both the family as well as the individual. 

Herzlichen Dank für die Stützung! Bis nächste Woche! Ich hoffe, dass es euch gut geht!

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Diese Woche habe ich das Buch Johannes fertig gelesen. Es gibt Zwei Schriftstellen die mich gedrungen haben. Johannes 20: 31 "Diese aber sind aufgeschrieben, damit ihr glaubt, dass Jesus der Messias ist, der Sohn Gottes, und damit ihr durch den Glauben das Leben habt in seinem Namen." Johannes 21: 25 "Es gibt aber noch vieles andere, was Jesus getan hat. Wenn man alles aufschreiben wollte, so könnte, wie ich glaube, die ganze Welt die Bücher nicht fassen, die man schreiben müsste." Ich bin sehr dankbar, dass wir die Heilige Schriften haben, um uns zu leiten und zu führen. Wir haben über 2,000 Seite, die Wörter der Propheten, sowie die Zeugnisse der Millionen, die von Gott und Jesus Christus bezeugen. In 2 Nephi 29 lesen wir "Wißt ihr nicht, daß das Zeugnis zweier Nationen für euch ein Beweis ist, daß ich Gott bin..."

Elder Augat next to the Rhein river.