Liebe Grüße! 

This week was really good! I got transferred from Düsseldorf, which was really sad. I loved Düsseldorf, and I'm going to miss the people there so much, but my new area is awesome. It's called Coburg. It's a pretty small city in north Bavaria (Oberfranken). I fell in love with the city as soon as i got here. It's about 2 Hours from Nürnberg, and the train station here is being renovated, so we're pretty cut off from everyone else. The closest missionaries are the elders in Bamberg, which is about 45 minutes with the train. It's awesome. 

I had a cool experience on my last split in Mönchengladbach. We were teaching a man and his wife (both Germans). The man was really religious, but the wife wasn't. She didn't say too much the whole time, and kept giving us a weird look, as if thought it was crazy. But as soon as we taught the first vision, she was active in the conversation, and she even said she would read the Book of Mormon. It was pretty cool. 

Other than that, things are going really well! Vielen Dank für die Unterstützung! 

Liebe Grüße! 

This week was transfers, so that means that I got a new companion. My last companion got transferred to Dortmund. My new companion and I get along pretty well. He was the Zone Leader in Frankfurt just before he came here. 

We've still been spending a lot of time trying to find people to teach. We are coming up with some pretty good ideas and I am pretty excited for a couple of them. We should start finding a lot of people pretty soon. 

I read a talk this week by Elder Uchtdorf that he gave to mission presidents a couple of years ago. He talked about "The Fearless Missionary." He gave a great example of turning our weaknesses into strengths from the scriptures. He talked about Peter, one of Christ's discliples during His ministry and presiding Apostle after His Resurrection. He compared Peter's life before Christ performed the Atonement.  For example, in Mark 14: 66-72, Peter denies knowing Christ three times, after claiming that he wouldn't shortly before (Mark 14: 29-31). After that, Elder Uchtdorf compares Peter's life after Christ was resurrected. He gave the example in Acts 3: 1-11, where Peter and John heal a man lame from birth. Peter was also taken into prison for his preaching, but boldly testified of Christ. 

I think a scripture that sums this principle up perfectly is either Ether 12: 27, "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." And/or 2 Corinthians 5: 17, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

Vielen Dank für die Unterstützung! Bis nächste Woche! 

Hallo!

I write just a short email this week due to time.

I am transferred to Friedrichsdorf. The temple is there, but it is unfortunately being renovated, and won't be done until 2018. This week I have been studying in the Old Testament. I love the story  of Joseph in Genesis. He is one of my favorites. He has such a good  perspective. After all that happened, he knew that God let it happen,  and he prepared him to be on that position. Had his brothers not sold  him into Egypt, they most likely would have died due to famine. So, God is good.

Danke für alle die Unterstützung! Ich habe euch Lieb! Bis nächste Woche!

Elder Augat will be training a new missionary. His name is Elder Fromm and they will be heading back to Euskirchen from Frankfurt.

If I were to put on my Pysch hat, my guess is Elder Fromm is from Europe. Probably Germany. Fromm is a german name and he is carrying a Thule (swedish) shoulder bag which is more common in Europe.

He could also be an American-German like Kaleb.

Update...his is from Idaho!

Elder Fromm and Elder Augat

Hallo Alles! Es geht mir gut. Genau so wie immer. Ich hoffe, dass es euch alles gut geht. 

This week was very good. Nothing out of the ordinary (for missionary work at least), but just a good, solid week. 

Missions are just amazing. I don´t know what else to say. You get to meet so many people, help them to strengthen their relationship with Jesus Christ, and at the same time, you strengthen your own conversion. It is not easy, nothing is easy, but it is more than worth it. Elder Holland said that "Salvation is not easy."

This week I just want to share a scripture that hit me hard. It is in Matthew 14:31. This is when Jesus is walking on the water, and then Peter starts to walk out to him. Peter saw all of the waves and started to doubt, so he started to sink, and he cried out to Jesus. "And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" This scripture hit me hard. There are so many parallels from this scripture that we can apply to our lives. I will just share a couple viewpoints that I took away from it: 1) We are helpless without the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Jesus lifts us up when we cannot otherwise stand. 2) Jesus IMMEDIATELY stretched forth His hand. He wants us to come to Him. He wants us to succeed. We just have to let Him into our lives. We cannot let our "little faith" get in the way. "Wherefore can (we) doubt?" The nice thing about this is that the grace of Jesus Christ is sufficient. He will always stretch forth His hand when we sink. 

The scriptures are so cool. Really. We can learn so much from them, especially when we "liken them unto ourselves." They are the words of Christ, and "the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do." They "heal the wounded soul." I can give testimony of the power that comes from the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon. They are gifts from God to point us in the right direction. John Bytheway said that "if we want to talk to God, pray. If we want God to talk to us, read the scriptures." 

Vielen Dank für eure Stützung! Ihr seid fantastische! Die Kirche ist wahr!

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Die vorige Woche war sehr gut. Nichts besonders (für Missionsarbeit) ist passiert. Es war aber einfach eine gute Woche. 

Einer Mission ist einfach fantastische. Ich habe keine Ahnung was ich sonst noch darüber sagen kann. Man hat die Gelegenheit mit so viele Leute kennenzulernen. Wir helfen ihnen ihre beziehung zu Jesus Christus zu stärken, dabei wir unsere eigine Bekehrung stärken. Es ist nicht leicht. Nichst ist leicht. Ist lohnt uns aber. Elder Holland sagte "die Errettung ist nicht leicht."

Diese Woche möchte ich einfach eine Schriftstelle mitteilen, die mir viel geholfen hat, meine Bekehrung zu stärken. Sie findet sich in Matthäous 14, 31. Diese Geschichte ist die Geschichte, die wann Jesus auf dem Wasser läuft. Petrus wollte, zu Jesus zu laufen. Er sah die Wellen und er fing an, Angst zu haben. Er schrie nach Jesus. "Jesus streckte sofort die Hand aus, ergriff ihn und sagte zu ihm: Du Kleingläubiger, warum hast du gezweifelt." Diese Geschichte hat mir viel geholfen. Es gibt viele Dinge, die wir von diese Geschichte in unser eigene Leben anwenden können. Ich möchte ein paar Dinge von meine Standpunkt mitteilen, die ich herausgefunden habe: 1) Wir kann gar nichts tun ohne das Sünohpfer Jesu Christi. Jesus hebt uns auf, wenn wir nicht können. 2) Jesus streckte SOFORT die Hand aus. Er möchtet, uns zu helfen. Er möchtet, dass wir zu ihm kommen. Er möchtet, dass wir gelingen werden. Wir müssen ihn in unser Leben eintreten lassen. Wir können nicht "Kleingläubiger" sein. "Warum zweifeln wir?" Die Gnade Christi ist aber genüg. Er will auf jeden Fall seine Hand ausstecken, um uns aufzuheben. 

Die Heilige Schriften sind ehrlich wunderbar. Wirklich. Wir können so viel davon lernen. Insbesondere, wenn wir die in unser Leben anwenden. Sie sind die Worte Christi und die "Worte von Christus werden euch alles sagen, was ihr tun sollt." Sie "heilen die verwundete Seele." Ich kann mein Zeugnis geben davon, dass die Schriften sehr mächtig sind, spezifische Das Buch Mormon. Sie sind Gaben von Gott, um uns zu helfen, auf die richtige Fährte zu sein. John Bytheway sagte "wenn wir mit Gott sprechen möchten, dann müssen wir beten. Wenn wir aber möchten, dass Gott mit uns sprechen wird, dann müssen wir in die Schriften lesen."

Wenn ihr nicht bemerkt habt, glaube ich, dass ich nicht die Email direkt übersetz habe. Ich glaube, dass es manchmal mehr Bedeutung auf deutsch hat, weil es nicht eine direkte Übersetzung gibt. Manchmal ist es aber Bedeutungsvoller auf englisch. Es ist cool, die Unterschied zwischen die Sprache zu erkennen.