Elder Jesse M Killpack September September 29, 2014

Dear Family, 

I don't know everything that I can put down on for this week. We did a
ton of work and people kept almost all of their appointments. We
taught three lessons one day with our ward mission leader. Three
people came to church. And a family wants to get baptized. Well just
the parents. Their kids are still in Mexico. It is really sad how people
separate their families and have to do it to provide for them. This
family is going back in a month so we will see if they go back members
or just very prepared investigators. It's kinda funny because they are
fairly white but speak Spanish and nothing of English. We are going to
keep working hard so that we can be able to keep up the numbers and
maintain all the people we found. So many people are prepared. We went
to a house looking for someone but a different man came down. We
talked to him about learning English and  took him and showed him
the church. He was interested in the gospel as well. He had kinda
stepped away from the religion scene to make sure he was doing  the right thing. We will see if he comes around this next week. I
can't write down everything but know that I'm very grateful for this
week and the hand of the Lord that was ever present. 

Love

Elder Killpack









Teaching the spirits in prison. 

Elder Robert Scott Killpack September 29, 2014

Modeling the Lederhosen

The Beer Wagon Horses

Hanging with the Neuotting Elders

It was a good week here in Landshut we are starting to teach a lot of lessons! We taught 12 lessons this week, which is pretty good here. We have 7 baptismal dates!! The thing is, is that dates don't mean anything unless they actually get baptized! 

We taught Adwoa and Pratt twice this week! They are a cute little family they have two young kids and are really trying to find the right way in coming to Christ! Adwoa is scared about life because she doesn't want to go to hell. We were able to teach her the Plan of Salvation and were able to help get rid of that fear!! The Plan of Salvation is the greatest thing in our gospel!! I love it so much because it helps us everyday whether we know it or not. One of my favorite quotes now is "Faith is the antidote to Fear." That is so true.  If we have faith in the Plan of Salvation then what is there to worry about. We all know people that have died and it feels like we will never be able to see them again or  think it will be possible. That is the beauty of this Plan of Happiness. We can know through our faith that this is not the end. We have people waiting for us. Some people are waiting just to be with us again and are as happy as could be. There are also the other people such as the Granz's who are trying everything they can on the other side to get their work done and that alone gives me the faith that we will see these people again.  Especially people who we have lost that were so close to us!! So think about your fears, then think about your faith concerning those fears. If your faith doesn't relieve the fear, then find out why and grow your faith. We are here to grow and learn and the more we do that, the more our faith/antidote will grow and overcome all of our fears. I know this is true because I have seen this in my life and see it start to change the lives of the people around me. This is why faith is the first principle of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!!

Oktoberfest!! Oktoberfest was a blast! I love Germany. We had our Lederhosen and were looking mighty german in the biggest party in the world! Had a classic Brotwurst and enjoyed watching people sing drinking songs and enjoying the german culture, the only problem was that nobody there wanted our Das Wort der Weissheit pamphlets! (Word of Wisdom) They really do know how to have a good time here without being totally out of control haha. I will send some pictures and videos hope you guys like it!!

ELDER KILLPACK

They even have Jesse's favorite ride

Sister Bailey Jayne Love September 29, 2014

Family and Friends,

This week has been a blur! We got a surprise phone call on Tuesday saying that I needed to be to a leadership meeting on Thursday and that I would have to find my companion a place to go. It was so incredible. Brothers Donaldson and Littlefield (from the missionary department) were there to train us. I learned so much! Now it's all just a matter of implementing it into the work.

They said that they had this corporation of some sort do a survey. They asked people "If you were given the opportunity to learn about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and invited to be baptized would you?" I can't remember the exact numbers, but it worked out to be that each area in our mission had an average of 900 people that said yes... I'm really upset that they didn't give these people as referrals to the missionaries.. anyways I guess we'll just have to go find them!

Another thing that stuck out to me was that Brother Littlefield said "Eternity swings on very small hinges" just something to think about day to day.

They also taught us how to simplify. I never thought that it would be a bad thing to know too much about this gospel.. I still don't know enough, but when teaching spiritual babies we need to keep it simple.

Overall it was an amazing experience.. Not sure why I was there because it was just zone, district, and sister training leaders.. I felt super out of place.

Well I love you all! The work is moving forward each and everyday! make sure you don't get left behind!

Sister Love

Beautiful Ohio

Sister Farmer

Elder Jesse Killpack. September 22, 2014

Dear Family and Friends,

This week was about enduring to the end, and seeing the blessings that

come from it. We contacted tons of people but none  chose  to

keep their appointments. But that's how the work goes. We found some

people that are ready to accept the truth. Last night we talked to

Mario, a man I found a while back on exchanges. We were on our way to

the church at the end of the night when we saw him and began to talk

to him. We went over our last lesson and got back up to Joseph Smith

and the Book of Mormon. As we talked about it Elder Turner mentioned

that we were going to watch a video but we went ahead with a couple

questions he had. We offered him the book and he said no, saying that

he wasn't worthy or ready to take it. We took the time to explain

that it was the only way he was going to become close to God again. 

It was one of the most personal times for my testimony. 

To explain to him that sometimes we don't even feel worthy

to pray to God and talk to such a magnificent being. Yet it is the

only way to become worthy in His eyes. The atonement is infinite and

can cover anything except denying the Holy Ghost. Don't do that! haha.

As we kept talking he reminded us about the video we had

forgotten. We shared it and it was crazy strong. Elder Holland

explains the introduction to the Book of Mormon very well. The man

began to feel a change of heart and looked very contemplative and

accepted it and thanked us a lot. He was almost to the point of crying.

Almost. Haha I am excited to hear about the temple and I can't wait to

be a part of all that as well. This week I got a hold of old Ensign with

articles about the Book of Enoch. Nothing has made me want to know

more languages like that. It made me feel like I should

look into using language skills to work in the church somewhere. I would love

working with old documents or something. It would give me an easy way

to always be building up Zion and bring about more knowledge to

myself and the world at large. I'll still need to do more thinking and

praying. If you want to delve into some crazy stuff, read those

articles by Hugh Nibley, my new hero. They are called A Strange Thing

in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch. I will never look at Genesis

or the Book of Moses the same way again.  I love you a lot. I am going to

come back smart just you watch and ever so humble.

Love

Elder boy named after dog

P.s. Still don't know how I forgot that story. Classic.

Elder Robert Killpack. September 22, 2014

WOW!

Been an AMAZING WEEK! 

So last week we had an Austausch where me and Elder Barnhart did work in Landshut. He is from Passau. What was stressful about this Austausch was that I was in charge and had to plan for everything.  Take lead in discussions and basically rely on the Lord because there was no way I was ready for this. So we had a lesson that night and I was supposed to take the lead.  It was a German investigator, and I was freaking out because my German is not quite there yet. I was surprised to see the gift of tongues and the Holy Spirit speaking for me as I taught Schwester Mespe and Edith! I was going off testifying die wichtigkeit des buch mormons and it was amazing to see the spirit start growing in their eyes and to hear them commit to reading.  Praying with real intent made the lesson that much more spiritual!! It was just so amazing to see the work of Lord going on when I seriously had no idea what was going happening. After that lesson I asked Elder Barnhart what had just happened. I literally don't know what I said. It goes to show that it is the Lord, not us, who are teaching these people!!

Adwoa and Pratt! So our district leader used to serve in Landshut and knew this lady and her husband that were really interested in the Gospel. She had a baby and got way sick so they lost contact with them.  Elder Spencer, our district leader, told us to go see if they are still interested. They were! We taught them this week and talked about the restoration. They said they love this church but want to know everything about it before they decide to join. We were still able to make baptismal dates with them and now have 2 more people on the road to salvation!!! It is really funny because we now have 6 people with baptismal dates and they are all African. None are german. hahah (I think that maybe the Africans are a little more humble;) 

So we went to Neuotting this last weekend for an Ausstellung. I don't the word in English haha but it's  like a set-up or exhibit. There was a fresh Golden there. Had only been here for a week now. When we first got to Ausstellung, I had a feeling that I should go out with the new Golden during his first Ausstellung.  Both of our trainers looked at me funny but said okay, its your doom basically.  haha. I was able to go finding for about 2 hours with Elder Nebeker. It was really good for me because I had to take the lead in talking to every person and not rely on someone else to translate for me. I was training for 2 hours basically and it was super scary, but one of the best experiences of my mission yet. It was pretty intense having to be the one to answer every question even though the person was speaking way fast german. With  the power of the Lord again I was able to do it!! We were able to place 4 books of mormon that day which is quite a bit for one day. It was just so cool to see how far I have come and how much the Lord has help me get to where I am! I have been so blessed on my mission with my companion, my ward, and with the strength of the Lord. I could not be happier right now and I hope that all of you can find that same happiness. A huge step

is to take a step back. Look at what the Lord has done for you, and given you, and there is seriously no way you can not be happy!!!

Love you ALL

Elder Killpack

This is the cat I baptized! 

Missionaries forbidden.

                                                                         Alleyway

    

Classic Germany

Sister Bailey Jayne Love. September 22, 2014

Super Jealous!!

Hello Everyone!!

Things have been SLOOOOWW... As of late, but the hand of the Lord is in everything we do! There are so many miracles each and everyday! I should really start writing them down because by the end of the day so many have happened that it's impossible to remember them all.

Our ward is continuing the 40 day fast and I can just feel all the promise that's on it's way. We're working hard to find those people that are prepared. Some of them might be right in front of our faces. We taught a less active on Saturday and he uninterested husband had so many questions. We told him that we have answers and we're meeting with them again on Thursday. That's just one example of everything that's been happening. It's really exciting.

I love my mission. More than I ever thought I would. I've learned so much about myself but more importantly I've learned about our Heavenly Fathers plans. I love the temple so much because of the work that we can do for others there. Family History seems to be everywhere the past couple of weeks. From Bobby's experiences to the opening of the Ogden temple. Just going onto LDS.org shows how important that work is. I'm so excited to go to the temple again, but I know that I'm doing another very important work outside.

I love you all! Thank you for everything!

Sister Love

Elder Robert Scott Killpack , September 17, 2014

Great Week of Missionary work. 

Baio... He is doing great haha he is one funny dude. He is from the heim and very humble. So the last two weeks he has wanted to come to church but wasn't able to because he didn't know how to get there. Albert his roommate was supposed to show him the way. But for some reason, Albert wasn't  able to come either. So last week we took Baio to the church and showed him how to get there from the Heim so he could come! He was a little drunk that night and kept saying how sorry he was for not coming because he hates disappointing people! He was also super sorry that he broke the word of wisdom and said that from that day on he would never smoke or drink again. I just hope he remembered all of that:) He has a really big heart and the desire to learn and be baptized is there, but he is just having problems quitting smoking and drinking. I know he will be able to do it but it will just take some time!!

We had Zone training last week as well and it was really good!  Elder Garret and I had to teach our Zone a little about Exact Obedience, and I learned so much from that! I read through the scriptures and saw all the promises and blessings given to us when we are exactly obedient. And after reading all of that I don't want to be anything but exactly Obedient. I know that it will be hard but if I/we try our hardest then the Lord with the mercy given us with pick up the slack:)

I don't know if I have talked about Mike yet, but we had a really good lesson. Mike is an eternal investigator and just has his views on church and never has wanted a Baptismal date because he hates planning for things so far in the future. He just wants to be led by Christ in the moment. So what we did we in a sense was tricked mike... hahah we told him how we have someone being baptized on October 11th and wanted him (Mike) to take the same lessons and steps has someone that is going to be baptized would. But we won't give you a baptismal date, we just want you to be ready to be baptized on October 11th and he accepted haha! So hopefully all goes well with him!! He is really close just needs that last push. It's is kind of cool because its a little part of Jesse's mission in mine because Mike is from New Jersey!

My first real German Talk!! I gave a talk yesterday in sacrament meeting and it was a pretty cool experience. I prepared the whole week before I mean the last three days before I had to give my talk! I wrote my entire talk in English. Ya I know crazy right? Then the craziest thing happened I tried to translate it and did really good. Elder Garrett only had to help me correct 80 percent of it. When I got up there I didn't look at my written talk the whole time except for the 6 minutes that I read from it!!! Wow I did so great just fluent. Already best one out there..... It was a good Sunday because later that day the Elders from Neuötting had a baptism and it was way cool to see someone go under the water and enter into this church clean and pure!

Oops and then we almost burned our apartment down... Yup it was an almost tragic day!  Elder Garrett and I were making stir fry and noticed that we forgot some sauce when shopping last p day, so we decided to go to our basement, It's like our grocery store. We literally  live on top of a grocery store. We started to cook our noodles  full blast on the stove.  Mistake number 1. Then we left to go get the sauce. Right before we left our apartment I thought we should pray because we always do before we go outside, but we decided it was only going to be 2 seconds and  we didn't  need to pray for that... we were wrong. As soon as I walked out and closed the door Elder Garrett hit his pockets and didn't have the keys...  The only spare is in Vienna, Austria with the Senior Couple in our ward. OOPS. Mistake number 2.  We were freaking out because the stove was on and we didn't know what to do. We called our branch president and he was going to help us out, but it was going to cost 500 euro of Personal Money to fix it. He then  called us back and said because of the fire hazard in the apartment, the  fire department would come open it up for free. So he called them and 5 mins later the sirens came to our door!! Wow, was that embarrassing!  Haha but the moral of the story is to always pray before you leave the house;)

Have a great week!

Elder Killpack

Teaching the Kitty, 

Shout out to Sammy and Max!

A poor picture of the entrance of OKTOBERFEST.

Sister Bailey Jayne Love. September 17, 2014

Sound Forth the Trumpet!

Dear Family and Friends.

I'm a little short on time so this will be quick.

The other day we were walking down the street and we heard a horn blow... Sister Farmer and I set out to find what was making this sound. We saw a man across the street and concluded that it was coming from him and the musical instrument he was holding in his hand. I waved and thought nothing of it. We round the end of the street and walked past his home again, this time he was just finishing a bike ride around the block. We stopped him and asked him about his trumpet. He said it was a Shofar which is a biblical horn used to warn or to inform. We struck up a great conversation with him and set up a return appointment. He met with us and told us that there was something different about us and that he feels like we were truly led by God to find him. He is very active in his own church, but has committed to read the book of Mormon and be baptized if he knows its true. His name is David Smith! Hopefully this week we can get him to church so he can feel of the spirit that is there.

I love you all so much! thank you for all the support!

Sister Love

Elder Jesse Killpack. September 17, 2014

Elder Anderson Visit.

We had a general authority visit the mission. We went to Philadelphia

for the conference. Elder Anderson was great. He enlightened us in

many subjects. It made me really want to focus on teaching the

doctrine of Jesus Christ. We had a man Joaquin come to church brought

by members. He is super solid. If he doesn't get baptized I'll be

shocked. Very humble. They actually asked him to pray at the end of

the meeting in priesthood. I don't think they realized that he wasn't

a member. It hadn't happened in a while for me that a member brings

someone. It's a real blessing and were going to do our best to take

care of him. You should forward the other letters Bobby sends I did

see the one about the German ancestors and then the Romanian family.

Last weeks and this weeks I didn't see. Going back to the main point.

We had a celebration for the independence of Mexico Guatemala and El

Salvador. We had super good food. Carne asada so that you have some

Spanish in there.  It took almost the whole day to have everything

worked out. Because we were going to do it in the park but it rained

almost all day so we did it in the church. Did I tell you the church

used to be a bank? I met a lady from Brownsville Texas. She was very

nice. I'm still trying to figure out why and how the Hispanics end up

here in jersey. They all work in the fields and factories. It makes it

hard to meet with some of them but it also helps us know who the

prepared people are. Those who are willing to make time for God in

their lives. Time's going too fast I am doing what I can to make the

best of every moment and fulfill my purpose.

Elder Killpack

Yum

Jesse Killpack. September 8, 2014

Dear Family, 

Well a lot and a little happened this week. We had a great experience finding Maximo again. He was the one that had come to church. We were able to teach him the restoration and he says that he wants to be baptized. On October 19th. Yay!  I'm excited for him. We will see how well he does. He likes church and reading but this week he fell asleep in church. It's okay it happens to the best of us. It was a long church and he works all week. Oh well he still feels like he had a good experience. We talked to a man about the Book of Mormon on the street and then he took us to his house and we taught him the restoration. His friend started to try to go after us though saying that we need to use  the bible more granted. We had already used four verses such as Amos 3, James 1:5, Amos 8:11-12, Ephesians 4:11,12.  He came in after we asked him something and  said ok ok ok, let's put the pamphlet down and talk biblically. So he was going on about how the bible is only 66 books and how he doesn't read about Joseph Smith in the bible and how there will be false prophets. I answered by asking him if he was reading in the bible first, and how that doesn't mean that Joseph Smith doesn't exist because I don't read about him in the bible. We then explained foremost the importance of prayer and reading the Book of Mormon to know the truth. Then we read Matthew 7 about "By their fruits ye shall know them." And Isaiah 11:10. He still wouldn't let those same questions go and so I pulled a sermon like response like in John 8. Basically we told you the truth and you would not hear. We explained better the lack of authority they had and the lack of logic by using the examples  that Christ's name doesn't appear in our Old Testament but we know it talks about him. It also doesn't talk about any prophecies of Paul until it happens in the New Testament.  The other guy that invited us over still wanted to read the Book of Mormon so that was good. Lots of stuff, but that's the story I chose hope it was a good one. 

Love

Elder Jesse M Killpack

Sister Bailey Jayne Love. September 8, 2014

Family and Friends!

This week was a really good one! frustrating, but good! According to our district leader we need to step it up (to be honest that never changes though. We ALWAYS need to step it up), but we feel like we accomplished exactly what the Lord wanted us too. We are overflowing with potential and we just need to have the faith that we will be able to make it happen.

No updates on Carla yet. She's going through an awful lot, but we are planning on meeting with her this week.. It's hard being patient when people say they need time when we know what they really need is the healing power of the atonement.

I got bit by a wiener dog this week. I've never wanted to kick something so bad, but I had to remember that he was one of God's beautiful creations. That and I was wearing a tag and I didn't want the owners to have bad feelings toward the church. Nevertheless I completely another thing on my missionary bucket list!

Thank you for all the support you give me! I love you all!

Sister Love

Picture: how I feel about all of you!! except for when I'll see you next... definitely won't be tomorrow..

Robert Scott Killpack, September 8, 2014

Dear family and friends,

This was a good week! We got two more baptismal dates for October 11th! Theony (pronounced t-o-nay) and her daughter Marie. The Lord has helped us find all these people! Two weeks ago, me and Elder Garrett were frustrated because we literally had nobody to teach! But we decided that one week we were just going to find and prayer extra hard for the Lord to give us people to teach. The first week we still had nobody, but the next week we had people finding us and it seemed like everyone we talked to wanted us to come over and teach them and within 2 days we had 10 new investigators which is a lot in our mission for two days! The Lord is answering our prayers and I am so grateful for the Lord's work! It is literally His work we are just the vessels for him to do His work! I am so grateful that i can be apart of that and watch the Lord's miracles first hand! Sorry that it is kind of short but I promise next week I will have more to talk about ha:) Thanks for all the prayers the headaches are gone!

Elder Killpack

Innenstad

Nassau

Nassau

Signed the secret missionary wall in the elevator! You just open the door between the ground floor and the first floor:)

Addresses

Addresses for all three Missionaries

Elder Robert Scott Killpack

Zweibrückenstraße 717

Bei Kirche Jesu Christi

84028 Landshut

Germany

Sister Bailey Jayne Love

316 Lakeside Circle

Marysville OHIO

43040

Elder Jesse Killpack

 12 Franklin street

Bridgeton New Jersey 08302

Sister Bailey Love. September 2, 2014

Dear Family and Friends,

I first of all want to apologize and repent publicly for being a spoiled grouchy teenage girl. I try not to let many people know I'm having a hard time but the past couple of Preparation days I have let a lot slip. Thank you all for still being supportive even when I whine and complain. Our Heavenly Father has given us so many blessings and it is FAR too often that I don't recognize them. I love my mission more than anything in the world. I'm so grateful to be out here. 

One of the greatest miracles that we've witnessed this week is about a woman named Carla. Carla's brother just recently joined the church down in Lancaster. With a little bit of greenie member fire of his own he has shared it with his sister. Carla has been through a lot and she already recognizes the need of the Savior in her own life. She also recognizes that we are servants of Him and that we can help her get there. She's an incredible woman and we're so excited to work with her. 

Going along with my selfishness this week I studied this morning Alma 37. At the end of the chapter He talks about looking to God... Something so simple. I often think about the children of Israel not looking to Moses and his staff when he promised that we would be able to heal them. How often do we refuse to find peace and comfort in our Savior because it's incredibly simple to ask for it. He is always there. As missionaries we invite all to "look to God and LIVE". I invite you all to do so this week!

I love you so much! 

Sister Love

Missing my Pleasant View

Elder Jesse Killpack. September 2, 2014

Hello all, 

Next week Ill be able to hear the video.  Sorry, it looks very nice! I did see I love you,  and  I love you too! This was a week was full of miracles. I'll start with yesterday because its fresh on my mind. They changed p-day to today because of the holiday and so now we had no plans because we don't plan over p-day. Well, luckily we were told early so we were able to make two appointments during those hours. So when we walked out it was hot,  but we said, "its going to be a great day!" even though we had no evidences yet. Later,  like forty seconds, my tire was flat on my bike. We fixed that and started again 3 minutes later (just needed air) and again we said, " Its going to be the best day." We continued like that the whole day even until 9pm saying that it was going to be a great day and it ended up being like that. We found a guy on his porch taught him about Jesus Christ and Baptism He now has a baptismal date. We went with a member and taught a lesson to a new investigator we found Sunday. She let us in and we taught the restoration.  Our member bore his testimony saved the chance to get a return appointment,  invited her to church and she has a baptismal date as well. Later we found the brother of the man we were looking for.  He doesn't have a church and  feels lost. He told us that he liked reading Genesis,  Exodus and Psalms. I told him that I bet he would like Alma as well which sparked questions. We read Alma's  conversion story and he liked it a lot and invited us back. No baptism yet for him. It  wasn't the time yet but he will have one wednesday as well as his brother. We saw a less active and She cooked us great food and i ate crickets for the first time. It actually didn't taste too bad. It tasted kinda like lemon sun flower seeds I guess. Haha.  It really showed me how important it is to have a good attitude no matter what. I hadn't really seen a big difference like that before but it works. We had a lot of success among the black community too. I don't have tons of time to expand on that but two men have accepted baptism as well. The next goal is to figure out the situation with people at church.The best part is that all but one of the baptismal dates that we have are set are for my birthday. Hopefully that will be one of my birthday presents. We met a man from Mexico that almost got baptized there but then wasn't able to pull himself through the gate. When we talked to him he asked how long it would take to get baptized and if he could go around with us, and about tithing. Super cool working hard,  being obedient, with a good attitude.

Love

Elder Killpack
PS. I'll try to send pictures if I can find extra time. Love you!

Eating Crickets

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Elder Robert Killpack September 2, 2014

Hello to all! 

This has been the craziest week yet! But before I get to the stories I want to say my headaches have gone away and thanks for all the prayers, they were felt! 

This week the work really shot through the roof!  Monday of last week we were walking to the bank to exchange some money. The Neüotting Elders needed to get some money for the week as well. On the way back from the bank, a man eating a döner at a table outside, asked us what church we were from. We told him the we were missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He then gave us his number and said he wanted us to call him and set up a time to learn more about the church. We called him and met with him last Wednesday and taught him the Restoration of the Gospel. It was a good lesson. He is Romanian and speaks very little german, but enough to communicate. So the whole time we were playing the ultimate game of charades trying to help him understand what we were teaching him. He just didn't quite get it, but  invited us to come back over on the following Saturday. When we went he ended up inviting his family and his friends to hear the message we had for them. So instead of just teaching Alex, we were teaching 5 more people and have another 10 he wants to introduce us to! They, as well as Alex. can't speak german... We were able to invite them to church even though they knew they wouldn't be able to understand. They came! Now here are two crazy, behind the scene, parts to this story! Before I start, I have to explain the layout of the city. If you start at our apartment and go straight on the road that we live on, there is a bank and then the döner shop where we met Alex. Next, there is  the Bank that we were able to use to exchange our currency.  We had tried 3 times to go to the first bank that would transfer my money and every time we went, something stopped us from being able to do it. When we were able to finally exchange currency at the final bank, and were leaving,  Alex stopped us.  The reason this is so crazy, is that if any of the first three times we went to go exchange money, and we had, then we would have just gone to the normal bank and never would have passed Alex.

Now, part two of craziness. There is only one elder in the whole mission that can speak Romanian. He had been in Switzerland his whole mission. Normally, once you're in Switzerland you are always in Switzerland. Not only that, he had been Zone leader in Switzerland. Last transfer he got transferred to be the ZL in the München Zone, which is unheard of for someone to go from being a  ZL to ZL.  If he wouldn't have been in München then he wouldn't have been unable to joint teach with us this week just like we are going to do! God loves each and every one of his children and makes things line up perfect so they can hear of the gospel in any case!! 

Now Story number two. We have places here in Germany called Asylheims. They are a shelter place for africans who are tying to get away from dangerous situations back home and start a new life. And they stay in these heims until they have worked and have become contributing citizens to the community where they live. And once they achieve that, they become citizens and can move out of the heim. But we have a member who has been less active but is now officially active his name is Albert and he lives in the heim. Three weeks ago Bayo (bio is how you say it) moved into the same room as Albert. And as we were teaching Albert last Tuesday, he introduced us to Bayo and Bayo invited us to teach him about the stuff we were talking to Albert about. We met with him and taught him the Restoration but had to teach it very slow so that he could understand it, He really wants to have Christ be a bigger part of his life and  to quit smoking. We challenged him to pick a date for a baptismal goal, and thus, we have our first baptismal date in Oktober! 

The work here in Landshut is about to explode and I don't want to hear the work is hard here or there or you won't have any success there or in that area, because we don't decide that. The Lord puts people where they need to be when they need to be and He knows His children. He is going to do anything for them and we as missionaries need that faith and to allow ourselves to be God's vessels and to bring the world his truth. When we do that, and do His will and forget the things of this world and serve diligently WE WILL SEE THE SHEPHERD GATHER HIS SHEEP.

Elder Killpack