From Berlin

Hey! So, things are crazy busy here. Way busier than Greifswald. But still in a good way. Where we would spend 5 hours of finding, we are spending 5 hours preparing for our baptisms, working with members, inactives, and investigators. So much to do!

I love it here. We have a few investigators that want to get baptized, well actually we have two baptisms on Saturday. One for a lady named Sabine who lived in Utah and loves the idea that families can live together forever so she is building her testimony and bringing her kids to church. Her husband is already a member but doesn't usually come to church. The other person, well he is an 8 year old kid named Prince. He is the most adorable thing! He is so excited and has waited a long time for this, I don't know what happened, but this was supposed to happen in April... The next person will be baptized on the 28th and his name is Robert. He wanted to get baptized before he goes to Canada on the 2nd of December. He found the church through facebook from some girl in California. He knows the most random facts about the church like the fact that we do genealogy... But, he is reading the Book of Mormon and knows that it is another testament of Jesus Christ and is excited to "finally be a Mormon." The next person who doesn't have a baptismal date yet is Jan. We had a wonderful appointment with him the other day, and he bore such an amazing testimony, but can't join because he is addicted to gambling. I don't really know what the rules are, but I guess you can't get baptized with such a heavy addiction. He plays poker for a living and literally has nothing else to do with his day. It is sad because you can see that he has lost motivation to do anything else with his time. I hope that someday he will stop and recognize his addiction, but as for right now, all we can do is help build his testimony of Jesus Christ.

So, that is some of what is going on with my time here in Tiergarten! I love being here and serving in the big city. Our church is right down the road from a huge statue with an angel and if you keep walking down that road for a while you will find the TV tower. There are statues all over the place and the buildings (well the ones that weren't destroyed from WWII) are just beautiful. There is a river flowing through the city and churches all over the place. I love Germany! The language (though many people think it is hackey) is actually quite beatiful when coming from the mouth of a German. It truly is a miracle to me that I can understand the language around me and actually be a part of the conversation.

I know that God is blessing me for being out here and doing the work!
Have a good day! Love Sister Turner