August 7, 2017 - Working in Berlin

This week has helped me in many ways. Since wee have been here in Berlin, we havent had too much success just starting up the missionary work here but I have learned to trust in out Heavenly Father and in His plan. So this week we have been mainly looking for new people to teach and working through member references but nothing seemed to stick. Not many people wanted us to come back and others had other excuses but one way or another they were not positive. Saturday we still didnt have many positive new people but of course we kept working. 

Sunday rolled around and the few people that did promise to go to church didnt show up. I started to have a bit of a struggle not knowing what to do or what we were doing wrong. Sunday after church we came home and durring our lunch time I started to read the scriptures and just had a comforting feeling and knew that I was here for a reason. After lunch we got back to work and we had the same problem again... then it started raining but nothing like rain at home, it was raining like I have never seen before. We continued to work and within a minute or two we found a family who let us in and we shared a message with them. From just the first lesson that we have with them, the seem to be a lot more positive then the others that we have been finding. Later in the day we went to visit some references with the president of the Relief Society and they also were positive and wanted us to come back. 

Well this week I learned that no matter how long we suffer or have trials, at the end, Heavenly Father will bless us. We only have a little bit of time with these trials but we are already starting to see the blessings. I also learned to look at every situation in a positive way. Like when we were walking around without success and then it started raining it really was a blessing. Because of that rain we were accepted into a house where we could bless the lives of that family and help them with their problems too. 

Well I am learning to trust in my Heavenly Father a little more daily. Sunday also we saw another little miracle that Heavenly Father put in front of us. It was fast sunday and we didnt have lunch to finish our fast. When we left the church I said jokingly to my companion, 'God will provide' like how Abraham said to Isaac. We got home and within a few minutes the neighbors who are members came over and asked if we had lunch. We already had dinner planned at their house but we ended up eating lunch and dinner with them. Heavenly Father truly does provide spiritually and temporally when we put our faith in Him. Have an awesome week.

Love,

Elder Mark Daniel Adams

PS yeah so theres a ton of pics from last week and this week