February 18, 2015
Yep, shipping out soon.
We leave from Salt Lake City at 11:30, arrive in New York at 5:55 and Leave for
Frankfurt at 7:45 arriving at 9:50 in Frankfurt, Feb 25th. Assuming nothing
changes of course. I bought a phone card so I can call either before, in between,
or both, I'm really not sure yet. I'll call on Dad's phone. Berliners and
Frankfurters [Missionaries going to
Berlin or Frankfurt Missions] have separate flight plans, they stop in
Paris as well I believe.
[Reply to a comment I made to Hayden about me/us needing to respond to invitations
from people or Heavenly Father]
I totally agree, just as much, maybe even
more that the people we invite, we need to respond to invitations and come
closer to Christ. If you invite someone to pray for an answer about something
you've taught there is no way that you can do that powerfully without having
experienced the power of prayer yourself. The same with reading assignments,
repentance, anything that you help people to do to come closer to Christ you
should be doing yourself as a missionary.
Glad that Austin having
fun, good reading and playing hard as always :)
I haven't done one on
one tutoring or call center actually, I've been able to help out companions a
lot and in my last district I taught the lesson on conversational past tense.
The teachers sometimes turn to me for confirmation on grammar principles. I've
been blessed with the ability to learn and understand language and with a head
start in German, it's a cool opportunity to help other missionaries learn.
Elder Garcia speaks Spanish as well and I heard that there are a lot of Spanish
speakers in Heidelberg or around that area, who knows, he could end up there,
tri-lingual skills. It is so cool to watch the missionaries learn and grow,
from a slightly outside perspective as pertaining to language. They progress so
fast, study hard and have a lot of faith. The analogy of "drinking from a
fire hose" language wise is very true. They teach them SO much! An
impressive amount sticks, but usually it just hurts they say :) They do well
and have great attitudes; everyone is excited to go to Germany.
I got another Journal
specifically for setting goals. I set a lot of goals and grow a lot, but often
I forget to check back on them and see how I progress/ if I'm accomplishing
them well. Memorizing German scriptures. (I sent Taylor a list). Personal
scripture study, companionship study, Language study, things to work on in
additional study time, fitness goals, Christ-like attributes that I'm working
on. Luke 2:52,
wisdom (learning goals) stature (physical goals) favor with God (spiritual) and
man (social). The "well-rounded square" that we talked about in
Sunday school, setting goals within important broad categories. I have learned,
am learning, and will continue to learn and grow a lot, there is always so much
more! One scripture that I really liked about humbly accepting what you don't
know but really knowing what is important is 1 Nephi 11:17
"And I said unto him: I know that [God] loveth His children; nevertheless,
I do not know the meaning of all things.
Just like Nephi said in
that verse, there may be a lot that I do not know, but I do know that God loves
his children. (Romans
8:16 "the Spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the
children of God.)
Love it! Love the
Scriptures and so excited to share this message with the people of Germany!
Thank you again for the email and package,
Love,
Elder Blanchard
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