June 22, 2015
Heello Family!!
Happy Monday! Glad to
hear about fun and success of ending school, Summer plans nailed down too.
Transfer calls: Yep, I'm
going to have a new companion. Elder Fitzgerald is headed off to Dortmund to be
a zone leader. He's excited for change, (not that he didn't like it here in any
way) new good things coming. Packing and squeezing in some last appointments
this week, we switch on Thursday. My new companion is Elder Cloward. I don't
know where he's from, where he's served or anything about him really. Except
that he's been serving for about 10 transfers.. so about a year and 2-3 months
I guess [Dad note: 6 weeks between
transfers. When new missionaries arrive, old ones go home and other may change
location]. Looking forward to making a new friend and continuing to further
the work here in Mainz. Other than that... We have 2 people who asked for a
Book of Mormon through Mormon.org whom we
are hoping to visit soon. We stopped by at one man's home twice but he wasn't
there, hard to coordinate via email or phone with him too. We have an
appointment to bring the Book of Mormon by to the other man tomorrow though and
we're looking forward to that. Hoping that we can share with him a bit of what
it's about, where it came from, why it matters, answer some questions and
continue to teach him. Help him come unto Christ!
Also, I gave a talk on
Sunday for the second time in German, first time in Germany. I gave one in the
MTC [Missionary Training Center] as well
about repentance. It's about 5 pages and all in German of course, but Dad can
translate and check that out. I'll send it to you next time I have it with me.
(saved on the church computer)
Service and Eternal
life! How service helps us to love one another, thus repenting and keeping our
baptismal covenants, becoming more Christ like. There's a lot more (of course,
5 pages, double spaced MLA format, the English teachers in my life would be
proud) but that's the core.
Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Blanchard
A visit to the Zoo.
A little ice cream after the Zoo with the other Missionaries in the District [area]
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