Bit more success and such. We have been having lessons with this guy called Hothifa who walked a long way to church just to come and such. He shows lots of commitment and and really wants to learn more. We are so excited for him, but as usual he is busy and must wait 2 weeks because of a wonderful one month party called "Ramadan". Where Arabic people party hard, don't eat all day till the night time, ( which is hard for them because it is bright at about 5:30 in the morning here and is dark at about 11:00 P.M here). Then when it is night they eat drink and be merry most the time. Other than that, he is a really close friend to us and we have had much success with him. He doesn't fight our ideas as the other has, and even better he invites his friends to these lessons. His friends name is Ali. We met him and at first I thought,"oh no we are going to have a bible bashing. He wants to convert us." I was totally wrong and his friend had wonderful questions and is eager to know more. My German was good and I could understand what was going on (gift of tongues is great and the fact that they are Arabic so they mostly speak German really slow.) We gave the first lesson again in a wonderful library. Let's hope we can keep in touch with him.
Haven't really been in contact with Naeem. He is hard at work with Red Cross America and is trying to make things better for other Arabics and refugees living in Germany. I have so much respect for our new member. He is truly converted to the church and has nothing to worry about from Arabic extremists throwing him off a building actually. So wonderful to meet him once a week.
Met with a great returned Missionary. His name is Ben. A really cool man to be with and had the opportunity to do a service project with him. He speaks english better than German. He served his mission in England and it is kind of funny how he sometimes doesnt understand other people speaking German. There is an older investigator called Sasha Pflicht. He is residing in the hospital and he is more of a "ward investigator". What a wonderful ward we have and they are always willing to accept new investigators. Like Pouyan for example. He is our brand new member and was baptized the day before my birthday. He was so excited and Mustabar (the man who is our Persian member. So cool) he had the opportunity to baptize him. He was in tears, and this next Monday a few members invited us over to dinner with Pouyan and gave a wonderful spiritual thought and had great dinner as well. They welcomed him perfectly and he comes to church every week still.
Super cool. There are always hard moments. Germany is always rough. They have lots of "potentials" but when you call them to make a meeting, they totally deny giving your number and don't want to hear from you again. But sometimes that will have to happen. I should be with Elder Fisher for 3 more weeks. 2 transfers are 12 weeks, so till the end of July most likely.
Love you Guys.
Elder Monroe
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