It was a hard day of contacting and no one really wanted to speak with us as well as the streets extremely busy. We weren't in the most effective area at the time it seemed, but I had the chance and stopped a Russian/German woman our age and she was shocked. She was unusually excited and wanted to meet with us at a Cafe. We set up an appointment to meet her personally at a Cafe and introduce ourselves.
She arrived to the appointment, where we enjoyed hot chocolate and gave her a brief overview of our religion. She really enjoyed what we had to say and she explained to us that her life was horrible. As she grew up she was abused by her father, saying she will never be worth anything, only waiting to marry an abusive husband and a nasty divorce right after.
She also explained that she really believes in Jesus Christ and the atonement, and that she had a dream last night where she saw us. (yes us) and was to see us on the street where we were to meet her. We then invited her to church.
She came, loved it, sang the hymns as well. She felt the spirit so strong and wanted to be a member of this church. After the meeting she pulled us aside and said she invited us to her house where we can meet personally. We knew she lived alone, so we explained our rules that we needed a member with us to teach. She didn't want a member, only us, but rules are rules. We set up an appointment to meet her again at the Cafe.
The next day during dooring, we received a text from her, where she announced that she was upset that she invited us over and that if our rules were in the way of our friendship then she wanted nothing to do with us anymore, but will continue to read the book of Mormon to see if it is the word of God. We did our best to explain, but she apologized and said so long as we follow our rules and disregard her, we cannot meet each other again. Very rough letting her go and a little sour at the same time. The was a rough drop. Even dreams and miracles don't convert, faith and desire is what I sense she was missing.
On a higher note Ameer is making so much progress. We are at a little bump with him right now. We are doing our best to tell him that Joseph Smith is a prophet and that coffee is bad for our bodies. He believes the book of Mormon, so we explain that through the book of Mormon we can receive a testimony of Joseph Smith, therefore declaring that the word of wisdom is a commandment from a prophet of God. He says it will take time to convert him because he is still learning and it takes time for him to get to where he wants to be. He says for now he believes that Mormon was a prophet, but now we are trying to get to the next step. Elder Taylor showed a wonderful scripture of Ether 12:6, explaining that so long as we live the commandments, we receive a testimony to know if they are true and from God. This moment was powerful and Ameer really felt the spirit, so we convinced him to live the word of wisdom and hopefully from that he will get his testimony of Joseph Smith.
Life is still going so well. Literally on Monday we just set up six appointments with people and taught two lessons, and this is now a normal day. Yesterday was the same as well, except we didn't have time to find because of all our appointments. Working hard and contacting better. Saarbrücken is alive once again and I have had the opportunity to take part in it. Proud to say it and proud to serve here.
Much love
Elder Monroe
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