What a busy crazy week! This transfer is only 5
weeks long instead of 6 because President Tavares has a conference with other
mission presidents on the 6th week which makes everything super rushed.
This week we did workshops with every district
in the mission and were on the road all week, getting home late and just going
to bed because we were so exhausted. On Tuesday President Tavares called
and told us that because of the 5 week transfer the zone conferences would
start next Monday. We freaked out a little because we had to prepare for
our zone conference training to the mission but had no time because of
workshops. We got to our regular Sunday night meeting with President
and Sister Tavares and none of us had had time to prepare. President then said,
“Well let’s receive revelation right now.” Literally, I don’t know how
but in one hour all 4 of us had our topics and material for what we are
going to do in the upcoming days. It made me think a lot about the scripture in
Nephi 3:7, "I will go and do the
things the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments
unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may
accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." We really tried during
the week to think about our training for zone conference but didn’t have any
time....but we knew that the Lord would provide a way for us to do our calling.
And he did! This is a great thing that I learned this week that l hope to never
forget.
I will do my training on how to mark people
for baptism with boldness. I am really excited and I have learned so much about
boldness. I love the story in Alma where Ammon teaches King Lamoni. He was 100
percent bold and confident about his message and the doctrine of Christ. We as members of God’s true church need to be
bold and confident in his doctrine knowing that we have the resorted gospel on
the earth--always looking to share this message whether missionary or non-missionary.
This week we had 2 hours to work in our area.
During that time we saw Maria, our miracle from last week. She is like our
grandma, we will knock on her door and she’ll open it saying, "WHY ARENT
YOU BOYS WEARING A JACKET! YOULL GET A COLD!" She always loves to talk. We
saw these big boards that needed to be hauled up several floors to her apartment.
She said that her husband was getting someone to help him. (Her husband is
atheist and doesn’t want to talk to us and doesn’t like us talking to Maria.) We told Maria that while he’s gone we’ll do
it. She was refusing and refusing but we were stubborn and just did it. The
next day we returned and knocked on the door, her husband opened it....we
instantly got prepared for him to freak out at us but he looked at us and
smiled and said, "Come on in!" We couldn’t believe it. He also listened to the lesson and supported Maria
in our teaching. I learned that service and thinking of others will soften
hearts.
We are heading down to the Algarve to start
the zone conferences. It should be a blast! You know, the mission really is the
good life. Even though challenging, it’s
so rewarding. I like it so much. It is
always pushing me to become a better person and overcome challenges and the
natural man.
Remember, God loves us and wants the best for
us. If we want to know His will for us we need to search the scriptures and we
will find it. Love you!
-Elder Herrmann
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