Looking back this week has actually been pretty odd.
To start we've got a new investigator. We met him after checking a
lady's address from 2003. As we left we talked to the first man we saw
on the street. Elder Adams asked him what he believes the purpose of
life to be (it's actually an effective question) after an odd
explanation E. Adams then asked if he had any 'tips' for us. To which
he said "blieb treu und Lüge nicht" I could smell the alcohol on him
and he seems to have been drinking for many years now, but that's
normal in Germany. Our new friend then unexpectedly goes right into
the topic of religion, and we decided to meet again in the coming
weeks. We also learned he conveniently lived in the same apartment
building we had just come from. When we called him a few days later he
invited himself and a friend to church. He might be a miracle.....or
completely crazy.
We tend to meet a lot of those.
Here is an example of what I mean.
So, although I'm in Offenbach I somehow always end up at the Frankfurt
street displays. (That thing where a bunch of missionaries set up a
table of BoMs and do a mass contacting thingy) whether I'm on a split
or we just so happen to be in the area. I've lost track of how many
I've been to. I think I go more than a lot of the actual Frankfurt
missionaries.
During this last one while setting up, a man walked up to the table.
He was a tad shaggy but didn't seem totally crazy at first.
He then proceeded to announce (in English) that he was Jesus Christ,
that he was our God and that the universe obeys him so we should too.
While myself and three other missionaries gave him confused looks and
attempted to show him a BoM he then told us (with some profanity) that
he didn't need religion because he was going to destroy all the
churches in the world.
While the rest of us were still puzzled an Elder out of Brazil (he's
hilarious) then said "okay well, you wanna start with that one?" As he
pointed to the large Evangelical church nearby. And the guy responded
"yes I'll go right now" so the Elder went a short while with him and
the fellow walked off in the direction of the church with a surprising
amount of confidence to try and prove his celestial power.
Sadly.....no, he was not in fact any form of deity. Although I'm a tad
worried that we might have set lose a psycho on an unsuspecting group
of church goers.
Also we might have 52 Religion seeking Africans who might show up at
church on Sunday. I'm not sure if the members in the branch will be
happy or upset about that. I'm not sure what could happen but I'll
explain later if anything develops.
So yeah, to say the least this last week has been interesting. That's
not everything but just a couple events I thought I'd share with my
limited time.
Große Liebe, Auf Wiederhören -Elder Füller
Photos from today with the district.
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| What a great looking bunch! I would love to run into them on any escalator anytime, anywhere. |
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| At least we know he's eating! |
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| ...And eating!! Er hat einen toll aussehenden Haarschnitt! |
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