Wk 17A DTF Apr 17

Wk 17 DTF Apr 17

Meet Godfrey!  Daniel looks so happy in his "Dad sandals".

With Elder Estheimer in the local forest not far from their flat.

Climbing things as always!

Practicing his Tarzan moves close to the ground.

I don't think they grow 'em this big in US zoos.

He looks old but is very handsome indeed.

There are several more pics of him coming up to meet this elder, he knew there would be a treat to eat.

Wk 17 RLF Apr17

I'm gonna write a big email with some updates I think cause I have like no time left.  Ugh the two hours go by CRAZY fast.  I'm learning a lot this transfer.  And I'm grateful for my companion, she's teaching me how to be humble and take direction even if it doesn't sound like a good idea.  She's also teaching me thing I don't like about myself, so hopefully it will be easier to change those things.  It's all a miracle, the atonement of Jesus Christ and the opportunity we have to raise a voice of warning to the people here.  I loved Bens email so much about how sometimes you're there to open the way for other missionaries and I have definitely seen that in the time I have here.  There are so many people who have been investigating on and off for years.  And finally one day show up and say I'm ready,  show me the way.  The Lord prepares people at his pace and in his time. And he is always aware.  He knows us,  he loves us, and the least we can do is follow the path he set for us cause we literally are just here to be happy and learn to be like him.  PMG characteristics of Christ has literally changed my life.   

And holy cow all the information we have!  I never knew how little I actually knew about the gospel until I started studying an hour every day.  It's not enough time!  I just feel like it's going so fast an I just never have enough time!!! 

Ahhh :)  

23A BJF Apr 20

These German sheep look super healthy!!  Ewes not fat, ewes fluffy!

This is something that washes up under bridges occasionally in early Spring.  I think it is called a Golden Greenie!!  
Anyone up for a Dirt Angel??

Wk 23 BJF Apr 20

Elder Fuller got transferred to Bonn!  All I know is it's the birthplace of Beethoven.

So uhh fun stuff in the last couple weeks. I was working with Elder A.
In Offenbach buuuuttt through a series of particular decisions among
the higher-ups of the mission I am now serving in the city of Bonn
with Elder Warr. He's straight up awesome, we get along too well. I'm
hoping it'll stay that way.

Holy heck was it a change, first packing everything (already half done
because of the move in Offenbach) then we went out to Frankfurt and I
had to say auf weitersehen to my favorite district. Then after almost
hopping on the wrong train (which would have put me near Berlin) I
made the almost 3 hour Zug Fährt to Bonn.
The tracks went along the Rhein river through the greenest canyon I've
ever seen with small villages, farms and literal castles littered
along the rivers steep cliffs. Personally I think Texas is the better
place to live but no place I've seen in Texas comes close to how
beautiful the German country-side can be, meine Güte. Regrettably I
didn't have the thought to take pictures then as I was sitting in awe
but hopefully I can make up for that.

Once I arrived in Bonn I was surprised at how packed the Bahnhof was
and so I wandered around looking for the Elders....Then I saw all
three of them standing a head or two above the rest of the crowd.
Standing at 6ft, I am now the little guy.

From there we jumped right into working and today was the only rest
thus far but not really because we spent Pday running after trains,
hiking through forests, and climbing castle walls.
(Pictures

First thing I heard about Bonn was that it's a miracle city, from what
I've seen I agree and the missionaries here are achieving actual
missionary work nothing like back near Frankfurt. I'm excited to get
some stuff done and E. Warr is probably the best person to learn that
from.

WOOHOO LETS GOOOOOO.

-Elder Füller

Für Bildern
1: the church here in Bonn
2: view of a Dorf which sums up cliche Germany
3: Wald Schloss
4:My companion and I on a wall
5-6: Bonn district minus the Sisters
I don't have any explanation for the two videos

Enjoy
Yo

 

Wk 22 BJF Apr 13

 

As for teaching goes, we've been losing most of our investigators
slowly for awhile although most of them weren't that solid to start
with. So we're down to only one or two but that's just how the cookie
crumbles. I assume by "the one next door" you mean our friend Silva.
He is actually down the street from us. He's one of the most solid
guys we've got. He's out of Brazil and he's been involved off and on
with the church his whole life. He even had his own BoM when E. Davis
and I found him. We hadn't met with him since Davis left but we
finally did yesterday. He's ridiculous, he actually referred us to a
couple of his friends and then invited himself to church again. His
only thing is he's a self proclaimed 'lazy' person so he's not running
to the baptismal font but he certainly is headed in that direction.
Other than him we're out of luck in Offenbach, according to our ward
mission leader it's been like that for years so I'm not too worried
about it.

Although I got a call from a sister in the SLC Chinese ward about a
sister here who wants to start looking into he church but the problem
is she only speaks Mandarin and oddly enough...Russian. just another
person I could talk too if I had learned Russian. But we've got
connections so she'll get a Russian speaking friend soon.

And Dan is not a very consistent emailer so I haven't heard about any
of this aside from his few weekly emails. Cool about the twins and
especially the facebook connection.
Even more so about the brothers in Africa. There was a pair of twins
in the same situation in the MTC. Except it was a totally different
part of the world I had no idea what language either of them were
learning.

I know how her nephew feels. We actually have a lot of missionaries go
home. It's rare when an entire group finishes two years. That's just
how Germany is. People's faith here is dead, but we're not looking for
the dead ones anyway. We've got to sift through all the Muslims, JWs
and the faithless ones to find the elect, sifting through a trash heap
to find the pearls. That's how all missions are, Germany just happens
to have one of the densest piles.
I've heard many stories of Elders not having any baptisms but the
effect they had resulted in baptism without number after they had
left. So after starting in tough area in a tough mission in a tough
country I've just decided not to look for the instant gratification of
a baptism. If I get the opportunity, great but that would be after
other Elders had made the way before me. That's just how Germany is.

Wk 16A RLF Apr 10

I love it when members in Spain care enough to send me a picture and tell me my missionary is doing and sounding great. It is always so much fun to see what pops up in my email.

A family in Girona Branch.  It looks like our Hermanas coordinated their dresses.