Goot en tog! (Just kidding): Last week in the MTC

In less than a week I will be headed to Germany! I am in shock at how fast time has passed me by. I feel so close to my companion, my District, my Zone, and to my teachers. I love all of these people so much and I am so grateful for the examples they have given me.

Earlier this week we all had an incredible opportunity to skype with a Church Member in Germany. It was so cool to be able to have a conversation with a native German speaker. Although my German is far from perfect, I felt so happy during my conversation with Benjamin (the man we spoke to).

I feel very excited for the next week. I am slightly nervous - but that is okay. I have learned so much here about myself and about my Purpose as a Missionary. Becoming an eloquent speaker in the German language is not a part of my purpose. It is not why I am a Missionary. It is simply a tool I need to continue to study so that I can invite and help others to Come unto Christ. I've thought a lot about that this week.

I am not going to Germany to go on a vacation, to learn a foreign language, or to experience another culture. I am going to Germany because I have been called by a Prophet of God to serve His children in this country. I am a Missionary because of I have a testimony of my Savior, Jesus Christ.

"For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me" (1 Nephi 21:15-16).

We have a Savior who has not forgotten us. He never can forget us. Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, all things can be made right.

Liebe,

Sister Helmick