April 27th, 2015
This week was simply incredible. I don't know where to begin. Actually, I never really know where to begin. As a Missionary, there are so many things that happen EVERY DAY. It is seemingly impossible to write it out all down. I have seen miracle after miracle.
We had our Mission Conference on Friday! Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles visited our Mission. All of the Missionaries in the Germany Frankfurt Mission got together (all 250 of us!)...Sooo, guess what?! I saw dear old Sister Shurts from Oregon! It was so great to be able to have a little piece of Home with me, thousands of miles away.
The Conference was simply amazing. I know that Elder David A. Bednar is truly an Apostle of the Lord. He opened our meeting by saying, "This meeting is not about Ipads." He then asked us our thoughts about His statement and everyone in the Mission had an opportunity to speak to Him, share their thoughts, and ask questions. The entire meeting was like this. Elder Bednar's entire Purpose for traveling to Germany to meet with us, was to help us better understand and fulfill our Missionary Purpose. I feel so inspired to be here in Germany as a Missionary and Representative of Jesus Christ!
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On Saturday, Sister Lyman and I visited Sister Lieber again. She is the sweet woman that we visited in the hospital last week.
Unfortunately, her health is still not doing so well. It was very hard for me personally to see her struggling so much during our visit with her.
When Sister Lyman and I walked into her living room, she was sitting down on a chair, obviously still not doing well. We told her that we could come down another day, that it would be no problem. We had originally planning to bake muffins together and share a Spiritual Thought.
She responded firmly, "No. We said we were going to make Muffins. And that is what we are going to do."
We then helped her up and sat her in the kitchen. She was too weak to assist. So we made our muffins, shared our spiritual thought, and told her how much we love her.
As we hugged her to say goodbye, she didn't want to let us go. I love this woman so much.
As Sister Lyman and I have been reflecting on our visits with Sister Lieber, she shared this verse with me:
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world" (James 1:27).
I can honestly say that I never expected my first area to be like this. We are not flooding with Investigators right now, but the work that I am doing each day with these women... I know that I am walking where the Savior wants me to walk and doing the work that He wants me to do right now. "Pure religion" is just that. To me, that is an incredible testimony to how much God cares about each of us, as individuals. That doesn't mean that this life is meant to be easy, or that everything will always work out for us. But when we have Faith, life is more than just something to be endured. It's something fulfilling.
I highly recommend reading this article, "The Power of Faith"
I love each of you.
Liebe Gruße,
Sister Helmick
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| My MTC reunited! Mission Conference. |
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| Mission Conference. |
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Traveling to Frankfurt with our Saarbrücken Elders. |
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| Seeing Sister Shurts in Frankfurt!!! |
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