Fresh MTC Companions...

This week went by so crazy fast and I didn't want it to because Sister Heindel and I knew it was the end of our love, our fun, and our experience together. I had a blast with her. She helped me live again, she helped me feel like me again, and she helped me work again with my entire heart, might, mind, and soul. I am forever grateful for that. It was so sad watching the people say goodbye to her this week. I felt the pain, because I kept on getting flashbacks of when I was leaving Dortmund. Thursday was the day. The day that all of us oldies received our new fresh MTC companions!!! Sister Heindel and I were so nervous and excited at the same time. There were so many Goldens!! (11 sisters, and 25 elders!! Broke Frankfurt Mission history with 36 new Goldens, and Germany received 104 also breaking records!!) and we didn't know which one was going to be ours. Were we going to get a Golden that was scared to talk to people on the street? Were we going to get a talker or a silenter? Are they going to like music? Are they going to like music?? Can you imagine what kind of stuff was going through our minds?? And also, are they going to want to go running in the morning?!? Please say yes!!!! We get to the meeting, after hauling Heindel's 1 and a half years worth of belongings through the city of Frankfurt, which was stress enough haha, one by one, they named up the names. As the names were being said I was looking around to see which one would be mine. And then they said, "Sister Tuschling from the International Ward in Frankfurt, you will be working with Sister Miller from American Fork, Utah." I looked over, and my prayers were answered! She loves to exercise, she is the best with speaking with people on the street, and loves to work hard, and is 100% obedient!! How am I so blessed?!?? I don't know!! But Heavenly Father knows us and knows our worries. We have been working like dogs ever since we got together and she is so good at speaking with people. And the German that she is missing to keep up the conversation I fill in. The team work works perfectly :) We went to Friedrichsdorf on Saturday because we got a call from Bruder Kube from Dortmund asking me if I could give him and some people coming down a temple tour!! Heck yes I would!! I was able to see him, Bruder Fritz and his wife, Dani (who was baptized last May on Mother's Day) and her husband and son, her friend Britta who I was able to teach a couple times but she never really had true interest. But when we taught about the temple and gave them the tour Britta really opened up and started saying, "IF I were baptized then coffee would be the only problem." Wow I love seeing people's faith grow and it was such a blessing to see their beautiful faces from Dortmund :) Not only that but we were able to go to Peter's baptism!! It was so spiritual and his entire family was there to support him. It was absolutely amazing. The sister missionaries (Sister Kreth, Mosher, Shipton, Miller, Leavitt, and Chard) were able to sing "Beautiful Savior" in front of him and we think he liked it :) I love baptisms! Sister Römer who taught him for the first time was able to come down and spoke at his baptism and she did an amazing job. That was another tender mercy because she was my first split back in Mainz and she really helped me open my eyes to a different world of what missionary life could be like, and for that I am so grateful. This week I have learned that we have truly grown so much and we never really notice it as we go along. We don't notice the progress we make. I am noticed that about myself lately and I can't believe I have lived in a foreign country, speaking another language, and still seeing people come closer to Christ no matter how bad we speak the language. I have grown, but yet I still have so much more. I am grateful for the knowledge I've received from the scriptures and personal experiences I have had since I have been here in Germany. I love this work and I know that it is the work of the Lord. I know that Jesus Christ is there, and that He is real. He lives. He is the Son of Heavenly Father who loves us so much and takes care of us. Let us all say thanks to Him :) Liebe, Sister Tuschling