Happy General Conference!!

There is so much that happened this week and not enough time or words to even describe it all so I will try and put it all together, and have it make sense!! I just received news that my branch back home, the Casper YSA Branch is now a ward!!! So exciting!! That is absolutely amazing!! President Donely had a vision and it is really coming true and its due to the hard work of the members and also of the dear missionaries there. I am so proud of them :) The work is truly rolling forward!! I also just received word that a man that my companion (my trainer) and I taught in my first area that moved back to America just got baptized this last week! He was a rock when we were there but had problems with the tea and coffee. It is amazing to see the seeds that we plant. We never know if it is making a difference, but I want to testify to you all that it does. We met with this man and he spoke to me to my face and said that he would never ever be able to give up beer, coffee, or tea. And even though he said that we still taught him in faith. And now he has the opportunity to spend the rest of eternity with his family when they get sealed in the temple :) My trainer and I have the opportunity to see them get sealed in a year! Miracles! Wasn't conference so uplifting?!? I swear that it gets better and better every year. This time I actually wrote down questions and concerns that I have been having and because I did that, I knew in faith that they would be answered. I just didn't know how fast. By the end of the first session, 4 our of 6 were answered. The prophet, Thomas S. Monson is called of God and so are the Apostles. They speak for Him, and I know that when we follow their council on what we should do with our families and our personal lives, we cannot fail. We will be blessed. And I am so grateful that I have the answers to my prayers and that I have something to work for. I was also able to go back to my first area, Mainz and Wiesbaden, again! I was hoping that I would go back and do good and to uplift that area even more. Sister Hull (new 19 year old Sister!) who has been in the mission field for about 2 weeks was there and we worked our little heineys off! We served a pregnant woman, visited old ladies, and studied and uplifted each other by talking about missions and how to really get all that we can out of them. We taught each other on what we learned in study, we planned for the days activities, we helped each other with our German (and man I feel like a professional now in German and its amazing to see how far I have actually have come in the language) and it was perfect. It wasI I had a blast! We then went to a family's home to teach them more about prayer and it was Sister Hull's 2nd time there so we were really praying in our hearts to do well. Right off the bat the mom came in and wanted to learn about everything we had prepared. She started shooting out questions left and right and it was amazing to see the gospel curiousity really come out of her. It is always a treasure and rare feeling to feel like you were at a place at the right time, with the right people and this was one of those appointments. The woman asked me how prayer and has helped me in my life, and why I kept on going back to the church over and over again after a year and a half. She asked why I got baptized, and when I thought I was ready, and I answered them all with a smile on my face, tears in my eyes, and spoke what the Spirit helped me to speak. It was amazing and I will never forget that appointment. I love my Father in Heaven. I love His Son Jesus Christ. And I know that this is His church. There are too many things that happen perfectly. And I have always believed that things never happen by coincidence. Everything has a reason behind it on why it happened, and I know that to be true. I know that I was here to teach Hunter when I did. I know that General Conferene answers questions of the soul that we need to hear. The words that they speak come from God. I know that my time in Mainz not only helped me leave with a good taste of my first area, but I was there to help that woman come closer to Christ. And I was uplifted and reminded of the beautiful plan Heavenly Father has for us because He places people in our paths everyday, just like He placed Hermana Avery in my path. I know it had to be so I could get to know Him, and come closer to Him. I love Him, because He first loved me. I just had to open my eyes to see it :) Liebe, Sister Tuschling