Know Who Your Friends Are!

So just a heads up for future missionaries: While in the MTC, befriend the general manager of the food court!!! He knows the secrets!!! He spilled the beans to us on Sunday AND Tuesday who was going to be the devotional speakers. It was awesome!!! Guess who spoke????? 

TWO MORE APOSTLES!!! We got to listen to an apostle three devotionals in a row. It was the BOMB!! Elder Ballard spoke on Sunday night and Elder Cook spoke on Tuesday night. It was amazing. I loved Elder Ballard's so much! He spoke about how not only when we serve and study Christ, do we get to know him, but he gets to know us!! And he also said: If you don't have a strong testimony, that's okay, ride off of mine till you get one. They just want us to serve so much!!

Elder Cook talked about how when you're called on a mission you are called to mission presidents. I thought that was super cool. I'd never heard of that before. I really know that I was called to Frankfurt Germany for a reason, and I know that with the help of my savior and an awesome attitude I can do ANYTHING in Germany!! Lots of people say that the work is hard in Germany and that I won't get baptisms, but I know that's a lie. There is work everywhere. If I go in with the expectation to change the mission I WILL CHANGE THE MISSION!!!! One thing I've learned here is that everyone needs and should know who Christ is and that they are not alone!!

Then we heard from another general authority on Thursday!! We have a teacher in training (and he's from Germany) but apparently his Dad is a 70!! And he came to our class specifically and talked to us!! It was super intimidating but also super cool. He said that no matter how much you can say in a lesson at the beginning, as long as you are pointing them toward the gospel and christ, then you are fully participating. It was superb. So basically I got to here from four general authorities in over a week. 

OH MY GOODNESS I HAVE EXCITING NEWS!!! WE GOT OUR TRAVEL PLANS!!

It's getting real everybody!!! I am so beyond excited!!! We will be traveling for about a day, but we leave next Monday morning and will arrive in Germany Tuesday morning (Tuesday night in German time) THIS IS SO EXCITING!!!!

Thank you everyone for all of your support!! It's so exciting to serve the Lord and I love hearing from you. Please send me photos, I love getting photos.

Love,

Sister Losee (Bonnie)

P.S. In a little over a week you can all sing my bonnie lies over the ocean and have it literally be true!!

P.P.S Today exactly I've been gone a month! Woah

Me with travel plans, also me just being tired and sitting in the classroom. 

​You can see the new Georgian sister next to me in the group photo. I love all of the sisters. I'm sad that most of them are going to Berlin and we will part ways next monday!

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