My trip to Rome.

You wouldnt believe what happened last week!!! For pday we got permission to go to Rome!!!!

Not really.

But sort of.

We visited a Roman Museum and saw some old Roman ruins.

Close enough right?

But no. It was actually really cool. It was called Xanten. They had replicas of a coliseum and some old Roman houses. There were also the remains of a bath house and we learned how they would heat roman bath houses. Pretty cool. Then we ate Döner before heading back to Duisburg to teach a first lesson. The lesson was actually pretty cool. She is from Bulgaria and recognizes that she needs to repent and strengthen her faith in God. As we talked she kept saying : I know that I need to have the spirit with me to actually be able to learn.We will be meeting with her again this week and I am excited to see what happens.

This week we also had the first split of the transfer. Sister Johnson and I had a really good time just doing some good ol finding in Düsseldorf. We talked to a lady on a Bahn Gleis and she said she didn't believe in God. Only Coincidences. We found out more about her and she said she helps to create video games. Sister Johnson then asked if she made coincidences in her video games. The lady said: Of course! We both wanted to roast her and say, but then don't you think that we have someone like a creator that makes our coincidences too?

But we didn't so don't worry..... But I really liked the talk from General Conference that with God there are no coincidences. That has really helped me as I have adjusted to being in Duisburg and serving as an STL. God puts us where we are and gives things in our lives because that is how they are supposed to be.

Awkward moment of the week: We had to go register in Duisburg to say we live there, and as I was signing the finished paperwork i accidentally wrote Sister instead of Bonnie..... it was pretty embarrassing.....

Friday Sister Catherall and I were feeling a little stressed while doing our weekly planning. So we took an hour long break and just talked to people in the city center for awhile. It is so cool how bearing your testimony of Jesus Christ and just talking to people helps you to be happier and have more energy. We also found a couple cool people so we celebrated by eating donuts. We were then able to resume our weekly planning.

This week we also have big news! Our mission is getting Facebook! I was way apprehensive at first when I found out last week. But we had the mission leadership council and all of us leaders will be testing it out and starting to use it in the next two weeks to prepare to teach the rest of the mission and it should be a really great tool to further the work. So just a forewarning I will be getting on my Facebook account and changing my picture and friending people and stuff. So don't be alarmed!

We also had an appointment with someone that neither of us remembered contacting until we actually showed up to the lesson, so we were unprepared and didn't have the Book of Mormon in the right language for him.. he was slightly sour.... oh well. We will get him one next time.

Anyways. It was a pretty good week. Hope you all have a wonderful week too!!!

Sister Losee

P.s I totally forgot!! I found out that a man Sister Jenkins and I taught this time last year in the Frankfurt International ward got baptized on Saturday!!! I love when that happens!!! He finally made it!!!!