May 22, 2025: Walking on a Dream

 This week was great! Here is the rundown:

On Friday and Saturday it was basically just finding days. We found quite a few really cool people! One of them is named Roulof, he's from the Netherlands. Another is named Roman, who ran into some missionaries in Colorado a while back but didn't have time to meet with them. Now he has more time and is super interested in meeting with us! He's also German, which is pretty rare. 

On Sunday we had Stake Conference, and our new member Joel traveled 3 hours to get there with us. He was in tears by the end of the conference, it was really sweet.

Monday was a lot more finding.

Tuesday was a wild ride, we had a district council, except every companionship had things come up at different times for different reasons, so one companionship showed up 1 hour late, another got sick and attended through videocall. Then 3 random people showed up at the church and the other companionship had to go help them out. Needless to say it was a little all over the place but it happened! Later we gave a church tour to Roman which was wayyy good. He's super interested and we are excited to keep meeting with him. 

Wednesday we found a German lady with 3 little kids who wants to come to church. Another super rare find! We might be giving her a church tour this weekend. 

Today for PDay we played tennis with a 17 year old kid from the church! It was super fun, we have a similar playing style. 

Here's a quote from President Nelson's most recent General Conference talk that I really like!

"Brothers and sisters, as the world grows more wicked, we need to grow increasingly pure. Our thoughts, words, and actions need to be unfailingly virtuous and filled with the pure love of Jesus Christ towards all men. The great opportunity before us is to become the people God needs us to be."

Confidence in the Presence of God

Tschüß!
Elder Tage Rex







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