May 31, 2025: Now and forever

 Time's a scootin'


This was an extra long week because our pday was moved from Thursday to Saturday, but we've gotten a lot done and it's been awesome!

Last week we had a lot of time on our hands, and with some faith we were able to find 21 new people to teach which was crazy! It's definitely a filtering process to find out which of these 21 are willing to meet consistently and keep commitments, but it was way cool. This week we've had a lot more appointments which is super nice. 

We also had a great Sunday with 6 friends at church. We held a little class on our own with all the new people.

We said goodbye to our Dutch friend who moved back to the Netherlands this week 🥲 way sad.

We met with our boy Wassim from Tunisia and he is one if the coolest guys I've ever met. He's just a true friend and has been feeling the spirit a lot recently, especially in our last lesson with him. He is praying about the Book of Mormon right now 🙏 

A Syrian lady we met last week came to church and had a lesson with us and she seems pretty interested! And she speaks great English.

The Koblenz Elders went on exchanges with us and we found a young German lady who we hope is more interested in God than the Elders but she seems interested in baptism so we will see where that goes!

A Turkish couple decided to meet with us as well who were super duper chill. We are praying they will come back!

One of the coolest parts of the mission is learning about new cultures and religions, and Germany is a melting pot of so many of them. We met with a Muslim man who showed us around his Mosque. He and his friends were super respectful and we might visit them on one of their prayer nights. They also gladly took a tour of our church and may attend with us this Sunday. 

This week was long but it honestly blew by. I only have one more PDay after this, which means next week will be my last letter, so stay tuned for the finale!

Bis bald!
Elder Tage Rex







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