Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Cousins in the same zone again!
Hoizäme!
How are you all?? I'm doing pretty good over here in Switzerland! The sun's finally peaked his head out of the clouds a little and summer is sending us rays of hope and warmth.
Things have been pretty good lately. We've been doing a bunch of finding, but it's going well. The first bit was real hard for me because the people here all speak Swiss German. I couldn't understand anything on the street my first week, but it's gotten better. Somewhat lol. But it's been a good learning experience for sure
We've also had some killer P days as well. Last week we were on a mountain called Rigi. Way good, we ended up seeing the Luzern sisters there as well. It was so pretty. Sadly I made the mistake of putting a box of Apple juice in my backpack for the trip. I ended up falling in the snow at some point and it ended up going everywhere. Good news is, I survived, and we found out the Apple juice snow actually tastes pretty good!
Today I also had the opportunity to go to the temple! It was so nice to go back! I haven't had the opportunity to go since I was in the MTC so it was so good. I didn't expect everyone one to speak French though ha ha. There is a French part of Switerland and the languages kind of get all mixed up there and the temple is where a lot of French speakers live. It made for a good time. If you haven't been to the temple lately, take some time to go, the feeling there is amazing.
Scrip of the week : 2 Nephi 32 : 9
But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.
Week before last, our DL Elder Keir (legend) asked us to be prayerful in everything we do as missionaries. I've thought about that a lot since and I've really focused on being a prayerful missionary. Then yesterday we came across this scripture in Gospel Principles class. I have noticed in my missionary work and my person performance, the more I let the Savior in, the better it goes. That's how it is in everything in life. If we put it in the Lord's hands, there's no way it can go wrong!
I love you all! Hope you have a good week and are enjoying the sun like I am!
Elder Wiser
Elder Allison on a Unicycle.
Die Bürri Familie
Me and Elder Keir and Sister Fischer! #MTClife
Mountain bikes
A local bridge burning
Me and Elder Parker at zone conference!
How are you all?? I'm doing pretty good over here in Switzerland! The sun's finally peaked his head out of the clouds a little and summer is sending us rays of hope and warmth.
Things have been pretty good lately. We've been doing a bunch of finding, but it's going well. The first bit was real hard for me because the people here all speak Swiss German. I couldn't understand anything on the street my first week, but it's gotten better. Somewhat lol. But it's been a good learning experience for sure
We've also had some killer P days as well. Last week we were on a mountain called Rigi. Way good, we ended up seeing the Luzern sisters there as well. It was so pretty. Sadly I made the mistake of putting a box of Apple juice in my backpack for the trip. I ended up falling in the snow at some point and it ended up going everywhere. Good news is, I survived, and we found out the Apple juice snow actually tastes pretty good!
Today I also had the opportunity to go to the temple! It was so nice to go back! I haven't had the opportunity to go since I was in the MTC so it was so good. I didn't expect everyone one to speak French though ha ha. There is a French part of Switerland and the languages kind of get all mixed up there and the temple is where a lot of French speakers live. It made for a good time. If you haven't been to the temple lately, take some time to go, the feeling there is amazing.
Scrip of the week : 2 Nephi 32 : 9
But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.
Week before last, our DL Elder Keir (legend) asked us to be prayerful in everything we do as missionaries. I've thought about that a lot since and I've really focused on being a prayerful missionary. Then yesterday we came across this scripture in Gospel Principles class. I have noticed in my missionary work and my person performance, the more I let the Savior in, the better it goes. That's how it is in everything in life. If we put it in the Lord's hands, there's no way it can go wrong!
I love you all! Hope you have a good week and are enjoying the sun like I am!
Elder Wiser
Elder Allison on a Unicycle.
Die Bürri Familie
Me and Elder Keir and Sister Fischer! #MTClife
Mountain bikes
A local bridge burning
Me and Elder Parker at zone conference!
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
No Letter for the Group :(
Sorry,
No Letter for the Group but a couple of Photos of fun P-Day activities.
No Letter for the Group but a couple of Photos of fun P-Day activities.
Switzerland!
Grüetzi Miteinand!
Hey everyone! I hope your all doing well! Thanks so much for all your love and support!
Today I am writing from Aarau, Switzerland. It is way awesome here! It's so pretty. If you have never seen Switzerland, you should consider looking up some photos, it's so nice.
I had a great week this week. We ended things awesome in Linz by meeting with a potential. She was way cool and actually seemed to have a lot of interest. She was down to meet again in the future!
We also had church one last time in Haag am Hausruck. After we had lunch at the family Till. They were really great and made some killer food! This was the last time Elders will be in Haag for a while as the Wels Sisters are taking it over now. They have good things ahead!
On Sense at I took a train from Linz to Salzburg for and hour and then from there to Zürich. That second one took about 6 or so hours. It was good though. Then I took a train to Aarau, pretty short, just about 30 minutes. Aarau is a real cool area. I've gotten quite a healthy dose of Swiss German the past few days. It actually completely different then the Austrian German I've been used to. They also use a few French words here as well which is fun.
Yesterday we had district meeting and it was great. Afterward we did district finding in Aarau which was well good! Sister Fischer and Elder Keir from the MTV are in my district and they are lots of fun!
Scripture of the week! John 10:37-38
I love you all! Have a great week!
Elder Wiser
1 Elder Keir and Elder Smith
2 Elder Allison
3 die Kuh
4 Preach`n
Hey everyone! I hope your all doing well! Thanks so much for all your love and support!
Today I am writing from Aarau, Switzerland. It is way awesome here! It's so pretty. If you have never seen Switzerland, you should consider looking up some photos, it's so nice.
I had a great week this week. We ended things awesome in Linz by meeting with a potential. She was way cool and actually seemed to have a lot of interest. She was down to meet again in the future!
We also had church one last time in Haag am Hausruck. After we had lunch at the family Till. They were really great and made some killer food! This was the last time Elders will be in Haag for a while as the Wels Sisters are taking it over now. They have good things ahead!
On Sense at I took a train from Linz to Salzburg for and hour and then from there to Zürich. That second one took about 6 or so hours. It was good though. Then I took a train to Aarau, pretty short, just about 30 minutes. Aarau is a real cool area. I've gotten quite a healthy dose of Swiss German the past few days. It actually completely different then the Austrian German I've been used to. They also use a few French words here as well which is fun.
Yesterday we had district meeting and it was great. Afterward we did district finding in Aarau which was well good! Sister Fischer and Elder Keir from the MTV are in my district and they are lots of fun!
Scripture of the week! John 10:37-38
I love you all! Have a great week!
Elder Wiser
1 Elder Keir and Elder Smith
2 Elder Allison
3 die Kuh
4 Preach`n
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Transferred!!
Servus!!!
Hey guys, I don't have too much time so Ill keep it short! I got transferred to Aarau, Switzerland! I leave tomorrow, I'm super excited!! But I'm sad to leave my areas! Haag am Hausruck and Linz are both amazing!!!
Had a cool experience this week on the street. We were finding on Landstraße and a guy came up to us talking about Jesus and the earth and bodies. Usually when people come up like that they are upset with us or the church or just not all there. So we stopped to talk with the guy to see what he wanted to say. Turns out he was actually genuinely interested in what we had to say. We had a great conversion with the guy and we are meeting with him again next week. It was a really interesting experience, but cool as well. It is amazing to see how the Lord works in ways that you would never expect! I love to be able to see so many miracles on my mission!
I love you all and I hope you are well!
Elder Wiser
Hey guys, I don't have too much time so Ill keep it short! I got transferred to Aarau, Switzerland! I leave tomorrow, I'm super excited!! But I'm sad to leave my areas! Haag am Hausruck and Linz are both amazing!!!
Had a cool experience this week on the street. We were finding on Landstraße and a guy came up to us talking about Jesus and the earth and bodies. Usually when people come up like that they are upset with us or the church or just not all there. So we stopped to talk with the guy to see what he wanted to say. Turns out he was actually genuinely interested in what we had to say. We had a great conversion with the guy and we are meeting with him again next week. It was a really interesting experience, but cool as well. It is amazing to see how the Lord works in ways that you would never expect! I love to be able to see so many miracles on my mission!
I love you all and I hope you are well!
Elder Wiser
Mach es einfach!
Hey everyone!
Hope all is well and going good! It's good to be here in Austria, the sun is shining and warm and winter is almost a distant memory. Crazy thinking that last week we though we would die of frostbite. Now everything is nice and cool, the perfect temperature in my opinion.
Had a good time at Stake Conference this last Saturday and Sunday! It isn't easy for all the members here to get there, but it is well worth the effort. The spirit there is always amazing.
New developments going down in the areas. I have been spending the last 4 or so months in charge of two wards and two areas, but now I am going to be just staying in one, Linz. The Wels Sisters who are right next to us will be taking over the Haag area instead. It will be sad to say goodbye to the Haag branch, but I think the sisters will work well with them. They are a great branch with a lot of awesome Members and friends of the church as well!
Spiritual thought of the week:
“Please do not take the Book of Mormon for granted. Pray for a vision of how the Book of Mormon can be used more effectively in your mission. I promise that as you do so, your mind will be enlightened with the direction that you should take.” - Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin PMG
I have learned a lot from the Book of Mormon while I have been on my mission. It is an amazing thing to see the changes that occur within ourselves when we really take the time to allow that process to happen. When we sit down and study it and apply it to our lives. It was written for our time and for our days. Although I have read it multiple times, I don't think I could ever stop learning from it. It is our most powerful tool in missionary work, along side the ever helping hand of the Holy Ghost! I challenge you all to take another look insides its pages this week and to date to learn something new, that could change you for the better!
I love you all! Have an amazing week! You are amazing!
Elder Wiser
Photos - The district, a memorial site trip, and my friend, the next door neighbor's cat.
Hope all is well and going good! It's good to be here in Austria, the sun is shining and warm and winter is almost a distant memory. Crazy thinking that last week we though we would die of frostbite. Now everything is nice and cool, the perfect temperature in my opinion.
Had a good time at Stake Conference this last Saturday and Sunday! It isn't easy for all the members here to get there, but it is well worth the effort. The spirit there is always amazing.
New developments going down in the areas. I have been spending the last 4 or so months in charge of two wards and two areas, but now I am going to be just staying in one, Linz. The Wels Sisters who are right next to us will be taking over the Haag area instead. It will be sad to say goodbye to the Haag branch, but I think the sisters will work well with them. They are a great branch with a lot of awesome Members and friends of the church as well!
Spiritual thought of the week:
“Please do not take the Book of Mormon for granted. Pray for a vision of how the Book of Mormon can be used more effectively in your mission. I promise that as you do so, your mind will be enlightened with the direction that you should take.” - Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin PMG
I have learned a lot from the Book of Mormon while I have been on my mission. It is an amazing thing to see the changes that occur within ourselves when we really take the time to allow that process to happen. When we sit down and study it and apply it to our lives. It was written for our time and for our days. Although I have read it multiple times, I don't think I could ever stop learning from it. It is our most powerful tool in missionary work, along side the ever helping hand of the Holy Ghost! I challenge you all to take another look insides its pages this week and to date to learn something new, that could change you for the better!
I love you all! Have an amazing week! You are amazing!
Elder Wiser
Photos - The district, a memorial site trip, and my friend, the next door neighbor's cat.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Welcome to Siberia
Hey Everyone!!!
How are y'all?? Were doing good up here in Austria! Its been a hard week, but a good one!
Some awesome things happened this week! I had the opportunity to go on exchange with the zone leaders and spent a day with Elder England.... from England. lol. Awesome guy, and a great missionary, I learned a lot from him. He is really cool. We had a really awesome experience at institute together. We were asked by our ward mission leader to make sure that we are at institute and at a youth activity every week. While me and Elder England were at institute, we met a guy who is not a member of the church. He had just come with a friend and was really cool. He had a lot of questions about different things, but he stayed for the whole lesson and for dinner after! We hope to be able to meet him again sometime!!
Street contacting this week was not quite as fun though. We had a cold front from Siberia blow in, or that's what I was told, and it was really cold. I am not jealous of those people that actually live in Siberia because the wind was not fun at all haha. But yesterday and today it has started to warm up again which is great!
Spiritual thought of the week:
Joseph Smith History 1:11 - 13
11 While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the contests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epistle of James, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
12 Never did any passage of scripture come with more power to the heart of man than this did at this time to mine. It seemed to enter with great force into every feeling of my heart. I reflected on it again and again, knowing that if any person needed wisdom from God, I did; for how to act I did not know, and unless I could get more wisdom than I then had, I would never know; for the teachers of religion of the different sects understood the same passages of scripture so differently as to destroy all confidence in settling the question by an appeal to the Bible.
13 At length I came to the conclusion that I must either remain in darkness and confusion, or else I must do as James directs, that is, ask of God. I at length came to the determination to “ask of God,” concluding that if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would give liberally, and not upbraid, I might venture
These scriptures are read a lot in our church and in our lessons and this week the power of what he says really came across to me. His actions and the consequences that come from that are a powerful testimony of prayer. When we have a question and we really ponder and pray, with the intent to act on the answer we receive, Heavenly Father will help us. It may not be the answer we expect or the way, but He will not abandon us. Joseph Smith learned that for himself and I have learned it for myself. And you can experience it too.
I love you all! Thank you for your support! Have a great week!
Elder Wiser
How are y'all?? Were doing good up here in Austria! Its been a hard week, but a good one!
Some awesome things happened this week! I had the opportunity to go on exchange with the zone leaders and spent a day with Elder England.... from England. lol. Awesome guy, and a great missionary, I learned a lot from him. He is really cool. We had a really awesome experience at institute together. We were asked by our ward mission leader to make sure that we are at institute and at a youth activity every week. While me and Elder England were at institute, we met a guy who is not a member of the church. He had just come with a friend and was really cool. He had a lot of questions about different things, but he stayed for the whole lesson and for dinner after! We hope to be able to meet him again sometime!!
Street contacting this week was not quite as fun though. We had a cold front from Siberia blow in, or that's what I was told, and it was really cold. I am not jealous of those people that actually live in Siberia because the wind was not fun at all haha. But yesterday and today it has started to warm up again which is great!
Spiritual thought of the week:
Joseph Smith History 1:11 - 13
11 While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the contests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epistle of James, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
12 Never did any passage of scripture come with more power to the heart of man than this did at this time to mine. It seemed to enter with great force into every feeling of my heart. I reflected on it again and again, knowing that if any person needed wisdom from God, I did; for how to act I did not know, and unless I could get more wisdom than I then had, I would never know; for the teachers of religion of the different sects understood the same passages of scripture so differently as to destroy all confidence in settling the question by an appeal to the Bible.
13 At length I came to the conclusion that I must either remain in darkness and confusion, or else I must do as James directs, that is, ask of God. I at length came to the determination to “ask of God,” concluding that if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would give liberally, and not upbraid, I might venture
These scriptures are read a lot in our church and in our lessons and this week the power of what he says really came across to me. His actions and the consequences that come from that are a powerful testimony of prayer. When we have a question and we really ponder and pray, with the intent to act on the answer we receive, Heavenly Father will help us. It may not be the answer we expect or the way, but He will not abandon us. Joseph Smith learned that for himself and I have learned it for myself. And you can experience it too.
I love you all! Thank you for your support! Have a great week!
Elder Wiser
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