Driving has helped Elder Hoggan learn the area better. Transfers are in a couple weeks and Elder Evans will most likely be leaving Kaufbeuren, but they don't talk about those things.
Driving on the Autobahn was incredible! No speed limits, except for missionaries. It was a super cool experience! Some Germans drive way too fast :) Elder Hoggan went 120 km.
Wednesday brought exchanges with the Ingolstadt Elders in Kaufbeuren. The missionaries met with Herbie and he is doing super well!!!! He had questions about the Book of Mormon. Really good questions. Not ones trying to prove the Book of Mormon wrong, but questions that helped him know more about it. Herbie wants to learn more before committing to baptism. He knows that is the goal and went to church on Sunday. This week the Elders will help him move into a new apartment. Herbie is really changing his life for the better. Nine months ago, he didn't own his own place and was having problems with alcohol. Elder Hoggan and Elder Evans are excited for him and are so glad that he is doing really well.
A man from India visited with the missionaries and has a super strong relationship with God. He's got some very strange concepts and doesn't believe that we have our agency as to worldly things. This guy doesn't see the importance of belonging to a church or reading from the scriptures. He seems to be pretty stuck in his ways and not willing to progress with the Elders, but can tell the future. Super weird. He predicted five or so things that night and three came true. Creepy....
Elder Hoggan had a s'more on Thursday! It was amazing! He hasn't had one in the longest time!!!! It was like heaven! The Elders were with members for a German holiday and those that had never tried s'mores before, loved them. A s'more shop could make billions over, says Elder Hoggan. It was a fun day. Later, they met with Solomon. He's doing super well and went to church on Sunday! Temple came, too! Another meeting with those two is scheduled for this week :) Solomon is doing some missionary work with his roommates and maybe something cool comes from that!
Saturday was the best day of the week! There was a musical fireside and the missionaries played a huge role. Elder Hoggan strummed his guitar :) They played Follow the Prophet with a choir of missionaries singing. Another guitarist was Elder Quilter, Elder Hoggan's previous companion. Elder Worthin, DL, also played along. It was sooo cool and a recording was made. The entire fireside was what you would call the first lesson, but taught all with music. They sang Praise to the Man, I Know That My Redeemer Lives, Oh How Lovely Was the Morning, I Am a Child of God, and A Child's Prayer. Elder Hoggan had a blast! At the conclusion, Sister Miles was given flowers. She and President Miles will be leaving soon for home. At the end of June, the missionaries will meet their new mission president.
Elder Hoggan closed with wishes to all to enjoy the summer and with his testimony that the Church is true and the Book of Mormon is as well!
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