Gangs of Pinneburg

MOAN MOAN!!

 

  Alright so this week was a complete finding week! It was hard, ill put that out there right now! haha but very rewarding! We found a couple new investigators, so im stoked about that. The best thing that happened this week, was i found the key to happiness on my mission... Its a little thing called ''WORK'' haha I just really enjoy working right now.. My first 2 months in germany, i completely hated doing doors and talking with people, because it was weird and different. I didnt like how people always stare at you and yell stupid things. It was hard, but it was only hard because everytime i went out i went, jeeze i have to talk to more people and do doors its gonna suck! but now i can see the slow shift of things. My german is getting better, i can understand people and talk, im not afraid anymore to talk to people or do doors, and then all the sudden this missionary work isnt so bad. Its actually really fun and you can really feel the blessings its amazing!

 

  We have a couple of investigators right now but I feel that best way to teach them is to become friends, find them friends in the church and then humanitarian service. They will eventually open up to us because it will build trust. I find trust as a major key point to conversion, and also that they can see that you are completely trying to help them instead of just trying to throw the gospel in their face and baptize them. Teach People Not Lessons!!!

 

 This week i went on a tausch with my district leader Elder Mcchallester in  Pinneburg.. It was way cool! We taught this guy who can speak a little english but all araibic! Im telling you that language is so sweet! I might try to learn it, like half of germany speaks araibic, so i could definitely use it haha Then we went to the Pinto family and visited! Such a great family, father is originally from Peru and his wife is german. The whole family can speak spanish, english and german! even like the little 5 year old! Im so jealous! haha They made us a peruvian soup, it was so goood!!! I want the recipe! After that we went into the Instadt (inner city) to start talking with people because we needed to find a ballard. It took forever we were finding till like 9:30 in this ghetto! so yeah were walking down this street to get our bikes and we see like 60 kids way far down the street completely wasted, and partying. So i was like lets cross the street, but E. McChallester said no lets just walk through them.. so we did, as were are getting closer on the other side of the street was this gang about 18 of them and they were shooting pictures or something, throwing up gang signs and they had masks on.. Like the gabbawakkees (dance crew.. look up on google).. It was scary because they were yelling stuff, one chucked a beer bottle, so we ran! haha ya scary stuff.

 

Yeah so it was a great week and they only keep getting better, with a couple of crazy experiences! haha

Ich liebe euch u. shone woche! MACHT GUT!

Tschüß

Elder Popp