50 things I learned during our mission

 

50 Things I Have Learned On Our Mission!

1. What a joy it is to serve a mission with my eternal companion!

2. Expressing thanks for our trials brings comfort 

3. How very blessed we are to have President and Sister Naatjes’s inspired leadership. 

4. What a blessing it is to learn from the missionaries we serve with.

5. Erna Wechsler loves us and insisted on making us Wiener Schnitzel even though she was in terrible pain. pain. 

6. Hiking the Alps with dear friends is heavenly. 

7. We are serving a musical mission

8. How much I miss our grandchildren’s hugs!

9. The Lord truly guides  His missionaries. 

10. Jesus Christ directs His work on the earth. 

11. How I love our dear Prophet Russell M. Nelson

12. I have a desire to keep the commandments with exactness. 

13. My desire to cleave to my covenants has deepened. 

14. I have learned to ponder during my scripture study 

15. I can be happy even though two of our children are going through difficult trials at home. 

16. Heavenly Father favors those who keep his commandments. 

17. I can’t live without Kürbiskern Öl!

18. Studying German and reading the German Book of Mormon daily is helping me!

19. I have realized how much I still have to learn!

20. Acting on promptings immediately brings blessings 

21. A mission provides important life enriching experiences!

22. Love seeing my husband directed by the spirit. 

23. How very much we will miss our wonderful Austrian friends!

24. Some of our best friends in Austria are less actives and not members of our church.2

          25. The bird chirping in Austria is truly a heavenly chorus!

Uta taught us that birds chirping means they are looking for a mate.

26. It is actually possible to understand a thick Styrian dialect 

27. Riding our bikes along the Murau river is exhilarating 

28. The friendships we have made here will be eternal. 

29. I have admiration for the dedication of the AGSM missionaries 

30. I am learning to avoid nitpicking my husband

31. Everyone addresses strangers with “Du”when hiking in the Alps! 

               (That is the familiar term for "You!"

          32. Singing “Er ruft” with the missionaries fills my heart with JOY!

33. When an Austrian agrees to allow us to serve them…it is truly a miracle.

34. When someone on the street replies “Guten Morgen” I am thrilled!

35. On the Sundays that we have friends at church we shout for JOY!

36. I have learned to appreciate being corrected when I make a mistake speaking German. 

37. I admire the amazing way “Greenies” give talks and testimonies in German! 

38. I have learned that the Lord makes up the difference when we have done all we can do. 

39. I have learned that our area is the largest and most beautiful in the whole mission.

40. I can smile at strangers, hand them a “Finde Christus”card and say “A Schöne Christliche Botschaft!" 

41. I have learned that our missionary blog is actually read! 

42.  I have learned that our call to Austria was the perfect location for us! 

43. Monika Fellner is a newly found friend of mine!  I prayed for many months about this and learned that

Heavenly Father always answers my prayers in His timing! 

44. Our twenty-three  mission has gone lightening FAST! 

45. Each friend we have made in the mission field holds a very special place in our hearts!

46. Member Leader Support for us means…cooking meals a lot!  

47. Serving in a small Austrian branch  has allowed us to get close to the members. 

48. It takes a lot of time to write and rehearse my testimony every month but it has really blessed me

and helped me in my quest to learn German.

49. Once an Austrian is your friend…the friendship lasts forever!

50. I am continuing in faith that land can be secured for the temple to be built in Vienna!