March 16, 2015

This week was really good. Jim forgot that we were coming, and he was
really embarrassed that he didn't read so he promised to read this
week and we're going back on Wednesday. My companion is getting
better. She's just really shy and quiet.
This week we did a lot of service. We worked in a lady's yard all
morning one day. It was hard work! And hot outside! Another day we
helped make cakes for the relief society activity. They were really
excited to hear that I worked in a bakery because they had no idea
what they were doing.
We knocked a lot of doors this week. We dropped a lot of people that
we were teaching, so we're trying to find some solid people. We met
some potentials, but no one really golden yet. Hopefully we find some
people this week!
Elder Kopischke from the seventy came and talked to us for like 6
hours on Friday. It was really good. He was super intense. He talked
about faith, and about coming to know the Savior. Another thing that I
really liked was he was talking about not getting discouraged. He said
that since, as missionaries, we don't take the praise and credit when
good things happen, that we shouldn't take he blame when bad things
happen. So that's definitely something to remember.
Riding bikes isn't as bad as I thought it would be. We usually ride
about 15-20 miles. My butt is sore from my bike seat though. On
Wednesday we were biking the 7 miles to our dinner appointment when we
caught in the rain. Luckily we were only about five minutes from the
house when it started raining, but we still got soaked! It was really
funny.
Sounds like things are going good there. Any fun birthday plans? I'm
sending you a card today.
Hope you have a good week!
Love you!

                                         



                                         

March 9, 2015

Helloooo!
Sorry this is so late. Things are really good here. India got baptized
on Saturday, so that was exciting. We need to find some new people to
teach now! My new companion is different... She's not very happy and
she's really quiet... Less than 6 weeks though! We started the car
share and it's really hard. Luckily when it rained on Thursday night a
member took us home so we didn't have to ride the three miles uphill
in the rain.
My talk went really well, it was just me that spoke. I got a lot of
compliments. I talked about why we need to study the gospel and how to
study. And I shared a few stories of people I've taught on my mission.
That's cool that we have relatives that were there. What were there
names so I can look them up?
A month ago we met a man named Jim tracting. We were talking to him
and he said that he feels like the bible is incomplete so we told him
about the Book of Mormon. He wouldn't accept it because he said he
needed to get glasses so he could see it, but that we should come back
in three weeks. So we did and he was still interested, it wasn't just
an excuse! He said he's been looking for something to read so he's
excited to read the Book of Mormon. So that was really good. We have
another appointment with him on Tuesday, so hopefully he starts
progressing!
Love you!
Xoxo
Sister Koenig

March 3, 2015

This week was really good! The weeks have been going by so fast and I
can hardly remember what happened. India is getting baptized on
Saturday!! I'm really excited for her and she's super excited too. It
should be really good.
Yes, there's a set of elders in our ward too. The ward has been
feeding us every night, so that's nice! They've been warming up to us
a lot now that they've realized we actually work hard and get things
accomplished. They've had some bad missionaries in the past.
We did a lot of yard work with our investigator yesterday and we
helped another investigator clean, pack, and move.
I'm planning on doing a musical number next month, the lady I'm doing
it with will be out of town for March, so I have to wait til she gets
back. I'm speaking in church on Sunday and my topic is something like,
how has your personal study influenced your mission and the people you
teach..., I have no idea what I'm going to say.. Any ideas?
I'm excited to go to the temple and the gym too.
I just found out a few minutes ago that we're being put into a car
share. So we switch off every other day from bikes to a car. I'm not
really looking forward to it, especially since it's about to be rainy
season. Maybe I'll lose weight though! Haha I'll probably just give my
bike to someone or give it to the mission when I'm done.
And I'll only go shopping one more time!! I just have to get something
cute to come home in, then I'll be done. I promise! And how do I know
how much money is in my account? How much is in there now?
I don't have very much time, but I love you! See you in six weeks! Im
started the BoM again if y'all want to join me!
Xoxo
Sister Koenig