Viel Spass

Hey Everybody! What's up?

Life has been pretty good here on the other side of the world. The
weather is getting colder.... but that's ok.

Good:
- Getting along well with Sister Diethelm
- Had lots of fun making balloon animals at a Kinder Spectacular that
the City does and our stake had a booth. My fingers won't ever be the
same though. :P
- Found a potential investigator there!
- I made it through my first full week in charge in Mannheim

Bad:
- Am a little depressed, but am trying to fight it. Working with
president which is good.
- Elder B had to go home because of back problems. (He's an Elder in
our District)
- Our numbers dropped to 0 since our teaching pool is non exsistant.
Am praying lots and we are trying new finding tecniques.

Things are crazy, but totally worth it. :) I pray for all of you and
Hope all is going well, wherever you are at this point.

Viel Spass, (Have Fun,)
Sister Lahra Sherwood

Heiligen Kuh!

Heiligen Kuh! Time goes fast. I can't believe that it's already 2
months into my mission. I am freaking out a little, but I am super
excited for this transfer. I have a goal to speak only German this
transfer since I have the opertunity to serve with a Sister from
Switzerland. She is so super amazing. I am excited to work with her.

The Speyer sisters area has opened and we are all really happy about that.

I am also kinda happy that the weather is getting a little cooler. I'm
not excited for winter though. It doesn't normally snow in Germany, so
it'll be freezing cold and rainy. :/ I'll get over it though.

Well, I don't have much time left. I want to dowload songs from
lds.org to listen to arround the appartment. I hope all is well with
everyone. Keep trusting God and you'll get far.

From the Valleys of Germany, Tschüss till next week!

Gott Sei Mit Euch, (God be with you)
Sister Lahra Sherwood

This week is transfer week! Happiness/sadness.

This week is transfer week! Happiness/sadness.

Happy:
-I am staying in Mannheim.
-The baptism was super on saturday! G was so Pretty. :)
-I got to go see three castles last monday, and I get to see one more today!
-My new companion is from Switzerland which is really cool. 4 days
till I meet her!
-Elder Ballard is coming to frankfurt to do a Missionary Conference
thingy! So excited!
-Got a much needed blessing. :)

Sad:
-Sister Lehman is going home... :´´´´( Only 3 days left with her. (if
your wondering why the numbers dont match..... Sister Lehman goes home
on thursday, and we meet new companions on Friday. I am in a "split"
par say on Thursday.)
-My leg is really painful. :/ I got a really bad bruise playing
soccor, and it won't go away. I'm a little worried because it's not
just my bruise that hurts its the whole leg. I don't want to go home
if it's broken. :´´´´´(
-I was feeling really down over the weekend.


I hope all is well foreveryone. I am doing really well. The people are
awesome, the food is amazing, and the weather is nicer than it was. :P
It was really cold and rainy up till last week. It finally got warm
and sunny. I think it's Germany saying Goodbye to Sister Lehman, but
we'll see if it lasts.

Glücklich tag, Alles Gute! (Happy Day, All is well!)
Sister Lahra Sherwood

Transfer 1, Week 6

Hey ya'll.

I don't have much time, but I wanted to say that I'm well and enjoying
life. I bought a "Tschüs book" (which for anyone who doesn't know what
that is it's a "goodby book" you give to other missionaries you knew
well when you or they are leaving the area). It looks super cool.

Anyways, the baptism is this week and I'm soooooooo super excited for
it. She is excited too. She has already picked out what she wants to
wear. Her mom is excited too. I think that G's decision to be baptized
has helped her mom. She wants to quit one of her jobs so she can come
back to church.

I've been really tired lately, both mentaly and physically. It's hard
to keep sad thoughts out of my head lately. I'm praying though, and I
know that the lord will help me.

This past saturday at soccor, (we play soccor with members and their
non-member friends to try and find new investigators. really fun, but
I prefer volleyball. :P), I was getting really into it, and got a
massive bruise on my leg. I hope it goes away soon, since it makes it
hurt to walk a little bit. Now You know, Don't play soccor with really
boney Elders. :P

Well I gotta go. Be awesome at whatever your doing!

Noch nie ein Meister von Himmel gefallen (German saying),

Sister Lahra Sherwood

Transfer 1, Week 5

Hey Everyone! :)

I have been doing really well. :) It's been super awesome and sad this week.

The Sad:
-We still havent made all that much contact with Jennifer. :( I really
wish that she'd let us help her.

-Melanie, a super amazing reactivated member that we've been working
with, and her super cute daughter Vilia are flying to St. Louis,
Missouri, so Melanie can be married to her fiancee. I know that It's
the next best step for her, but she will be dearly missed. We threw
her a really nice goodbye party last night.

-I had some troubles battling satan this past weekend. I think I got
the better of him in the end though.

The Good:
- We finally got rid of all the obnoxious fruit flies attaking our kitchen. :P

- We had an amazing weekend with a member Vi Do who came on a mini
mission with us.

The AWESOME:
- Gillian, a super sweet 9 year old accepted to be baptized, and we
made the baptisimal date for september 6th! She is so excited.

I hope that all is well with everyone and that Life is treating you all well.

Gehorsam bringt Segen, aber Strikten Gehorsam bringt Wunder,

Sister Lahra Sherwood

This week was amazing!

Hello Everyone.

This week was soooo good. It started out like a normal week, but turned out to be amazing.

On Wednesday we had a split with two sisters in Heidelberg (hi-del-berg) and was really fun. I made it around Mannheim without getting lost or being late. It was really fun.

Thursday we went to meet with Tracy, a less active member, and her daughter G. Tracy ended up not being at home, but we taught G about the Plan of Salvation. We also Invited her to be baptized. She said yes! We Need to talk to her mom about a date, but It was so exciting to have someone ready to be baptized. :)

Friday was pretty good too. we taught really good lessons and were able to help People.

Saturday we went to Frankfurt to go to the temple with 2 newly reactivated members, and a newly baptized member to go do baptizims for the dead. It was the neatest expirience to watch them be able to do that for the first time. We even got to help with confermations after everyone else did baptisms. It was a really good day.

On Sunday church was simply amazing. The stake president came and talked, and what he said was what I needed. We were able to get in touch with a less active sister and that was sooo cool. She was hesitant at first, but she opened up and we were able to help her. we even got an appointment to come back next sunday. We also were able to Find a less active Sister and her Non-Member Husband. They were really open to Hearing and told us to visit any time. Her Husband was really open to reading the book of mormon. He said, "If it will help my Family and me, then why not?". Talk about being prepared! We are planning on teaching the Family after she gets back from Scotland.

Then just today, we taught Kerstin, a newly baptized sister, and she was talking about how her Husband felt like he was failing at life and that he was a horrible Person. We asked her if she thought he'd be open to Hearing about the Gospel. She said that she'd pray about it and ask him. So We might have another Investigator soon. I'm so excited!

I've been so blessed this past week. Not only with our finds, but personally. I've always heard that those you leave will be blessed because you are on a Mission. I trusted that that would be true, but didn't know. I've seen so many Blessings being given to my Family and friends from being out here. I thank the Lord for that and the strength he gives me to do all he Needs me to do.

Zweifelt nicht, fürchtet nicht,
--Sister Lahra Sherwood

Hello Everyone!

How's it going? What ya all been up too?

This week has been pretty good. We have had lots of good lessons with people. I am slowly getting better at talking and figuring out what people are saying. It definitly makes it easier to stay awake at church. :P One of our investigators isn't doing to well right now. I pray for her a lot.
I'm super excited! we may have a new Investigator! :D We are meeting with her this week and hopefully things go well.

I was feeling really out of sorts this week and felt like I needed a blessing. I asked Elder Stout to give it. It helped me a lot. I'm really glad that I got it. I was given guidelines to help me with the rest of my mission. I also think that I could apply it to other things too.

Unfortunately I am out of time. I hope all is golden with you all. The computers where we email, at least in this area aren't accessible to send all my pictures, but I will send the SD Card to my Mom.

By the way.........

I'm pleased to anounce that I finally know my address. :)

Apartment:
Sister Lahra Sherwood
Cannabichstraße 4/6
68167 Mannheim, Germany

Mission Office:
Sister Lahra Sherwood
Corneliusstraße 18
60305 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Basically, you can send letters to my Apartment address, but Packages are supposed to be sent to the Mission Office. Oh! and with Packages It's better to go through the German Amazon/other german online sites, then to send stuff from the US. Germany is very picky about what is brought into the country. You can send stuff from the US, but depending on what it is, there may be fees to pay before I can recieve it. And if you were planning on sending meat or cheese, which I don't know why you would...., Don't send it. It will be thrown away. :) Thank you for listening. :) I hope you enjoy your week. :)

Kein Stress,
Sister Lahra Sherwood