June 3rd

Despite the fact that we weren't able to work at full force this week, we did see miracles. 
Sisters Tidwell and Warnke came to Cottbus on Tuesday so that Sister Miller could go out and work because she was going insane staying inside. (After she had studied for ages, she rearranged the furniture and cleaned the entire apartment...haha) 
We have been trying to make contact with a former investigator for a while and all the appointments kept falling out. On Tuesday, we had made back up plans because we knew it might flake, but she was there, ready, with a fruit salad, to listen to the message. She said that she feels like she really needs God right now in her life and is excited to meet us later this week. 
We have been working a lot with the less active members as well, and on Sunday, there were 5 less active members at church, as well as 6 non members. I think the ward is finally latching onto the idea that inviting makes a HUGE difference. 
The coolest thing that happened this week though, was the member fireside.
At Gemiko a few weeks ago, we talked about what we could do to get the members involved in our work, and as we were brainstorming, Sister Farnsworth threw out an idea about a member fireside. She said that she had seen a movie that was made by the Berlin mission a few years ago and thought that maybe we could find it and show it to the members. So, with the help of our GML and Elder Beck in the office, we pulled this fireside together. We asked a few members that were in the church because members found them bear their testimonies, and also a few return missionaries share their experiences about how much more successful their work was when the members helped. We also brought Books of Mormon to give to the members so they could write their testimony in it, and then give it to someone else. We didn't know how successful it would be but we were praying that people would show up and that they would be willing to participate. We invited the entire ward, and also invited the entire ward of Forst. There were about 40 or so people that showed up and more than half of them took Books of Mormon. There is always room for improvement (we would have liked the ENTIRE ward there...) but we were so grateful to see that the ward members were receptive to the message. 
So we were really grateful for that, and we are also really grateful that the bishop has worked out a solution with Martin Graf so that he can be baptized on Sunday!!! 
I am feeling that the last of this transfer is going to be absolutely crazy, but full of miracles.It was absolutely great!!!