This past weekend was busy for us. Friday evening we went to our friend Susan's home for a delicious salmon dinner and then to an opera.
The Komische Oper Berlin
This opera house is beautiful! These pictures do not do it justice.
Waiting for the opera to begin!
We saw the Baroque Opera - "XERXES" by Geroge Fredrich Handel.
It was long (over 3 hours) but the staging, costuming and vocalists were awesome!
Opera wasn't Hal's favorite entertainment but we are both glad we had this German cultural experience.
Street Exhibition
Saturday morning found us at Wilmersdorfer Straße for a Street Exhibition. We joined with 2 members of our ward and the 8 other missionaries serving in the Teirgarten ward.
We handed out church literature and contacted people as they came by.
Elder Mickelsen handing out a card with info about the church.
Patty speaking with a man from Sierra Leone. After talking with him for almost an hour, I gave him a Book of Mormon and an invitation to come to the General Conference broadcast. He was very interested to see the prophet. Hopefully he will come!
This street contacting was successful and the missionaries not only distributed a lot of church information, but appointments were made for follow up teaching.
A Baptism
Later on Saturday - we attended Roland's baptism. It was a very spiritual baptism. He was confirmed and given the Gift of the Holy Ghost on Sunday and then he shared his testimony and the experience of his conversion. His story is remarkable and includes a search of over 20 years to find the true church. We are so happy to welcome Roland into our ward!
Roger and I attended a Mozart opera, I think, "The Magic Flute," years ago in Budapest, and, like you, we were glad we did it because it was a cultural experience. But it, too, was very long. Did you teach Roland any discussions or work with him? He looks very happy. And Hal looks a little criminal in your header pic!
ReplyDeleteI think you and Hal must be the cutest missionaries ever. I loved seeing you in action working the streets of Berlin. How awesome to get to go to another opera with your friend and then have a baptism on top of that. Life is good :)
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