Halo Guten Tag!!
Yes I loved the package it was awesome and the package from grandma the day later and than callen sent me a package the next day I have too much candy to even handle!! I laminated the little cards Iyrlend sent me and hung them up at my desk so that is good!! I love them. Um to answer your question there is 8 of us in my district and 4 in each room our rooms are right next to each other also so we are all hanging out all the time!! I get along with the other guys a lot!! So this week flew by this saturday is our halfway mark!! Its so nuts Taylor is one lucky guy he leaves on tuesday or something so he'll be gone but I am going to try and be a host on March 2nd so I can see hursty!! Boots is leaving soon too but before I know it i'll be out of here I am so excited to get to Germany and teach those people!! The language is coming along just great getting better and better everyday its!! I am feeling alot more comfortable with speaking the language and everything so that is good!! Also tell hunter to keep up the basketball I knew eventually he would love sports its in his blood well at least from me dad isn't the most passionate sports fan but he sure likes to see that Jayhawks play!! It's pretty interesting to think that when your out here there is only a few things that really matter and that is your family, your friends, and preaching the gospel!! The spirit really is so strong it's pretty crazy I prayed about what I should be studying last night and this morning I was reading this book and I saw something about Abraham and I felt promted that I should read Abraham so I did and I learned so much about the temple before going it was truly personal revelation. So this last tuesday Elder Kevin W. Pearson of the first quorum of the seventy came and spoke to us and he was so intense like he was almost yelling at us!! He said just cause you are a missionary doesn't mean you are a disciple of Jesus Christ and to be that you can't think that Oh your Christian Voran on a mission you have to think oh I am a disciple of Jesus Christ you have to put all your past in your past and move on in the future. Another cool thing he said was how the mission will bless your future wife and family!! He said he has only seen 20 percent of missionarys really meet there full potential but to do that you have to be diligent!! It was kinda a confidence shot but like they say sometimes the Lord brings you down so he can take you higher!! Diligence is huge out here my quote I came up with was I wanna be so dilegent and work so hard that at the end of every night when I kneel down to pray I can tell my Heavenly Father I honestly did my best!! It's easy to get caught up in the motions as a missionary it's really easy to just figure you are doing enough because you are sacrificing 2yrs of your time thats what i thought coming in here, my outlook has totally changed. I wanna be the type of missionary that the people I teach don't forget and their families remember me. I know the people of Germany are ready for our message and they need the gospel just as much as any of us!! I can't believe I have already been out a month its going by so fast I know when your doing everyting your supposed to and trusting in the lord you don't even have time to think about what is going on in the world!! I feel like I have grown so much already and I am grateful for everyone's support. It really is uplifting to get letters and to hear from everyone!! Thanks for all the letter packages Etc I love everytime I get mail!! The church is true and if you abide by its teachings that is where you will find true happiness!! ps. Idk if I ever gave you my scripture for my plaque mom but its 3rd Nephi 13 vs 5 I am a disciple of Jesus Christ one!! Well keep the letters coming I love them!! Love you all!! Oh also something cool if any of you have ever heard or cale or gale sanderson he was like a super good wrestler who wrestled for Iowa state well anyways so one of the new missionary's who is going to the Alpine mission his last name is sanderson and you can tell he is a wrestler cause of his cauliflower ear so we were asking him and he said that cale or gale was his brother. This kid has already been to 5 years of college!! He wrestled 4 years at iowa state and 1 at penn state he's like 24 but he came after us its so weird cause the new missionary's always seem younger than you are even if you are younger than them. Someone told me the mission is like a small life time and every week is a year and so you grow so much that really i am 4 yrs old in my mission and he is 1 so thats why he seemed yonger than me well thats all!!
Thanks Again!! Love Elder Voran
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