Sister Tripp's Mission Blog

Servus!! This week we did a lot of finding, but it was so good! Especially on my exchange with Sister Edwards. We got together after the Meet the Bates Conference we had in Salzburg and spent pretty much the entire 24 hours together finding. We had one appointment with an old lady who is hilarious, but then did a mix of street finding, door knocking, and texting people on Facebook. We were able to give out several Book of Mormons and have a bunch of really great conversations!

Servus!! We have had a good week over here, other than the traumatizing experience of having to eat two hot dogs at 10am, not even two hours after eating a large breakfast. We had a successful language cafe with 5 whole people (that’s the most yet) that has prompted us to start a game night. We had transfers, so lots of sad goodbyes, but also meeting lots of new people.

Servus!! This transfer ends today and then we are in the last one! Sister Knecht and I will be staying together, and I am excited to go out with a bang here in Wiener Neustadt. Some highlights from this week: Ridvan’s baptism!! Everything went so smoothly and he was so excited to take this step Biscoff milkshakes A solid Ausstellung on Graz, I was able to talk to lots of cool people Making lots and lots of cookies, with members and at home The Draper Philharmonic performance of King of Kings and Lamb of God (it was so amazing!

Servus!! This week I want to tell the story of one of our friends. Ridvan has been in Austria for about a year and is working on learning German, but it’s definitely a work in progress. Just a few months ago, he started messaging with some missionaries on Facebook, wanting to learn more about Jesus Christ. Eventually, his information made it to us and we brought a Book of Momon to him in his native language.

Servus!! What a crazy week we have had over here! We had our last Zone Conference with President and Sister Naatjes, we even made a goodbye video for them and it was really sad. It was also really powerful with a focus on the Book of Mormon and how important it is in our lives. We had our last Q and A (when we can ask President anything and everything) and got to hear some amazing testimonies.