The great news
you’ve all been waiting for, Georg got baptized finally! It was an awesome
experience that we had all been waiting for for a very long time. So, let’s
talk about my good friend, Georg Kosytorz. This ~75 year old man had searched
his entire life for the true church, but never felt perfectly happy in one of
the many religions he tried. He was baptized as a child but didn’t feel that
church had the whole truth. He walked by our church building many times, not
knowing what time we started church services (even though there’s a giant sign),
although he would very much like to learn about our beliefs. Well, one day, he
was walking somewhere and saw some paper on the ground, picks it up, and it
turns out to be a card from our church explaining when our church starts every
week! He came that Sunday, met and visited
with the elders, and started learning more about our religion. Every single
thing we taught him, he accepted without second question. He learned the
doctrine of Christ and took everything he learned upon himself and exercised
true faith in Jesus Christ. He reads more than 1 hour each day in the holy
scriptures, and he has read many extra materials from the church, and loves
everything he learns and wants to keep learning more.
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| my legend |
We came across a few
(like 100) problems as we were preparing for him to be baptized. One of those
involved him having to get married, which is not easy to do in Germany, to say
the least. He had many hard struggles trying to make everything work out so he
could follow Jesus Christ’s example and be baptized. He is truly a huge example
to me, how freely he accepts the things he learns and really practices his
faith. Last week, I was blessed with the opportunity to participate in his
wedding, and that awesome time spent with him and his wife. This week, I was
able to baptize him and help him come closer to Christ.
It was a Long Trip
up to Hamburg for his baptism, but it was worth every minute. It seemed as if
it would have a big chance for something to go wrong and make the baptism not happen,
but it all worked perfectly. It was an awesome experience that I’ll never
forget. It was also great to see the ward members again and to see their great
support for this wonderful brother, Georg Kosytorz. No better day to have his
baptism than the day before Easter.
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| Denny boy (nice European suit!) |
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| Matching ties! |
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| throwback to the great mtc days |
Well, the rest of
our week was good, not much comparable to the baptism except General Conference
was awesome. Lots of changes—should be interesting. I hope we all can take
something with us out of the talks.
Bye friends
Elder Johnson
Ludwigstrasse 52
95028 Hof
Germany
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