Hey! So in case the title was too vague, I am staying here in Landshut with Elder B. We are going to have to work hard this transfer. It is strange, because this is the first time for both of us that nothing is changing in a transfer. I have no idea what it will be like, but hopefully good.
This week has been crazy busy! And I only have like 15 more minutes. We are going to Passau today because it was Elder C's birthday and we are going to surprise him. I am excited. I have no idea what we will do there, but with 6 missionaries (2 from Landshut, 2 from Passau, 2 from NeuÖtting (Where the Pope is from. Weird....)) we will probably be able to figure something out.
We have really been working with our investigator T this week who has a baptismal date. We are working hard on keeping things simple for him. Which is good. There is a quote in Preach My Gospel that talks about how we don't need to teach so simple that people understand, but we need to teach to simply that people cannot misunderstand. Which is something that I think a lot of Mormon's, especially those of us who grew up in the gospel have problems with. We just grew up with all of these words and things, but if a Kurdish person from Iran, doesn't really have the same background. I don't know if I told you about T or not. But he is a really good guy. Such a sad story.
Another highlight of this week was that we got to watch the Sunday Afternoon Session of Conference. It was sooo good. I LOVED Elder Cook's talk. I think about 15 people a day ask us how if there is a God, how can children be starving in Africa. So that is a really good talk for that. And so many investigators have that question. It was a really good answer to many prayers not knowing what to do. It was also good to have a couple talks about missionary work, and the one about teaching was fantastic. I really, really liked that talk. I actually liked them all. I am excited that I get three more Conferences as a missionary. Which is weird to measure time with those, but it works. I am about 1/4 done. And time has gone by sooooo soooo fast. I can't hardly believe it.
This week was good because we did a lot of exchanges, I got to work with the two new missionaries in our district (they have been out here for 6 weeks) and it was very interesting to see. It made me feel old on my mission, which I shouldn't. I have only been here for 3 transfers, and people usually have about 15 or so. So, I still have a lot of time. And it's only going to get faster. I really learned a lot from them, about what a missionary should be doing. That sounds weird, but you know how kids say the darndest things? New missionaries are the same. They know what a good missionary does, and they try to do it. They haven't been out long enough to be lazy or other things like that, so it is exciting to see, and helped me to really rethink my mission.
I hope that you guys are having fun at home and doing well. I got all of my letters from Innsbruck the other day and it was weird. I got a letter from Grandma Pat, telling me about the family reunion that was taking place the same day I got it. It was fun. I am glad that the Michi's are doing well. Did I ever tell you that I saw some Mischi's while dooring? Is that what Grandpa's name used to be before he changed it? I feel like something like that happened. Who knows.
I heard about the missionaries in Texas, that is really sad, and makes us ride safer. We don't cut corners, go single file, and don't go on the busy roads if we can help it. I guess they were needed for another mission though? You probably won't let me extend my mission now though eh?
Sorry this letter is so short, today is crazy because we are taking the train about 2 hours. So we have to leave early. I love you guys a lot. I know this church is true. The more I study it, the more I love it.
I love you a lot. Thanks for the support and love!
Sincerely,
Elder Connor J. Thompson
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