Hello there!
First of all, with the Woods. So Elder and Sister W were shopping on Saturday and he collapsed in the middle of the grocery store, and they took him to the hospital to have an Angiogram because there was something wrong with his EKG, (maybe that is the test? Something with some letters in it). Anyways, they took a couple tests and then we waited at the hospital with Sister W for a good bit, and then we went to pick up their car and then we took care of her and dropped her off and made sure she was doing okay. Elder W was even fine when we saw him the hospital. He was giving Pass-Along Cards to all of the nurses and making jokes and every time they would bring him a meal (which in German Hospitals is bread and ham and a couple vegetables) he would be like, Where is the Steak? Haha! He's such a great guy. We have been with them a lot this weekend. On Sunday when we were there they got some of the test results back and they realzed that it would be best to put a pacemaker in, and they would do that Monday morning. We weren't sure what time it would be at and so on Monday morning we phoned them, and then they said "Well, we are about to go in to surgery pretty soon" We raced over as fast as we could, we had prayed that all of the lights would be green and that we would be able to get there as fast as possible (safely of course. I still drive like an Old Man). And all of the lights were green, it was a great blessing. When we got there, he wasn't there and Sister W was sitting there and said that they had taken him about 5 minutes ago, so we were too late. We waited there with her for about 5 minutes and then he came back because they had just done some of the tests, and then he had to change into his "robe". They said he had 5 minutes to go to the bathroom and change. In that time, we gave him a blessing and right as we finished, the nurses came in. What a blessing that we were able to give him that blessing before and that there was a way that we were able to help him. While we waited with Sister W, we just tried to keep her mind off of things and keep her busy. We talked for a good while, and I learned about how amazing the W's are. She said that the more that she thought about it, the more thankful she was that it happened when it did and it was such a blessing because if it had been about 20 minutes later, they would have been on the highway, and if he would have been unconscious while driving it probably would not have been as good. I was blown away by how grateful she was for that, and how she was able to look on the bright side of things like that. I probably would be too stressed to even worry about anything like that. .
So Monday was a good day, we had a lot of fun in Passau with the other missionaries. Then after that, we had an Family Home Evening with the W's and some investigators, it was a lot of fun!
On Tuesday, we had an appointment with T, our baptismal candidate, and we taught the Word of Wisdom, apparently that is the worst lesson for investigators, but he was fine with it. We talked about it, and he has been doing good with it since. So almost a week, which is really good! After that we had an appointment with H. Did I tell you how much I love this man? He is the funniest person. Probably the coolest German War-Veteran American Country Singer that the world has ever met. When I got here he was so different. He had been investigating the church for about 4 years or so, and didn't really do too much, but loved the missionaries. He would always play his banjo and everything for them, and so teaching really took a backseat, he hasn't played his banjo once since I have been here, and it is really showing. He has overcome a lot of the problems that he had before, he has been coming to church pretty much every week (I think he has missed two weeks since I have been here) and has been reading in his scriptures every day. We are hoping that we can get him baptized soon because he is really ready. He adores the W's and today he and his less-active Sister are going to go visit them. He always calls them Mister and Misses W's and is just soo funny. He almost fell over when he found out that Mister W's was in the hospital.
On Wednesday we went to Freising to teach a former investigator and then we taught the Young Men and Young Women about missionary work. It was interesting to see their ideas on Missionaries because none of them have had siblings or parents that have been on missions. It was fun. I really love the ward here.
On Thursday we met some really good people and then had a wonderful eating appointment with a member. When they feed the missionaries here, they feed them. It is really good. And I blame my fatness on them. Haha! Riding bikes is never fun though (one reason the car is even nicer. And we might get to keep it when the W's are gone! Hopefully!)
On Friday, we also had an eating appointment, I think we had about 3 this week which is good and we will have at least three this next week. One member who lived in America for a year is making us Thanksgiving on Saturday and we are going to be with them a lot, which is good. And I think she might even make Sweet Potatoes! mmmm.....
Anyways, I am out of time. I am safe and well, and as long as I drive and not Elder B, it should remain that way. Haha! It's not that bad actually. Well... yeah it is.
Anyways. I love you guys a lot. Thanks for all the letters this week (0). Haha! It's okay though. I love you a lot. I pray for you every day. Be safe, help the missionaries, and feed them. They will appreciate it, and I could use some good karma right about now.
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