Holy Dyna!

Dearest Family,

How are you doing? Things here in Landshut are doing good. This has been an interesting week to say the least. Everyone says that a mission is like a roller-coaster. But it is really true. Especially this week. I will try to take you through it so you can see things as they go on.

So on Monday after e-mails, we did the rest of our P-Day things. Nothing too special. We went to FHA (Familie Heim Abend) (Which if you are terrible at German, it would be Family Home Evening) and nobody showed up. Which was a little hard. But we sat down with the W's and came up with a plan so that we could get more people there.

On Tuesday, we met with R. She is so funny! I love this lady! It was cool because she gave us her Tschüß Book. Which is something that missionaries have and you get your companions and everyone to write in and put inside jokes. She had the missionaries who baptized her write in it, and then hadn't had anything happen with it until now. Which is cool. It is neat to see how much she has opened up to us. It is really fun. After that we were going to go with President A to see A and H, but when we phoned A to confirm she wasn't going to be there. So President A brought us to his house and we had supper with his family. They are awesome. They have 6 kids, and they are all super funny. And they don't have TV's so they are good at music and tons of stuff. After that we went to H and had a really great appointment. President A was great to have there because he answered a lot of his questions.

Then on Wednesday, we had a District Meeting with the Zone Leaders there. Which is good. Sister W made Waffles, which was awesome! After that we went on an exchange and I worked with Elder S. It was really good. We have started to teach a German class which is interesting. There are a couple American families that live here as well as some of the people from the Azylheim and so we are going to be teaching them German. It was interesting. Luckily, we have a member, Sister H with us. She is awesome. It is interesting. But we are working on getting more activities with the ward to happen so that people will be at the church more.

On Thursday, was H's baptismal interview. He wanted to postpone his baptism until he felt ready. It was really tough. I think that might have been the crappiest that I have ever felt on my mission. We had done everything that we could, and it didn't work out. It was really hard. But at the end he said that he could maybe be ready in two weeks, and so it was a little bit of hope at the end of that. It was tough. It was hard because we love him so much and we know that he can do it and that it is good for him, but he needs to figure it out for himself. We will still work with him. After that we went back to the Ws and they made us waffles and we ate our feelings. It was bad. Haha! Actually, I only had three so it wasn't that bad. However, later that evening we had an eating appointment with the As, who feed us fairly regularly. And they fed us so much. It was good.

On Friday, we had a lesson with the W's and A.

On Saturday, we met with H and the Ws and helped him to sort of plan out how we can make his baptism happen. It was really good. He seemed like he was understanding things much better, and it was great to see. We talked about prayer and how we can make our prayers really meaningful. It was really good.

On Sunday, H was not there, and A couldn't come as well. So we were very lonely. It was sad. When investigators don't come to church, it is the worst. We had a couple other appointments fall out, and so we went finding, but didn't find anyone at all.

This week was hard, but we saw a lot of things, and there is a reason for it. Unfortunately not everything is rainbows and butterflies on a mission. Or, probably I should say, baptisms and new investigators, on a mission. Especially not in Europe. But I love it.

I love you guys a lot. I am not sure what will happen tomorrow for transfers. But who knows. I am glad that your vacation was good. Hope you are back into the swing of things and dealing with the cold. We had snow on Friday, which makes riding a bike interesting. Elder P fell twice. But I am still showing the Purple Bandit who is boss. And it is I. I am the boss. Glad you are having fun with the boys. I am jealous.

I love you guys a lot!

Sincerely,

Elder Connor J. Thompson