Thursday, June 21, 2012

The big Boss nach oben‏

Hey!  So first of all, you may be wondering about transfer calls.  I will give you a hint.  We got a call.  And I am going to somewhere I wasn't expecting at all.  Switzerland!!!!  The area I will be in is called Bad Säckingen.  It is actually in Germany, but we apparently do a lot of work in Switzerland since we are right on the border.  The city is on the Rhein if that makes a difference to you.  Elder M is staying here and is getting a brand new missionary fresh from the MTC!  Which is actually pretty exciting!  He will be great, although I am a little sad to be leaving him.  And a little sad to be leaving Ingolstadt.
While there I will be working in a Dritte (Triple companionship) with Elder C, who is just going into his third transfer and is from Utah..., and then Elder N, who is from Utah....  It is a car area, which means that we are no longer using the public transport.  I do not think that I will have to get a German Driving License, but if I do I have to pay the first 100€, and then the church will pay the rest.  I think Canada has a reciprocality (is that a word) thing with Germany so that I can just trade my license without having to take an exam or anything.  Which would be really cool because a German Driving License will never expire, which means that I would never have to worry about that when I got home.  And it is a German Driving License!!  Autobahn here I come!  Haha! 
So this week, one of the highlights was a meeting with Sister K.  She is a lady who we found a couple of weeks ago who is actually a member who took her names of the records of the church.  We both had the feeling we should go visit her.  So, when we got there we asked her how she was doing (we met outside because we didn't have another man with us) and she said she was feeling a little upset and lonely because her daughter was supposed to come visit her, but didn't.  But then she told us how the ''big Boss nach oben'' (big boss up there) knew that she was lonely and so He sent her two missionaries to come visit her.  Then when we were there she said she didn't have anything to feed us, but for some strange and random reason her neighbour suddenly came over and brought her two pieces of cake.  She was so amazed that the big Boss nach oben would do that.  It was a little funny to hear her explain things like that, but it was really true.  Things were good for the rest of the week.  We said goodbye to some of the people we had been working with.  Especially sad was the B family.  They are so awesome.   M showed off his dance moves. (He is a little older than Brigham, and is a 'master' of the Robot.  Haha!''  We had supper with a couple families, and are going to see some more members until Wednesday when I leave. 
Sincerely,

Elder Connor J. Thompson

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