How is everyone doing? This past week was really good!
On
Monday, we went as a District to Rheinfalls, which are really
beautiful. It was a lot of fun. We went as a District, and it's always
fun to see how we as missionaries all come from such different
backgrounds, but still are able to get along so well, and have a lot of
fun. When we came back we did a little dooring and then decided that it
wasn't too effective, so we came back toe the Internet shop to see a
lady here. We had actually talked to her two weeks beforehand. We had
been talking about how German people are too stuck in their ways, and cannot
do something else other than what they had planned to. If they had
planned to find a new religion then they would, but nobody comes and
says ''I would like to change my religion.'' Well, Inna came to us the next day and was like 'I would like
to change my religion. How do I do that?' We were pretty surprised and
gave her a Book of Mormon and then a Pamphlet or two, and then we
talked to her again as we did e-mails and she told us she had read quite
a bit. Then on Monday we went and talked to her, and she had finished
the Book of Mormon! She didn't quite understand everything, but was
still really excited about it, and had a lot of questions. It was tough
because she doesn't have a solid Christian background, her father was
Muslim, her mother was Christian, and she is just confused. We had to
try and do things as simply as possible, which is sometimes a little
difficult, but it will be neat to see what happens with her. She is
really funny and a really good person who doesn't want to drink or
smoke, but just wants to be a good person and have a good life. We are
going to meet with her more and see where it takes us. But she is
really looking for the truth and hopefully that means she will be
willing to keep commitments.
On Tuesday, we had an appointment with a member from Mexico whose
records got lost and so technically isn't a member. She is a nice lady
and has a cool son who is twelve, and we are hoping to help both of them
to set a baptismal date this week. We also had a service project where we painted for a younger
couple. They would get along really well with Jason and Kate and Matt
and Kari. He served a mission in London, and she served a mission in
Hawaii, and they are really fun. They just had a baby girl on Saturday
too.
On Wednesday we had a good day, we are working with the ward, and
really trying harder to be a better part of the ward. We had an eating
appointment, and then had a lesson with J. She is awesome. She
had a baptismal date for the 30th, but because she is so busy we had to
postpone it. But she is so prepared. She has read the Book of Mormon
and knows it's true, and is almost finished the Doctrine and Covenants.
When we go to teach her things it's basically a review which is really
neat to see how sincere she is. She also was asking a lot about baptism
and it was really neat. She was like 'Where are we going to do my
baptism? Am I allowed to invite people to watch? I think that would be
really neat for them to see it.' Needless to say, we told her that was
okay. Haha! We taught her with Brother T, who is the coolest member
I have ever met. He's such a funny guy. And just lives the life of a
missionary. I think you guys would love him. Just everything about him
is so cool.
On Thursday, we had an exchange where I went to Schwenningen. I
worked with Elder D who is awesome. But he was feeling pretty sick,
and so he was sleeping and trying to get better, and then when he felt a
little better he couldn't really go out too well, so we cleaned. On Friday we had interviews and
it was really good. I love President and Sister Miles so much. They
are so much fun, and just good people. Between the concert and interviews we had some time to kill
so we went contacting in the downtown area. It was pretty crazy. There
were 10 of us (Us three, Singen (2), Schwenningen (2), Zone Leaders
(2), and President Miles) it was insane. I think in an hour we gave out
like 13 Book of Mormons which is really good.
Not too much happened the weekend because of the Soccer games. We
actually ended up missing the games, which was okay because Germany lost
to Italy (lame) and Italy got thumped by Spain. Things are going
good. I love the ward here. They are so good and excited about the
work. We are trying to really help them do missionary work, because we
are so close, and if the branch does a little more, we will be a ward
pretty soon. Which is exciting.
Say hi to everyone for me! I love you guys a lot!!
--
Sincerely,
Elder Connor J. Thompson
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